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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Bracewell's Jeris Diana Brunette
Jeris Diana Brunette of Bracewell LLP has served as lead counsel to Credit Agricole in connection with billions of dollars in complex financing it provided for energy industry giant McDermott International Inc. over the past few years. She's also a leader in Bracewell's New York office, where she mentors and trains early-career finance attorneys and runs the firm's quarterly sustainability bulletin. These accomplishments and others have earned her a spot among the top banking attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Camille C. Bent
Camille C. Bent of BakerHostetler has played a part in some high-profile bankruptcy and liquidation matters, including aiding an ongoing effort to recover billions of dollars in losses tied to the fraud perpetrated by disgraced Wall Street titan Bernie Madoff, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Christopher Capuzzi
Christopher Capuzzi's work at Ropes & Gray LLP has helped make the firm a leading player in the burgeoning market around special purpose acquisition companies, earning him a spot among the top capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Tom Gorman
Thomas Gorman of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP has litigated intellectual property, antitrust, fraud and breach of contract cases, including one that uncovered a massive trade secret theft leading to a $179 million arbitration win for Google, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris
Williams & Connolly LLP appellate partner Sarah Harris argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in two high-profile cases related to denied disability and retirement benefits, earning her a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Fran Faircloth
Fran Faircloth of Ropes & Gray LLP has advised SolarWinds' former chief on litigation and congressional probes stemming from Russian hackers' data breach of the software company and the U.S. government, placing her among cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ratzan Weissman's Stuart Weissman
Stuart Weissman of Ratzan Weissman & Boldt has won multiple eight-figure trial verdicts, including a record-breaking $46.5 million medical malpractice award for an Arkansas family whose newborn suffered severe brain damage, earning him a spot among the trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Brian E. Rosenzweig
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Brian Rosenzweig's skillful and innovative handling of several billion-dollar financings for large energy industry players, including advising lenders through TechnipFMC's $1.8 billion committed financing package, has earned him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as 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: Paul Weiss' Rachael Coffey
Rachael Coffey of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP co-led a team that helped Inspire Brands Inc. acquire Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. in a deal valued at $11.3 billion, earning her a spot among the merger and acquisition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Crowe & Dunlevy's Melanie Wilson Rughani
Melanie Wilson Rughani of Crowe & Dunlevy scored several major appellate victories in Oklahoma, including leading the legal side of a successful fight to expand Medicaid eligibility in the state, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Sierra Elizabeth
Kirkland & Ellis equity partner Sierra Elizabeth has spent the last two years representing 3M in massive multidistrict litigation against the company by service members who used its earplugs and now have hearing loss, resulting in a hot-off-the-press bellwether trial win, earning her a spot among the top trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Alex Iftimie
Morrison & Foerster LLP's Alex Iftimie, a co-chair of the firm's global risk and crisis management group and a former national security official at the U.S. Department of Justice, helped FireEye Inc. navigate a breach that led to the discovery of a Russian espionage campaign that targeted software used by federal agencies and thousands of companies, earning him a spot among the top cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Angela Libby
Angela Libby of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has played a key role in significant restructurings in the energy industry, including a cross-border proceeding that involved $5.3 billion in debt, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Daniel Kay
Daniel Kay of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has advised JPMorgan Chase on various acquisition financings throughout the pandemic, including a $2.1 billion bridge financing that paved the way for one of 2021's largest medical technology acquisitions yet, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Celia Soehner
Celia Soehner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has guided major corporations in significant transactions, including representing 23andMe in a $3.5 billion deal with a Richard Branson-backed special purpose acquisition company, earning her a spot among capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Julie S. Goldemberg
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Julie S. Goldemberg has been involved in high-profile patent eligibility cases and defended TCL Communications in its patent disputes with Ericsson, earning the patent litigator a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Andrew Devore
Andrew Devore of Ropes & Gray LLP set a precedent for the protection of shareholder payments in bankruptcy in the Tribune Co. Chapter 11 and then used that precedent to score a $1.2 billion win for shareholders in the Nine West Holdings bankruptcy, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy 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: King & Spalding's Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee of King & Spalding LLP has handled and won high-stakes global litigation throughout the renewable-energy sector, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Cravath's C. Daniel Haaren
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner C. Daniel Haaren has guided several landmark financings in his young career, notably PG&E Corp.'s massive $8.7 billion equity raise last year and trading app Robinhood Markets Inc.'s recent $3.4 billion private placement, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Cravath's Keith Hallam
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Keith Hallam's work helping pilot deals like AerCap's $30 billion purchase of General Electric's aircraft lessor — the biggest transaction inked in 2021's first quarter — landed him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Luna Ngan Barrington
Luna Ngan Barrington of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has scored trial verdicts saving companies like C&S Wholesale Grocers and Johnson & Johnson from massive damages, earning her a spot among the top trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Weil's Jessica L. Falk
Jessica L. Falk of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has faced off against IBM over its Watson supercomputer technology and represented Marvel in comic book cases, landing her a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Faegre Drinker's Antonio M. Pozos
Antonio M. Pozos of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP represents the first person to publicly plead guilty in a sprawling U.S. Department of Justice bribery probe of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, negotiating a favorable deal for his client and earning him a spot among the white collar lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.