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.
  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Brian C. Rabbitt

    Jones Day partner Brian Rabbitt steered the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division to a landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlement and kick-started the DOJ's ongoing crackdown on pandemic loan fraud, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Butler Snow's Susanna Moldoveanu

    Butler Snow LLP lawyer Susanna Moldoveanu filed thousands of summary judgment motions on behalf of Johnson & Johnson over claims of defective pelvic mesh devices in what became one of the largest multidistrict cases in history, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Bird Marella's Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk

    Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk of Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow PC helped return millions of dollars' worth of valuables to more than 30 clients whose private vaults were unconstitutionally raided by the government and beat a pharmaceutical distributor executive's $100 million fraud rap over widespread attorney-client privilege violations, earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Alisa Waxman

    Alisa Waxman of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has guided private equity firms on numerous multibillion-dollar transactions, including Ara Partners' $1.1 billion decarbonization fund and Global Infrastructure Partners' record-breaking $22 billion infrastructure fund, earning her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Hanson Bridgett's Brian Schnarr

    Brian Schnarr of Hanson Bridgett LLP represented McWhinney in a dispute over a foreclosed Colorado shopping center and won a $156 million jury verdict in a trial hampered by COVID-19 restrictions, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Cohen Ziffer's Cindy Jordano

    Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP partner Cindy M. Jordano helped notch one of the first pro-policyholder pretrial wins in a COVID-19 business interruption suit and worked to settle a client's hacking coverage dispute despite little precedent guiding the way, earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Harris Bricken's Jihee Ahn

    Jihee Ahn developed Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP's dispute resolution and litigation practice and serves as lead counsel for a Republic of Haiti government agency in U.S. proceedings spanning several jurisdictions, landing her among international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Covington's Kate Cahoy

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Kate Cahoy has spent half a decade defending Facebook from a series of class actions, earning her a spot among technology attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Khelin Aiken

    Khelin Aiken of Baker McKenzie is helping Johnson & Johnson spin off its consumer health business — which made $15 billion last year — earning her a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: Podhurst Orseck's Kristina Infante

    Kristina Infante of Podhurst Orseck PA achieved millions of dollars in settlements for victims of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting and is currently representing victims of the Boeing 737 Max crashes, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Jeffrey I. Kessler

    WilmerHale's Jeffrey Kessler has dedicated his career to the field of international trade, serving as a lead adviser for Boeing in its long-running trade dispute with Airbus as well as a key decision-maker at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he was appointed assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance, earning him a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: Proskauer's Wai Choy

    Proskauer Rose LLP partner Wai Choy has played a lead role in advising on some of the most significant recent transactions at the intersection of media and technology, including the $43 billion merger between AT&T's WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc., earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: Willkie's Debra M. Sinclair

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Debra Sinclair helped secure tens of millions of dollars for creditors in the bankruptcy of Mexico's flag carrier airline and played a part in one of the fastest Chapter 11 turnarounds in U.S. history, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Libby Weingarten

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC partner Libby Weingarten has counseled large social media companies that were among the first third-party platforms accused of violating children's online privacy rules, including helping YouTube negotiate a landmark Federal Trade Commission settlement, earning her a spot among privacy and cybersecurity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: Skadden's Brett J. Fleisher

    Brett J. Fleisher of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has headed multibillion-dollar deals between a myriad of companies, including leading Dell's $4 billion sale of its Boomi business to Francisco Partners and TPG, earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: Shearman's Samuel Ogunlaja

    Samuel Ogunlaja of Shearman & Sterling LLP has advised on a number of energy projects in Africa and the Middle East, including Uganda's first "greenfield" refinery project, and a large hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Neom, a city being built in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Sunita Bali

    Perkins Coie LLP partner Sunita Bali is defending Google from claims that its virtual personal assistant technology illegally records users, and helped radiology firm RadNet Inc. settle a data breach lawsuit at an early stage, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Lauren Anderson

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Lauren A. Anderson has guided some of the world's largest energy companies through transactions in both the traditional and alternative energy spaces, including a $2 billion deal at a Louisiana chemical plant, earning her a spot among the energy attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Hueston Hennigan's Joseph Reiter

    Hueston Hennigan's Joseph Reiter, who has been at the trial boutique since 2015 as one of its founding associates, has played major roles in trials that helped Amazon defeat an eBay arbitration and PwC defeat an employee whistleblower's claims, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Sidley's Fatema Orjela

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Fatema Orjela's work advising on and cutting billion-dollar deals for private equity companies like H.I.G. Capital, Apollo Global Management and GIC Private Ltd. earned her a spot among the private equity attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Wiley's Enbar Toledano

    Enbar Toledano of Wiley Rein LLP successfully represented steel producer Nucor before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the American Line Pipe Producers Association in a Federal Circuit appeal of a CIT judgment, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Kevin Bostel

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP restructuring partner Kevin Bostel helped a struggling restaurant franchisee navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and got his first leadership experience in the case of helicopter service company CHC Group Ltd., both of which dealt with lots of moving parts and disparate constituencies, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Rick Offsay

    Rick Offsay of Latham & Watkins LLP has guided a bevy of entertainment giants through multimillion-dollar deals, including advising Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. in its recent $8.45 billion acquisition by Amazon.com Inc., earning him a spot among the media and entertainment practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Alexa Kranzley

    Alexa Kranzley of Sullivan & Cromwell helped manage a unique Chapter 11 filing for manufacturing company Garrett Motion, valuing the company at $3.1 billion in an auction and allowing shareholders to hold on to their common stock, and she helped California Resources Corp., the largest oil and natural gas producer in California, restructure $5 billion in debt, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Skadden's Lara A. Flath

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Lara A. Flath successfully defended the University of North Carolina in federal litigation regarding its consideration of race in undergraduate admissions, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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