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 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jessica Tuchinsky

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Jessica Tuchinsky has cultivated an expertise in helping leading financial institutions finance multibillion-dollar transactions, including Dow Chemical Co.’s $5 billion spinoff in 2015, earning her a spot as one of five banking practitioners under 40 to be honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Jennifer Marines

    Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Jennifer Marines has had a year of high-profile Chapter 11 cases, including helping Maxus Energy Corp. overcome $12 billion in liabilities and preserving 400 jobs with a quick sale in the Sungevity bankruptcy, that have won her a second year as one of the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Citizens Bank's Joel Barras

    Citizens Bank’s Joel Barras has accumulated many successes in representing major corporations and nonprofit organizations in the employment realm, including helping Verizon work through last year’s strike, earning him a spot as one of five employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Mitchell Silberberg's Alexandra Meise

    Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP's Alexandra Meise has worked tirelessly to help countries and people in need, with recent examples including her representation of Venezuela as it headed off or minimized multibillion-dollar arbitrations and her representation of Somalia as it secured an initial win in a maritime boundary dispute with Kenya, landing her among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Lauren Fletcher

    WilmerHale’s Lauren Fletcher has had a leading role in a number of high-profile patent cases, including the long-running battle between Apple and Samsung, and secured a number of precedent-setting wins at the Federal Circuit, earning her a spot as one of five IP lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Lauren C. Bellerjeau

    Morrison & Foerster LLP’s youngest partner, Lauren Bellerjeau, has helped push the firm's mergers and acquisitions practice into the world of real estate investment trust transactions and has taken the lead on major deals including the sale of GE’s commercial real estate unit to Blackstone, earning her a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Angela Vicari

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner Angela Vicari has scored key defense wins for clients in the past year, including multiple decisions defeating class certification in cases alleging an Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. unit incorrectly packaged birth control pills, landing her a spot among the five product liability practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Latham's Brian McManus

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s Brian McManus represents companies and individuals navigating high-stakes tax matters, including when he landed a major victory for Scottish Power in a $4 billion fight with the IRS, earning him a spot as one of five tax practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Cassandra Seto

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Cassandra Seto has carved out a name for herself obtaining game-changing wins for high-profile media and entertainment clients, including a precedent-setting victory in December for SiriusXM, earning her a spot as one of four media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Caldwell Cassady's Brad Caldwell

    Caldwell Cassady & Curry PC's Brad Caldwell has amassed numerous victories against Apple over his career, including a recent $302 million jury verdict on behalf of Virnetx, earning him a spot as one of five intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Natalia Zibibbo

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's Natalia Zibibbo recently secured $386 million for global steel pipe maker Tenaris SA and its subsidiary in arbitrations against Venezuela and landed a $5 billion settlement against Argentina for Spanish oil giant Repsol SA, placing the international arbitration specialist among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Weil's Sachin Kohli

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Sachin Kohli has advised companies in some of the highest-valued mergers and acquisitions of the past few years, including guiding Dow Chemical in its pending $130 billion merger with fellow chemical giant DuPont, earning him a spot as one of five mergers and acquisitions attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Gabrielle Levin

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Gabrielle Levin knocked her first-ever jury trial out of the park recently, winning a potentially costly retaliation suit for HSBC and helping earn herself a spot as one of five labor and employment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Matthew M. Roose

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Matthew M. Roose has made a name for himself among corporate restructuring practitioners through his representation of creditors in the bankruptcies of Energy Future Holdings Corp., Forbes Energy Services and Washington Mutual Inc., securing him a spot as one of five bankruptcy law attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Weil's Heather A. Viets

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Heather A. Viets has become a go-to attorney for Barclays PLC and other global financial giants when they enter into complex, multibillion-dollar loans and financing agreements, earning her a spot as one of five banking law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Skadden's Nathan W. Giesselman

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Nathan W. Giesselman has helped Silicon Valley navigate some of the largest cross-border deals in the world, including recent, groundbreaking deals involving Hewlett Packard and Intel, earning him a spot as one of five tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Covington's Shankar Duraiswamy

    The role of Covington & Burling LLP's Shankar Duraiswamy in defending air bag maker Takata Corp. in high-profile litigation in the wake of the largest public safety recall in U.S. history and regulatory investigations landed him a place among the five product liability attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    The 2017 Rising Stars, By Firm

    Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP led the pack with eight Rising Stars each, followed by Latham & Watkins LLP, Mayer Brown LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, which had six apiece. Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP rounded out the group with five Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's David Almeling

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s David Almeling has published two books on trade secret law, established himself as a leading voice on the practice and successfully headed patent cases representing Google, landing him on Law360's list of intellectual property attorneys under 40 being honored as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Lee Morlock

    Mayer Brown LLP’s Lee Morlock was the lead tax attorney advising Yum! Brands on the tax-free spinoff of its Chinese restaurant business, a novel transaction in China that concurrently had multiple refinancing transactions totaling more than $9 billion, thereby earning him a spot as one of five tax attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Kalpana Kotagal

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s Kalpana Kotagal is dedicated to advocating for equity and diversity in the workplace, including by representing tens of thousands of women who have accused Sterling Jewelers Inc. of widespread gender bias, earning her a spot as one of five employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Eli Vonnegut

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Eli Vonnegut has handled a dizzying array of cases in the short span of his restructuring career, from the government’s $185 billion rescue of American International Group Inc. to a string of lightning-fast oil and gas industry turnarounds, earning him a spot as one of five bankruptcy attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Sean Jessee

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Sean Jessee has been part of many important wins for his medical device company clients in litigation over alleged defects and injuries, including playing a key role in a $28 million pelvic mesh case for C.R. Bard, earning him a spot among the five product liability attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Courtney Dankworth

    While still in her early 30s, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Courtney Dankworth helped represent JPMorgan Chase in a historic $25 billion post mortgage-crisis settlement, earning her a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars for banking practitioners under 40.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Jonathan Davis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Jonathan Davis has advised on a series of complex deals totaling roughly $370 billion since becoming a mergers and acquisitions practitioner, including high-profile deals like Mead Johnson’s $17.9 billion acquisition by the U.K.’s Reckitt, earning him a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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