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March 30, 2015
Gibson Dunn partner Amir Tayrani has played a vital role in shaping product liability case law through his defense of disputes ranging from dozens of tobacco defect cases against Philip Morris USA to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling over medical device preemption, earning him a spot among Law360's top five product liability attorneys under 40.
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March 30, 2015
Combining tenacity and creativity, Arik Preis has helped constituencies across the restructuring spectrum navigate though large and complex cases, earning the Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner a place as one of Law360's 2015 Rising Stars for bankruptcy attorneys.
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March 30, 2015
At 35, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's Elliot Friedman has already helped win a $185 million oil and gas dispute for BG Group PLC before the U.S. Supreme Court, the first ever bilateral investment treaty arbitration addressed by the high court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2015 Rising Stars for energy attorneys.
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March 30, 2015
Just a decade out of law school, Steven M. Haas of Hunton & Williams LLP has handled a series of mergers and acquisitions while also establishing himself as a thought leader through dozens of published articles and as a co-author of a corporate governance treatise, earning him a spot among this year’s Law360 M&A Rising Stars.
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March 30, 2015
After making a name for herself as an assistant U.S. attorney and debate adviser to high-profile politicians like President Barack Obama, Karen Dunn helped Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP defend Apple Inc. in $351 million trial, making her one of five attorneys chosen for Law360's list of Competition Rising Stars.
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March 30, 2015
Thanks to her work on myriad energy-related capital markets matters — including representing Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Shell Midstream Partners on its enormous master limited partnership initial public offering late last year — Baker Botts LLP's Hillary H. Holmes has been named one of Law360's Capital Markets Rising Stars of 2015.
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March 30, 2015
Irell & Manella LLP's Sam Kozhaya has helped broker some of entertainment's most innovative deals, including the representation of Miramax films as it securitized its film library and issued $250 million in notes backed by those assets, earning him a spot among Law360's 2015 Rising Stars of media and entertainment.
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March 30, 2015
Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, King & Spalding LLP and Sidley Austin LLP led the pack with seven Rising Stars each, followed by Gibson Dunn and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP with six Rising Stars each, and Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis LLP with five Rising Stars apiece.
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March 30, 2015
Covington & Burling LLP's Scott Freling has climbed from a young general litigation associate to one of today's go-to experts in the mergers and acquisitions regulatory space for civilian and defense contractors, earning him a partnership at the firm and a spot among Law360's 2015 Rising Stars for government contract attorneys.
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March 30, 2015
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Diane McGimsey has become one of the firm's key partners for handling complex litigation, with successes ranging from defending investment firm Thomas Weisel Partners LLC to coordinating JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s defense in a host of mortgage cases, making her one of three attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in banking.
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March 27, 2015
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2015, our list of 144 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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May 14, 2014
Jenner & Block LLP's Lindsay Harrison has helped major hospitality brands get out of tight spots in acrimonious tussles with hotel owners, winning a key temporary restraining order against an owner that attempted to force out Marriott through a midnight raid in 2011, and earning a place among the top four hospitality attorneys under 40.
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May 13, 2014
With razor-sharp attention to detail and a penchant for problem solving, Greenberg Traurig LLP's Samantha Ahuja guides some of the hotel industry's top property and financing deals both in the U.S. and abroad — work that has landed her among Law360's top hospitality lawyers under 40.
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May 12, 2014
Robert T. Langdon made an early effort to build strong client relationships, and the approach paid off: Over the past year, the young Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner has advised on more than 20 proposed and completed deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's top private equity lawyers under age 40.
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May 09, 2014
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Carlos Lazatin helped Kia Motors Corp. defeat a class action claiming a gas-tank defect puts passengers' lives at risk, earning him a place among Law360's top consumer protection attorneys under 40.
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May 09, 2014
Helping guide hospitality heavyweights including Hilton Worldwide and Brookfield Real Estate Financial Partners through deals involving famed properties including the Bahamas' Atlantis resort and the Beverly Hilton has earned Dentons' Chris Lee a spot on Law360's list of top hospitality attorneys under the age of 40.
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May 09, 2014
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Kathryn King Sudol made many of her private equity connections while working for the firm's New York office, but four years ago moved to Hong Kong to take on a leadership post there and has continued to represent those same private equity clients from the other side of the globe.
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May 08, 2014
By the age of 35, J. Wesley Earnhardt of Cravath Swaine & Moore has helped big-name clients like Xerox and JPMorgan Chase fight back securities claims potentially worth billions of dollars, earning him a place among Law360's top attorneys under 40.
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May 08, 2014
After eight years as a federal prosecutor, Shearman & Sterling LLP counsel Christopher LaVigne's white collar defense work has already covered a wide range of investigation and complex defense matters, earning him a spot among Law360's top white collar lawyers under 40.
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May 08, 2014
Roger Heller of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP ditched BigLaw a decade ago to satisfy a hunger for consumer advocacy that has kept him at the vanguard of the plaintiffs firm's litigation challenging deceptive banking and financial product practices and earned him a spot atop Law360's list of top consumer protection attorneys under 40.
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May 08, 2014
Ropes & Gray LLP's Carrie Simons has advised on several major transactions in recent years and led the firm's representation of American Tower Corp. in its $4.8 billion acquisition of private real estate trust MIP Tower Holdings LLC, earning her a spot on Law360's list of top tax lawyers under 40.
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May 08, 2014
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Will Chuchawat has built a reputation as a dedicated mergers and acquisitions attorney in the defense industry who goes the extra mile by closing deals for companies such as Gencorp and Northrop Grumman, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top aerospace and defense attorneys under 40.
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May 08, 2014
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Gina Ilardi has sealed a slew of headline-grabbing deals in recent years, including Samsung Telecommunications America Inc.'s $100 million sponsorship and content distribution agreement with the NBA, landing her a spot among Law360's top five media and entertainment partners under 40.
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May 08, 2014
Tackling a wide array of shareholder suits for clients such as Kenneth Cole and Facebook Inc., Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Sameer Advani has shown a knack for knotty litigation and earned a place as one of Law360's top 10 securities attorneys under age 40.
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May 08, 2014
Capitalizing on his deep familiarity with the private equity industry and ability to think quickly, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Jason Silvera has helped seal a series of notable private equity transactions in his career thus far, earning him billing as one of Law360's top young attorneys.