Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year

Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year highlights up to five practice groups that notched the biggest litigation victories or deals of the year. Winners are recognized for the size, complexity and significance of the deals or litigation they worked on.
  • February 06, 2025

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP notched critical wins as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an Eighth Amendment challenge to a city's public camping law and gave insurers a voice in mass tort bankruptcies, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2025

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    Attorneys at WilmerHale have had a banner year, reversing a $2.2 billion jury verdict on appeal and defeating government patent claims against a pharmaceutical company, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2025

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Reichman Jorgensen

    Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP won a $525 million infringement verdict against Amazon, and successfully challenged DC Comics' and Marvel's "super hero" trademark, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2025

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys worked some of the most notable intellectual property cases last year, including fighting off a sprawling $6 billion patent case against Intel Corp. and successfully defending a sports video game maker against copyright claims by a tattoo artist, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2025

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Duane Morris

    Duane Morris LLP attorneys helped vacate a $2.75 billion patent infringement verdict against Cisco Systems Inc. and won a jury trial for Roku Inc. with $318 million at stake, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2025

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Irell

    Irell & Manella LLP won a $445 million infringement verdict for Netlist in Texas, less than a week after persuading a California federal jury that Samsung breached a contract with Netlist, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2025

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    The intellectual property group at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP clocked numerous wins in the past year, including a $58 million attorney fee award for representing Oracle in a software copyright battle and a win at the U.S. International Trade Commission for Korean drugmaker Hugel, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • February 16, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    Attorneys at Williams & Connolly LLP had a landmark year with two precedent-setting victories in the U.S. Supreme Court that will affect copyright and trademark litigation for years to come, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Irell

    Irell & Manella LLP helped VLSI win a nearly $949 million verdict against Intel Corp. for infringing a patent for microchip technology, and represented Netlist in its win where a jury said Samsung owes $303 million for willfully infringing five flash memory patents, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP scored a directed verdict of noninfringement for Dell during a $435 million patent trial in front of U.S. District Judge Alan Albright and shielded SharkNinja from any business interruption during proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission, earning the firm a spot in Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP lawyers got PepsiCo Inc. out of a trademark dispute with a small nitro cold brew startup and pulled a $278.9 million jury verdict against a Chinese drone maker out of the Western District of Texas, earning their law firm a place as one of Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP brought in a win for Sanofi and Regeneron at the U.S. Supreme Court while also securing a $158 million infringement verdict for Boston Scientific, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2024

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 55 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2023 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • January 19, 2024

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2023, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 23, 2023

    IP Group Of The Year: Debevoise

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's intellectual property team last year smacked down a preliminary injunction preventing Grubhub from using its new logo — convincing a district judge to reject a magistrate judge's recommendation — and won a preliminary injunction against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's fintech company for client H&R Block, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2023

    IP Group Of The Year: Patterson Belknap

    Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP won more than $2 billion for a software company that had its trade secrets stolen, prevented a generic version of Janssen's schizophrenia drug Invega Sustenna and cracked down on counterfeit surgical devices, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2023

    IP Group Of The Year: Desmarais

    Desmarais LLP secured a $272 million patent infringement verdict against LabCorp and helped Cisco beat a $371 million infringement case, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2023

    IP Group Of The Year: Erise

    Erise IP's intellectual property group secured several consecutive victories in the Eastern District of Texas this past year, successfully defending major companies like Sony and NetScout Systems against millions in potential damages and earning the group a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2023

    IP Group Of The Year: Finnegan

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP defended BMW against patent infringement claims before the U.S. International Trade Commission, and also took Amazon to task over counterfeits sold on its platform, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2023

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2022, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 25, 2022

    IP Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP helped LG Energy Solution reach a $1.8 billion settlement in a trade secrets dispute against SK Innovation and represented indoor cycling behemoth Peloton in its ongoing fight with Mad Dogg Athletics, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2022

    IP Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP scored a massive $1.9 billion judgment against Cisco in the country's first patent trial held on Zoom, earning it a place among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2022

    IP Group Of The Year: Irell

    The intellectual property team at Irell & Manella LLP notched the second-largest patent jury damages award ever for VLSI Technology LLC in 2021 and also secured one of the largest verdicts involving standard-essential patents, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

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