Take a Bow: Here Are the 2019 Litigators of the Week Winners
The complete list of Litigator of the Week winners in 2019.
December 20, 2019 at 01:24 AM
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December 20, 2019
Andrew Gordon and Jaren Elizabeth Janghorbani, Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Pair Turns the Tables in Delaware
December 13, 2019
Ted Wells, Dan Toal and Justin Anderson of Paul Weiss
On the Hot Seat, Paul Weiss Team Delivers a Cool Win for ExxonMobil in $1.6B Climate Change Suit
December 5, 2019
Noah Hagey, BraunHagey & Borden,
A Stratospheric Win For Trial Boutique BraunHagey Founder
November 22, 2019
John DiLorenzo Jr., Davis Wright Tremaine
$1B Jury Verdict for Davis Wright Tremaine's Di Lorenzo
November 14, 2019
Mike Slade, Kirkland & Ellis
After 10-Year Global Fight, Kirkland's Slade Scores $500M Win for Boeing
November 07, 2019
Chris Denig, Matthew Dunn and Ethan Posner, Covington & Burling
Covington Team Beats Multi-Billion FCA Claim
November 01, 2019
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
With $175M Settlement, Fish's Scherkenbach Plays the Long Game—and Wins
October 25, 2019
Joe Rice of Motley Rice; Paul Hanly of Simmons Hanly Conroy and Paul Farrell of Greene Ketchum, Farrell, Bailey & Tweel
The Plaintiffs Trio Behind the $260M Ohio Opioid Settlement
October 18, 2019
Stuart Gerson of Epstein Becker & Green; Richard Mancino of Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Anton Metlitsky of O'Melveny & Myers
How O'Melveny, Willkie and Epstein Becker Litigators Teamed Up to Challenge Trump's Wall
October 11, 2019
Adam Alper, Mike De Vries and Gianni Cutri, Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland Team Soars with $125M Win for EagleView
October 04, 2019
Seth Waxman, William Lee and Felicia Ellsworth, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilmer Team Makes the Grade for Harvard and Diversity
September 27, 2019
Randy Mastro and Anne Champion, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
With $18B on the Line, Gibson Dunn's Mastro and Champion Prove Arbitration Award Was a Sham
September 20, 2019
Julie Jordan, Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell's Jordan Puts the Brakes on Massive Class Action
September 13, 2019
Karen Dunn, Stacey Grigsby and Meredith Dearborn, Boies Schiller Flexner
With $750M on the Line, Boies Schiller Trio Drives Home a Win for Uber
September 06, 2019
Theodore Boutrous Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Gibson Dunn's Theodore Boutrous Jr. Scores Another Win for the Fourth Estate
August 30, 2019
Sanjay Murthy, Mike Abernathy, and Will Peterson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Litigators of the Week: Morgan Lewis IP Aces Save Babies' Lives—and Taxpayers Money
August 23, 2019
Aaron Streett, Baker Botts
Baker Botts' Streett Scores One for Due Process—and Against the King of Morocco
August 16, 2019
Vernon Winters and David Pritikin, Sidley Austin
August 02, 2019
Craig Primis and K. Winn Allen, Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland Duo Wins One for Facebook—and the Internet
July 26, 2019
Amy Keller of Dicello Levitt Gutzler; Norman Siegel of Stueve Siegel Hanson; Roy Barnes of the Barnes Law Group; and Ken Canfield of Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles.
The Plaintiffs Team Behind the Giant Equifax Settlement
July 19, 2019
Ed Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Weil's Reines Shuts Down Nationwide Patent Attack Against HP
July 12, 2019
Luke Nikas and Maaren Shah, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Quinn Emanuel Duo Master the Art of Winning
June 28, 2019
Reed Oslanand Mark Premo-Hopkins, Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland Teams Adds Up a Win in Delaware Fraud Trial
June 21, 2019
Ted Wells, Paul Weiss
Ted Wells on Top in New Jersey Clash of the Titans
June 14, 2019
Shon Morgan of Quinn Emanuel and Steve Berman of Hagens Berman
June 07, 2019
Matthew McGill, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Gibson Dunn's McGill Hits the Jackpot in Online Gambling Challenge
May 31, 2019
Douglas Baruch and Jennifer Wollenberg, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Fried Frank Team Wins Battle for Non-Citizen Soldiers
May 24, 2019
Karl Stern, Quinn Emanuel
QE's Stern Hits Pay Dirt in $720M Win for Deepwater Driller
May 17, 2019
Brent Wisner, Baum Hedlund
Meet the Man Behind the $2 Billion Roundup Verdict
May 10, 2019
David Tulchin and Thomas White, Sullivan & Cromwell
After Swooping In for Trial, S&C Team Seals Win in 2nd Circuit
May 03, 2019
Marvin Putnam and Laura Washington, Latham & Watkins
Latham Duo Clears Clients Caught in Weinstein Scandal
April 26, 2019
Stuart Singer, Boies Schiller
Boies Schiller's Singer Wins One for the Legal Profession
April 19, 2019
Jonathan Blackman and Larry Friedman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Cleary Duo Clears Banks in Terrorism Support Suits
April 05, 2019
Tom Counts and Liza Brann, Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings Team Gives Align a $51M Reason to Smile
March 29, 2019
Allison Brown of Weil Gotshal & Manges and Morton Dubin of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
How Orrick and Weil Lawyers Teamed Up to Blow Talc Plaintiff Away
March 22, 2019
Karen Dunn, Boies Schiller
Boies Schiller's Dunn Scores in Clash of Tech Titans
March 15, 2019
Jeffrey Kessler, Winston & Strawn
Winston's Jeffrey Kessler Scores for College Athletes
March 08, 2019
George Terwilliger III, McGuireWoods
A Shocking Win for Terwilliger in Ex-Congressman's Corruption Case
March 01, 2019
Lance Koonce, Laura Handman and Lisa Zycherman, Davis Wright Tremaine
First Amendment Heroes at Davis Wright Tremaine Save Greenpeace from Existential Threat
February 15, 2019
Eben Colby, Scott Musoff and James Carroll, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
A Rock-Solid Win for Skadden Trio
February 08, 2019
Michael Morin and David Frazier, Latham & Watkins
Latham's Lethal IP Litigators Kill Patent Challenge to $2B-a-Year Drug
February 01, 2019
Michael Lyle, Quinn Emanuel
How Quinn Emanuel's Lyle Killed a $120M Suit—and Came Out $20M Ahead
January 25, 2019
Louis Tompros, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilmer Partner Drives to Victory with $130M Trademark Save
January 18, 2019
Andrew Gordon, Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Partner Makes a $220M Save in 'Uncharted Territory'
January 11, 2019
Roberta Kaplan of Kaplan, Hecker & Fink and Sharon Nelles of Sullivan & Cromwell
Bringing Home a Win for Airbnb
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Latham & Watkins
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Epstein Becker Green
- Boies Schiller Flexner
- Motley Rice
- Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles LLC
- Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Baker Botts
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP
- Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Paul Hastings
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Sidley Austin
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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