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Law360's 2011 Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of its 2011 Practice Groups of the Year series.

In November, Law360 solicited submissions from more than 500 law firms for the series. The more than 550 submissions received were reviewed by a committee of Law360 editors. Winners were selected based on the significance of the litigation wins or deals worked on; the size and complexity of the litigation wins or deals worked on; and the number of significant, large or complex deals the firms worked on or lawsuits the firm had wins in. Only accomplishments from Dec. 1, 2010, to Dec. 1, 2011, were considered.

Profiles of the winning firms will run on Law360 beginning Jan. 4.

Law360's 2011 Practice Groups of the Year are:

Appellate
Gibson Dunn
Mayer Brown
Quinn Emanuel
Sidley Austin
WilmerHale

Bankruptcy
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Skadden
Weil Gotshal

Class Action
Gibson Dunn
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
Sidley Austin
Skadden

Competition
Davis Polk
O'Melveny & Myers
Quinn Emanuel
Skadden
White & Case

Employment
Gibson Dunn
Greenberg Traurig
Orrick
Seyfarth Shaw
Sidley Austin

Energy
Bracewell & Giuliani
Morgan Lewis
Simpson Thacher
Vinson & Elkins
Weil Gotshal

Environmental
Hunton & Williams
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
Sidley Austin

Government Contracts
Crowell & Moring
Jenner & Block
Morrison & Foerster
Vorys Sater
Wiley Rein

Health
Akin Gump
Arnold & Porter
Covington & Burling
Ropes & Gray
Weil Gotshal

Insurance
Dickstein Shapiro
Jenner & Block
Kasowitz Benson
Skadden

Intellectual Property
Kirkland & Ellis
Morgan Lewis
Munger Tolles
O'Melveny & Myers
WilmerHale

International Trade
Gibson Dunn
King & Spalding
Sidley Austin
Steptoe & Johnson
Wiley Rein

Media & Entertainment
Jenner & Block
Munger Tolles
Pryor Cashman
Weil Gotshal
Winston & Strawn

Mergers & Acquisitions
Cravath Swaine
Kirkland & Ellis
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Weil Gotshal

Privacy & Consumer Protection
Arnold & Porter
Cooley LLP
Covington & Burling
Reed Smith
Wilson Sonsini

Private Equity
Kirkland & Ellis
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Willkie Farr

Product Liability
Bowman & Brooke
Greenberg Traurig
Jones Day
King & Spalding
Skadden
Akin Gump

Project Finance
Akin Gump
Morrison & Foerster
Orrick
Skadden
White & Case

Real Estate
Fried Frank
Greenberg Traurig
Kirkland & Ellis
Simpson Thacher
Skadden

Securities
Cleary Gottlieb
Gibson Dunn
Ropes & Gray
Skadden
Weil Gotshal

White Collar
Covington & Burling
Crowell & Moring
Hogan Lovells
Ropes & Gray
Steptoe & Johnson

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