Law360 Names 92 Lawyers To Its 2011 MVP List
-- MVPs Represent 40 Firms Across 16 Practice Areas --
NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Law360 (www.law360.com), a leading publisher of litigation news and intelligence, is pleased to announce 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.
Law360's editors reviewed hundreds of nominations to select the 92 attorneys named as this year's MVPs. The list includes attorneys from roughly 40 firms, including Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meager & Flom LLP, which had the most MVPs on their payroll. The list also includes attorneys from 16 practice areas including bankruptcy, securities, employment and intellectual property law.
Law360 plans to profile each of the selected winners over the next few weeks, highlighting their accomplishments in litigations and transaction between October 2010 and October 2011.
"These legal superstars stood out over the past year for their remarkable achievements," said Magnus Hoglund, co-founder of Law360. "We want to congratulate all of the winners and thank everyone who participated in the selection process."
Law360's 2011 MVPs |
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Appellate |
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Theodore Boutrous, Gibson Dunn |
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G. Eric Brunstad Jr., Deschert |
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Ted Cruz, Morgan Lewis |
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Mark Fleming, WilmerHale |
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Jay Lefkowitz, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Mark A. Perry, Gibson Dunn |
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Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin |
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Josh Rosenkranz, Orrick |
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Paul Smith, Jenner & Block |
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Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel |
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Bankruptcy |
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Andy Dietderich, Sullivan & Cromwell |
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Jay Goffman, Skadden |
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Anup Sathy, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Lisa Schweitzer, Cleary Gottlieb |
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Competition |
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John D. Harkrider, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider |
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Robert Milne & Jack Pace, White & Case |
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Al Pfeiffer, Latham & Watkins |
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Joel Sanders, Gibson Dunn |
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Ian Simmons, O'Melveny & Myers |
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Steven Sunshine, Skadden |
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Employment |
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Robert Davis, Mayer Brown |
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Douglas R. Hart, Sidley Austin |
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Lynne Hermle, Orrick |
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Mark Kemple, Greenberg Traurig |
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Bill Kilberg, Gibson Dunn |
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Richard Simmons, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton |
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Energy |
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Larry Eisenstat, Dickstein Shapiro |
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Mark Haskell, Morgan Lewis |
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Mitchell Hertz, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Peter Keisler, Sidley Austin |
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Jason Kerr, White & Case |
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Mark Weitzel, Orrick |
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Environmental |
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David Elkind, Dickstein Shapiro |
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Walter Lohmann, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Mark Norman, Vorys Sater |
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Janice Schneider, Latham & Watkins |
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Insurance |
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David Goodwin, Covington & Burling |
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Jim Murray, Dickstein Shapiro |
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William Skinner, Covington & Burling |
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Intellectual Property |
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Gregory Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson |
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Luke Dauchot, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Jim Hurst, Winston & Strawn |
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Dan Johnson, Morgan Lewis |
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Bill Lee, WilmerHale |
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Jeff Randall, Paul Hastings |
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Rohit Singla, Munger Tolles |
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Michael J. Songer, Crowell & Moring |
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Charlie Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel |
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Mergers & Acquisitions |
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Dennis Friedman, Gibson Dunn |
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Tom Greenberg, Skadden |
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Alan Kaden, Fried Frank |
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Mike King, Morgan Lewis |
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David Kirkland, Baker Botts |
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Ethan Klingsberg, Cleary Gottlieb |
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James Morphy, Sullivan & Cromwell |
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William Sorabella, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Scott Smith, Covington & Burling |
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Mary Ann Todd, Munger Tolles |
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Media & Entertainment |
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Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Eric Dodson Greenberg, Paul Hastings |
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Orin Snyder, Gibson Dunn |
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Privacy & Consumer Protection |
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Jennifer Archie, Latham & Watkins |
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Eric Bosset, Covington & Burling |
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Mark S. Melodia, Reed Smith |
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Mike Rhodes, Cooley LLP |
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Private Equity |
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Rocky Lee, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft |
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Rick Madden, Skadden |
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Howard Sobel, Latham & Watkins |
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Product Liability |
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John H. Beisner, Skadden |
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Patrick E. Bradley, Reed Smith |
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Andrew McGaan, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Diane Sullivan, Dechert |
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Chilton Varner, King & Spalding LLP |
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Real Estate |
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Richard Fries, Bingham McCutchen |
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Rick Jones, Dechert |
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Jonathan Mechanic, Fried Frank |
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Robert Sorin, Fried Frank |
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Stephen Tomlinson, Kirkland & Ellis |
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Harvey Uris, Skadden |
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Steven Wilner, Cleary Gottlieb |
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Securities |
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David Elsberg, Quinn Emanuel |
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Robert J. Giuffra Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell |
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Jay B. Kasner, Skadden |
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Thomas Moloney, Cleary Gottlieb |
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Adam Offenhartz, Gibson Dunn |
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Jonathan Rosenberg, O'Melveny & Myers |
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Jim Rouhandeh, Davis Polk & Wardwell |
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White Collar |
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Barry Berke, Kramer Levin |
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Alan Vinegrad, Covington & Burling |
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F. Joseph Warin & Jim Walden, Gibson Dunn |
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David M. Zornow, Skadden |
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