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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.
  • March 25, 2013

    Rising Star: Dickstein Shapiro's Deborah Fishman

    Dickstein Shapiro LLP's Deborah Fishman looked halfway around the world to find prior art that could help protect a client's core business from patent infringement charges — a good example of the hard work and creativity that earned her a spot among nine young intellectual property attorneys recently recognized by Law360.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jesse Shapiro

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jesse Shapiro earned one of his clients in a most unusual way: after it negotiated against him in a real estate deal in which he represented the other side's interests — proof of the diligence, skill and charm that landed Shapiro a spot among the six real estate attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Ann Cathcart Chaplin

    Leading a practice group that claims the busiest patent litigation docket in the country, Fish & Richardson PC's Ann Cathcart Chaplin routinely helps clients like 3M Co. navigate multimillion-dollar disputes, landing her among the top nine young intellectual property attorneys recently recognized by Law360.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Latham's David Brown

    David Brown was named co-head of Latham & Watkins LLP's private equity group at age 39, tacking a title onto a reputation as one of the country's top minds at the intersection of private funds and public companies and earning a spot as one of Law360's top five private equity attorneys under 40.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider's Chad Landmon

    Generic-drug makers waging courtroom fights with regulators or quietly maneuvering to avert patent showdowns have found a potent advocate in Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP's Chad A. Landmon, a jack-of-all-trades whose long string of successes places him among three young life sciences attorneys honored recently by Law360.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Omar Samji

    Omar Samji has only been at Jones Day for a year, yet he's already helped broker multidimensional, multibillion dollar oil and gas deals, making him one of five young energy attorneys recently recognized by Law360.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Cara Tseng Duffield

    Wiley Rein LLP's Cara Tseng Duffield has built her practice in the firm's top-notch insurance group around strategically counseling major insurers and representing them, as she recently did with great success for Federal Insurance Co. and General Star Indemnity Co., when they take their battles to court, landing her a spot among five insurance attorneys honored by Law360.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Christopher Garcia

    Fresh off leading the U.S. Department of Justice's historic crackdown on insider trading on Wall Street, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Christopher Garcia has become a go-to white collar attorney for corporate clients in the government's regulatory crosshairs, earning him a spot among Law360's top five white collar attorneys under 40.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Daniel Laytin

    Spearheading complex antitrust defenses for big clients like the Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association and General Motors Co., Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Daniel Laytin has quickly earned a reputation as the smartest guy in the room, winning a place among Law360's top five young antitrust attorneys.

  • March 21, 2013

    Bankruptcy Rising Star: Cadwalader's Zachary Smith

    Before the age of 35, Zachary Smith of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP had established himself as a power player in the field of bankruptcy by handling tough cases, pioneering his firm's entry into the Puerto Rico bankruptcy market and teaching law, earning him a place among Law360's top five young bankruptcy attorneys.

  • March 21, 2013

    Rising Star: White & Case's Jack Pace

    White & Case LLP's Jack E. Pace III has a roster of victories including winning the dismissal of Fair Isaac Corp.'s trademark and competition suit against Experian Information Solutions Inc., landing himself on Law360's list of five noteworthy competition attorneys under 40.

  • March 21, 2013

    Rising Star: Bracewell & Giuliani's Michael Piazza

    Whether he's helping navigate billion-dollar oil and gas joint ventures with Chesapeake Energy Corp. or bringing new clients to Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on his own, associate Michael De Voe Piazza has already established himself as a sharp legal mind to watch, earning a place among five young energy lawyers honored by Law360.

  • March 21, 2013

    Rising Star: Kirkland's John O'Quinn

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP litigation partner John O'Quinn specializes in cases before the Federal Circuit but his successes have transcended intellectual property law, and specific courts, to include major environmental and bankruptcy wins and have earned him a spot on Law360's list of rising stars in appellate law.

  • March 21, 2013

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Kevin Poloncarz

    From his work positioning Calpine Corp., California's largest energy producer, to succeed under the state's new greenhouse gas emissions trading system, to defending greenhouse gas air permits, Paul Hastings LLP's Kevin Poloncarz has earned himself a place among five young environmental lawyers honored by Law360.

  • March 21, 2013

    Rising Star: Kasowitz's Douglas Heitner

    Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP's Douglas Heitner has handled some of the biggest development deals in New York City including the recent $430 million acquisition of 701 Seventh Ave. in Times Square, making him one of the six real estate partners under the age of 40 recognized by Law360.

  • March 20, 2013

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Edward Sassower

    Whether steering luxury hotel group MSR Resort Golf Course LLC toward a $1.5 billion sale or helping hedge funds strike a $975 million settlement with Capmark Financial Group Inc., Edward Sassower has had no shortage of success in Kirkland & Ellis LLP's restructuring practice, earning him a place among five young bankruptcy lawyers recognized by Law360.

  • March 20, 2013

    Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Anton Metlitsky

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Anton Metlitsky has cut his teeth in the complex art of appellate briefing in such high-profile cases as In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, a multidistrict price-fixing case against a group of airline carriers — just one of many recent victories that landed Metlitsky among the five young appellate attorneys profiled by Law360.

  • March 20, 2013

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Steig Olson

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Steig Olson has moved effortlessly from representing plaintiffs in high-profile class actions to helping defend Travelport Ltd. in an antitrust fight brought by American Airlines Inc., landing himself on Law360's list of five noteworthy competition attorneys under 40.

  • March 20, 2013

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Tal Golomb

    Helping to guide some of New York City's largest, landmark real estate deals is Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Tal Golomb, whose deal-making and land use skills have earned him a spot among six real estate attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360.

  • March 20, 2013

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Jeffrey Kuhn

    Helping to salvage a $257 million natural gas pipeline threatened by a court order holding up the construction process, DLA Piper's Jeffrey D. Kuhn displayed his ability to thrive under pressure and secured himself a place among five young environmental lawyers honored by Law360.

  • March 20, 2013

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Christopher Lyons

    Sidley Austin LLP's Christopher Lyons never planned on a career representing energy firms, but his intense study of pipelines and electricity grids vaulted Lyons to the upper ranks of the field and earned him a spot among Law360's top five energy attorneys under the age of 40.

  • March 19, 2013

    Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Ryan Ketchum

    Hunton & Williams LLP partner Ryan Ketchum works on some of the biggest energy projects in emerging markets in Africa and Eastern Europe, such as the $1 billion Bujagali hydroelectric project in Uganda, earning him a place among five young energy lawyers honored by Law360.

  • March 19, 2013

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Brian Resnick

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Brian Resnick was instrumental in sealing a multibillion-dollar settlement between Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its European affiliates, and has proven equally adept at counseling big banks on the lender side and representing debtors fighting for their very survival, earning this Juilliard-trained musician turned restructuring pro a spot among five young bankruptcy lawyers honored by Law360.

  • March 19, 2013

    Rising Star: White & Case's Seth Kerschner

    White & Case LLP's Seth Kerschner helped smooth out environmental requirements to finance a $4.5 billion petrochemical project in Mexico — the biggest private sector deal to close in Latin America in 2012 — while also juggling global climate change work and pollution lawsuits for both defendants and plaintiffs, making the 31-year-old one of Law360's five young environmental attorneys to watch.

  • March 19, 2013

    Rising Star: Cooley's Colleen Gillis Snow

    Cooley LLP partner Colleen Gillis Snow has worked on a broad range of projects in northern Virginia, including the $5 billion westward extension of Washington's Metrorail, and her growing reputation for deftly representing corporate clients before a patchwork of local interests has earned her a spot among Law360's top six real estate attorneys under the age of 40.