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August 14, 2026
Cameron Byrd of Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing has clinched major victories for clients with his skills at oral argument in recent years, including defeating almost $290 million in claims against an energy client this year and winning a $42 million verdict in 2023, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2026
Baker McKenzie partner Cameron Reilly helped secure a key tax court ruling for FedEx Corp. to invalidate regulations on mandatory repatriation under the 2017 federal tax changes, and was a lead attorney in Facebook Inc.'s successful challenge to cost-sharing regulations for multinational corporations, earning him a spot among the tax practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2026
Pavithra Rajesh of Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP helped win a $120 million settlement for investors in a secondary offering by ViacomCBS Inc. and fought her way through several pleading motions in order to reach a settlement-in-principle in a securities fraud class action against United Natural Foods Inc., earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2026
Meng Lu of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has advised industry giants like Salesforce Inc. and eBay Inc. on novel and complex multibillion-dollar transactions during her career, earning her a spot among the practitioners of mergers and acquisition law under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2026
Nick Spear of Susman Godfrey LLP has helped secure millions for life insurance policyholders in cases involving improper cost-of-insurance charges, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2026
John Weber of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP advised global communications software firm Mitel's $1.5 billion restructuring and Roomba maker iRobot's prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring, which equitized approximately $265 million in debt, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2026
Daniel Horowitz of Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP has secured major wins for Chubb in disputes over coverage for opioid litigation and social media addiction suits, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2026
Josh Baker of The Rosen Law Firm has helped win multimillion-dollar settlements in securities claims against mutual fund giant Vanguard and event ticket behemoth Live Nation, earning him a spot among the fund securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2026
Rachel Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm played a lead role in bellwether litigation against Meta over claims that social media causes personal mental health injury and has also been involved in talc and opioid litigation, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2026
Brian Harris of Covington & Burling LLP represented companies from the world of biomedicine, retail and even sports after advising on the acquisition and relocation of the NHL's Arizona Coyotes in transactional tax matters, earning him a spot as one of the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2026
Charles A. Sommers of Sidley Austin LLP advocated for the securities industry in urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to walk back a sweeping set of changes to stock market rules, earning him a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2026
Kelsey Nussenfeld of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP advised Synopsys Inc. on its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys Inc. and Paramount Skydance's special committee on its pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, helping to earn her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2026
Colleen M. Restel of Lowenstein Sandler LLP helped lead the charge of sex abuse claimants seeking redress in Catholic Church bankruptcies and represented creditors settling with TPI Composites Inc. in its Chapter 11, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Hunter Vance of Susman Godfrey LLP advised a construction company in resolving billions of dollars in claims out of bankruptcy court following completion of a $10 billion liquid natural gas terminal in Texas, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Danielle B. Schulweis of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised Tishman Speyer on a combined $6.35 billion in refinancings for two well-known New York City office properties, The Spiral and Rockefeller Center, securing her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Kylie Barza of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised on several billion-dollar transactions, including Alphabet's $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect Power, which closed in 2026, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Pablo Rojas of Podhurst Orseck PA was instrumental in litigation that forced insurers to recognize a $700 million claim on 23 airplanes seized by the Russian government, and also carried out a one-day trial on his own regarding a construction accident, earning him a spot among the trial lawyers under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Kristina Bunting of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has secured victories for clients including General Motors, Coinbase, Snap and Goldman Sachs in some of the most closely watched securities and digital assets litigation of recent years, including a landmark U.S. Supreme Court win, earning her a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Yasmin Al Ameen of Foley Hoag LLP helps represent Gambia before the International Court of Justice in a historic case claiming Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya people, and she also represents Armenia against Azerbaijan before the ICJ, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Michael Senders of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has helped ink billion-dollar deals across industries such as pharmaceuticals, sports and banking, including a private equity firm's acquisition of Walgreens, a billionaire-led purchase of the Washington Commanders and Morgan Stanley's acquisition of E-Trade — earning Senders a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Danielle McCall of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised healthcare systems, corporations, investment firms and nonprofit organizations through high-stakes investigations, compliance challenges and civil rights matters, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Cooley LLP insurance group lead Robert Jacques helped advise pharmaceutical giant Merck on coverage for damages from the NotPetya cyberattack, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Thomas Kessler of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP guided airline Azul's Chapter 11 plan as counsel to the ad hoc secured creditor group that sponsored the plan, as well as helped crypto company Genesis repay customers in kind with cryptocurrency to generate $4 billion in creditor recoveries, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
John Stokes of Stris & Maher LLP led a trial that secured a victory for former investors in video game studio Unknown Worlds Entertainment over a merger payout dispute with the company's buyer, earning him a spot as one of the trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2026
Jeffrey Steinfeld of White & Case LLP has won the dismissal of a lawsuit involving memecoins and a precedent-setting Delaware Supreme Court decision on the calculation of post-judgment interest, earning him a spot among the securities lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.