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March 13, 2013
Sidley Austin LLP's Kara L. McCall recently helped Bayer HealthCare LLC topple a class action alleging it falsely advertised a probiotic supplement and defeated class certification bids faced by Rollins Inc. and Orkin Inc., work that helped make her one of Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.
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March 13, 2013
A key role in shepherding the landmark AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion case from the drafting of an arbitration agreement all the way to a favorable decision from the U.S. Supreme Court helped earn Archis Parasharami, a partner at Mayer Brown LLP, a place among Law360's five rising stars in class action law.
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March 13, 2013
Having spearheaded several megadeals in the health care and technology industry, including GlaxoSmithKline PLC's $3.6 billion buy of Human Genome Sciences Inc. last year, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Benet O'Reilly has earned a spot as one of Law360's five mergers and acquisitions rising stars under 40.
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March 13, 2013
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Michael Puma helped flesh out the “nooks and crannies” of trade secret law when his team convinced the Third Circuit to block an executive who could replicate Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. products like Thomas' English Muffins from moving to rival Hostess Brands Inc., one of the achievements that put him among Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.
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March 13, 2013
Prior to joining Paul Hastings LLP, Randal Palach had already made a name for himself in the leveraged financing world and has continued to set himself apart from peers while working on major deals and agreements, making one of the firm's newest partners one of Law360's five rising stars in banking law.
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March 12, 2013
Faced with a lowball hostile takeover bid for his client Tenet Healthcare Corp., Brian M. Lutz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP struck back hard and filed suit for securities fraud, scaring off Tenet's rival and earning Lutz a spot on Law360’s five rising securities stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jaclyn Liu helped handle the largest U.S. merger of 2012 — SoftBank Corp.'s $20 billion acquisition of a 70 percent interest in Sprint Nextel Corp. — while simultaneously working two other major deals, helping her land a spot among Law360's five M&A rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Tatiana Lapushchik's fingerprints are all over multibillion-dollar bank financing deals completed by some of the world's largest financial institutions over the past several years, making the Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner one of Law360's banking rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Standout Kirby McInerney LLP partner Andrew McNeela has helped secure more than $830 million in settlements in securities fraud class actions in the last 18 months alone, landing him a spot among Law360's five class action rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
While successfully defending employers in high-profile and high-stakes cases involving the False Claims Act, whistleblower allegations and class actions, BakerHostetler's M. Scott McIntyre keeps his cool to bring home a win, making him one of Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Robert Herrington's success in defending clients like Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Skinnygirl Cocktails LLC in proposed class actions has led to him to being named co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's products liability and mass torts practice, making him one of Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.
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March 11, 2013
In two years, Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Robert Herrington has fended off a dozen class actions seeking hundreds of millions from his clients, was named practice group co-chair and published a book in his spare time, making him one of Law360's five class action rising stars under 40.
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March 11, 2013
Jones Day transactional ace James Dougherty provides global administrative leadership for the firm's corporate practice and advised Sherwin-Williams Co. on its $2.3 billion acquisition of a Mexican paint and coatings business in November, landing him a spot as one of Law360's five rising stars in M&A law.
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March 11, 2013
Nikki Hininger Howell's success in defending employers like Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. and Amsted Rail Co. Inc. in discrimination and retaliation cases has led to her being named managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC's Kansas City office, making her one of Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.
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March 11, 2013
A global financial crisis is a tough time to kick-start a finance practice, but Sidley Austin LLP's Anny Huang managed to become a go-to partner for banks and hedge funds and earned a spot as one of Law360's five rising stars under 40 in the banking bar.
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March 11, 2013
Devising creative solutions and getting the most out of expert witnesses, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Art Foerster has helped companies like Chevron Corp. and Montrose Chemical Corp. secure major recent successes, landing him a spot among Law360's five rising stars in product liability law.
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March 08, 2013
Michal Berkner knew as a first-year law student that she wanted to do M&A, and that she wanted to do it at Skadden. Now the 39-year-old is one of the highest-ranking female dealmakers at the firm and, after helping to seal the world's biggest transaction of 2012, one of Law360's M&A Rising Stars.
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March 08, 2013
Dechert LLP's Jay Alicandri has carved himself a niche arranging loans for business development companies, some of the hottest alternative investment vehicles around, making him one of five attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising star in banking law.
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March 08, 2013
Under severe time constraints — enforced strictly by a chess clock — Reed Smith LLP partner Tracy Gregar Ferak coolly leveraged her technical know-how and trial savvy to win a unanimous defense verdict for a top U.S. auto-parts maker, just one of several 2012 victories that make the 36-year-old one of Law360's five Product Liability Rising Stars.
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March 08, 2013
Helping JPMorgan Chase & Co. escape class actions over alleged foreclosure and debt collection practices and securing a verdict for Toys “R” Us Inc. in the first consumer class action trial under California's gift card law are some of the wins that have earned Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Joseph Duffy a place on Law360's list of top class action attorneys under 40.
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March 08, 2013
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2013, our list of the 111 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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March 08, 2013
When Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Pamela Devata began devoting herself to the Fair Credit Reporting Act it was a fairly sparse area of employment law work. Now Devata is one of the nation's foremost experts on that burgeoning specialty with victories against private plaintiffs and government enforcers alike, making her one of Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.
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March 08, 2013
Michael Asaro parlayed a decade of experience as a government lawyer into a partnership at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he now helps hedge fund industry titans like David Einhorn navigate high-stakes litigation, earning a spot on Law360's list of five rising stars under 40 in the securities bar.
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April 19, 2012
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Adam Paul has established a name for himself as a tireless and skilled bankruptcy practitioner whose work on complex reorganizations, like representing W.R. Grace & Co. in its asbestos-related Chapter 11 case, has earned him a spot on Law360's list of the top five bankruptcy attorneys under 40.
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April 18, 2012
Whether helping to stave off liquidation for debtors like Frontier Airlines Inc. or guiding financial giants through the bankruptcy fallout from leveraged buyouts gone wrong, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Elliot Moskowitz has proven to be a deft negotiator with polished litigation skills, earning him a spot among Law360's top bankruptcy attorneys under 40.