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August 24, 2026
Jeffrey Then of Hecker Fink LLP helped secure the dismissal of human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in one of the country's most closely watched criminal cases and prevailed in his first federal appellate argument on behalf of an incarcerated man's religious freedom claims, earning him a spot among the criminal law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 24, 2026
Madison Ott of Fox Rothschild LLP led Thrivent Federal Credit Union's board of directors through a complex, four-year merger with Thrivent Bank in the first such conversion since 2006, earning her a spot among the banking attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 24, 2026
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Devin M. O'Connor has worked on the teams that successfully secured multiple court victories within the past year that allowed multibillion-dollar offshore wind and energy projects to resume construction, earning her a spot among the environmental attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2026
Rachael Wallace of Stokes Lawrence PS has spent her career navigating the tricky waters of maritime law, including winning a defense verdict for commercial fishery Fishermen's Finest and defeating a motion to dismiss for a plaintiff client in a missing-cargo suit, earning her a spot among the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2026
John Zelenbaba of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP played a key role in two of the most talked-about crypto transactions of the past year — Gemini Space Station's headline-grabbing $425 million initial public offering and Kraken's landmark $800 million fundraise — earning him a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2026
Andrew Robb of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped secure the setting aside of an $847 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of his client Verizon, eliminating one of the largest patent verdicts in recent years, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2026
Lee Blum of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised the buying group on the $55 billion take-private of video game developer Electronic Arts Inc., which the firm calls the largest take-private investment in history, earning him a spot among the private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2026
Ryan Chabot of WilmerHale successfully defended Walt Disney World from a proposed class action filed by annual pass holders over its ticketing policy, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2026
Sheri Pan of ZwillGen PLLC secured a precedential Third Circuit victory for GameStop in a closely watched privacy class action claiming the company's use of website tracking technologies violated wiretapping laws, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2026
Mayer Brown LLP's Glenn Kunkes represented Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Citi in establishing Affirm's first-ever master trust and served as lead counsel to Bank of America in a $10 billion financing for KKR and Carlyle, earning him a spot among the banking practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
In recent years, Sidley Austin LLP partner Mark Castiglia has co-led teams advising Clearlake Capital Group LP's take-private acquisition of data and analytics company Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc., Clearlake's take-private acquisition of data analytics platform Alteryx Inc. and Clearlake's majority growth investment in medical practice software as a service provider ModMed, earning him a spot among the private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
Ciara McHale of Tyz Law Group PC helped Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. win a $17.7 million copyright verdict, plus high praise from the judge, and secured a complete defense victory for Fandom in a case involving Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests — earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
Chauncey Mayfield II of Honigman LLP has shepherded supply, purchasing and healthcare deals for major companies like Rivian Automotive Inc. and General Motors Co., earning him a spot among the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
McDermott Will & Schulte's Greer Griffith helped cryptocurrency clients navigate first-of-their-kind bankruptcy matters, including securing confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan for the first crypto trust company to file for bankruptcy and representing creditors in a crypto mining Chapter 11 case, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
Itak Moradi of Saveri Law Firm LLP has guided plaintiffs through a wide range of high-profile disputes involving allegations of fraud and deceitful business practices, including the sprawling antitrust cases against Sam Bankman-Fried and the UFC, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
Gloria Medina of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP played an integral role in securing a landmark jury verdict finding Meta Platforms Inc. liable for illegally gathering sensitive health information that users entered into the period tracking app Flo, earning her a place among the cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
Nicholas Poli of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has successfully represented UBS, financial institutions and other lenders in significant litigation, co-leading a bench trial where a judge ultimately turned nine-figure claims against his clients into a nine-figure victory, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
Emily McGowan of Alston & Bird LLP has advised UnitedHealth Group's subsidiaries on several cases, including representing UnitedHealthcare in a complaint alleging that it violated the False Claims Act and representing OptumRx in opioid-related litigation, earning her a spot among the healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Edd Hampson of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised Blackstone Group on a series of refinancings for its iQ student housing platform, including a £2.6 billion refinancing in August 2024 involving an 11‑bank syndicate, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Stephan Rauch advised Schaeffler AG in a transformative multistep merger with Vitesco Technologies Group AG, earning him a spot among transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Allison G. Geewax of Smith Currie Oles LLP represented a small business that successfully protested the federal government excluding it from the award pool for a contract she said was estimated to be worth up to $8 billion, and helped a human services organization develop complex construction agreements for a $10 million project to house homeless people — earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Georgina McLeod of Dechert LLP advised Israeli financial technology firm Pagaya on a $300 million, first-of-its-kind securitization of "buy now, pay later" assets with Klarna and WebBank, earning her a spot among the fintech attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Jon McMichael of Fenwick & West LLP helped Lashify secure a $34 million patent verdict and a Federal Circuit decision that overturned decades-long International Trade Commission precedent, and won a landmark ruling that reshaped where patent lawsuits may be filed, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Austin Pollet co-led the team advising General Atlantic and Chess.com on a CVC Capital Partners IX investment and co-led the team advising General Atlantic on an investment in Vuori, earning him a spot among the private equity lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
David Saldamando of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP played a pivotal role in securing a major jury verdict against Meta in a data privacy class action that alleged the tech giant illegally collected and exploited highly sensitive women's health data from the Flo app, paving the way for potentially billions in damages and earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.