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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.
  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Stars: Steptoe & Johnson's Shawn Davisson

    Shawn Davisson of Steptoe & Johnson LLP has represented a longtime BP executive in a probe of his handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Volkswagen AG in connection with its diesel emissions controversy, earning a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Lara Rios

    Holland & Knight's Lara Rios helped secure one of the first sustainability-linked loans in Latin American history and was instrumental in connecting five liberal arts colleges to a solar energy farm in New England, earning her a spot as one of five project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Lauren J. Coppola

    Lauren Coppola of Robins Kaplan LLP took critical steps on behalf of telecom clients at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to push for changes in Federal Communications Commission rules ensuring that conference calls remained affordable, helping her land a spot among telecommunications practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Mercedes C. Morno

    King & Spalding LLP's Mercedes Morno helped mount a successful defense of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers' authority to collect preliminary tariffs and was a member of the U.S. delegation to the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation, making her the youngest international trade lawyer to be honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Nicole Washington

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Nicole Washington has steered flagship funds like Clearlake Capital's $7 billion vehicle while corralling investors from across the globe, earning her a spot on this year's list of fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Star: Hamburg Rubin's William Roark

    William Roark of Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin PC represented the bulk of Pennsylvania's medical marijuana permit holders in a suit over the future of the program, helping stave off a challenge that would have cost his clients their licenses, earning himself a spot among the cannabis attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Star: Manko Gold's Diana A. Silva

    Manko Gold Katcher & Fox LLP partner Diana Silva has provided counsel on major Pennsylvania environmental projects including the multibillion-dollar Mariner East pipeline system that stretches across the entire Keystone State, earning her a spot among environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Morgan & Morgan's Frank Kerney

    Morgan & Morgan's Frank Kerney nabbed a record-breaking $459,000 Telephone Consumer Protection Act arbitration award for a client who claimed she had been harassed with more than 300 illegal robocalls from a debt collector, landing him a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Dentons' Joanne Caceres

    Joanne Caceres of Dentons has helped shepherd major cannabis companies through their initial public offerings on the Nasdaq and pushed the industry toward achieving social equity, earning her a spot among the cannabis law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Gabriel Soledad

    Gabriel Soledad of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has successfully defended the governing body of South American soccer in a sprawling bribery case and beaten back a $2.3 billion failed merger suit by pharmaceutical giant Teva, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Hunton's Samuel L. Brown

    Samuel L. Brown of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP draws from his deep expertise in environmental and natural resource regulation developed during his time as an EPA lawyer to advise clients through complex and oftentimes multifaceted compliance matters, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Bryan Hunkele

    Bryan Hunkele of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised Bain Capital as it raised about $20 billion across three funds over roughly two years, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Bracewell's Andrej Kormuth

    Andrej Kormuth of Bracewell LLP has advised clients on major energy and infrastructure deals, including Qatar's first solar plant and stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Eva Monard

    Eva Monard of Jones Day has assisted clients through more than 80 trade defense cases in various jurisdictions, winning victories before the Court of Justice of the European Union and earning her a spot among the international trade practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Richard Nowak

    Mayer Brown LLP's Richard E. Nowak has a strong track record of steering clients through brand-new benefits issues, recently helping Northrop Grumman shake pension plan participants' novel claims over allegedly inaccurate payouts, landing him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Mintz's Angela Y. Kung

    Angela Kung of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has had a hand in two of the biggest matters recently before the Federal Communications Commission, helping steer a $1.5 billion rural broadband subsidy auction and advocating for the C-Band spectrum reorganization, earning her a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Gregory W. Lavigne Jr.

    Gregory W. Lavigne Jr. of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has arranged the financing for significant solar developments, including securing $250 million for a portfolio of distributed generation projects, earning him a spot as one of five project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Cleary's Maurice Gindi

    Maurice Gindi of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised on several multibillion-dollar deals, including private equity firm TPG's second Rise Fund as it aims to raise $2.5 billion, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Cozen O'Connor's Thomas O'Rourke

    Thomas O'Rourke of Cozen O'Connor has become a go-to litigator for one of the country's largest cannabis companies, Acreage Holdings, representing them in litigation that has shaped marijuana regulations and placing him among the cannabis attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Dechert's Timothy Bowden

    Dechert's Timothy Bowden successfully defended Barclays' former CEO and was part of the team that handled bribery allegations at Airbus, securing the company an unprecedented international settlement and making him one of Law360's Rising Stars in white collar defense.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Jillian C. Kirn

    Jillian Kirn of Greenberg Traurig LLP has served as an independent monitor overseeing Duke Energy's multibillion-dollar effort to comply with cleanup plans stemming from water pollution litigation and on the coordinating committee for defendants facing claims over "forever chemicals," among other things, earning her a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2020

    Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's David (Dj) Wolff

    David (Dj) Wolff of Crowell & Moring LLP has successfully advised clients on complying with sanctions and secured vital exemptions from sanctions requirements when necessary, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2020

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Erica E. Bonnett

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Erica E. Bonnett has handled complex employee benefits and executive compensation matters in a number of big-ticket transactions, including United Technologies' union with Raytheon and Celgene's $74 billion acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb, landing her among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2020

    Rising Star: Willkie's Carly G. Saviano

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's Carly G. Saviano represented Harbor Group International in its $1.85 billion buy of a 36-multifamily property portfolio, landing her a spot as one of five real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2020

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Amy Roebuck Frey

    Amy Roebuck Frey of King & Spalding LLP helped win one of the largest Energy Charter Treaty arbitral awards ever, at $535 million, for investor Anatolie Stati in an oil and gas dispute against Kazakhstan, landing her among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.