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.
  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Sidley's Fatema Orjela

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Fatema Orjela's work advising on and cutting billion-dollar deals for private equity companies like H.I.G. Capital, Apollo Global Management and GIC Private Ltd. earned her a spot among the private equity attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Lauren Anderson

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Lauren A. Anderson has guided some of the world's largest energy companies through transactions in both the traditional and alternative energy spaces, including a $2 billion deal at a Louisiana chemical plant, earning her a spot among the energy attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Hueston Hennigan's Joseph Reiter

    Hueston Hennigan's Joseph Reiter, who has been at the trial boutique since 2015 as one of its founding associates, has played major roles in trials that helped Amazon defeat an eBay arbitration and PwC defeat an employee whistleblower's claims, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Wiley's Enbar Toledano

    Enbar Toledano of Wiley Rein LLP successfully represented steel producer Nucor before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the American Line Pipe Producers Association in a Federal Circuit appeal of a CIT judgment, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Rick Offsay

    Rick Offsay of Latham & Watkins LLP has guided a bevy of entertainment giants through multimillion-dollar deals, including advising Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. in its recent $8.45 billion acquisition by Amazon.com Inc., earning him a spot among the media and entertainment practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Kevin Bostel

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP restructuring partner Kevin Bostel helped a struggling restaurant franchisee navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and got his first leadership experience in the case of helicopter service company CHC Group Ltd., both of which dealt with lots of moving parts and disparate constituencies, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Alexa Kranzley

    Alexa Kranzley of Sullivan & Cromwell helped manage a unique Chapter 11 filing for manufacturing company Garrett Motion, valuing the company at $3.1 billion in an auction and allowing shareholders to hold on to their common stock, and she helped California Resources Corp., the largest oil and natural gas producer in California, restructure $5 billion in debt, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Skadden's Lara A. Flath

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Lara A. Flath successfully defended the University of North Carolina in federal litigation regarding its consideration of race in undergraduate admissions, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Martin Ruhaak

    Ropes & Gray LLP partner Martin Q. Ruhaak has lead several multibillion-dollar health care and life sciences transactions for private equity firms around the world, including the $1.07 billion sale of an Israeli medical device manufacturer to Boston Scientific Corp., earning him a spot among the private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Dykema Gossett's Alison Ashmore

    Alison Ashmore of Dykema Gossett PLLC is handling a high-stakes appeal in the Fifth Circuit that could change how lawyers conduct themselves during closing arguments, earning her a spot among the commercial litigators under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Megan Crowley

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Megan Crowley successfully guided TikTok in challenging the Trump administration's efforts to ban the app and also helped electronics company Xiaomi fight an unwanted U.S. Department of Defense designation, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Marie-Sophie Dibling

    King & Spalding's Marie-Sophie Dibling served as lead counsel for the European Biodiesel Board in an anti-subsidy case helping to secure the imposition of high anti-subsidy duties, and represented the Moroccan textile industry in successful anti-dumping litigation against machine-made imports from Egypt, Jordan and China, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Elina Tetelbaum

    Elina Tetelbaum of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz co-led the team representing Kansas City Southern in its $31 billion acquisition by Canadian Pacific following a high-profile bidding war, landing her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Kendall Brill's Nary Kim

    Nary Kim of Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP has handled numerous high-profile disputes in the entertainment industry, including for Creative Artists Agency and Universal Music Group, earning her a spot among media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Jhett Nelson

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jhett R. Nelson co-led a team advising on one of the largest private acquisitions of oil and gas assets in recent years, earning him a spot among the energy attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Anjuli Woods

    Holland & Knight LLP partner Anjuli Woods has spent the last year navigating the legal saga that followed the sudden death in 2020 of Zappos' former CEO Tony Hsieh, earning her a spot among media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Andrew Danford

    Andrew Danford of WilmerHale played a leading role in helping Apple Inc. get a $506 million infringement judgment against it thrown out on appeal, and helped Genentech prevail in high-profile biosimilar litigation and related Patent Trial and Appeal Board cases over its blockbuster breast cancer drug Herceptin, earning him a spot among the intellectual property practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: BCLP's Lauren Caisman

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP partner Lauren Caisman has steered food product manufacturer Greencore, restaurant chain Veggie Grill and others through a growing wave of litigation brought by employees alleging violations of Illinois' unique biometric privacy law, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Mark Myott

    Mark Myott of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP nailed down multiple billion-dollar deals last year, including Dell Technologies' $52 billion sale of its stake in VMware, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Cleary's Jane VanLare

    Jane VanLare of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has been piloting Chile's national airline through an $11 billion bankruptcy, which along with other Latin American cross-border work has earned her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Cullen Sinclair

    Cullen L. Sinclair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has advised investment firm KPS Capital Partners on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including its acquisition of a $1.7 billion controlling stake in Tate & Lyle PLC, earning him a spot among the private equity attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Walker's Sarah Dicharry

    Sarah Y. Dicharry of Jones Walker LLP leverages her deep understanding of the legal framework governing federal leasing to defend oil and gas industry clients' interests, including successfully challenging governmental efforts to abruptly collect millions of dollars from one operator, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Simmons Hanly's Laura Fitzpatrick

    Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC's Laura Fitzpatrick was on the team that secured $1.7 billion in settlements from pharmaceutical companies and drug distributors as part of a bellwether opioid trial in New York, as well as a jury verdict in the case finding two other defendants liable for fueling the epidemic in the state, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Melissa Brewer

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's Melissa Brewer helped secure retroactive duties on foreign honey and was a key player in two of the largest-ever trade complaints to hit the U.S. Department of Commerce, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

Hello! I'm Law360's automated support bot.

How can I help you today?

For example, you can type:
  • I forgot my password
  • I took a free trial but didn't get a verification email
  • How do I sign up for a newsletter?
Ask a question!