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.
  • September 09, 2026

    Rising Star: Goodwin's Niall Dickson

    Niall Dickson of Goodwin Procter LLP advised global investment manager Ares Management on the formation of billions of dollars in funds focusing on real estate assets such as multifamily, industrial or self-storage sites, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 02, 2026

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Sam Zaretsky

    During a career spent at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Sam Zaretsky has cultivated skills and strong client relationships that have positioned him to lead complex deals, such as a partnership that Starwood Capital entered into to revamp cryptocurrency mining firm MARA's facilities, earning him a spot among real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 31, 2026

    Rising Star: Cooley's Denny Won

    Denny Won of Cooley LLP advised the underwriters for StubHub, a leading secondary ticketing marketplace for live events, on its $800 million initial public offering — a complex transaction that involved extensive SEC engagement — earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 31, 2026

    Rising Star: Cooley's Bill Roegge

    Bill Roegge of Cooley LLP has advised life sciences companies on several notable transactions, including cancer genomics company Personalis and vaccine maker Dynavax in their respective blockbuster buyouts from Tempus and Sanofi, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 31, 2026

    Rising Star: Ahmad Zavitsanos' Kelsi Stayart White

    In the past year, Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing PLLC partner Kelsi Stayart White beat a $14 million lawsuit with a novel procedural argument and set precedent on civil barratry claims while winning a case before the Texas Supreme Court, earning her a spot as one of the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2026

    Rising Star: Fox Rothschild's Saverio S. Romeo

    Saverio Romeo of Fox Rothschild won full acquittals for both an accountant charged in a sweeping health care fraud and racketeering case and a three-term Philadelphia City Council member on charges in an alleged bribery scheme, earning him a spot among the white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2026

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Javad Asghari

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Javad Asghari helped guide EQT Infrastructure in its partnership with Blackrock's Global Infrastructure Partners to buy utility AES Corp. in a deal worth $33.4 billion, and Stonepeak's $5.7 billion investment in an $18 billion liquefied natural gas project, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2026

    Rising Star: Pillsbury's Meghan Doherty

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Meghan Doherty's work on transactions involving government contractors, including HEICO Corp.'s acquisition of Axillon Aerospace's Fuel Containment business, earned her a spot among the government contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2026

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Ray Grant

    Ray Grant of Ropes & Gray LLP advised Bain Capital portfolio company Tanabe Pharma Corp. in a $2.5 billion sale of the global rights to a treatment for ALS, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2026

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Rahul K. Patel

    Rahul Patel of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP had to navigate complex geopolitical and regulatory issues when representing the special purpose acquisition company that took Ukraine's largest telecommunications operator public through a more than $2.1 billion de-SPAC merger amid an active war, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2026

    Rising Star: Weil's Robert Niles-Weed

    Robert Niles-Weed of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP secured a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2023 with significant ramifications for bankruptcy law and has already been named co-head of the firm's appellate practice, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Steptoe's Andrew Magloughlin

    Andrew Magloughlin of Steptoe LLP guided EchoStar through a Federal Communications Commission investigation that could have resulted in having billions of dollars' worth of spectrum licenses revoked but instead saw the company walk away with a $40 billion sale, earning him a spot among telecommunications attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Troutman's Jennifer McCoy

    Jennifer McCoy of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP co-led two trial teams that secured a not guilty verdict in a novel criminal wage-fixing prosecution and, in a separate case, an acquittal in a sprawling healthcare fraud prosecution, earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Goodwin's Heath Ingram

    Heath Ingram of Goodwin Procter LLP advised Avadel Pharmaceuticals on its launch of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved narcolepsy drug and then its $2.37 billion sale to fellow Irish drugmaker Alkermes, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Sidley's Morgan Branch

    Morgan Branch of Sidley Austin LLP helped defend Kraft Heinz in groundbreaking "ultraprocessed foods" litigation and Bayer in high-stakes litigation over a contraceptive device, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Michael Samuels

    Crowell & Moring LLP's Michael Samuels has worked on transactions involving government contracts, including a $4.4 billion Motorola Solutions acquisition and a $1.3 billion RTX Corp. division sale, earning him a spot among the government contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Jones Day's David J. Feder

    Jones Day LLP partner David Feder has successfully steered thousands of cases as part of sprawling multidistrict litigation involving the herbicide paraquat and secured favorable rulings for Boeing in multiple California environmental cases, earning him a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Skadden's Victoria Hines

    Victoria Hines of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has advised on various multibillion-dollar capital markets transactions, including Meta Platforms' $30 billion senior notes offering that represented the largest bond offering by a tech company at the time, earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Lamiya Rahman

    Blank Rome LLP's Lamiya Rahman helped several liquefied natural gas companies secure Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approvals for their multibillion-dollar projects and helped BP America broker a favorable settlement in a high-profile FERC enforcement case, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2026

    Rising Star: V&E's Matthew Dobbins

    Matthew Dobbins' environmental practice at Vinson & Elkins LLP spans every major environmental statute, with clients in the energy, waste and industrial sectors. He's carved out a niche as lead environmental counsel on large-scale transactions, applying his diverse knowledge of environmental risk management to represent clients like Apollo Global Management and Endeavor Energy in acquisitions, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 26, 2026

    Rising Star: Elkhoury Law's Andrew Elkhoury

    Andrew Elkhoury has made a successful transition from BigLaw to solo practice at Houston-based Elkhoury Law PLLC, highlighted by his selection by Texas' Harris County to develop and implement a design-build program for its future construction projects — earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 26, 2026

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Elizabeth L. Banks

    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's corporate and finance partner Elizabeth L. Banks has advised on major deals, such as multifamily real estate investment trust Elme Communities' $1.6 billion sale of a 19-property portfolio, and retail-focused REIT Kite Realty Group Trust's $1 billion senior notes offerings, which earned her a spot among the real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 26, 2026

    Rising Star: Lowell & Associates' David Kolansky

    David Kolansky of Lowell & Associates PLLC helped New York Attorney General Letitia James fend off criminal charges from the Trump administration and helped Lisa Cook stay on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, earning him a spot among the white collar lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 26, 2026

    Rising Star: Wiley's Boyd Garriott

    Boyd Garriott of Wiley Rein LLP notched a big win for TV broadcast affiliates by helping persuade the Eighth Circuit to strike down a limit on local network station ownership, earning him a spot among telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 26, 2026

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Matt Bush

    Matt Bush of Kirkland & Ellis LLP is helping Johnson & Johnson defend against multidistrict litigation alleging that its baby powder caused cancer and defended Dow Chemical in a soil contamination case, earning him a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.