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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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November 27, 2013
Project Finance MVP: Nossaman's Corey Boock
Nossaman LLP partner Corey A. Boock helped the state of Indiana close a bond issuance for an $800 million project to build a bridge across the Ohio River — the largest financing project of its kind — earning him a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.
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November 26, 2013
Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' David Cohen
Vinson & Elkins LLP partner David Cohen had a hand in closing some of the biggest oil and gas transactions throughout the country over the last year, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2013 list of Energy MVPs.
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November 26, 2013
Appellate MVP: Arnold & Porter's Lisa Blatt
With dozens of U.S. Supreme Court wins under her belt, Arnold & Porter LLP’s Lisa Blatt continued to build on an impressive track record by scoring three victories before the high court this year in cases that turned on issues involving adoption and Native American law, state water rights, and civil procedure, earning her a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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November 26, 2013
Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's Bruce Bennett
Jones Day's Bruce Bennett took the reins in the city of Detroit's historic restructuring and helped bring MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 11 case to a successful conclusion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2013.
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November 26, 2013
Employment MVP: Paul Hastings' Nancy Abell
By getting high stakes class actions against employers like Cintas Corp. and Forever 21 whittled down to manageable individual claims Paul Hastings LLP partner Nancy Abell earned herself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.
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November 26, 2013
Insurance MVP: Shernoff Bidart's Michael Bidart
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP's Michael Bidart has been MGA Entertainment Inc.'s go-to attorney as MGA squares off with insurers on defense costs for an epic battle with Mattel Inc. over rights to the popular Bratz doll line, making Bidart one of Law360's Insurance MVPs for 2013.
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November 26, 2013
IP MVP: WilmerHale's Bill Lee
Guiding Pfizer Inc. to a settlement where generic-drug makers agreed to pay $2.15 billion to end litigation over an acid reflux drug and helping Apple Inc. obtain the first White House veto of a U.S. International Trade Commission exclusion order since 1987 has landed WilmerHale's Bill Lee on Law360's list of IP MVPs for the third straight year.
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November 26, 2013
Project Finance MVP: Orrick Herrington's Pascal Agboyibor
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Pascal Agboyibor helps governments, multilaterals and private companies finance infrastructure projects that will drive growth in Africa, including the construction of the world's largest hydroelectric plant, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.
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November 25, 2013
M&A MVP: MoFo's Robert Townsend
Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Robert S. Townsend played his mergers and acquisitions cards well this year and pulled in winning pots for clients like Caesars Entertainment Corp., Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. and Intel Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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November 25, 2013
IP MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Charles Verhoeven
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Charles Verhoeven improved his record of success in front of the Federal Circuit to 15-1-1, thanks to a decision in Microsoft v. ITC and Motorola that blocked the plaintiff from obtaining an exclusion order against the plaintiff, earning him a spot on Law360's 2013 list of IP MVPs.
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November 25, 2013
Health Care MVP: Akin Gump's Stephanie Webster
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Stephanie Webster secured a victory for Allina Health Services hospitals and 27 other major hospitals in a fight over disproportionate share payments last year when she persuaded a D.C. court to strike down a Medicare rule that changed how the payments were calculated, earning her a spot on Law360’s list of Health Care MVPs.
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November 22, 2013
IP MVP: Sidley Austin's David Pritikin
Sidley Austin LLP's David Pritikin spent the last year defending Microsoft Corp. against a wave of high-stakes litigation brought by Google Inc.'s Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and scored a landmark ruling along the way that is shaping how standard-essential patents are valued, earning him a spot on Law360's 2013 list of IP MVPs.
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November 22, 2013
White Collar MVP: Bracewell & Giuliani's Marc Mukasey
Former federal prosecutor Marc Mukasey has had a great year leading Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's white collar practice, scoring victories for Halliburton Co., an SAC Capital Advisors LP informant and a former Countrywide Home Loans Inc. executive, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 White Collar MVPs.
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November 22, 2013
Health MVP: Weil Gotshal's Nicholas J. Pappas
In the last year, Nicholas J. Pappas, a partner in Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s employment litigation practice group, has helped defend longtime client UnitedHealth Group Inc. from a number of high-profile employment-related lawsuits, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Health MVPs.
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November 22, 2013
M&A MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Kenneth Siegel
Kenneth Siegel, a partner in Morrison & Foerster LLP's Japan practice, fought off attempts by Dish Network LLC to acquire Sprint and Clearwire during a bid of these by Softbank, paving the way for the largest outbound Asia merger in history and earning him a spot on the Law360's 2013 list of M&A MVPs.
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November 21, 2013
Health MVP: Weil Gotshal's Matthew Gilroy
Steering blockbuster deals exceeding $10 billion during the past year for health care companies, including Health Management Associates Inc.'s $7.6 billion sale to Community Health Systems Inc. despite upheaval on HMA's board, has landed Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Matthew Gilroy on Law360's 2013 list of Health MVPs.
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November 21, 2013
Hospitality MVP: Proskauer's Jeff Horwitz
Work on a string of significant hotel deals over the past year, including the noteworthy $1.9 billion sale of an Accor SA hotel unit to the Blackstone Group LP, has earned by Proskauer Rose LLP's Jeff Horwitz a spot on Law360's list of Hospitality MVPs.