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 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Jamal Fulton

    Jamal Fulton of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised many investment firms in multibillion-dollar transactions, including a $16.25 billion transaction in February between AT&T Inc. and private equity firm TPG Capital, landing him a spot among the fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum

    Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has counseled clients through a wide range of antitrust matters, including sensitive conduct investigations, multibillion-dollar deal reviews and a merger challenge in federal court, earning him a spot among the top competition attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Buckingham Doolittle's Richard Fry

    Richard Fry of Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs LLC helped secure high-profile taxpayer wins before Ohio's Supreme Court, including a first-of-its-kind sourcing dispute involving ADT contracts and a tax exemption for the Cincinnati Reds, earning him a spot among the tax practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Chelsea Ashbrook McCarthy

    Holland & Knight LLP's Chelsea Ashbrook McCarthy has built a track record of defending companies against claims they've mismanaged their employee stock ownership plans, landing her a spot among the benefits law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Jing Zhang

    Mayer Brown LLP's Jing Zhang secured low tariffs for Turkey's largest aluminum sheet producer and nabbed several country-of-origin victories for Chinese companies facing Section 301 duties, winning her a spot among international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Henry Liu

    Henry Liu of Covington & Burling LLP has defended against massive antitrust class actions, including notching important wins for JPMorgan against sprawling accusations of aluminum price-fixing, earning him a spot among the top competition attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Daniel Lloyd

    Daniel Lloyd of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has regularly advised a number of powerhouse private equity firms as they formed some of their most significant investment funds, such as with CVC Capital Partners' latest flagship fund that raised €21.25 billion, earning him a spot among the top fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Berger Montague's Patrick F. Madden

    Patrick F. Madden of Berger Montague PC helped the city of Philadelphia receive millions of dollars of relief in litigation against Wells Fargo and represented mixed martial arts fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in an antitrust lawsuit, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Baum Hedlund's R. Brent Wisner

    Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC's R. Brent Wisner has netted multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in sprawling litigation over Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 product liability Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Sarah L. Brodie

    Sarah L. Brodie of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped steer Disney's agreement to take over Hulu — a deal valuing the streaming giant at least $27.5 billion — earning her a spot among the tax lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Mintz's Kelly L. Frey

    Kelly Frey of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has litigated cases across a broad spectrum of matters related to commercial real estate and government regulation, including the first case establishing commercial landlords' rights against tenants protected by Massachusetts' COVID-19 eviction moratorium, earning him a spot among the real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Vaughn Morrison

    Vaughn Morrison of Troutman Pepper has advised ConEdison in acquiring a $1.5 billion renewable energy asset and helped National Grid Renewables procure several utility-scale renewables, earning him a spot among the top project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Madison Kitchens

    King & Spalding partner Madison Kitchens has successfully defended manufacturers facing massive exposure, including a recent Ninth Circuit appeal of a $454 million verdict that saw his side go toe-to-toe with Michael Avenatti, earning Kitchens a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Samantha Rowe

    Samantha Rowe of Debevoise & Plimpton has represented countries going against companies and companies going against countries, including a precedent-setting case involving the Russian Federation and Yukos Oil, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Ofilio Mayorga

    Ofilio Mayorga of Foley Hoag LLP focuses on investment treaty and commercial arbitration, with expertise and experience in Latin American markets as well as high-profile cases before the International Court of Justice at The Hague, earning him a spot among international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Kristen Richer

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP's Kristen Richer took lead roles in securing significant wins in the past year for retailers in multidistrict litigations over a probable carcinogen found in popular heartburn medication Zantac and generic blood pressure medications, earning her a spot among the top product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Josh Winefsky

    Josh Winefsky of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has negotiated huge casino, hospitality and retail space transactions while also guiding clients through the high-stakes world of New York City luxury condominium development, netting him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Skadden's Leah Chacón

    Leah Chacón of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented SunEdison in a $146 million debt refinancing that was among the first project financings of a solar project in Honduras and in Central America, earning her a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Polina Liberman

    Polina Liberman of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped advise private equity firms Bain Capital and Cinven Group on their $4.2 billion acquisition of Switzerland's Lonza Specialty Ingredients, one of several deals to earn her a place among tax practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Kevin R. Budner

    Kevin R. Budner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP was on the leadership team that helped strike a $10 billion settlement for plaintiffs alleging Volkswagen cheated customers, lied to the government and misled the public about the emissions of almost 600,000 diesel vehicles, earning him a place among the class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2021

    Rising Star: Brown Rudnick's Nicole Bouchard

    Nicole Bouchard of Brown Rudnick LLP is part of a tax team advising on the settlement structure of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy and has worked on tax issues related to a trust to meant help California wildfire victims, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2021

    Rising Star: Herbert Smith Freehills' Liang-Ying Tan

    Liang-Ying Tan of Herbert Smith Freehills has helped companies secure claims for hundreds of millions of dollars, recently helping an energy company land a $540 million arbitral award, earning her a spot among international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2021

    Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Erin Meyer

    Erin Meyer's successful arguments on behalf of defendants in major California class actions, including Coinbase and Public Storage, have earned her a place among the best class action lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2021

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' David Ziyambi

    David Ziyambi of Latham & Watkins LLP has led the funding process for multiple high-profile energy projects, and was part of the team advising on the $20 billion financing for Mozambique's first-ever onshore liquefied natural gas development, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2021

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Eric Rumanek

    Eric Rumanek of Troutman Pepper has helped Johnson & Johnson defend against multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective pelvic mesh devices, one of the largest mass tort cases in history, earning him a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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