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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 13, 2016

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Atif Azher

    Thanks to his work representing some of the country's biggest private equity shops and guiding various recent high-profile matters, including Dell and Silver Lake Partners' pending mega acquisition of EMC Corp., Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Atif Azher has been named one of Law360's top private equity attorneys under 40.

  • April 13, 2016

    Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Marilyn Lion

    Marilyn A. Lion has advised large insurance industry clients in a slew of innovative, multibillion-dollar transactions in recent years, including Protective Life Corp.'s $5.7 billion merger with a Japanese life insurer, landing the Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner on Law360's list of four top insurance attorneys under age 40.

  • April 13, 2016

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Michael Joyce

    Funding alternative energy might be a harder sell than more traditional project finance deals, but not for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC partner Michael Joyce, whose knowledge about renewables and desire to help companies succeed earned him a spot among Law360's top project finance attorneys under 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Michael Kimberly

    Racking up repeated appearances, and wins, before the U.S. Supreme Court while still an associate, including scoring a unanimous victory for voters challenging gerrymandering in Maryland, has made Mayer Brown LLP partner Michael Kimberly one of Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Hinshaw & Culbertson's Suzanne Jones

    Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP's Suzanne Jones has labored on arguments behind some of the most influential insurance cases, including one involving the Tenth Circuit and the Colorado Supreme Court that made it harder for insurance claimants to argue against their insurers' intent in some key respects, joining Law360's Rising Stars list of four top insurance attorneys under 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Anthony Vernace

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Anthony Vernace’s work on high-profile mergers and acquisitions early in his career has won him a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars, and his role in complex global M&A deals is also what helped him become a partner at the firm when he was just 32.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Jennifer Taylor

    Playing key roles in the successful reorganization of iconic gunsmith Colt, as well as the ongoing Chapter 11 cases for Hancock Fabrics Inc. and Verso Corp., O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Jennifer Taylor has earned herself a berth among Law360's top bankruptcy attorneys under 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Patrick Curran

    Patrick D. Curran of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has spearheaded some of the country's largest intellectual property disputes in high-stakes situations over the past five years, with numerous victories for Google under his belt, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top IP attorneys under 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Ashley W. Hardin

    The stakes were enormous in two False Claims Act cases that threatened to expose clients of Williams & Connolly to billions of dollars in damages and penalties — and Ashley W. Hardin played a pivotal role in winning summary judgments tossing both suits. The partner's achievements helped her earn a place on Law360's Rising Stars list as one of the top six health care attorneys under age 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Dan Feldman

    Shearman & Sterling LLP attorney Dan Feldman's skillful handling of ambitious and complex industrial and infrastructure megaprojects, such as Petronas' $28 billion refinery and petrochemicals project in Malaysia, has landed him a spot among Law360's top project finance attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Michael Baratz

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Michael J. Baratz has consistently found himself at the forefront of the firm’s high-profile international arbitration caseload, highlighted by the dogged pursuit of a $1.6 billion award on behalf ExxonMobil and a $30 million win for U.S. Airways, landing him a spot among Law360's top attorneys under 40.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Alanna Rutherford

    Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP partner Alanna Rutherford has packed more high-stakes trial work into her young career than most corporate attorneys see in a lifetime and has snagged victories in matters ranging from a showdown with the U.S. government over its bailout of AIG to a dispute over insurance coverage for the World Trade Center attacks, earning her a place among Law360's Rising Stars.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Whatley Kallas' W. Tucker Brown

    Whatley Kallas LLP's W. Tucker Brown is making a name for himself in the health care realm far beyond his Birmingham, Alabama, base, playing a key role in high-stakes cases like the Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust litigation and landing among six health attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 this year.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Squire Patton Boggs' Stephen Anway

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP partner Stephen P. Anway, who specializes in investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration, has represented clients in more than 60 arbitration proceedings spanning 25 countries, earning him a spot among the top international arbitration attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Skadden's Brandon Van Dyke

    Though he's yet to reach 40, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Brandon Van Dyke has been able to provide ongoing counsel for corporate heavyweights, including DuPont Co. and News Corp., as they undertake transformational mergers and acquisitions, landing him on this year’s list of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Deborah Newman

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Deborah Newman recalls with satisfaction her recent leading role in the firm’s successful courtroom fight to shield General Motors’ unsecured creditor trust from billions in liability claims, one of the achievements that earned her a spot among seven top bankruptcy lawyers under 40 in Law360’s Rising Stars list.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Nossaman's Brandon Davis

    After helping transform the Port of Miami, Nossaman LLP's Brandon Davis has now become a key player in the redevelopment and improvement of the Los Angeles International Airport and its surrounding infrastructure, all part of the work that has made Davis one of Law360's top project finance attorneys under 40.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jennifer Burdman

    Jennifer H. Burdman of King & Spalding LLP has used her scientific background and jury communication skills to help clients like LifeNet Health and DuPont win millions of dollars in intellectual property verdicts, earning her a place among Law360's top IP lawyers under 40 for 2016.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Benjamin Horwich

    Benjamin J. Horwich's career achievements include helping convince the U.S. Supreme Court to effectively prevent drug companies from exiting the vaccine market, a critical matter of public policy, earning the Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of the top six appellate attorneys under age 40.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Michael Werner

    Leading the charge on several of the real estate market’s multibillion-dollar property deals and high-profile lease transactions is Fried Frank Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorney Michael J. Werner, who has landed a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars just about a year after making partner at the firm.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Steven Rudgayzer

    With leadership roles in a mosaic of big-ticket and bespoke real estate transactions over the last year, including in an $8.6 billion deal with a member of Qatar's royal family, Steven Rudgayzer of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP landed on Law360's 2016 list of top real estate attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Laura Kabler Oswell

    Having served on two Sullivan & Cromwell LLP trial teams that got big wins — one for Enbridge in a billion-dollar pipeline fiasco and another for Apollo Tyres after the disintegration of its planned merger with Cooper Tire — Laura Kabler Oswell has been named one of a handful of trial attorneys on Law360's Rising Stars list of top lawyers under 40.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Craig Countryman

    Fish & Richardson PC's Craig Countryman has pushed appellate courts into new territory, persuading the Federal Circuit to set precedent for patent reviews and winning certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of how patent damages are dealt, placing him among Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Miranda So

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Miranda So has been helping companies like internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. do deals in China’s booming mergers market since touching down in 2007, making her one of Law360’s top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: MoFo's Jennifer Marines

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jennifer Marines has worked the restructuring gantlet, from counseling Patriot Coal's unsecured creditors to guiding oil refiner Hovensa LLC through restructuring, work that saw her named one of Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.