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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Akin Gump's Naomi Moss
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP restructuring partner Naomi Moss earned a big win for secured creditors of telecom provider Avaya Inc. and helped internet support company GTT Communications slash $1 billion from its capital structure, landing her a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Qiaojing Ella Zheng
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's Qiaojing Ella Zheng has blazed a path for communities underrepresented in law and leverages her bicultural knowledge to serve clients, including securing an $8.3 million arbitration award in a contract breach case that spanned both Chinese and American legal systems, earning her a spot among the employment attorneys 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 03, 2022
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Ilissa Samplin
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Ilissa Samplin helped Cablevision Systems Corp. unit Voom HD secure a massive settlement in a contract dispute with Dish Network Corp. and helped AMC win a profit participation case over "The Walking Dead" series, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Kirkland's Chris Elder
Christopher Elder of Kirkland & Ellis LLP serves as a lead relationship partner for Bain Capital Private Equity and has helped it navigate a number of large deals, including its $17 billion purchase with Hellman & Friedman of Athenahealth, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Eric Weiss
Perkins Coie LLP partner Eric Weiss' work successfully defending large corporations such as Nintendo and Amazon from proposed consumer class actions, and notching a multimillion-dollar verdict for retailer Costco at a price-fixing trial earned him a spot among the class action attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Zachary Launer
Zachary S. Launer of Hogan Lovells guided gas pipeline companies through lengthy rate cases at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in order to fund multibillion-dollar upgrades of their aging systems, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Samantha Hynes
Samantha Hynes of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP successfully defended automakers against massive antitrust litigation and navigated enormous mergers, netting her a spot as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Sidley's Steven Horowitz
Sidley Austin LLP partner Steven Horowitz represented Amgen in patent litigation over its blockbuster autoimmune disease biologic Enbrel and its psoriasis drug Otezla, earning him a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Jennifer Roy
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Jennifer Roy has carved out a practice guiding major utilities, energy companies and others on environmental policy and regulatory compliance, earning her a spot on this year's list of environmental practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Laura Turano
Laura Turano of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP worked on a range of multibillion-dollar transactions, including Teladoc Health's $18.5 billion acquisition of Livongo Health and Carrier Global's $3.1 billion sale of its Chubb Fire & Security business, making her one of the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Daniella G. Silberstein
Greenberg Traurig LLP mergers and acquisitions shareholder Daniella G. Silberstein was part of a Greenberg team that closed a $16 billion merger between mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage and The Gores Group last year, which is one of the reasons she's been picked as one of Law360's Rising Stars this year.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Akshay Deoras
Akshay Deoras of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has helped Motorola Solutions secure numerous victories in its legal battle against a Chinese rival over mobile radio technology, including a $34.2 million attorney fee award, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 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 02, 2022
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Ashley M. Farrell Pickett
Ashley M. Farrell Pickett of Greenberg Traurig LLP has advised major companies on how to navigate wage and hour and wrongful termination claims, including defending McDonald's and a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee against class actions, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Schochor Federico's Brent Ceryes
Brent Ceryes helped thousands of people find relief through several multimillion-dollar class actions, including a Delaware community harmed by a chicken plant's toxic wastewater and families whose children were harmed by former pediatrician Earl Bradley, earning Ceryes a spot among the top class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Meaghan Colligan
Holland & Knight LLP senior associate Meaghan A. Colligan has helped lead the firm's efforts to advise the chemicals industry on national regulatory framework for recycling and other key developments, earning her a spot among the environmental attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Stephen McIntyre
Stephen McIntyre of O'Melveny & Myers LLP defended Samsung Electronics Co. against price-fixing claims that were dismissed in 2019 and 2020 and Novartis Pharmaceuticals against an antitrust lawsuit that was tossed in February, earning him a spot among the competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Megan Cooney
Megan Cooney of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP steered Amazon to a trial victory when a California federal judge found that a former employee of the company was exempt from wage and hour requirements, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Grant & Eisenhofer's Kyle J. McGee
Kyle J. McGee of Grant & Eisenhofer PA frequently partners with state attorneys general to hold large polluters accountable, including repeatedly going toe-to-toe with Monsanto over alleged environmental damage caused by man-made chemicals and helping secure upward of $100 million in settlement funds from the company this year alone, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Douglas Litvack
Douglas Litvack of Jenner & Block LLP's competition team has helped clients like ProMedica and Dartmouth University defend against high-stakes antitrust claims, after several years of litigating hospital mergers and working on other matters at the Federal Trade Commission, earning him a spot among the antitrust 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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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kollin Zimmermann
Kollin Zimmermann of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as co-lead counsel helped Yahoo Holdings Inc. fend off a billion-dollar countersuit from Mozilla Corp. over a paid advertising and search technology contract, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Bradley Hamburger
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Bradley Hamburger helped defend insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group in a class action over its valuation method for totaled cars and successfully argued against class certification in a wage and hour suit brought against Amazon subsidiary Prime Now, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Freshfields' Jenny Hochenberg
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner Jenny Hochenberg has played a lead role in some of the biggest-ever cross-border acquisitions at a busy time for mergers and acquisitions across the globe, advising on deals worth a total of $85 billion in 2021, earning her a spot among the M&A attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.