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Rankings: Rising Stars
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September 30, 2019
Rising Star: Baker Botts' Michael Perry
Baker Botts LLP partner Michael J. Perry successfully steered clients like Indorama Ventures PLC through highly contentious merger reviews at the U.S. Department of Justice and his former employer, the Federal Trade Commission, helping net him a spot as one of the competition attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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September 30, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Edward S. Chang
Jones Day partner Edward Chang has helped a range of companies navigate the legal fallout of high-profile data breaches, including a hack at Experian that compromised the personal information of nearly 16 million T-Mobile customers, earning him a spot among five cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 30, 2019
Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Sarah Johnston
Sarah Johnston of Barnes & Thornburg LLP led the defense for retailer Rite Aid in a talc case and secured a complete defense verdict in favor of the retailer, landing her a spot as a product liability law practitioner under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 27, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Adam Wolfson
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Adam Wolfson helped lead a group of insurers to a billion dollar victory against the Trump administration after it cut off payments that help them reduce costs for low-income individuals, landing him among the five class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 27, 2019
Rising Star: Weil's David Griffiths
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner David Griffiths has worked on several high profile bankruptcies, most recently leading nuclear power company Westinghouse out of its whirlwind Chapter 11 restructuring, earning him a spot as one of five bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 27, 2019
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Whitney Salinas
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Whitney W. Salinas advises major real estate players on giant deals, including Blackstone in a $7.6 billion purchase of a REIT and Crown Acquisitions in a $5.5 billion portfolio acquisition, earning her a spot among five real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 27, 2019
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Michael Mann
Sidley Austin partner Michael Mann prevailed at a murder-and-weapons trial for a pro bono client who had faced decades in prison and won an appeal for an executive caught in the "Bridgegate" scandal, earning him a spot as one of five white collar lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360.
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September 26, 2019
Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Ned Weinberger
Ned Weinberger of Labaton Sucharow LLP negotiated a $35.5 million deal for investors in a suit against AGNC Investment Corp.'s directors and secured a significant victory for minority shareholders challenging Earthstone Energy's $335 million acquisition of Bold Energy, earning him a spot among class action lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 26, 2019
Rising Star: McDermott Will's Vanessa Barmack
McDermott Will & Emery's Vanessa Barmack has built a practice that helps clients such as RFR and Invesco navigate large complex matters in Manhattan and beyond, and thanks to her work on the recent sale of the Chrysler Building and other major deals, she is among a handful of Law360's real estate Rising Stars for 2019.
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September 26, 2019
Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Jason Fiebig
Paul Hastings LLP's Jason A. Fiebig has handled several large international investigations, including probes into foreign bribery at Alstom SA and software giant SAP SE, making him one of Law360's White Collar Rising Stars.
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September 26, 2019
Rising Star: Pillsbury's Dania Slim
Pillsbury Winthrop’s Dania Slim has successfully represented creditors and debtors in large and small bankruptcy cases, including securing a settlement between Wilmington Savings Fund and SunEdison creditors, earning her a spot as one of five bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 25, 2019
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Joseph Zujkowski
O'Melveny & Myers LLP attorney Joseph Zujkowski’s work on major bankruptcy cases, including gun-maker Remington’s Chapter 11 process and the government of Puerto Rico’s debt restructuring effort, has earned him a spot on this year’s list of bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 25, 2019
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Allison Stillman
Allison Stillman of Mayer Brown LLP has advised prominent digital media companies on cutting-edge copyright issues, including helping secure court approval of a $43 million settlement on behalf of Spotify last year in a suit brought by songwriters, earning her a spot as one of the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 25, 2019
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Allison Kidd
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Allison Kidd helped work on some of the biggest real estate deals in California, including the Oakland A's new baseball stadium and surrounding revitalization, earning her a spot as one of five real estate law Rising Stars honored by Law360.
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September 25, 2019
Rising Star: Hueston Hennigan's Steven Feldman
Steven Feldman of Hueston Hennigan LLP scored a win at the U.S. Supreme Court for health product maker Nutraceutical Corp., shaping the law governing class actions and landing him a spot among class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 25, 2019
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jane Shvets
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Jane Shvets has used her international pedigree and language skills to successfully guide corporate clients through internal and government investigations, earning her a spot as one of five white collar lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360.
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September 25, 2019
Rising Star: Taylor & Ring's Natalie Weatherford
Natalie Weatherford of Taylor & Ring helped obtain a record settlement from the Los Angeles public school system and won a $25 million verdict against a private school in a pair of cases involving sexual abuse, earning her a spot as one of three personal injury and medical malpractice law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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September 24, 2019
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Joseph Lanzkron
Joseph Lanzkron of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has racked up experience handling major transactions, such as helping a hedge fund acquire $5.2 billion in assets including real estate from the Sears bankruptcy estate and representing Goldman Sachs in a $530 million mortgage loan to Blackstone affiliates, landing him a spot on this year’s list of real estate attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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September 24, 2019
Rising Star: Lewis Brisbois' Brantley Rowlen
Lewis Brisbois' Brantley Rowlen has notched defense wins in multimillion-dollar medical malpractice cases in recent years, defending local governments and major health care providers in high-stakes wrongful death lawsuits to earn himself a spot among the top medical malpractice attorneys under 40 honored by Law360.
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September 24, 2019
Rising Star: Kendall Brill's Patrick Somers
Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP's Patrick J. Somers has scored numerous trial victories on behalf of his media industry clients, including Paramount Pictures, landing him a spot as one of the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 24, 2019
Rising Star: Edelson's Rafey Balabanian
Rafey Balabanian of Edelson PC has landed notable wins for consumers throughout his career, including recently obtaining the largest privacy verdict in U.S. history, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 24, 2019
Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Sean Tonolli
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP partner Sean Tonolli takes on clients facing serious legal jeopardy, including a former KPMG accounting partner caught up in a major fraud scheme, earning him a spot as one of five white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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September 24, 2019
Rising Star: Kirkland's Christopher Greco
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Christopher Greco has played a key role in several big restructurings over the past few years, taking the reins for the debtor in EXCO Resources Inc.’s $1.4 billion case and helping creditors recover roughly $1 billion in FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.’s Chapter 11, landing him a spot as one of five bankruptcy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 23, 2019
Rising Star: Bird Marella's Ariel Neuman
Ariel Neuman of Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow PC went to bat for North America's largest pipeline company in a recent criminal oil spill trial and is currently defending a former Backpage.com executive in a highly watched federal case, putting him among Law360's White Collar Rising Stars.
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September 23, 2019
Rising Star: Akin Gump's John Bain
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner John Bain has built a broad real estate practice that blends elements of the energy and retail sectors, and thanks in part to his multibillion-dollar transactional work for 7-Eleven, Bain has earned a spot among a small group of real estate lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.