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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.
  • July 23, 2025

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jacob Croke

    Jacob Croke helped Sullivan & Cromwell LLP locate and recover billions of dollars worth of missing assets left over from the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2025

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Mark Stagliano

    Mark Stagliano of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz led the team representing T-Mobile in large joint venture transactions with EQT and KKR, and companies as diverse as Azek and Capri Holdings, in deals involving billions of dollars in payments and investments, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2025

    Rising Star: Reed Smith's Dominic Rupprecht

    Dominic Rupprecht of Reed Smith LLP has championed corporate policyholders by obtaining major wins for one of the "Big Three" wholesale drug distributors in opioid-related litigation and securing a settlement for Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2025

    Rising Star: Sidley's Jon Zucker

    Jon S. Zucker of Sidley Austin LLP acted as lead regulatory counsel to help guide pharmaceutical company Cencora Inc. during a $4.6 billion acquisition of Retina Consultants of America from Webster Equity Partners, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2025

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Michael Burshteyn

    Michael Burshteyn of Greenberg Traurig LLP has assisted clients wading through commercial cases with cryptocurrency and emerging technologies, including litigation involving a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency fraud case with Mango Markets and advising artificial intelligence startups, earning him a top spot among cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2025

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Fred De Albuquerque

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Fred de Albuquerque has shepherded several billion-dollar deals, including Cisco Systems' $28 billion purchase of software platform Splunk and KSL's $1.4 billion take-private acquisition of Hersha Hospitality, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2025

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Devin Heckman

    Devin Heckman of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has advised clients on the tax aspects of several multibillion-dollar acquisitions involving technology and healthcare companies, forging ongoing relationships and earning him a spot among the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2025

    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Kiersten A. Fletcher

    Kiersten Fletcher of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP secured the conviction of a former congressional representative for insider trading as a prosecutor and in private practice defended a client accused of stealing bitcoins worth over $10 billion, earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2025

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Bradley Dlatt

    Bradley Dlatt of Perkins Coie LLP won a summary judgment ruling that opened the door to $55 million in coverage for a shooting at a Michigan school and helped secure settlements for 3M in PFAS coverage disputes, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2025

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Ariana Fuller

    Ariana Fuller of King & Spalding LLP helped a California hospital win a $105 million jury verdict against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan over its reimbursement for out-of-network emergency care, earning her a spot among healthcare attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2025

    Rising Star: Morgan & Morgan's Patrick Barthle

    Patrick Barthle of Morgan & Morgan PA has secured major client wins in high-profile data breach cases, including a $190 million settlement for 98 million Capital One customers, earning him a top spot as one of the cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Steptoe's Galen Kast

    Galen Kast of Steptoe LLP led a team of associates who played key roles in the trial defense of the late British tech billionaire Michael Lynch and served as lead associate representing Bitfinex and the cryptocurrency exchange's parent company in parallel fraud investigations, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Ashley L. Criss

    Ashley Criss of Wiley Rein LLP successfully argued to the Sixth Circuit that an insurer owed no coverage for a government investigation, and further represented an excess insurer in the Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy, earning her a spot among insurance law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Aliza Slansky

    Aliza Slansky of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is lead counsel in Sycamore Partners' $23 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance and advised Missouri tech company Emerson on a series of multibillion-dollar sales, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Weil's Michelle Sargent

    Michelle Sargent of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has advised on a range of multimillion- and billion-dollar deals across multiple continents and industries, including a $5 billion purchase by Canada's largest communications company of the U.S. Pacific Northwest's leading fiber internet provider, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Reed Smith's Jason Mayer

    Jason Mayer of Reed Smith LLP helped secure influential decisions last year on the enforcement of arbitration awards in medical-billing disputes and the venue considerations for proposed class actions, earning him a spot among the healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Dechert's Benjamin Sadun

    Benjamin Sadun of Dechert LLP helped the developer of a "magic avatar" app shake a pair of sprawling and groundbreaking artificial intelligence-related lawsuits over the alleged mishandling of biometric data, earning him a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2025

    Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • August 15, 2024

    Rising Star: K&L Gates' Elle Stuart

    K&L Gates LLP's Elle Stuart has helped shape maritime legislation in the wake of the turbulent waters of COVID-19 disruptions and increasingly strong hurricane seasons, earning her a spot as one of the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2024

    Rising Star: Cooley's Milson Yu

    Milson Yu of Cooley LLP has shepherded grocery shopping app Instacart Inc. through an initial public offering in an otherwise sluggish market and advised an Australian life sciences company as it went public, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2024

    Rising Star: Covington's Greg Halperin

    Greg Halperin of Covington & Burling LLP helped McKesson Corp. win a key bellwether trial against distributors in sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation, and helped defend Boehringer Ingelheim from thousands of suits over the drug Pradaxa, earning him a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2024

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Blair Adams

    Blair Adams of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has advised on numerous structured finance disputes focused on residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and has represented clients such as ACIS Capital Management LP and MBIA Inc., earning him a spot among the complex financial instruments practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2024

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Julia Fox

    Julia Fox of Perkins Coie LLP beat back bid protests against her client KBR Inc.'s contract awards in an $82 billion U.S. Army procurement and juggled an ever-growing U.S. Coast Guard shipbuilding contract fight in a $3 billion bid protest against Austal USA, earning her a spot among the top government contracts attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2024

    Rising Star: Latham's Brittany Ruiz

    Brittany Ruiz represented the underwriters for Instacart's $660 million initial public offering — the largest IPO globally in 2023 — earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2024

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Michael Shultz

    Michael Shultz of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has advised investor Blue Owl on several major transactions, including its $15 billion acquisition of real estate investment trust STORE Capital Corp. with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.