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.
  • January 04, 2012

    Employment Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    When faced with irate employees out for blood and a multimillion-dollar damages verdict, Greenberg Traurig LLP's labor attorneys snagged a bargain-rate settlement for their clients, just one of many victories that earned the firm's labor and employment practice a position among Law360's Employment Groups of 2011.

  • January 03, 2012

    Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's labor and employment practice group racked up a series of landmark victories in 2011, ranging from helping Wal-Mart Stores Inc. defeat the certification of the largest class in history to getting the National Labor Relations Board's controversial case against The Boeing Co. dropped, earning the group a spot on Law360's list of practice groups of the year.

  • January 10, 2011

    Employment Group Of The Year: Sanford Wittels

    Sanford Wittels & Heisler LLP won the largest jury verdict in a sex bias employment class action in history in 2010 against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., one of several victories that distinguished the 26-attorney boutique class action firm as one of Law360's Employment Groups of 2010.

  • January 07, 2011

    Employment Group of the Year: Morgan Lewis

    In a case with wide implications in the retail industry, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP convinced a federal appeals court in September that NutriSystem Inc.'s sales commissions need not be based on percentages for employees to be exempt from federal overtime law, one of many reasons it has earned a spot among Law360's Employment Groups of 2010.

  • January 06, 2011

    Employment Group Of The Year: Littler

    Littler Mendelson PC scored a pair of wins in 2010 from the U.S. Supreme Court that helped further define the scope of employment arbitration authority, two of the victories that distinguished it as one of Law360's Employment Groups of 2010.

  • January 05, 2011

    Employment Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    When the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hit Bloomberg LP with a well-publicized pregnancy discrimination suit, the company turned to Jones Day for help, and the firm delivered — including winning the dismissal of all retaliation claims in the case — one of the reasons it earned a spot among Law360's Employment Groups of 2010.

  • January 04, 2011

    Employment Group Of The Year: Covington

    With victories under its belt for clients like Verizon Communications Inc. and Xerox Corp. that shaped precedent for litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Covington & Burling LLP has nabbed a spot as one of Law360's Employment Groups of 2010.

  • January 03, 2011

    Law360's Employment Groups Of The Year

    Many law firms posted impressive and precedential employment wins in 2010, but only a few notched achievements on the scale of a landmark sex discrimination victory or the resolution of an epic benefits dispute, earning those firms a spot among Law360's Employment Groups of 2010.

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