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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 05, 2013
Appellate MVP: Akin Gump's Patricia A. Millett
In June, President Barack Obama nominated Patricia A. Millett, the co-head of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Supreme Court practice who has argued a total of 32 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, to serve as a judge on the D.C. Circuit, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.
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December 05, 2013
Project Finance MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Ben Shorten
With more than 14 years of experience in the world of financial advising, Shearman & Sterling LLP's Ben Shorten definitely knows how to get deals done — but the leadership he showed on this year's historic $20 billion Sadara petrochemical plant upped the ante, landing Shorten on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
Appellate MVP: Hogan Lovells' Neal Katyal
In the past year, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal scored a pair of U.S. Supreme Court victories for U.S. Airways Group Inc. and Genesis HealthCare Corp. while preparing an additional five arguments he is set to deliver to the high court this term and advocating for clients in the Second, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, landing him on Law360's list of 2013 Appellate MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
Insurance MVP: Anderson Kill's William Passannante
Anderson Kill PC's William G. Passannante convinced courts to focus on the actual purpose of complex insurance policies to help secure coverage for policyholders such as Alfa Laval Inc. and HLTH Corp. during the past year, earning him a place among Law360's Insurance MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
Employment MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Camille Olson
Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Camille Olson set herself apart in the past year with a pair of key wins for her client DHL Express (USA) Inc. in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination case and a former executive's breach of contract suit, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Sean Wheeler
Latham & Watkins LLP's Sean Wheeler has counseled clients from upstream petroleum companies to energy asset operators in roughly $35 billion in transactions over the past year, which includes the nearly $7 billion buyout of energy exploration firm Plains Exploration & Production Co., landing him on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
Project Finance MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Agnieszka Klich
With a dizzying array of deals all over the world, Agnieszka Klich, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke LLP's London office, is a global regulatory Sherpa for energy developers, earning her a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
Bankruptcy MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Gary Lee
Gary Lee of Morrison & Foerster LLP has had a knockout year representing bankrupt financial services firms, guiding mortgage giant Residential Capital LLC through one of the most complex bankruptcy proceedings in the past year and earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2013 bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Appellate MVP: Jones Day's Noel Francisco
Jones Day partner Noel Francisco channeled his passion for the U.S. Constitution and legal limits on the government's power into several of this year's biggest cases, including one in which the Supreme Court will consider whether the president was wrong in making certain appointments during a Senate recess, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Insurance MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's James Murray
Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner James R. Murray guided Beebe Medical Center in securing $115 million from its insurers to cover the bulk of its settlement in an emotionally charged sexual abuse case, and helped lay down new precedent protecting policyholders in Washington state, earning him a spot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Energy MVP: Jones Day's Jeff Schlegel
Jones Day partner Jeff Schlegel has successfully kept pace with the evolving oil and gas industry and helped negotiate some of its biggest deals, including Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s purchase of the troubled Texas City refinery for $2.4 billion, netting him a spot on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Employment MVP: Akin Gump's Daniel Nash
In winning huge appellate court victories this year for big-time employers Starbucks Corp. and Ernst & Young LLP in complicated labor class actions, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Daniel Nash also won himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Project Finance MVP: Milbank's Phillip Fletcher
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP partner Phillip Fletcher tapped into more than two decades of experience to nail down financing from diverse lender groups in support of multiple landmark projects, including a $20 billion petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Bankruptcy MVP: Weil Gotshal's Stephen Karotkin
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Stephen Karotkin helped steer American Airlines through the conclusion of its historic bankruptcy this year, achieving the near-impossible feat of securing a recovery for stockholders while also managing to clear its massive midbankruptcy merger with US Airways past antitrust headwinds, earning him a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 02, 2013
Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jay Goffman orchestrated a prepackaged restructuring of international vodka giant Central European Distribution Corp. and helped AMR Corp. creditors pilot American Airlines toward an $11 billion merger with US Airways Group Inc., earning him a place as one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 02, 2013
Employment MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald Maatman
When the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Kaplan Higher Education Corp. amid a campaign to block employers from using credit checks to screen hires, Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Gerald Maatman turned the table on the government, forcing the EEOC to turn over information about its own hiring practices and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.
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December 02, 2013
Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Miguel Estrada
Arguing for cable giant Comcast Corp. in a consumer class action, Gibson Dunn's Miguel A. Estrada convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to strengthen the requirements for Rule 23 class certification, landing him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs of 2013.
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December 02, 2013
Insurance MVP: Kasowitz's Robin Cohen
With victories including defeating a group of insurers’ bid to avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in asbestos coverage and convincing a judge that some carriers had to cover damages in privacy litigation, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP’s Robin Cohen has secured her spot on Law360’s list of Insurance MVPs.
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December 02, 2013
Project Finance MVP: Shearman's Nicholas Buckworth
Shearman & Sterling LLP's Nicholas Buckworth has spent the last 12 months — and much of his career — on the cutting edge of project finance for energy deals around the world, breaking new ground in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.
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December 02, 2013
Energy MVP: Bracewell's G. Alan Rafte
For Bracewell & Giuliani LLP’s G. Alan Rafte, a spot on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs came from a year of shepherding high-profile, high-dollar divestments involving some of the industry’s biggest names and plenty of moving parts.
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November 28, 2013
Appellate MVP: Latham & Watkins' Richard Bress
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's big soda ban was deflated by successful legal challenges raised by Latham & Watkins LLP partner Richard Bress, earning the litigator a place among Law360's Appellate MVPs of 2013.
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November 27, 2013
Energy MVP: Akin Gump's John Goodgame
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's John Goodgame helped shepherd Crestwood Midstream Partners LP through a complex $7 billion merger with Inergy Midstream LP that created a major shale market player, marking just one of several high-value transactions that landed Goodgame on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.
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November 27, 2013
Bankruptcy MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Dietderich
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Andrew Dietderich helped reshape the flagging film company Eastman Kodak Co. into a viable business, a massive global restructuring that earned him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2013.
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November 27, 2013
Employment MVP: Jones Day's Eric Dreiband
Jones Day's Eric Dreiband defeated nationwide class action cases by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against both United States Steel Corp. and Bloomberg LP, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.
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November 27, 2013
Insurance MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jane Byrne
Securing a landmark appeals court victory that will likely save her client hundreds of millions of dollars and established an important standard for the insurance industry, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Jane M. Byrne earned herself a place among Law360's 2013 Insurance MVPs.