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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.
  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Elizabeth Khoury Ali

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Elizabeth “Liz” R. Khoury Ali has taken the reins on delicate, hurried and massive transactions far surpassing the $1 billion mark on behalf of some of the world’s largest lenders, including Wells Fargo Bank NA, landing her among the top five banking practitioners under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Joy Lam

    Sidley Austin’s Joy Lam helped broker major real estate deals in China, including leading the team that represented China Orient Summit on establishing a $185 million dual-currency fund for investing in U.S. real estate, landing a spot among five asset management attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Blaine Evanson

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP´s Blaine H. Evanson secured an intellectual property win for T-Mobile at the Federal Circuit that invalidated the patents asserted against it by a licensing company and affirmed that the wireless company had not infringed, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Gillian Emmett Moldowan

    Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Gillian Emmett Moldowan has helped clients navigate the compensation and benefits elements of numerous complex, multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings, including one of the biggest IPOs of last year, making her one of five benefits attorneys under 40 named to Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Cravath's Margaret D'Amico

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Margaret D’Amico has represented clients on antitrust matters in a variety of mergers and deals, including her participation in the recently approved Time Warner-AT&T merger, landing her a spot as an antitrust practitioner under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Weil's Eric S. Hochstadt

    Eric S. Hochstadt has spent his career at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP focused on litigating class actions from both sides of the table, most recently swaying a jury to completely reject antitrust allegations against C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., making him one of the few class action attorneys under age 40 given Law360 Rising Star status.

  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Weil's Ryan Preston Dahl

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Ryan Preston Dahl has been a standout attorney at his firm for helping advise specialty retailer Claire’s Stores Inc. during its Chapter 11 restructuring, earning him a spot among five bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak

    Hogan Lovells' Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak played a crucial role in winning the temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump's second travel ban and defending that victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, making her one of five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360's Appellate Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Leigh Nathanson

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Leigh Nathanson has spent the better part of her eight years with the firm defending Barclays in dozens of lawsuits over the bank’s alleged manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate, earning her a spot as one of five banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Uri Itkin

    Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP’s Uri Itkin has contributed to a number of wins for investors involved in litigation over residential mortgage-backed securities, including a $60 million settlement for a pair of RMBS trusts last July, earning him a spot as one of five asset management practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Latham's Adam Kestenbaum

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Adam Kestenbaum has helped craft the benefits and executive compensation components of major deals, including playing a key role in Morgan Stanley Infrastructure’s acquisition of Delaware Basin oil and gas assets, making him one of five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Anupama Yerramalli

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s Anupama Yerramalli has represented creditors in commercial helicopter operator CHC Group Ltd.'s $2.1 billion restructuring and helped Mazda and Subaru cut through a Gordian knot of legal issues in air bag maker Takata's multibillion-dollar bankruptcy, earning her a spot as one of five bankruptcy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Annika K. Martin

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s Annika K. Martin focuses on fighting for the wronged, with key roles in matters like the Deepwater Horizon litigation and a sexual abuse case against a former University of Southern California gynecologist, earning her a spot as one of six attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 class action Rising Star.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Latham's Chris Campbell

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Chris Campbell has notched important victories for major tech companies — including Toshiba and Oracle — in complex antitrust matters, earning him a spot as one of five competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes

    Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes made a splash this Supreme Court term by securing a years-in-the-making opinion that changed the rules for discharging debts and successfully campaigning to rectify a “drastic” Sixth Circuit ruling on malicious-prosecution immunity, earning a spot on Law360's list of Appellate Rising Stars for the second year in a row.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: Skadden's Sven Mickisch

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Sven Mickisch led some of his firm’s most high-profile transactions over the last year, working with big-bank financial technology startup TruSight and representing Vantiv Inc. in its $10 billion fintech acquisition, landing him among the top banking attorneys under 40 honored as Law360’s Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Seema Shah

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Seema Shah has led international teams of attorneys in the private fund space, guiding established players like BC Partners in fundraising and investment deals to earn a spot among five asset management attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Sharon Robertson

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's Sharon Robertson has played leading roles on complex multidistrict litigation, including as co-lead counsel for a class that recently inked a $104.75 million settlement over allegations drugmakers delayed the entry of generic versions of the pain patch Lidoderm, earning her a spot among five competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Timothy J. Perla

    WilmerHale’s Timothy J. Perla leads the defense efforts on behalf of blood-testing company Theranos Inc. in ongoing investor litigation, earning him a spot as one of six attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s class action Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Emily Seymour Costin

    The success Alston & Bird LLP’s Emily Seymour Costin has had defending her corporate clients in complex employee benefits litigation, including a recent win for four professional basketball teams and the American Basketball Association Players' Retirement Plan, has earned her a spot among the five benefits law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Chad Husnick

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Chad J. Husnick has worked on a slew of huge bankruptcy cases on behalf of big-name companies over his career, including his current role guiding Energy Future Holdings Corp. through massive Chapter 11 proceedings, earning him a spot as one of five bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2018

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Michael Nonaka

    Covington & Burling LLP’s Michael Nonaka has strutted his stuff as a champion of financial technology, helping firms navigate the legal and regulatory hurdles of the fintech frontier and co-authoring a white paper on blockchain’s cybersecurity implications, earning a spot as one of five banking attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2018

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's James Tysse

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s James Tysse assumed a lead role in the Gun Lake Tribe’s victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a tribal casino project dispute, making him one of five attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s Appellate Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2018

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's James Stull

    Leading nearly a dozen Middle Eastern real estate investment trusts in the past 12 months alone, King & Spalding LLP’s James R. Stull has established himself as an authority on the Middle East’s fledgling REIT industry and a leader in fund formation efforts throughout the region, earning a spot among five asset management law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars for the second year in a row.

  • July 30, 2018

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Ragan Naresh

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Ragan Naresh has guided clients like Charter Communications Inc., Abbott Laboratories Inc. and Syngenta AG through class actions threatening significant liability while developing new law for future cases, earning him a spot as one of six class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360.