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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 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Rutan & Tucker's Maria Z. Stearns

    Rutan & Tucker LLP partner Maria Z. Stearns convinced a judge and a class of workers to accept vouchers instead of cash to settle a wage and hour class action, a rare form of payment for the type of case that earned her a spot among Law360's top seven employment attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Beasley Allen's Danielle Mason

    Danielle W. Mason of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC blazed a new litigation trail by securing a $72 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over a cancer death linked to talcum powder, placing her among Law360's top life sciences lawyers under 40.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Brett Shumate

    Brett Shumate's standout work in regulatory cases and appeals earned the Wiley Rein LLP partner the opportunity to argue before the D.C. Circuit last year on a constitutional challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, helping secure his spot among a trio of top telecommunications attorneys under 40 named Law360 Rising Stars.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Cravath's Len Teti

    For vetting and structuring more billion-dollar deals in 10 years than some attorneys do in their entire careers, including building strong ties with International Business Machines Corp. over a string of acquisitions and sales, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's J. Leonard "Len" Teti II has been named one of the top tax attorneys under 40 by Law360.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Felicia Ellsworth

    WilmerHale partner Felicia Ellsworth has notched a win in the Supreme Court for Pom Wonderful, helped Cisco Systems wipe out a $74 million verdict in the Federal Circuit and fought fiercely in the courts for same-sex marriage rights, making the 37-year-old a clear choice to be named among Law360's top trial lawyers under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Joy Liu

    Hot off a win representing Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's off-label promotion policies, Ropes & Gray LLP partner Joy Liu has earned a place as one of Law360's top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Ross Kwasteniet

    Since joining Kirkland & Ellis LLP out of law school, restructuring partner Ross Kwasteniet has worked with a variety of clients, recently Patriot Coal Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management LP, in high-profile restructurings, earning him a reputation as a go-to advocate and a spot on Law360's Rising Stars list of top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Chris May

    In the last year, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Christopher May advised computer maker Dell and Chinese conglomerate ChemChina on a pair of record-breaking deals that could not be more different, earning him one of nine spots on Law360's 2016 list of the top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie Neuman

    Recently becoming one of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP’s youngest partners has not phased Bonnie Neuman, which is unsurprising with someone who’s been working for years on multibillion-dollar real estate deals for the likes of J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank that have landed her a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Fenwick & West's Larissa Neumann

    In the highly technical world of tax law, where the best practitioners tend to be at least 50, Fenwick & West LLP's Larissa Neumann has accomplished the unusual feat of finessing both tax planning and controversy matters at just 38, earning her a spot with four others on Law360's list of top tax attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Matthew Murchison

    A leading role representing key industry voices on net neutrality before the Federal Communications Commission and at the D.C. Circuit has helped garner Latham & Watkins LLP's Matthew T. Murchison a spot among three telecommunications attorneys under the age of 40 on the Law360 Rising Stars list.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Orrick's Renee Phillips

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Renee Phillips has developed a reputation as a premier whistleblower defense lawyer and won high-profile discrimination cases for clients like Holland & Knight LLP, placing her among Law360's top employment lawyers under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll

    WilmerHale partner Catherine Carroll helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Florida's capital sentencing scheme, and the same court appointed her to argue in favor of a position that the Obama administration disavowed in an employment discrimination suit, earning her one of six spots on Law360's 2016 list of top appellate attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Felicia Medina

    Sanford Heisler Kimpel LLP’s Felicia Medina has carved an impressive path over the course of her 10-year legal career, being named managing partner of the plaintiff-side firm’s San Francisco office and securing numerous positive outcomes in employment cases against corporate giants like Daiichi Sankyo Inc., earning her a spot on Law360’s list of employment Rising Stars.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Corey Goodman

    A background in computer science has given tax attorney Corey Goodman an invaluable edge as a new partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he serves as a regular adviser to Google, and helped land him one of five spots on Law360's list of top tax attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's James Langston

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's James Langston has guided companies in some of the largest deals over the past couple years including advising Actavis PLC in a $70 billion acquisition of pharmaceutical giant Allergan Inc. that thwarted a hostile takeover attempt, earning him a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Erin Brady

    While Jones Day LLP partner Erin N. Brady was helping to prepare American Apparel Inc.'s restructuring plan, she was also fighting to protect a contested but crucial debtor financing deal for Relativity Media LLC, work that put her among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Sophia Hudson

    As a lawyer specializing in working with foreign companies on capital markets transactions, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Sophia Hudson has advised on numerous multimillion-dollar initial public offerings and other deals, earning her a spot on Law360's list of the top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Shook Hardy's Charles Eblen

    Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner Charles Eblen is a rare young trial ace who has built a reputation for using his talent and instincts to successfully defend clients in product liability cases, earning him a spot among Law360's top trial attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Erin Ranahan

    With major legal victories under her belt, including a landmark copyright win on behalf of internet television company Veoh Networks against music giant UMG Recordings, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Erin Ranahan rightfully lands on Law360's list as one of the top media and entertainment attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Kasowitz's Douglas Heitner

    No stranger to high-profile deals, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP's Douglas B. Heitner recently steered a more than $1 billion lease that has been credited as the largest real estate transaction in Queens, and earned himself a spot among eight real estate attorneys under 40 named Law360 Rising Stars.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Drinker Biddle's Eduardo Guzman

    Eduardo Guzman guided the Puerto Rico Telephone Co. through regulatory proceedings and litigation to become the first non-pay-television provider approved to sell video service on the island, a success that helped make him one of three attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars in telecommunications practice.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Jonathan Uslaner

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Jonathan Uslaner has helped recover more than $3 billion on behalf of investors defrauded by the likes of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co., earning him a spot among Law360's top class action attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 05, 2016

    Rising Stars: Milbank Tweed's Atara Miller

    Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy partner Atara Miller began her ascent at the firm as a summer associate in 2001 and now represents Broadcast Music Inc., recently obtaining a copyright win for the licensor against Pandora and earning her a spot on this year's Law360 Rising Stars list as one of the top media and entertainment attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 05, 2016

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Jonathan Linas

    Jones Day partner Jonathan Linas' early success in helping McDonald's Corp. defeat a class certification bid by workers alleging the fast-food giant unfairly shortchanged them on hours worked opened the door for him to play a key role in McDonald's high-profile joint-employer fight with the National Labor Relations Board, earning him a spot among Law360's Rising Stars.