Encore! Encore! Here are the 2020 Litigators of the Week
Let's hear it one last time for this year's winners
December 23, 2020 at 07:30 AM
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Lest we at the Litigation Daily be accused of turning too often to the usual suspects for Litigator of the Week honors, I'll have you know that my back of the envelope tabulations shows that we honored a grand total of 35 different law firms over the course of the year. (OK, I might have broken out an Excel spreadsheet.) That's not even counting pro bono partners who were co-honorees.
But, let's be honest: Some firms make a habit out of landing the LOTW trophy over and over again. Is there a trophy? If not, we've got to get one, right? One of those pass-it-around types like the Stanley Cup, I'm imagining.
In 2020, seven law firms etched their name in our imaginary trophy multiple times: Latham & Watkins; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; and Hogan Lovells all landed in our Friday headlines twice. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Quinn Emanuel Urquhardt & Sullivan; and Sidley Austin all did it an impressive four times. But not to be outdone, those uber-competitive litigators over at Kirkland & Ellis landed LOTW honors a whopping eight times, with three partners, Adam Alper, Mike De Vries and Andrew Kassof all landing a share of the top spot two times a piece.
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- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Boies Schiller Flexner
- Latham & Watkins
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Proskauer Rose
- DLA Piper
- Covington & Burling
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- Kirkland & Ellis
- Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
- Motley Rice
- Milbank LLP
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Dechert
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
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Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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