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.
  • December 06, 2013

    Government Contracts MVP: Dickstein's Richard Conway

    In the fast-changing universe of government contracts litigation, Dickstein Shapiro LLC partner Richard Conway has leveraged more than 40 years of experience to score major victories in 2013 that could have resounding impact for years to come, earning him a spot among Law360's Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Orrick's Joshua Rosenkranz

    In a remarkably successful year for Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Joshua Rosenkranz, persuading the U.S. Supreme Court that copyrighted goods can be imported without the copyright owner's authority was just one of the triumphs that landed him on Law360's list of 2013 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Employment MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Bob Siegel

    This year, O’Melveny & Myers LLP partner Bob Siegel cemented his reputation as one of the nation's top airline labor lawyers by counseling US Airways Group Inc. executives over antitrust litigation amid its $11 billion merger with American Airlines Inc., landing himself a place on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Akin Gump's Adam Umanoff

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Adam Umanoff has spent his career shaping the world's renewable energy landscape, including helping SunPower develop, build and sell its 580 megawatt solar project spanning two California counties, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs for 2013.

  • December 05, 2013

    Environmental MVP: Steptoe's Lawrence Riff

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Lawrence Riff convinced the Sixth Circuit not only to uphold a summary judgment ruling in favor of Chevron Corp. in a benzene and gasoline contamination lawsuit, but to affirm $250,000 in sanctions against the plaintiffs' attorneys in the case, earning him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Technology MVP: Weil Gotshal & Manges' Keith Flaum

    Over the past year, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Keith Flaum has deftly helped helm Applied Materials Inc.'s $29 billion merger with Tokyo Electron Ltd., while closing several multibillion-dollar deals for Oracle Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of Technology MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Employment MVP: Morgan Lewis' Samuel Shaulson

    Helping Citigroup Inc. secure a Second Circuit win that allowed the bank to enforce an individual arbitration policy in an overtime dispute is just one of the recent successes that landed Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Samuel Shaulson among Law360's Employment MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Howard Seife

    For ten months, Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s Howard Seife oversaw the enormous investigation and subsequent report on Ally Financial Inc.’s potential liability with respect to Residential Capital LLC’s bankruptcy, an undertaking that helped score him a spot among Law360's 2013 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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