Seven Covington Lawyers Named Law360 MVPs

Seven Covington Lawyers Named Law360 MVPs

October 3, 2023

LOS ANGELES / LONDON / NEW YORK / WASHINGTON— Law360 has named seven Covington lawyers as MVPs, placing third amongst all firms. These awards showcase standout attorneys across numerous practice areas and industries who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year, including high-stakes litigation, complex global matters, and record-breaking deals.

The Covington lawyers recognized as Law360 MVPs are:

Jay Carey was recognized for his work defending and winning bid protest litigations, including successfully defending Bell Textron’s $8 billion contract with the U.S. Army for the development of the Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft and overturning the U.S. Air Force’s $3.3 billion contract for systems engineering and integration services in support of the nation’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile fleet on behalf of Guidehouse. Jay's Government Contracts MVP profile can be found here.

Steve Fagell was recognized for his work representing multinational companies in criminal and civil investigations, which included a non-prosecution agreement for Uber with the DOJ that put to rest a multi-year criminal investigation and a rare publicly announced partial corporate declination from the SEC on behalf of Stanley Black & Decker. Steve’s White Collar MVP profile can be found here.

Mark Herman was recognized for his work advising companies on pursuing a variety of insurance claims, including an appellate affirmance for Merck in a high-profile insurance coverage litigation concerning its $1.4 billion loss from the NotPetya cyber event. Mark’s Insurance MVP profile can be found here.

Michael Hill was recognized for his work advising sports leagues and teams on precedent setting media rights agreements, including the National Football League on its multi-year agreement with Google granting YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels the right to distribute NFL Sunday Ticket and Major League Soccer on its historic media rights agreement with Apple for distribution of MLS games on Apple TV. Michael's Media and Entertainment MVP profile can be found here.

Ursula Owczarkowski was recognized for her work in the development, acquisition, financing and restructuring of projects, including advising ACWA Power in the negotiation of hydrogen offtake, EPC, and regulatory matters involving green hydrogen for the NEOM project and the refinancing of the $639 million Shuaibah 3 restructuring project, both in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She also advised Solar Century on the financing and development of a captive solar power and battery storage project in Mozambique. Ursula’s Project Finance MVP profile can be found here.

Ashley Simonsen was recognized for her work defending class actions in the financial services industry, including the dismissal of a class action accusing a large bank of misrepresenting its pandemic relief programs, a Second Circuit affirmance of a nationwide class settlement for Navient, and the dismissal of class actions for PayPal and AfterPay related to overdraft fees in connection with installment payments. Ashley’s Banking MVP profile can be found here.