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Rankings: Rising Stars
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August 07, 2023
Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's James T. Christie
Labaton Sucharow LLP's James T. Christie has litigated several high-profile, high-payout lawsuits on behalf of investors in companies across various sectors and occasionally across borders, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2023
Rising Star: Cooley's Tijana Martinovic Brien
Cooley LLP's Tijana Martinovic Brien helped land a precedent-setting California decision for Gilead Sciences and aided videoconferencing provider Zoom in escaping the bulk of proposed class claims alleging it misled investors about its security capabilities, earning her a spot among the securities law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2023
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Jesse Bernstein
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Jesse Bernstein helped secure a rare securities class action victory on behalf of Tesla and Elon Musk and successfully defended a software company facing a post-merger lawsuit, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2023
Rising Star: Saxena White's Thomas Curry
Thomas Curry of Saxena White PA helped represent a group of FirstEnergy Corp. shareholders whose $180 million settlement with the company last year marks the largest recovery in a derivative suit in Sixth Circuit history, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Rising Star: Robbins Geller's Erika Oliver
Erika Oliver of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP helped secure a $141 million settlement for McKesson Corp. investors, and she played key roles in a pending $300 million investor settlement with Wells Fargo. These accomplishments and others earned her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Brittany Rogers
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Brittany Rogers has litigated several headline-making securities suits, including a case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court and resulted in a unanimous win, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2023
Law360 Names 2023's Top Attorneys Under 40
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2023, our list of 183 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 07, 2022
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Julia Malkina
Julia Malkina of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP was part of the legal team that scored a U.S. Supreme Court win for Goldman Sachs in a securities class action, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Skadden's Sarah Runnells Martin
Sarah Runnells Martin of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP played a key role in defeating an injunction that would have stopped a $12.5 billion merger for one of the firm's top clients, earning her a spot among the securities practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: The Rosen Law Firm's Yu Shi
Fluent in spoken and written Chinese, Yu Shi of the Rosen Law Firm PA has represented several parties making claims against China-based companies publicly listed in the U.S., including helping investors reach a $9 million settlement with peer-to-peer lender PPDAI Group Inc. in 2021, earning him a spot among the securities lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Latham's Jooyoung Yeu
Jooyoung Yeu of Latham & Watkins LLP has worked on several securities class actions throughout her career, including representing big-name clients such as General Electric Co. and Philip Morris International Inc., in which Yeu and other Latham members successfully won dismissal at the pleading stage, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Molly J. Bowen
Molly J. Bowen of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC played a key role in shareholder derivative litigation against Pinterest that led to major commitments to governance reform at the social media company and convinced a Manhattan federal judge to keep investor claims alive against Wells Fargo in a suit over the company's noncompliance with federal consent decrees. These accomplishments and others have earned her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 31, 2022
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Scott R. Foglietta
Scott R. Foglietta of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has played a role in securing several large recoveries for investors, including $480 million in a case against Wells Fargo and $210 million against Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 30, 2022
Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 10, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Stephen Blake
Stephen Blake of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has represented Alibaba through a series of multibillion-dollar securities class actions, including securing a $250 million settlement with investors who alleged that the company caused a $33 billion stock drop, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Laura McNally
Laura McNally of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has successfully argued pivotal motions to dismiss and examined expert witnesses at trial in several high-stakes securities disputes — something very few lawyers can say at her age — earning her a spot among the top securities law practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Katherine Lubin Benson
Katherine Lubin Benson of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has established herself as a top-tier plaintiff-side securities and antitrust attorney who recently helped shareholders land a multi-million dollar settlement with Wells Fargo, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Gavin Masuda
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Gavin Masuda locked down an industry-shaking victory for Restoration Robotics in California state court last year and has deftly defended accounting firms and underwriter banks from major professional liability, post-IPO and merger-related litigations, earning him a spot as one of seven securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Francis P. McConville
Francis P. McConville of Labaton Sucharow LLP co-chairs the firm's case development group and was involved in a securities class action against Brazilian energy company Petrobras that recently resulted in a $3 billion settlement, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2021
Rising Star: Jones Day's Ashley F. Heintz
Recently minted Jones Day partner Ashley F. Heintz was instrumental in Jarden Corp.'s landmark defeat of an appraisal challenge to its $13.2 billion sale, has played key roles in defending several high-stakes securities litigations and still finds time to offer pro bono services to greater Atlanta, earning her a spot as one of seven securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2021
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Abe Alexander
Recently minted Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Abe Alexander has been involved in some of the biggest-ever securities class action settlements against pharmaceutical companies, and negotiated a landmark deal in 2020 over one of the largest data breaches in history, landing him a spot as one of seven securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 28, 2021
Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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July 17, 2020
Rising Star: Wachtell's Anitha Reddy
Anitha Reddy of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz took a lead role representing directors at Charter Communications Inc. in a dispute connected to the Time Warner merger and setting precedent defending a forum provision in 1st Century Bancshares Inc. and Midland Financial Co.'s merger, earning her a spot among six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2020
Rising Star: Sidley's James Heyworth
In 2019, Sidley Austin LLP partner James Heyworth saw the Third Circuit affirm his win for Bear Stearns in a decade-old case that's spanned his law career and secured a well-cited victory for Cigna in the Second Circuit, landing him a spot as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Irina Vasilchenko
Irina Vasilchenko of Labaton Sucharow LLP garnered a historic $192.5 million deal for investors in energy company SCANA Corp. over a failed nuclear reactor project and secured a $19 million preliminary settlement in a shareholders' suit against Daimler AG over its Mercedes Benz diesel emission scandal, earning a place as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.