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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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November 17, 2015
Health MVP: BakerHostetler's Susan Feigin Harris
BakerHostetler’s Susan Feigin Harris guided hospitals to an early victory over a high-stakes federal policy on Medicaid reimbursement and helped assemble a bipartisan coalition in Congress to modernize Medicaid treatments for children, placing her among Law360’s 2015 Health MVPs.
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November 17, 2015
White Collar MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Lev Dassin
Former Southern District of New York bigwig Lev Dassin of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has been hard at work for Citigroup this year, helping the megabank emerge relatively unscathed so far from prosecutors’ Libor and foreign exchange enforcement campaigns and earning himself a spot among Law360’s White Collar MVPs.
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November 17, 2015
Appellate MVP: Bancroft's Paul Clement
After notching a series of wins before the U.S. Supreme Court, including a ruling that workers weren’t owed wages for time spent passing through security screenings at an Amazon.com warehouse, Bancroft PLLC partner and former solicitor general Paul Clement has been named a Law360 Appellate MVP for 2015.
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November 17, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Stephen Rabinowitz
The chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s New York real estate team, Stephen Rabinowitz, has played an integral role in a wide range of complex and high-profile real estate deals in the U.S. and internationally, including the $2.25 billion purchase of a historic New York office tower that’s reported to be one of the largest single-building transactions in the city’s history, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Real Estate MVPs.
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November 17, 2015
Insurance MVP: Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Roger Warin
Steptoe & Johnson LLP lifer Roger Warin founded the firm’s insurance practice and has remained its lynchpin, helicoptering into complex appeals and securing several major wins for AIG, Travelers and others over the past year, earning a spot as one of Law360s Insurance MVPs for 2015 in the process.
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November 17, 2015
Telecom MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Peter Karanjia
Davis Wright Tremaine’s Peter Karanjia, who has earned a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Telecom MVPs, won an influential U.S. Supreme Court case in January but said even more gratifying was helping two wireless providers stave off a potentially business-ending enforcement action.
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November 17, 2015
IP MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Carlo Van Den Bosch
Sheppard Mullin's Richter & Hampton LLP's Carlo F. Van den Bosch this year became the first lawyer in nearly a decade to argue — and win — a trademark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, successfully representing Hana Bank in a dispute involving the use of its name, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Capital Markets MVP: Latham & Watkins' Kirk Davenport
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Kirk Davenport II has been at the center of the burgeoning yieldco investment vehicle and continued the work this year advising the underwriters of TerraForm’s $675 million initial public offering, a deal that helped land him on Law360’s list of Capital Markets MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Tax MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Dean Shulman
In less than a year and half after joining the firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Dean Shulman has quickly carved out an impressive body of work tackling complex tax issues for high-profile clients such as Burger King, Baxter International and KKR, earning him a spot among Law360's 2015 Tax MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' William Finnegan IV
Despite a challenging energy market that's halved the prices of oil and gas over the past year, William N. Finnegan IV of Latham & Watkins LLP has led teams in energy-focused deals valued at more than $75 billion since October 2014, landing him among Law360's Energy MVPs of 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Government Contracts MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott McCaleb
A pair of high-profile wins that include a precedent-setting challenge of a government payment practice and the defense of a $5 billion contract award have won Wiley Rein LLP partner Scott McCaleb a place on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs for the second straight year.
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November 16, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Farshad More
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Farshad More advised on a number of high-profile real estate deals over the past year, including the largest Southern California multifamily transaction in almost two decades, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of real estate MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Class Action MVP: White & Case's Jaime Bianchi
Bringing more than two decades of experience defending corporations in class actions, with a focus on the cable television and real estate industries, Jaime Bianchi of White & Case LLP has won several major decisions in the past year with implications for these industries and his practice field, earning him a place among Law360’s Class Action MVPs.
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November 16, 2015
Insurance MVP: Shernoff Bidart's Michael Bidart
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP managing partner Michael Bidart has had a busy year notching litigation victories and hefty settlements for policyholders, including recovering more than $10 million for a Southern California city in a bad faith action against its insurers, landing him a slot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
IP MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Charles Verhoeven
Charles K. Verhoeven of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP recently helped set a new standard for pausing patent litigation in district courts while the validity of the patent at issue is reviewed before the patent office, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of IP MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Securities MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeffrey Scott
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Jeffrey Scott has proven himself to be one of Barclays PLC's most-valuable partners, helping to guide the bank's escape from private lawsuits it faced after last year's expose book "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt," and earning himself a spot among Law360's MVPs for 2015.
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November 16, 2015
Retail MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Craig Cardon
Representing dozens of household retail names has given Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Craig Cardon insight into the legal challenges the industry faces, but perhaps more importantly, he's helped retailers draw clear lines about what data they can collect from customers, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of retail MVPs.
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November 13, 2015
Insurance MVP: Pillsbury's Joseph Jean
In the past 15 years, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Joseph Jean has recovered more than $5 billion in damages for policyholders, including a blockbuster $46 million punitive damages award in August by a California jury against three AIG units, landing him a spot on Law360's Insurance MVPs for 2015.
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November 13, 2015
Government Contracts MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Anne Perry
A year spent successfully fighting before the Government Accountability Office for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work for agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense has earned Sheppard Mullin partner Anne Perry a spot on Law360's list of Government Contracts MVPs.
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November 13, 2015
Real Estate MVP: Allen Matkins' Tony Natsis
Handling deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars for property owners and investors in the West Coast's hottest sectors has earned Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP's Anton "Tony" Natsis a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.
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November 13, 2015
Retail MVP: Morgan Lewis' Gregory Parks
From counseling clients on data breaches and cybersecurity protections to fighting to uphold their arbitration clauses, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Gregory Parks helps retailers face down their industry’s biggest threats, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of retail MVPs.
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November 13, 2015
Securities MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Philippe Selendy
Philippe Selendy has led a war against big banks over the sale of of toxic residential mortgage-backed securities — which has recovered approximately $20 billion for the federal government — including a high-profile trial win in May against Nomura Holdings Inc. and RBS Securities Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Securities MVPs.
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November 13, 2015
Class Action MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Thomas Dubbs
After helping craft a fresh damages theory that breathed new life into a securities case against mortgage giant Fannie Mae and spurred a $170 million settlement for investors, Labaton Sucharow LLP’s Thomas Dubbs has earned a spot among Law360’s Class Action MVPs of 2015.
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November 13, 2015
Energy MVP: Jones Day's Jeff Schlegel
Jeff Schlegel, co-head of Jones Day's energy practice group, guided Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s $21 billion purchase of MarkWest Energy Partners LP while continuing to work on one of the world's largest liquefied natural gas projects, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of energy MVPs for the third straight year.
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November 13, 2015
Capital Markets MVP: Fenwick's Jeffrey Vetter
Fenwick & West LLP capital markets co-chair Jeffrey Vetter steered some of the year’s largest technology debuts, drawing on his ability to navigate unique securities challenges and interpret new technologies to help companies like alternative lender LendingClub and fitness tracker Fitbit go public, landing him among Law360’s 2015 Capital Markets MVPs.