Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Insurance Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Insurance Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Tax Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Tax Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Sidley Austin's Mark Hopson

    Mark D. Hopson’s work on behalf Bayer this year helped vanquish a suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission accusing the chemical and pharmaceutical company of making false claims about its line of probiotics, earning the Sidley Austin LLP partner a spot on Law360’s White Collar MVPs for 2015.

  • November 25, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Motley Rice's Joseph Rice

    Motley Rice LLC co-founder Joseph Rice's long reputation for creative approaches to complex settlements at the negotiating table, including his roles in reaching historic settlements with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, landed him a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability MVPs for 2015.

  • November 25, 2015

    Sports MVP: Skadden's Jeffrey Mishkin

    Between representing the NBA in its ouster of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league and the NCAA in its continued quest to block players from turning the world of intercollegiate sports on its head, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jeffrey Mishkin has spent the past year working on the highest profile of cases, landing him on Law360's list of Sports MVPs.

  • November 25, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Paul Weiss' Nicholas Groombridge

    Nicholas P. Groombridge of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP argued a monumental biosimilars case at the Federal Circuit and secured a historic victory for Amgen and the entire industry of brand-name biologics, placing him among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs of 2015.

  • November 24, 2015

    International Trade MVP: Wiley Rein's Alan Price

    Wiley Rein LLP’s Alan Price has helped level the global playing field for clients such as steel titan Nucor by fighting unfair trade practices and leading the way as a trade policy advocate, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2015 International Trade MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Latham & Watkins' Charles Ruck

    In the past year, Charles Ruck of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised $178 billion worth of deals in the life sciences market, not including his work on the recent $160 billion merger of Allergan and Pfizer, a resume that places him among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs for 2015.

  • November 24, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Stephen Fishbein

    With victories that include securing the Second Circuit reversal of Todd Newman’s insider trading conviction that sent a shock through the industry, recently cemented when the U.S. Supreme Court wouldn’t hear a challenge, Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Stephen Fishbein has carved a berth among Law360’s 2015 White Collar MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Competition MVP: Gibson Dunn's M. Sean Royall

    Powerhouse antitrust attorney M. Sean Royall of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP had a busy year securing a dismissal for Sanofi-Aventis SA in a novel False Claims Act case over the drug Lovenox, and defending AT&T Inc.'s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of competition MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Jeffrey Keitelman

    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP real estate practice co-chairman Jeffrey R. Keitelman advised on a number of high-profile deals over the past year, including a complex sale and leaseback for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of real estate MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Kathleen M. Sullivan had proven herself a trailblazer as the first female dean of any Stanford University school, and showed 2015 was no exception by scoring a Federal Circuit reversal of the then-largest patent judgment in U.S. history, earning herself a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker

    Under Jones Day attorney Stephanie Parker’s guidance, R.J. Reynolds this year closed out nearly every remaining federal Engle progeny case in Florida and obtained a crucial win at the Eleventh Circuit, accomplishments that land its defense leader among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs for the fourth straight year.

  • November 24, 2015

    Technology MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Alan Denenberg's work over the last year has included acting as lead counsel to Intel Corp. on its June $16.7 billion acquisition of Altera Corp. and lead underwriters' counsel on the $520 million initial public offering of GoDaddy Inc. in April, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Technology MVPs for 2015.

  • November 24, 2015

    Health MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford

    Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner D. Brian Hufford’s commitment to holding insurance companies accountable in health care disputes saw several major wins this year including a September ruling that health care providers can exercise ERISA rights assigned by their patients, landing him among Law360’s Health MVPs for 2015.

  • November 24, 2015

    Sports MVP: Proskauer Rose's Bradley Ruskin

    Thanks to his work representing the gamut of professional sports leagues on a host of complex litigation matters in various courts, Proskauer Rose LLP's Bradley I. Ruskin has been named one of Law360's sports MVPs for 2015.

  • November 23, 2015

    Telecom MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott Delacourt

    TracFone's $40 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over data plans was one of several instances where Wiley Rein LLP’s Scott Delacourt advised a major telecom player in a brush-up with regulators, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Telecom MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Competition MVP: Davis Polk's Christopher Hockett

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Christopher Hockett helped to defeat allegations that client T-Mobile and others fixed prices on pay-per-use text messages in a massive class action of more than 100 million U.S. customers seeking nearly $3 billion in damages, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Faegre Baker Daniels' Joe Price

    Faegre Baker Daniels’ Joe Price is a veteran of mass torts litigation that took wing in the 1970s and his recent key victories for device maker Zimmer Inc. in the first bellwether trials over its allegedly defective Durom Cup hip replacement device have put him among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Quinn Emanuel's William Burck

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner William Burck dismantled the government's prosecution of former Petro Tiger Ltd. Chief Executive Joseph Sigelman in a high-profile foreign bribery case and is also lead U.S. counsel for FIFA in a global bribery investigation at the world soccer governing body, earning him recognition on Law360's 2015 list of white collar MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sas Mehrara

    Closing complex, billion-dollar deals for private equity's biggest real estate players, such as Blackstone's $23 billion acquisition with Wells Fargo of GE Capital Real Estate's near-entire portfolio, has earned Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Sasan “Sas” Mehrara a place on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Sports MVP: Latham & Watkins' Christopher Brearton

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Christopher D. Brearton rode a winding path from college athlete to being one of the go-to legal advisers for sports organizations and their content providers, but the experience has ultimately placed him at the forefront of some of the industry's biggest deals and landed him among Law360’s Sports MVPs for 2015.

  • November 23, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Morgan Lewis' Allyson N. Ho

    Allyson N. Ho of Morgan Lewis & Bockius had just scored a U.S. Supreme Court victory addressing the duration of retiree benefits last year when she faced the justices yet again in a case spotlighting deference to agency decisions, marking an ambitious schedule that carved her a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs for 2015.

  • November 23, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jay P. Lefkowitz maintained his place among Law360’s Life Science MVPs this year by scoring wins for Teva and other pharmaceutical giants in pay for delay, failure to warn and False Claims Act cases across the country.

  • November 23, 2015

    International Trade MVP: Skadden Arps' Ivan Schlager

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Ivan Schlager secured a spot on Law360’s list of 2015 International Trade MVPs after he ushered in telecommunication deals that are impressive in both scope and size, such as Broadcom’s $37 billion semiconductor transaction and Nokia’s $16.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent.

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