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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.
  • April 01, 2010

    Rising Star: Covington's Paul Schmidt

    An undefeated appellate record, featuring several wins for Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. against claims that acne drug Accutane causes depression, birth defects or even suicide, has earned Covington & Burling LLP’s Paul Schmidt a spot on Law360’s list of 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Reed Smith's Casey Ryan

    Casey Ryan has helped Verizon Communications Inc., the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and others obtain summary judgment and trial victories in race, gender and disability discrimination suits, all while acting as a Reed Smith LLP deputy practice group leader. For these reasons and more, she has gained a spot on Law360's list of 10 labor and employment lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Sean Scott

    At age 34, Mayer Brown LLP partner Sean Scott has already garnered prestige representing Bank of America NA as a prepetition lender to Levitt and Sons LLC and investor Carl Icahn in his recent appeals court victory securing control of bankrupt WestPoint Stevens Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Catherine Schumacher

    Winston & Strawn LLP partner Catherine B. Schumacher landed the former chief financial officer of American International Group Inc. as a client before turning 30, handily defending him in a wave of securities litigation and earning herself a spot on Law360’s list of 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Fitzpatrick Cella's Colleen Tracy

    Colleen Tracy of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto has helped fend off generic challengers' attempts to break patents for cutting-edge drugs and biotech treatments held by big-name clients such as GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Sanofi-Aventis SA, making her one of Law360's 10 rising intellectual property stars under 40.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Daniel Sasse

    Crowell & Moring LLP’s Daniel A. Sasse has successfully represented major clients such as AT&T Mobility LLC in an antitrust suit over iPhone sales and Robert Bosch LLC in a multidistrict litigation over price-fixing in the auto filter market, making him one of the most sought-after antitrust litigators in California and earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Michael Olsen

    Mayer Brown LLP's Michael Olsen handles thousands of product liability cases across the country for clients such as Union Carbide Corp., and while most cases don't get to trial, he's never lost one that did, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Michael C. Lynch

    Successful tactics used during the representation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in securities litigation stemming from the collapse of Enron Corp. helped turn Kelley Drye & Warren LLP partner Michael C. Lynch into a go-to attorney for cases headed for trial, landing him a spot on Law 360's 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's James Pearl

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's James “Bo” Pearl made his name helping client Advanced Micro Devices Inc. get $1.25 billion in one of the biggest cash settlements in the history of private antitrust litigation, but his friendliness and overall attitude also helped earn him a spot as one of Law 360's 10 antitrust attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: Haynes And Boone's Purvi Patel

    As Haynes and Boone LLP's first-ever trademark specialist, Purvi Patel has expanded a fledgling practice and scored Fortune 10 clients such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and AT&T Inc., earning her place among Law360's 10 intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Adam Karr

    Innovative thinking in combating claims against DirecTV Group Inc. in three separate suits over the enforceability of release agreements in California is just one example of the analytical prowess that separates O’Melveny & Myers LLP's Adam Karr from other young attorneys, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 labor and employment lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Ray Schrock

    At only 39 years of age, Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Ray Schrock has already worked on a number of extraordinary bankruptcies, including Charter Communications Inc., the fourth-largest cable operator in the U.S., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Michael D. Moon Jr.

    When Michael D. Moon Jr. of Barnes & Thornburg LLP represents Dow Chemical Co. in vinyl chloride product liability litigation, he's often the youngest partner at the table — one of the distinctions that has earned him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Scott McMillin

    Not every attorney can turn an opponent's pretrial demand for a $1 billion settlement into an acquittal on all counts, but that's what Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney Scott McMillin did when he represented W.R. Grace & Co. against the U.S. government in an environmental contamination case, making him one of Law360’s 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Bilzin Sumberg's Jay Sakalo

    As Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP’s restructuring and bankruptcy practice group leader, Jay Sakalo has secured critical deals in major cases, including a $1.2 billion settlement on behalf of the estate in W.R. Grace & Co.’s case that provides the basis for the chemical company to exit bankruptcy, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 bankruptcy attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Steven Maslowski

    In 2008, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Steven Maslowski brought a $300 million patent suit against Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. to a halt midtrial by eliciting new testimony during cross-examination — just one achievement that has earned him a spot on Law360's list of 10 intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jyotin Hamid

    When General Electric Co. was hit with a $50 million suit accusing it of trying to steal Metito (Overseas) Ltd.'s trade secrets, the company turned to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and rising star Jyotin Hamid, who got the lawsuit thrown out — just one of the feats that helped land Hamid on Law360's list of 10 employment lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Jeffrey King

    A current member of the legal team for Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, with past achievements helping executives at the Coca-Cola Co. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC avoid law enforcement action, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Jeffrey King has landed on Law360's list of 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Adam Paris

    A contentious battle over the Pillsbury Doughboy whetted Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Adam S. Paris' appetite for antitrust work, sparking a career that includes the reversal of a class certification order against client Solvay SA and a spot on Law360's list of 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: MoFo's Mika Mayer

    The youngest person ever to make partner at Morrison Foerster LLP and co-founder of the nation's first practice group devoted to investor due diligence of intellectual property, Mika Mayer has earned her place among Law360's 10 IP attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Christopher Ondeck

    Crowell & Moring LLP partner Christopher Ondeck’s resume features many of the most visible lawsuits and deals in the antitrust scene, including AT&T Inc.’s precedent-setting win in a tying case and Rio Tinto Group’s landmark sale of the Jacobs Ranch coal mine, landing him a spot among Law 360’s 10 antitrust attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' Danny David

    As one of the youngest partners at Baker Botts LLP, Danny David has thrown himself into high-stakes securities litigation, including defending Credit Suisse Group and Deutsche Bank AG in a $13 billion fraud and tortious interference suit over Huntsman Corp.'s failed merger with Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc., making him one of Law360's 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Heidi Levine

    DLA Piper partner Heidi Levine has played a leading role in defending several major pharmaceutical companies in mass torts, including litigation over GE Healthcare's contrast agent Omniscan and Wyeth Inc.'s diet drug fen-phen, earning her a place among Law360's 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's James Savin

    With a skill for helping creditors of companies such as General Growth Properties Inc. and Muzak LLC achieve their goals in complex bankruptcies, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner James Savin — tapped to head the firm's financial restructuring practice in Washington as a newly elected partner in 2006 — is one of Law360's 10 bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: Baker Donelson's David Gevertz

    His deft hand in guiding the Cracker Barrel chain through a thicket of headline-grabbing racial discrimination lawsuits and his subsequent victories in trade secrets cases have led Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC labor and employment department vice chair David Gevertz to a coveted spot among 10 employment lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising star.