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 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Ben Steinberg

    Ben Steinberg of Robins Kaplan LLP helped contact lens buyers score more than $118 million in settlements for antitrust claims and also helped land a $28 million deal for monopolization claims against "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli and his former companies, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Roshni Banker Cariello

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP capital markets partner Roshni Banker Cariello has advised companies through every stage of the IPO life cycle, including leading purchasers through a $7.75 billion deal to buy unsecured notes offered by Johnson & Johnson spinoff Kenvue in March, earning her a top spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Krysta Pachman

    Krysta Pachman of Susman Godfrey LLP has helped plaintiffs find relief through class action settlements, including owners of music copyrights who sued Spotify over unpaid royalties, and investors who lodged investor claims against Pershing Square and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Spencer Sloan

    Spencer Sloan of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has advised a host of top financial institutions on multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including an $8 billion deal in which U.S. Bancorp scooped up MUFG Union Bank, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under ago 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Genna Ghaul

    Genna Ghaul of Jones Day has helped oversee Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court restructurings for businesses in a variety of industries, including automobile manufacturer Shiloh, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Brian P. Quinn

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Brian P. Quinn helped defeat one of the U.S. Department of Justice's most persistent and high-profile criminal price-fixing prosecutions, carving out a spot for himself as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington's Megan Rodgers

    Covington & Burling LLP's Megan Rodgers helped guide McKesson Corp. into settling a blockbuster opioids case for less than 1% of the requested damages, and assisted Meta Platforms Inc. in fending off litigation from its moderators, earning her a spot among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Weil's Andriana Georgallas

    Andriana Georgallas of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP played a key role in the trailblazing restructuring of $1.1 billion in assets for the international logistics company Syncreon, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Gibbons' Michael D. DeLoreto

    Michael D. DeLoreto of Gibbons PC has spent much of his career helping to pass legislation to legalize cannabis in New Jersey and has aided dispensaries in their efforts to start operating in the Garden State, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Akin's Jesse Brush

    Jesse Brush of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP helped internet support company GTT Communications slash $1 billion from its capital structure and instructed GEO Group on how to address $2 billion in debt maturities, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Skadden's Timothy J. Gaffney

    Timothy Gaffney is a core member of the banking team at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP with a list of longtime clients that he has guided through significant transactions, including Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo and DMG Bancshares, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Kasdin Miller Mitchell

    Kasdin Miller Mitchell of Kirkland & Ellis LLP was counsel to Facebook, now Meta Platforms Inc., and PennEast Pipeline Co. in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Ken Li

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Ken Li was in the trenches helping a struggling Credit Suisse sell off its securitized products unit and line up this spring's unprecedented fire-sale takeover by UBS, earning him a place among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Nelson Mullins' Jahmy Graham

    Jahmy Graham of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP helped defend luxury automaker Lexus against a lawsuit seeking relief for all Californians who alleged problems with its certification program for pre-owned vehicles and successfully argued for summary judgment in a suit alleging false advertising by the online dating service Tawkify, earning him recognition among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Saul Ewing's Monique B. DiSabatino

    Saul Ewing LLP partner Monique B. DiSabatino has helped oversee the wind-down of a 170-plus-year-old Philadelphia hospital and the liquidation of a major organic food distributor and a Sears spinoff, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Dykema's John Fraser

    John Fraser of Dykema Gossett PLLC has helped change cannabis law and shape the budding industry from the ground up in Michigan, with accomplishments including landing a chair position on the state bar's cannabis section, earning him a spot among the cannabis law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Simone Hicks

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Simone Hicks has helped clients such as Discovery Inc. and Spirit Airlines navigate the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions, earning her a spot among benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2023

    Rising Star: MoloLamken's Lucas M. Walker

    Lucas Walker of MoloLamken LLP has helped clients send a variety of cases up the judicial chain, ranging from an intellectual property dispute he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year to a case that won every federal judge in America a pay raise, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Erica Weisgerber

    Erica Weisgerber of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has represented McKinsey & Co. in a slew of lawsuits accusing the consulting firm of failing to disclose conflicts of interest when it applied to be a court-appointed bankruptcy adviser, winning dismissals in nearly a half-dozen cases and earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Miller Nash's Brie Coyle Jones

    Miller Nash LLP partner Brie Coyle Jones has successfully negotiated intergovernmental agreements between multiple states and tribal governments, paving the way for legal cannabis commerce in those jurisdictions and earning her a spot among the cannabis attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's William Sears

    William Sears has been a key part of several teams at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that have secured high-dollar settlements for clients, including a $1 billion cash settlement in a shareholder suit challenging Dell Technology Inc.'s 2018 redemption of its DVMT stock, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Julie Crisp

    Julie Crisp of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised media and technology companies on benefits and compensation matters in several multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including MGM Studios' $8.45 billion acquisition by Amazon and T-Mobile's $146 billion combination with Sprint, earning her a spot among benefits attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brad G. Hubbard

    Brad Hubbard of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP worked on obtaining a reversal of a $663 million judgment in a False Claims Act case, earning him a spot among the appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Dentons' Lauren Estevez

    Lauren M. Estevez of Dentons assisted cannabis company Bright Green Corp. with listing its shares on Nasdaq, making it the first publicly traded company to be federally authorized to grow and sell marijuana for research, and earning her a spot among the cannabis attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Milbank's Nelly Almeida

    Nelly Almeida of Milbank LLP has played an instrumental role in negotiating and restructuring billions of dollars of debt for creditors of major national and international companies, including lenders of aircraft leasing business Nordic Aviation Capital, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

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