Rankings: Rising Stars

Law360’s Rising Stars profiles the top legal talent under 40. The winners are comprised of top litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys. Submissions highlight the winner’s age and reasons why his or her record deserves attention.
  • August 14, 2023

    Rising Star: BraunHagey & Borden's Douglas Curran

    Douglas Curran of BraunHagey & Borden LLP helped notch a $56 million trademark victory at trial for Stone Brewing Co. and resolved an international shipping dispute on behalf of a Colombian company, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 11, 2023

    Rising Star: Mintz's Mathilda McGee-Tubb

    Mathilda McGee-Tubb of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC defended parents charged in the "Varsity Blues" case, leading to one of the first acquittals in the high-profile case and earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2023

    Rising Star: Nixon Peabody's Joshua Sharp

    Joshua Sharp of Nixon Peabody LLP represented one of the few defendants in the "Varsity Blues" case to go to trial, ultimately securing a successful appeal at the First Circuit in May, and is representing former U.S. Labor Secretary and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in a state whistleblower case, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 11, 2023

    Rising Star: Bartlit Beck's Katherine 'Kat' Hacker

    Kat Hacker of Bartlit Beck LLP successfully defended Monsanto against allegations its weed killer Roundup caused a gardener's non-Hodgkin lymphoma and represented Walgreens in landmark opioid litigation, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Desmarais' Kerri-Ann Limbeek

    Desmarais LLP's Kerri-Ann Limbeek has helped a biotechnology prenatal test inventor win massive patent cases against diagnostic-testing giants like LabCorp — including a $272.5 million verdict last year — earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Reichman Jorgensen's Laura Carwile

    Laura Carwile was part of the Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP team that navigated a broiler chicken industry executive through an epic price-fixing case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Spagnoletti Law's Marcus Spagnoletti

    Marcus Spagnoletti of Spagnoletti Law Firm has helped win compensation for maritime workers severely injured in accidents, including the sinking of the oil rig Troll Solution, earning him a spot among the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 09, 2023

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Onika Williams

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP of counsel Onika Williams worked with a team representing BNSF Railway in the regulatory approval process for the merger of Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and Kansas City Southern, earning her a spot among the transportation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 09, 2023

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Daniel Koffmann

    Daniel Koffmann of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has represented clients caught up in high-profile government investigations, including the Theranos fraud scandal, Brazil's massive Operation Car Wash anti-corruption probe and an ongoing federal inquiry into the privacy program at X, the former Twitter, earning a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 08, 2023

    Rising Star: Goodwin's Nathan Hagler

    Nathan Hagler of Goodwin Procter LLP has served as lead attorney in several billion-dollar acquisitions, including Shopify's $2.1 billion purchase of Deliverr and Salesforce's $1.33 billion pickup of Vlocity, earning him a spot among the technology deal makers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 08, 2023

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Ronak D. Desai

    Ronak D. Desai of Paul Hastings LLP founded the firm's congressional investigations practice and is defending one of the world's largest and most prominent religious organizations in a criminal investigation and civil lawsuit, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 08, 2023

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Nicholas Vallorano

    Nicholas Vallorano of Mayer Brown LLP helped Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Securities underwrite $1.8 billion in private activity bonds to fund a bridge-building public infrastructure program in Pennsylvania, earning him a spot among the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 08, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Winn Allen

    Winn Allen of Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Georgia in a suit brought by Florida over water allocation, and he was principal at trial for UnitedHealth Group in an antitrust suit seeking to block its acquisition of Change Healthcare, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2023

    Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's James T. Christie

    Labaton Sucharow LLP's James T. Christie has litigated several high-profile, high-payout lawsuits on behalf of investors in companies across various sectors and occasionally across borders, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2023

    Rising Star: V&E's Gabriel Silva

    Gabriel Silva of Vinson & Elkins LLP represented Aligned Data Centers and Macquarie Asset Management in their acquisition of data center service provider ODATA, earning him a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2023

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Brette Tannenbaum

    Brette Tannenbaum of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has advised several high-profile sports clients in reputation-threatening litigation, including representing the NFL in a proposed class action alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices, earning her a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2023

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Craig Jennings Lavoie

    Craig Jennings Lavoie has attained a number of big victories for major clients, including winning a liability finding and securing a $15 million jury verdict on behalf of Vanessa Bryant, wife of basketball star Kobe Bryant, earning him a place among the sports practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360's Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2023

    Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Justin Haan

    Justin Haan of Morrison Foerster LLP advised software company Salesforce Inc. on its $27.7 billion acquisition of messaging platform Slack, and high-profile companies like Meta and OpenAI on other deals, earning him a spot among the technology lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2023

    Rising Star: Dentons' Lauren Wilson

    Lauren Wilson of Dentons US LLC helped T-Mobile through the second-biggest deal in the telecom company's history — reworking a nationwide 12-year tower and small cell agreement with Crown Castle International — earning her a spot among the telecom attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2023

    Rising Star: Cooley's Tijana Martinovic Brien

    Cooley LLP's Tijana Martinovic Brien helped land a precedent-setting California decision for Gilead Sciences and aided videoconferencing provider Zoom in escaping the bulk of proposed class claims alleging it misled investors about its security capabilities, earning her a spot among the securities law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Alex Martin

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Alex Martin guided a headlining deal crowning the Carlyle Group as the world's largest collateralized loan obligation manager, earning his spot among the structured finance attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Irell's Charlotte J. Wen

    Charlotte Wen of Irell & Manella LLP has been a core member of trial teams winning nine- and 10-figure judgments, including the largest U.S. patent judgment of $2.3 billion last year, earning her a spot among technology attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Wiley's Sara M. Baxenberg

    Sara Baxenberg of Wiley Rein LLP has played a key role in shaping policies to determine the U.S. flight paths of commercial drones, earning her a spot as one of the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Jesse Bernstein

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Jesse Bernstein helped secure a rare securities class action victory on behalf of Tesla and Elon Musk and successfully defended a software company facing a post-merger lawsuit, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Michael J. Ruder

    Michael Ruder of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP advised two banking giants that acted as co-lenders in a $3 billion securitized refinancing for one of New York City's tallest skyscrapers, earning him a spot among the structured finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

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