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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 14, 2020
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Nicole Allen
Nicole Allen of Jenner & Block LLP has defended clients in complex commercial litigation, like commodities and securities class actions, financial fraud cases and enforcement actions from federal agencies, including helping Kraft Foods Group successfully fight fraud and price manipulation claims by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, securing her a place as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Sheila C. Ramesh
Sheila Ramesh of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP scored a series of big wins within just a month's span, including Credit Suisse's successful class certification fight in a $21 billion antitrust class action after all of the bank's co-defendants had settled, earning her a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Rebecca Boon
Recently minted Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Rebecca Boon has had her hands in some of the highest-profile investor fraud actions of the last few years, including two unprecedented cases centered around allegations of sexual harassment at Fox News and Signet Jewelers, earning her a spot as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 02, 2020
Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2020, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Weil's Shawn Kodes
Weil partner Shawn Kodes is well-versed in advising companies on how best to manage their books, serving in the firm’s structured finance and derivatives practice in New York where he has advised major financial institutions such as Guggenheim Securities in its role as lead bookrunner to a $300 million asset backed security bond offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Jan Stewart
Mayer Brown’s Jan Stewart guided RBC Capital in Canada’s first personal loan securitization, advised Synchrony on its creation of an innovative credit-card securitization platform and steered Morgan Stanley in a first-of-its-kind $1 billion securitization of trade finance assets, earning a place as one of five securitization law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 15, 2019
Rising Star: Hunton Andrews Kurth's Janet McCrae
Hunton Andrews Kurth partner Janet McCrae's work in helping mortgage insurance companies navigate the financial markets after the 2008 recession earned her a spot among three securitization attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 23, 2019
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Nilofer Umar
Sidley Austin LLP's Nilofer Umar has guided Walgreens through shareholder litigation against its officers for allegedly falling prey to fraud from Theranos and represented Keurig in a shareholder action seeking to halt its $13.9 billion merger, making her one of six securities attorneys under 40 selected as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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September 20, 2019
Rising Star: Pomerantz's Michael Grunfeld
Pomerantz LLP's Michael Grunfeld has amassed numerous victories on behalf of his investor clients over his career, including paving the way for shareholders to bring class actions over data breaches, earning him a spot as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 19, 2019
Rising Star: Latham's Sarah A. Tomkowiak
During a rare securities class action trial earlier this year, Latham & Watkins LLP’s Sarah Tomkowiak helped convince a jury to award minimal damages to investors who had accused Puma Biotechnology Inc. of misrepresenting the results of a clinical trial involving a breast cancer treatment, earning her a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 18, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Marjorie P. Duffy
Jones Day partner Marjorie P. Duffy successfully argued a motion to transfer on only two hours' notice for energy industry supplier Fairmount Santrol in a case relating to a securities class action and reached a settlement after six years of litigation for law and garden supply company Scotts in a $100 million class action over its Morning Song Bird Food, earning her a place among the six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 17, 2019
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Laura Kathryn O'Boyle
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Laura Kathryn O’Boyle successfully defended Susquehanna Growth Equity against fraud charges related to its sale of an e-commerce payment processing business, helped Merck & Co. beat a shareholder suit, and is representing Marriott International Inc. in a multidistrict litigation related to its November data breach, making her one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Block & Leviton's Joel Fleming
Block & Leviton LLP's Joel Fleming helped keep alive portions of an investor lawsuit challenging the multibillion-dollar Charter Communications-Time Warner Cable Inc. merger last year, earning him a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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September 06, 2019
Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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August 29, 2018
Rising Star: Cleary's Jared Gerber
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Jared Gerber helped lead Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras to a major appellate victory related to its closely watched corruption scandal and scored a landmark ruling for dozens of Lehman Brothers underwriters at the U.S. Supreme Court, making him one of six securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 28, 2018
Rising Star: Jones Day's Nina Yadava
Jones Day partner Nina Yadava has represented comScore in securities battles in three different states and was instrumental in crafting the settlement strategy that helped put the suits to bed, making her one of six securities attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s Rising Stars.
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August 27, 2018
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Linton Mann III
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Linton Mann III has become one of the heaviest lifters in the banking industry’s ongoing fight against a tsunami of lawsuits over the underwriting of residential mortgage-backed securities, winning several key cases along the way and earning him a spot as one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 24, 2018
Rising Star: Pomerantz's Tamar Weinrib
Tamar Weinrib of Pomerantz LLP has recently played key roles in several important investor suits, including a precedent-setting decision on class certification in the Second Circuit, earning her a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 23, 2018
Rising Star: Kellogg Hansen's Daniel Dorris
From drafting complaints to managing discovery, Daniel Dorris of Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC was instrumental in every aspect of the litigation that led to the National Credit Union Association recovering more than $5.1 billion in settlements last year over the sale of toxic residential mortgage-backed securities, landing him a spot among five securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 22, 2018
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Michael B. Eisenkraft
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC partner Michael B. Eisenkraft recently helped secure preliminary approval of a $165 million settlement that would end long-running litigation over mortgage-backed securities and persuaded the Second Circuit to revive a lawsuit concerning Korean futures contracts, earning him a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2018
Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
The 168 attorneys selected as Law360's 2018 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. From guiding eye-popping deals to handling bet-the-company litigation, these elite attorneys under 40 are leading the pack.
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August 03, 2017
Rising Star: Weil's Caroline Hickey Zalka
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Caroline Hickey Zalka has handled high-profile cases for clients ranging from Morgan Stanley to General Electric to Lululemon Athletica, including a case for Sanofi that was the first in the Second Circuit to apply the Supreme Court’s Omnicare decision, earning her a spot as one of the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2017
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Amy Roy
Ropes & Gray LLP counsel Amy Roy has represented some of the country’s largest mutual funds, notably winning cases for the directors and trustees of the Sequoia Fund and Calamos Investment Trust in cases that had the fund industry on the edge of their seats and earned her a spot as one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2017
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Colin Lloyd
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s Colin Lloyd has worked on mergers for Barclays PLC, has lobbied for major trade groups like the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association on the Dodd-Frank Act and its implementation and has helped players from brokers to tech companies follow the law, making him one of five securities lawyers under 40 named to Law360’s list of Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2017
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's S. Douglas Bunch
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s S. Douglas Bunch has worked to expand investor rights by advancing path-breaking legal arguments, recently notching a significant D.C. Circuit ruling limiting safe-harbor protections for forward-looking statements, earning him a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.