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.
  • July 09, 2021

    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Brock Bosson

    Brock Bosson of Cahill Gordon LLP helped usher in a landmark $282 million anti-corruption deal between Walmart and U.S. authorities, one of the achievements that earned him a spot among compliance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2021

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Sara Weed

    Sara Weed of Paul Hastings LLP helped human resources software giant Ceridian roll out a rapid payroll product and helped draft state legislation for client Coinbase around cryptocurrency exchanges' capital requirements, earning her a spot among the fintech practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2021

    Rising Star: Stradley Ronon's Anastasia C. Sheffler-Wood

    Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's Anastasia Sheffler-Wood has shepherded some of the biggest transportation companies on the New York Stock Exchange through yearslong, multimillion-dollar acquisitions, including Triumph Group Inc. and PennEngineering as they expanded their portfolios and global reach, earning her a spot as one of the top transportation attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2021

    Rising Star: Irell & Manella's Amy Proctor

    Irell & Manella LLP's Amy Proctor helped VLSI Technology LLC secure one of the largest patent infringement wins in history when a jury awarded it a $2.175 billion verdict in Texas federal court, earning her a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2021

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Jed Miller

    Jed Miller of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP helped advise Nearwater Capital for the risk-retention financing of more than $3 billion in asset-backed securities and Freddie Mac for over $5 billion of its synthetic mortgage-backed securities, earning him a spot among the structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2021

    Rising Star: Cooley's Marcelo Pomeranz

    Marcelo Pomeranz of Cooley LLP secured the first patent for a THC-producing plant in the U.S. and broke new ground in pot intellectual property in Europe and Canada, earning him a spot among the cannabis attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2021

    Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Matan Shacham

    Matan Shacham of Keker Van Nest & Peters has defended businesses, executives and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation cases across the telecommunications sphere, including Qualcomm in a key antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission, earning him a spot among the telecommunications lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2021

    Rising Star: McDermott's Lisa Mazur

    Lisa Mazur of McDermott Will & Emery LLP has carved a niche for herself as a health care attorney guiding clients operating at the intersection of health and technology, and has counseled hundreds of clients on the development and implementation of telemedicine programs, earning her a spot among the health care practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Shanti Sadtler Conway

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Shanti Sadtler Conway has fended off multiple high-profile copyright lawsuits against Epic Games Inc. over dance moves used in its video games, including challenges from rappers, college athletes and YouTube personalities, earning her a spot among the media law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2021

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Tyler Evans

    Tyler Evans of Covington & Burling counseled top health care companies in contracting work with the government amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including Johnson & Johnson and its $1 billion agreement to produce 100 million doses of its vaccine, earning him a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2021

    Rising Star: Jones Day's William R. Taylor

    William R. Taylor of Jones Day helps contractors and owners in the energy industry resolve disputes involving billion-dollar facilities along the Gulf Coast in the southern part of the country, earning him a spot among the top construction attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Kinsella Weitzman's Nicholas Soltman

    Nicholas Soltman of Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump LLP contributed to securing one of the largest arbitration awards ever issued in a profit participation dispute, earning him a spot among the media law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Marisa Maleck

    King & Spalding LLP partner Marisa Maleck was on the team that helped Allergan make a landmark case against compounding pharmacies and has been litigating on the front lines of the cannabis industry since the very start of her career, earning her a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.  

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Eric Greig

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Eric Greig played a vital role last year in getting hospital-level care delivered to patients in the middle of a global shutdown, earning him a spot among health care attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Brian Frey

    Brian Frey of Alston & Bird defended Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Wilkinson against a Bivens action in district court and on appeal before the Fourth Circuit, earning him a spot among the white-collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Luke Eaton

    Luke Eaton of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP was on the team that helped design contractor URS Corp. and consulting firm AECOM fend off a $103 million dispute and recover $4.9 million for URS, after a jury found that a construction joint venture failed to pay the balance for design services on a California highway expansion project, earning him a place among the construction attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Camillie Landrón

    Camillie Landrón of Jenner & Block LLP helped advise Charter Communications Inc. through a lengthy process and Federal Communications Commission auction that resulted in the company winning more than $1 billion last December to expand its broadband network in 24 states, earning her a spot among the telecom law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Davis Wright's Jeremy Chase

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Jeremy Chase has helped win key legal battles centering on the press and the First Amendment, including defeating a lawsuit seeking to block publication of a book by former President Donald Trump's niece, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Devora Allon

    Drugmakers facing multidistrict litigation — such as a generic pricing antitrust litigation in Pennsylvania federal court — often turn to Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Devora Allon to represent them, earning her a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Arpan Sura

    Arpan A. Sura of Hogan Lovells scored a big win on behalf of a coalition of health care, financial services and utility companies that use automatic calls amid a Federal Communications Commission crackdown on spam callers, earning him a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Mattos Filho's Alexandre Arlota

    Alexandre Arlota of Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados has done pioneering work on major development projects in Brazil, putting him among the top construction attorneys under age 40 whom Law360 has honored as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Sidley's Brenna Jenny

    While working for the federal government, Sidley Austin LLP's Brenna Jenny helped lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in responding to COVID-19 during the first part of the pandemic, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Adam Paterno

    Adam J. Paterno of Holland & Knight LLP has been the legal brains behind an array of building developments and renovations, including the redevelopment of the "home of the New Year's Eve Ball Drop" at 1 Times Square, scoring him a spot among the top construction attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Skadden's Chadé Severin

    Chadé Severin of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP drove complex deals in the biopharma sector, including Gilead's $4.9 billion acquisition of cancer immunotherapy firm Forty Seven Inc., landing her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Erin J. Cox

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner Erin Cox spent the last decade dutifully defending Disney movies like "Frozen" and "Inside Out" as well as its "Muppet Babies" reboot from copyright claims, earning her a spot among media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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