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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.
  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Michelle Kelban

    Latham & Watkin's Michelle Kelban has built a thriving real estate practice with a focus on complex hotel transactions and a client base that reaches from New York to the Middle East, earning her a place on Law360's list of top young real estate attorneys.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Jeff Dobbs

    At 32, Mayer Brown LLP's Jeff Dobbs has earned a place among eight young energy attorneys recognized by Law360 by playing the lead role in negotiating the terms of major deals, and representing a Sinochem Group unit in its $1.7 billion purchase of Texas shale play interests from Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Stars: Kaye Scholer's Catherine Schumacher

    Kaye Scholer LLP's Catherine B. Schumacher does not shy away from a fight, as evidenced by her high-profile representation of an American International Group Inc. executive in a barrage of litigation, in which she's taken on three consecutive state attorneys general, earning her a spot on Law360's short list of top securities attorneys under 40.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Cravath's Lauren Angelilli

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Lauren Angelilli has quickly built a reputation as a gifted tax strategist while advising on numerous high-profile transactions, including Ashland Inc.'s pending $1.8 billion sale of its water business and Time Warner Inc.'s spin-off of Time Inc., earning her a spot on Law360's list of top tax lawyers under 40.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Raphael Prober

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Raphael "Rafi" Prober's adept experience representing clients in high-profile congressional investigations, including a former American International Group Inc. CEO in one of the first hearings related to the 2008 financial crisis, has placed him among Law360's list of the five top young white collar attorneys.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Tucker Ellis' Dustin Rawlin

    Tucker Ellis LLP partner Dustin Rawlin's savvy handling of a bellwether trial helped a Johnson & Johnson unit clinch a complete defense verdict in multidistrict litigation alleging injuries from transvaginal mesh — part of a stellar record that makes Rawlin one of Law360's five young product liability attorneys to watch.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Choate Hall & Stewart's Christian Atwood

    Between helping lock up Windjammer Capital Investors' biggest transaction ever and representing Intervale Capital in nine different deals, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP's Christian Atwood had his handprint on 21 deals worth a combined $1.4 billion in 2013, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of top private equity attorneys under age 40.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's James Slater

    Showing poise beyond his years in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, BakerHostetler partner James A. Slater helped guide KeyCorp subsidiary KeyBank NA through the legal fallout of a massive data breach crisis, landing himself a spot among Law360's top three young privacy attorneys.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' Renee Wilm

    Through representing Liberty Media Corp. and its predecessors in a number of major deals, including the acquisition of Sirius XM Radio Inc., Baker Botts LLP's Renee Wilm has proved to be an effective deal maker in the media space and earned herself a spot on Law360's list of top media and entertainment attorneys under age 40.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Joshua Hanna

    Joshua P. Hanna of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has seen the real estate market rise and fall in his career, giving him the kind of long-view savvy business people look for in a real estate attorney.

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Inosi Nyatta

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Inosi Nyatta's breadth of experience in global deal financing and the esteem of her clients have earned her multiple landmark transactions and a spot on Law360's list of top project finance attorneys under 40. 

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Justin Stolte

    For his part in guiding key transactions that include a deal for $100 million in financing from backers such as Post Oak Energy Capital LP to develop oil and gas assets in South Texas, Latham & Watkins LLP senior associate Justin Stolte has landed among Law360's top energy attorneys under 40.

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: Sheppard Mullin's Aytan Dahukey

    As doctors, hospitals and insurers try to stay afloat amid historic industry reforms, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Aytan Dahukey has made a name for himself helping companies join forces despite a thicket of legal obstacles, earning a place in Law360's list of top five young health care attorneys.

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jason Mendro

    Over the past few years alone, Jason J. Mendro of Gibson Dunn has garnered a striking string of victories defending large firms such as Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, RBC Capital Markets Corp., and SAIC Inc. in complex shareholder class actions, earning him a spot among Law360's top securities attorneys under 40.

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: Willkie's David Drewes

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner David Drewes has landed a spot among Law360's top real estate attorneys under 40 for helping steer a series of high-profile deals, including the $1.9 billion acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. property assets by Health Care REIT Inc.

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Louis Tompros

    WilmerHale's Louis Tompros helped Intel Corp. and Broadcom Corp. notch wins in high-stakes patent cases and scored a Federal Circuit victory for an inventor in a closely watched battle over a patent application for a nectar mixing device for bird feeders, earning himself a place on Law360's list of top IP lawyers under 40. 

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Cliff Merrell

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Cliff Merrell has handled high-stakes litigation on behalf of big-name medical device and pharmaceutical companies, including successfully guiding C.R. Bard Inc. through transvaginal mesh multidistrict litigation and bellwether trails, earning him a spot on Law360's list of the top product liability attorneys under age 40.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's David Herman

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner David Herman's continuing work in helping bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. move its most valuable real estate assets, including the $16 billion sale of apartment developer Archstone Enterprise LP, has made him one of Law360's top real estate attorneys under 40.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: Goldman Ismail's Shayna Cook

    Handling high-stakes trials for drug and device makers nationwide and directing traffic in the massive litigation surrounding Bayer Corp.'s Mirena intrauterine device are just a few of the accomplishments that have sprung Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP partner Shayna Cook onto Law360's list of the top product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Megan Brown

    Wiley Rein LLP's Megan L. Brown successfully represented The Wireless Association in a legal battle with San Francisco and authored an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court battle over the National Security Agency spying program, landing her a spot in Law360's list of top technology attorneys under 40.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Eric Pogue

    Hunton & Williams LLP's Eric R. Pogue has recently represented a number of tax equity investors — primarily large financial institutions — making more than $1 billion in investments into renewable energy projects, earning the partner a spot among Law360's top eight attorneys under 40 in the energy field.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: Proskauer's Roger Cohen

    A member of the team that won New York hospitals the right to sue insurers directly for excessively delaying payments, Proskauer Rose LLP senior associate Roger Cohen has defended major hospitals in whistleblower investigations, earning him a place in Law360's list of top health care attorneys under 40.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Dana Seshens

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Dana Seshens has made a name for herself representing the owners of the New York Mets against the Madoff trustee and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in a slew of mortgage-backed securities suits, making her one of Law360's top 10 securities attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Robin Bayley

    Shearman & Sterling LLP's Robin Bayley strategically secured $12.5 billion in financing for The Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Arabian Oil Co.'s $20 billion petrochemical plant and crafted a first-of-its-kind bond financing for a United Arab Emirates gas project, landing him among Law360's top project finance attorneys under 40.

  • April 30, 2014

    Rising Star: White & Case's Brendan Woodard

    White & Case LLP's Brendan Woodard has handled a number of major patent cases for Pfizer Inc., including a huge win to secure control of the company's blockbuster drug Lyrica, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40.