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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.
  • December 18, 2015

    The Firms That Dominated In 2015

    Three legal stalwarts landed at the top of the pack in 2015 to take the title of Law360's Firms of the Year, bolstered by their combined 27 Practice Group of the Year wins and their deft handling of high-stakes, high-profile work.

  • December 18, 2015

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Group of the Year awards, given to those firms that came through for clients by sealing the biggest deals and securing wins in high-stakes litigation.

  • January 30, 2015

    Class Action Group Of the Year: Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorneys successfully argued a major class action case over retiree health benefits at the U.S. Supreme Court and racked up major wins for clients including Amazon.com Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals and Mitchell International, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2015

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s class action experts notched big wins across a host of practice areas in 2014, from shutting down securities litigation over client U.S. Airways Group’s blockbuster 2013 merger to fending off antitrust claims against the London Metal Exchange, earning a spot among Law360’s Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2015

    Class Action Group of the Year: Labaton Sucharow

    Labaton Sucharow LLP makes a repeat appearance among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year with high-profile securities settlements with Fannie Mae and Hewlett-Packard, as well as a massive all-cash agreement related to a mining disaster.

  • January 27, 2015

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis attorneys have had a big year in multidistrict litigation, winning strategic dismissals for Facebook Inc. in shareholder litigation over its initial public offering and battling hundreds of consolidated complaints on behalf of General Motors LLC over alleged ignition switch defects, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn once again proved why it is a go-to firm for companies facing high-stakes class action lawsuits in 2014, securing big wins for clients like Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and PepsiCo and earning its fifth straight appearance among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2015

    Class Action Group of the Year: Dentons

    Dentons attorneys defeated a proposed $1 billion class action against Lincoln Benefit Life Co. that challenged its calculation of life insurance rates and beat class certification in a securities fraud suit against Genworth Financial Wealth Management Inc., earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2015

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    With a year highlighted by major recoveries in securities class actions from the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ernst & Young LLP and Morgan Stanley, the class action lawyers at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP earned a spot on Law360’s Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2015

    Class Action Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler

    Class action litigators and employment defense lawyers with BakerHostetler secured an impressive string of victories last year across a spectrum of high-stakes matters, from consumer practice cases to data privacy defense for health care clients, securing them a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year

    Showcasing strength in numbers and the agility needed to serve up top-notch client service on a number of fronts, two law firms secured a combined 18 Law360 Practice Group of the Year awards in 2014 to earn the distinction of Law360's Firms of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year, awarded to firms that came through for their clients in 2014, sealing the big deals and winning the high-stakes suits.

  • January 15, 2014

    Class Action Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP's success in defending Toshiba Corp. from a potential $2.3 billion penalty in a class action trial over price-fixing on liquid crystal display panels plus its repeated presence in front of the U.S. Supreme Court has earned the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Perkins Coie

    Perkins Coie LLP secured an influential appellate decision on confidential source allegations in securities litigation against The Boeing Co. and defeated class certification in a string of high-profile consumer claims, earning it a spot among Law360’s Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Munger Tolles

    By developing customized solutions to unique problems, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP beat back litigation in 2013 seeking billions from Philip Morris USA, Bank of America Corp. and Transocean Ltd., earning it a spot among Law360’s Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2014

    Class Action Group Of the Year: Morgan Lewis

    Guiding Toyota Motor Corp. toward a more than $1 billion settlement in unintended acceleration litigation and securing decisions for Hewlett-Packard Co. in putative consumer and employment class suits are some of the accomplishments that have earned Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP a place among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2014

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn's class action group's win in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles before the U.S. Supreme Court that restored the Class Action Fairness Act's removal power helped shape class action jurisprudence and is already reverberating in lower court cases, earning the group a spot on Law360's list of Class Action Groups of 2013.

  • January 01, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards, given to firms that excelled at getting the job done for clients in litigation and deals in 2013.

  • January 30, 2013

    Class Action Practice Group of the Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP secured major class action victories in 2012 on behalf of both plaintiffs, in antitrust litigation against the nation's largest railroad companies, and defendants, in a data disclosure suit against IBM Corp., making the firm's team one of Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2013

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Labaton Sucharow

    Labaton Sucharow LLP secured more than $2.3 billion in class action settlements for plaintiffs in high-stakes securities and antitrust matters in 2012, including a $725 million deal in litigation against American International Group Inc. and a $295 million pact with The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., earning it a place among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2013

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped BP PLC ink an estimated $7.8 billion in class action settlements last year covering economic and property damages and medical claims in multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, work that helped place the firm among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 25, 2013

    Class Action Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP rescued several companies from costly class actions in 2012, protecting The Home Depot Inc. from a $400 million class action over its employee retirement plan and resolving a years-long battle over GlaxoSmithKline PLC's antidepressant Paxil — which earned it a spot as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2013

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Securing a groundbreaking early dismissal of an all-natural labeling suit against PepsiCo Inc. was among the recent notable achievements for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorneys that landed the firm among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year for the third consecutive time.

  • January 01, 2013

    Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Practice Groups of the Year award.

  • January 31, 2012

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Skadden

    When Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. faced a Second Circuit appeal in a class action alleging inadequate disclosures related to the collapse of the $330 billion auction rate securities market, the investment bank turned to attorneys at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, who won affirmation of the dismissal over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's objections — one of many high-profile representations that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.

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