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.
  • November 14, 2011

    Real Estate MVP: Bingham's Richard Fries

    In hindsight, the planned conversion of a 32-story windowless building in lower Manhattan to condominiums at the height of the real estate boom seemed doomed to failure. But Bingham McCutchen LLP's Richard Fries managed the Herculean task of finding a new buyer and keeping the whole mess out of court, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 14, 2011

    Securities MVP: Quinn Emanuel's David Elsberg

    David Elsberg, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, led the way to successful arbitration in some of the biggest securities cases this year, including a more than $6 billion settlement for Washington Mutual Inc. bondholders in their case against JPMorgan Chase NA, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Securities MVPs.

  • November 14, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theodore Boutrous

    Earlier this year, Theodore Boutrous Jr. of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to dismantle the largest class of plaintiffs ever certified, handing his client Wal-Mart Stores Inc. a historic victory and making him an easy pick for Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.

  • November 10, 2011

    Law360 Names 2011 MVPs

    Over the coming weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of its 2011 MVP awards honoring attorneys whose accomplishments in major litigation or transactions have raised the bar in corporate law this year.

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