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 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Rachael Ringer

    Rachael Ringer of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has spent the past few years helping creditors and other stakeholders influence the course of some of the largest and most complex bankruptcies in the nation, including the cases of Purdue Pharma and the Boy Scouts of America, earning her a spot as one of four bankruptcy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Dechert's Christopher Duerden

    Christopher Duerden of Dechert LLP has helped steer credit asset manager Golub Capital in multiple collateralized loan obligation deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars and has worked on specialized hybrid transactions for Anchorage Capital Partners, earning him a spot as one of four structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's James Spence

    James Spence of Goodwin Procter LLP has worked on various complex deals north of the $1 billion mark for a wide range of clients, earning him a spot as one of five real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Davis Wright's Alison Schary

    Alison Schary, counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, defended Rolling Stone against defamation claims stemming from the magazine's retracted "A Rape on Campus" story and BuzzFeed's right to publish the infamous Steele dossier, landing her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Curtis' Simon Batifort

    Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP partner Simon Batifort has helped Venezuela, Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia secure dismissals of claims in high-stakes investment treaty arbitrations, developing standout arguments along the way, earning him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Jamie Bowers

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC associate Jamie Bowers has helped negotiate multimillion-dollar settlements in ERISA class actions against SunTrust Banks Inc., Bon Secours Health System Inc. and St. Anthony Medical Center Inc., earning her a spot among Law360's benefits Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Jeffrey Bank

    Jeffrey C. Bank of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has helped clients like generic-drug maker Mylan defend against important antitrust litigation and enforcement actions, while also leading client suits targeting anti-competitive conduct by other companies, earning him a spot among antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Faegre Drinker's Libby Baney

    Libby Baney of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has helped the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy navigate a variety of issues, including assisting the launch of the major pharmacy association's .Pharmacy Verified Websites Program, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Zachary S. Podolsky

    Zachary S. Podolsky of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advised two of the largest exploration and production deals of the year back to back, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: Stueve Siegel's Lindsay Todd Perkins

    Lindsay Todd Perkins of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP has been noticed as a lead drafter of winning briefs in consumer litigation related to a massive data breach at hotel giant Marriott, earning her a spot among cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: Venable's Celeste Brecht

    Venable LLP partner Celeste Brecht's work on major product liability cases, including defending Merck & Co. in multidistrict litigation over the drugmaker's shingles vaccine, has earned her a spot on this year's list of product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's David Gringer

    WilmerHale's David Gringer has worked on massive cases on both sides of the courtroom, contesting conduct and mergers as a U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney and defending deals in private practice, cementing a spot for him as one of the antitrust attorneys honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Helen Gugel

    Helen Gugel of Ropes & Gray LLP helped spearhead the groundbreaking investigation into Dr. Larry Nassar's decades of sexual abuse of Olympic athletes and the institutional failures that facilitated it, all while maintaining a robust financial defense practice, earning her a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: Stoel Rives' Alex Mertens

    Alex Mertens of Stoel Rives LLP helps arrange financing for significant renewable energy projects, work that has included assisting energy-developer sPower secure nearly $500 million in financing, earning her a spot among the energy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: Sidley's Michelle Ramirez

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Michelle Ramirez has played a key role in recent years defending Bayer AG in litigation over its birth control device Essure, landing her a spot as one of the product liability attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Jennifer C. Everett

    Jones Day's Jennifer C. Everett is a top outside lawyer advising health care giant Cardinal Health Inc. on data security issues and helping SunPower Corp. deal with the privacy implications of spinning off its solar panel operation into a new company, landing her a spot as one of the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: White & Case's Strati Sakellariou-Witt

    Strati Sakellariou-Witt of White & Case LLP served as counsel to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. in its $70 billion acquisition of chemical manufacturing company Saudi Basic Industries Corp., earning her a spot among the competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: White & Case's Prat Vallabhaneni

    White & Case LLP's Pratin Vallabhaneni has been immersed in some of the most consequential fintech products in recent years, advising Facebook on its foray into digital currencies with the Libra project and working with high-flying fintech infrastructure companies like Plaid and Stripe, earning him a spot among the fintech attorneys under 40 chosen as Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's JP Kernisan

    JP Kernisan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped the Carolina Panthers minimize the fallout from a probe of improper workplace conduct by its former owner, earning him a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Allison Holt Ryan

    Hogan Lovells partner Allison Holt Ryan steered health insurer Anthem through the legal fallout from a massive data breach and is currently helping LabCorp fight multidistrict litigation over a cyberattack that hit one of its vendors, earning her a place among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Shih

    Quinn Emanuel partner Kathleen Shih has supplied valuable advice to major energy sector companies, including offshore drilling companies, helping to bring in an award of more than $700 million to Vantage Energy Inc. among other deals, which landed her a spot as one of the energy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Justin W. Bernick

    Justin W. Bernick has played a key role on a Hogan Lovells team defending Blue Cross Blue Shield in massive antitrust litigation brought by health insurance buyers and medical providers accusing BCBS of allocating markets, earning him a spot among the competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Motley Rice's Ann E. Rice Ervin

    Ann E. Rice Ervin of Motley Rice LLC helped affected families obtain a key win in multidistrict litigation alleging GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran caused birth defects, earning her a spot among the product liability practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Marta Belcher

    Marta Belcher of Ropes & Gray LLP advised some of the largest global cryptocurrency companies including the creator of Filecoin and drafted the first software license that could be legally enforceable over blockchain, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars. 

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Orrick's Nicholas Green

    Nicholas Green of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has helped craft and guide the passage of sports betting legislation across the U.S. over the past year, including in Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, earning him a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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