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August 11, 2026
John Stokes of Stris & Maher LLP led a trial that secured a victory for former investors in video game studio Unknown Worlds Entertainment over a merger payout dispute with the company's buyer, earning him a spot as one of the trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Miaoting "Mimi" Wu has advised on a range of billion-dollar deals, including Amgen's $27 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics and Sempra's simultaneous multibillion-dollar transactions in September, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Jeffrey Steinfeld of White & Case LLP has won the dismissal of a lawsuit involving memecoins and a precedent-setting Delaware Supreme Court decision on the calculation of post-judgment interest, earning him a spot among the securities lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's William Dong has served as lead tax counsel on several multibillion-dollar deals spanning industries, including a $4.75 billion sale of a data center and energy infrastructure developer to a tech giant, earning him a spot as one of the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Bre Jones of Covington & Burling LLP guided major aircraft companies to significant wins recouping losses tied to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Jessica Beess und Chrostin of King & Spalding LLP helped secure a favorable outcome for Turkey in a $1 billion claim brought by Canadian mining company Alamos Gold over a nixed gold mining project, helping to land her among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Lisa M. Lanham of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised financial technology firms on bringing to market and licensing novel products that raise new regulatory questions, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Clifford Carlson of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has been on the front lines of some of the most complex Chapter 11 cases filed in Houston's bankruptcy court in recent years as debtor's counsel to multistate hospital group Steward Health and car parts giant First Brand, earning him a spot among bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Christine Mainguy of Latham & Watkins LLP led sports live-streaming television service Fubo TV's tax team in its acquisition by Disney and advised Skechers on tax matters in its $9.4 billion private acquisition by 3G Capital, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Susman Godfrey LLP trial attorney Michael Kelso helped the city of Baltimore secure a winning jury verdict in opioid litigation, and more recently won blockbuster damages for a class of Oregon homeowners whose houses burned in wildfires in 2020, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Leah Sauter of Latham & Watkins LLP helped lead a team advising FIS in its sale of Worldpay to Global Payments and advised FIS in its purchase of Global Payments' issuer solutions business, earning her a spot as one of the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Thayne Stoddard of Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP helped secure a $420 million settlement for Teva investors and struck a deal with Tesla's board of directors that led to the return of $919 million to the company, earning him a spot among securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Paris Aboro played a key role on the Covington & Burling LLP team that secured a $5 billion arbitral award for Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company after Russia seized its Crimean assets, landing her among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Kevin Zimmerman of BakerHostetler successfully argued to the Fifth Circuit to reverse class certification for drivers suing United Services Automobile Association, and persuaded the Tenth Circuit to reject a novel statute of limitations theory, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Lillian He, a partner in Jones Day's global disputes practice, assisted a Chinese financial institution in responding to a U.S. government subpoena seeking documents and records held in China and advised a U.S.-based healthcare company through a U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Megan Wasson of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP helped Del Monte secure more than $500 million in asset sales in its contentious Chapter 11 and advised the state of Connecticut in the Prospect Medical case, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2026
Roxana "Roxy" Guidero of Wilkinson Stekloff LLP helped the NFL beat a nearly $5 billion jury verdict, earning her a spot as one of the antitrust law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2026
Jennifer Ho of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has worked on a number of headline-grabbing deals, including TikTok's U.S. joint venture and Paramount Global's merger with Skydance Media LLC, earning her a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2026
Meredith Firetog of Wigdor LLP negotiated a settlement for a Sean "Diddy" Combs accuser who became a key witness in the case that resulted in his conviction for transporting women for prostitution, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2026
Matt Huppert of Winston Taylor helped lead the U.S. Department of Justice's landmark ad tech monopolization case against Google and is now representing Paramount in challenges of its deal for Warner Bros. Discovery, earning him a spot among antitrust law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2026
E.J. Thomas of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has helped foreign clients push back against U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty orders, securing roughly $100 million in savings for a Turkish pipe producer among other big wins, earning him a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2026
Melissa Berouty of Phillips & Associates helped secure a $5.25 million settlement for a BigLaw partner who claimed that she faced sexual harassment and assault and a $2.1 million settlement for a worker who claimed whistleblower retaliation, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2026
Zachary Johns of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped hospital network Aspirus escape an illegal monopoly lawsuit by convincing the court the plaintiffs' impact and damages model didn't hold water, earning him a spot among antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2026
Justin Orr of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advised OpenAI on parts of its landmark recapitalization, including its internal IP arrangements and a record-setting fundraising round, and led IP work on Honeywell's spinout, earning him a place among the technology attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2026
Jon Newman of Clifford Chance LLP has advised PIMCO as a purchaser in a $27 billion private securities offering to fund a data center in Louisiana and as a lender in a separate $16 billion deal to finance a data center in Michigan, scoring him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.