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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 13, 2011
IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jim Hurst
Jim Hurst of Winston & Strawn LLP has been on a winning streak for the past year, racking up eight separate trial victories in the last 18 months for clients such as Abbott Laboratories, a feat that earned him a place on Law360's roster of Intellectual Property MVPs.
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December 12, 2011
Privacy MVP: Reed Smith's Mark Melodia
It's a common dilemma: A company suffers a data breach, and one of its customers launches a class action. Reed Smith LLP partner Mark S. Melodia helped one client find an uncommon solution, staving off traditional credit monitoring and saving it cash — the sort of inventive thinking that landed him a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.
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December 12, 2011
Environmental MVP: Vorys Sater's Mark Norman
As lead attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio, in a federal crackdown on sewage overflows, Mark Norman of Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP negotiated a consent decree that allowed the county to commit an additional $1.79 billion in infrastructure improvements while protecting the county's finances and ratepayers, earning him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.
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December 12, 2011
IP MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Luke Dauchot
As lead trial counsel for Medtronic Inc. subsidiary Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. in its patent dispute with NuVasive Inc., Luke Dauchot of Kirkland & Ellis LLP parlayed his extensive knowledge of the patents-in-suit along with his ability as a team leader into a jury award worth over $100 million, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.
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December 12, 2011
Media & Entertainment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Orin Snyder spent this year successfully defending well-known clients that ranged from the world's largest online social network to a daytime talk show co-host, landing him a spot among Law360's Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 12, 2011
Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' Howard Sobel
Pulling off a leveraged buyout these days is hard enough, but the $2.6 billion acquisition of BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. in June by two private equity firms scores extra points for creativity and performance under pressure, earning Latham & Watkins LLP partner Howard Sobel, who represented the buyers, a spot among Law 360's Private Equity MVPs.
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December 12, 2011
Insurance MVP: Covington's William Skinner
William Skinner of Covington & Burling LLP helped Chiquita Brands International Inc. secure a ruling that its insurer must cover the cost of defending suits alleging that the company is liable for thousands of killings by Colombian extremists, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Insurance MVPs.
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December 09, 2011
Media & Entertainment MVP: Paul Hastings' Eric Greenberg
Crafting a joint venture among networks and affiliate broadcasters to bring live television and video on demand to mobile devices is just one of the accomplishments this year that makes Paul Hastings LLP partner Eric Greenberg one of Law360's Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 09, 2011
Privacy MVP: Covington & Burling's Eric Bosset
Mounting an aggressive defense to behavioral advertising and online tracking claims, Eric Bosset of Covington & Burling LLP has helped Cable One Inc., Microsoft Corp., AOL Inc. and other major corporations quickly escape potentially costly litigation, earning him a place among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
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December 09, 2011
IP MVP: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks
Juanita Brooks of Fish & Richardson PC has racked up three separate patent trial victories for Allergan Inc. and Cephalon Inc. over the past year, earning her a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.
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December 09, 2011
Insurance MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's James Murray
James R. Murray, deputy leader of Dickstein Shapiro LLP's insurance coverage group, helped secure the largest ever single-insurer payment in a clergy sex abuse case this year, earning him a spot among Law360's Insurance MVPs.
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December 09, 2011
Private Equity MVP: Skadden's Rick Madden
When longtime Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP client Centro Properties Group ran into a wall of recession-triggered debt, corporate partner Rick Madden helped the Australian real estate concern avoid liquidation by raising $9.4 billion in a massive sale to The Blackstone Group LP, a deal that also helped land Madden a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.
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December 09, 2011
Environmental MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Walter Lohmann
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Walter Lohmann helped Chemtura Corp. settle environmental remediation obligations at some 100 sites and transition out of bankruptcy with a clean slate, and his effective outreach strategy has earned him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.
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December 08, 2011
Privacy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Jennifer Archie
Jennifer C. Archie, leader of Latham & Watkins LLP's data protection and privacy practice, is known for advising companies on every corner of the data protection landscape, whether it's writing privacy policies or responding to a global data breach, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.
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December 08, 2011
IP MVP: Kirkland's Gregory Arovas
Spansion Inc.'s patent case against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the U.S. International Trade Commission had the potential to block a wide swath of electronics using flash memory chips from being imported into the U.S., but Gregory Arovas of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped clear Samsung from the infringement claims and from having any products excluded, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.
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December 08, 2011
Insurance MVP: Covington's David Goodwin
While working to obtain insurance coverage for the costs that BP PLC incurred from the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill and that United HealthCare Corp. spent to resolve a $350 million consumer class action, David Goodwin of Covington & Burling LLP was also helping Atlantic Richfield Co. finalize a multimillion-dollar recovery stemming from a more than decade-old accident, earning him a place among Law360's Insurance MVPs.
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December 08, 2011
Media & Entertainment MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali
Here's the winning equation that landed Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Dale Cendali a spot on Law 360's list of Media & Entertainment MVPs: President Barack Obama, plus the world's most famous boy wizard and the two-time Emmy Award winner for outstanding comedy series.
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December 08, 2011
Environmental MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's David Elkind
After eight years of battling for coverage in a complicated suit over a toxic waste sites cleanup project, Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner David Elkind won a $29.7 million judgment for New York State Electric & Gas Corp. against its old parent company, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.
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December 08, 2011
Private Equity MVP: Cadwalader's Rocky Lee
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's Rocky Lee is writing the playbook for deal making in China, masterminding transactions like the venture capital investment in online-payment company China PnR and the Chinese government's stake in a Silicon Valley startup, making Lee one of Law360's Private Equity MVPs.
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December 07, 2011
Employment MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Richard Simmons
By aggressively challenging proposed employee classes and plaintiffs in wage-and-hour suits, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Richard J. Simmons has scored key victories for clients ranging from Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. to major California hospitals and earned himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.
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December 07, 2011
Energy MVP: Orrick's Mark Weitzel
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Marc Weitzel has had a busy year serving as lead counsel to EIF Renewable Energy Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Innovative Energy Systems — a deal that created one of the largest landfill gas-to-energy companies in the U.S. and landed Weitzel among Law360's Energy MVPs.
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December 07, 2011
Antitrust MVP: Skadden's Steven Sunshine
Challenging AT&T Inc.'s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. and defending Southwest Airlines Co.'s $1.4 billion purchase of AirTran Holdings Inc. are just two of the many accomplishments that make Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Steven Sunshine one of Law360's Antitrust MVPs.
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December 06, 2011
Energy MVP: White & Case's Jason Kerr
Jason Kerr led White & Case LLP's advisory team for the Nord Stream pipeline project, working to secure project financing, win regulatory approval and negotiate contracts for an ambitious €9 billion ($12 billion) underwater natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, earning him a place among Law360's Energy MVPs.
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December 06, 2011
Antitrust MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Ian Simmons
With the statutory language stacked against him and the possibility of defeat looming for his client Asiana Airlines Inc. in an appeal of price-fixing multidistrict litigation, Ian Simmons of O'Melveny & Myers LLP first got creative and then got state claims tossed from the putative class action, guaranteeing him a spot on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.
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December 06, 2011
Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Bill Kilberg
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Bill Kilberg convinced the Seventh Circuit to overturn the certification of one of the the largest classes of employees in a suit over The Boeing Co.'s 401(k) plans, and secured a role as Boeing's lead counsel in a controversial dispute over its plans to shift production to a nonunion facility, landing a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.