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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 14, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Schechter

    A robust body of work in his first full year at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, including several blockbuster deals for Starwood Capital Group, has earned veteran real estate partner Jonathan Schechter a spot on Law360's list of 2012 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Class Action MVP: Proskauer's Elise Bloom

    Proskauer Rose LLP partner Elise Bloom beat back class certification for client Lorillard Tobacco Co. Inc. in a wage-and-hour action by sales representatives in a case that had ramifications for the entire tobacco industry, earning Bloom a spot among Law360's Class Action MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Project Finance MVP: Mayer Brown's Christopher Erckert

    For his work advising BNP Paribas and two Peruvian banks in about $527 million in financing for a key piece of public infrastructure in Lima, Peru — the largest Peruvian currency financing to date for a non-sovereign issuer — among other feats, Mayer Brown’s Christopher Erckert has earned a spot on Law360’s list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Government Contracts MVP: Morgan Lewis' Brad Fagg

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Brad Fagg tallied big victories in 2012 for nuclear utilities on claims the federal government failed to accept and dispose of spent fuel, winning $70 million in damages for one client and a favorable Federal Circuit ruling for another — and earning a spot on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Securities MVP: Morgan Lewis' Marc Sonnenfeld

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Marc Sonnenfeld won the dismissal of four securities lawsuits against Hewlett-Packard Co. within the last year, making him a go-to attorney for the company and earning him a spot as a 2012 Law360 Securities MVP.

  • December 13, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's J. Philip Rosen

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s J. Philip Rosen has built his career taking a hands-on strategy with an impressive body of high-profile real estate transactions, a personal approach that has won him a long list of happy clients as well as a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    IP MVP: Finnegan Henderson's Donald Dunner

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP's Donald R. Dunner deployed his extensive appellate litigation experience to secure a major victory for Akamai Technologies Inc. that will make it easier for patent holders to prove induced infringement in cases involving multiple actors, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Competition MVP: O'Melveny's Kenneth Nissly

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP litigator Kenneth Nissly landed a jury verdict in favor of semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix Inc., saving it from a potential $12 billion damages award in a conspiracy case brought by a rival and earning him a spot on Law360’s Competition MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Employment MVP: O'Melveny's Bob Siegel

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP partner Bob Siegel’s lengthy career representing major airlines in labor disputes had several high points this year, with victories for Delta Air Lines Inc., U.S. Airways Group Inc. and more, snagging him a spot on Law360’s list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Product Liability MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker

    Jones Day partner Stephanie Parker’s success in defending R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the first of nearly 4,500 federal cases that sprang out of the Florida Supreme Court’s Engle decision has earned her a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    White Collar MVP: Orrick's Michael Madigan

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP senior counsel Michael J. Madigan's leadership in conducting aggressive discovery of text messages helped unravel a landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting against 22 military and law enforcement equipment executives accused of bribing Gabonese officials, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2012 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    IP MVP: Orrick's Chris R. Ottenweller

    Chris R. Ottenweller of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP successfully defended Apple Inc. at the U.S. International Trade Commission in one of the earliest smartphone patent cases to go to trial and secured a precedent-setting victory for EMC Corp. at the Federal Circuit that put an end to a favorite tactic of patent trolls, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Securities MVP: Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia

    With a swath of regulatory victories already in his column, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Eugene Scalia got a court this year to block the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission's so-called position limits rule, a historic win in a closely watched case that landed him a spot among Law360's 2012 Securities MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    White Collar MVP: Crowell & Moring's Janet Levine

    Crowell & Moring LLP's Janet Levine successfully fended off the first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecution of a corporation to go to a jury, a precedential victory that earned her a place among Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Product Liability MVP: O'Melveny's Charles Lifland

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Charles Lifland scored recent appellate victories for Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. Inc. allowing the drug companies to avoid paying millions in punitive damages and dodge costly failure-to-warn claims, securing himself a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Competition MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Neuwirth

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Stephen Neuwirth has been on the front line of high-stakes antitrust litigation, recently securing class certification in multidistrict litigation against several railroad companies accused of price-fixing, landing him on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Insurance MVP: Simpson Thacher's Mary Kay Vyskocil

    In 2012, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Mary Kay Vyskocil added a number of major victories to her already impressive resume, successfully fending off appellate challenges to judgments in high-stakes insurance and reinsurance disputes and earning a spot as one of Law's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Stephen Lefkowitz

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Stephen Lefkowitz helped Cornell University beat out 16 other universities around the globe in landing an agreement with New York City to develop a $2 billion science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, helping to secure him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Health Care MVP: Morgan Lewis' Eric Sitarchuk

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Eric Sitarchuk's crowning achievement for 2012 was a Pennsylvania hospital network's victory in a bitter qui tam battle, but Sitarchuk's year also included quiet negotiations that highlighted his skill in dealing with regulators, earning him a spot among Law360's Health Care MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Jason Schwartz successfully knocked Enterprise Holdings Inc. from multidistrict Fair Labor Standards Act litigation and even persuaded the Third Circuit to create a new test for determining joint employer relationships, earning him a spot among Law360’s Employment MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Competition MVP: White & Case's Eric Grannon

    For seven years, White & Case LLP's Eric Grannon has been in the vanguard of so-called pay-for-delay litigation with federal regulators, persuading the Eleventh Circuit in April to uphold settlements with generic-drug makers that protect Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s testosterone-replacement drug AndroGel, earning him a place on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Product Liability MVP: Covington's Michael Imbroscio

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Michael Imbroscio was the brains behind an unprecedented decision to rescind mass tort status for litigation over Hoffman-La Roche Inc.'s acne treatment Accutane as well as a key ruling backing Roche's warnings about the drug, earning him a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Securities MVP: Davis Polk's Lawrence Portnoy

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Lawrence Portnoy managed to secure the dismissal of a decadelong, multibillion-dollar securities fraud class action for a Credit Suisse Group AG unit right before trial, an epic win that earned him a spot among Law360's 2012 Securities MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Employment MVP: Paul Hastings' Neal Mollen

    For his role securing a major victory for SmithKline Beecham Corp. before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that cemented the status of pharmaceutical sales representatives as exempt from overtime requirements, Paul Hastings LLP's Neal Mollen earned himself a place among Law360's 2012 Employment MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    IP MVP: Katten's Floyd Mandell

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's Floyd Mandell, already a highly respected trademark law practitioner, secured favorable outcomes over this past year for Microsoft Corp., Skype Inc., retail behemoth Arcadia Group Ltd. and others in a slew of high-profile disputes over their marks, earning him a spot among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.

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