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.
  • July 28, 2017

    Rising Star: Skadden's Robert Fumerton

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Robert A. Fumerton delivered the closing arguments in the first case over residential mortgage-backed securities to go to trial, making him one of five securities attorneys under 40 to be honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2017

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 156 attorneys selected as Law360's 2017 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. This elite group of attorneys, all under 40, have distinguished themselves by handling bet-the-company litigation and brokering deals that make headlines.

  • April 25, 2016

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Craig Waldman

    Craig Waldman forged his career as a securities lawyer during the subprime mortgage crisis and recently won a significant decision tossing shareholder claims over a $6 billion acquisition by The Blackstone Group LP, earning the Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner a spot among Law360's Rising Stars.

  • April 22, 2016

    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Katherine Sinderson

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP attorney Katie Sinderson has helped the firm secure massive recoveries on behalf of investors, including a $1 billion settlement over illegal marketing of the painkiller Vioxx and a landmark $2.4 billion deal resolving shareholder litigation over Bank of America's Merrill Lynch acquisition, earning her recognition on Law360's list of top securities lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 21, 2016

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' Jessica Pulliam

    Baker Botts LLP partner Jessica Pulliam takes special satisfaction in her role as one of the lead attorneys for the firm's work on Halliburton Co.'s long-running, precedent-setting securities class litigation, work that earned her a place among Law360's top securities lawyers under 40.

  • April 20, 2016

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brian Lutz

    As a partner at Gibson Dunn, Brian Lutz has successfully fought off shareholder suits challenging high-profile mergers while scoring a major victory for Depomed by halting a hostile takeover, work that saw him named on Law360's list of the top securities lawyers under 40.

  • April 19, 2016

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Agnes Dunogue

    Since joining Shearman & Sterling LLP in 2014 as a partner, securities litigator Agnes Dunogue has delivered courtroom victories for Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG and other financial sector clients, earning her a spot on Law360's list of top securities lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 18, 2016

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Seanna R. Brown

    BakerHostetler partner Seanna R. Brown has cemented herself as a key member of the team representing the liquidation trustee for Bernie Madoff's collapsed investment firm, helping to amass more than $10 billion for victims of the convicted Ponzi schemer and meriting a spot as one of seven securities attorneys among Law360's 2016 Rising Stars.

  • April 15, 2016

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Jeremy Andersen

    A lawyer who actually knows his way around a spreadsheet, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP’s Jeremy Andersen has used his background in accounting to help his firm successfully bring groundbreaking cases against Wall Street giants over their role in the financial crisis and the rigging of benchmark rates, making him one of Law360’s Rising Star attorneys.

  • April 01, 2016

    The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm

    Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, Quinn Emanuel led the pack with eight Rising Stars, followed by Gibson Dunn, Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher with seven Rising Stars each. Baker & Hostetler, Latham & Watkins, King & Spalding and Shearman & Sterling each boast five Rising Stars apiece.

  • March 30, 2016

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2016, our list of 179 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • April 20, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Securities

    Securing big wins in high-stakes cases has earned each of these young laywers a place on Law360's list of securities attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 16, 2015

    Rising Star: The CFTC's Rob Schwartz

    In his short time litigating for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Rob Schwartz has already scored a string of victories, including a blockbuster win over a Wall Street lobby group's attempt to vacate the agency's controversial cross-border swaps rules, earning himself a spot among Law360's top securities attorneys under 40.

  • April 15, 2015

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matthew Schwartz

    Matthew Schwartz of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped UBS AG escape billions of dollars in potential claims by investors and played a role in convincing separate federal appeals courts to block arbitration proceedings against Goldman Sachs & Co., earning him a spot on Law360's list of securities Rising Stars.

  • April 14, 2015

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Dorothy Spenner

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Dorothy Spenner has helped steer JPMorgan Chase & Co. through a high-pressure storm of mortgage-backed securities litigation, demonstrating skill beyond her years and earning her a place as one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360.

  • April 13, 2015

    Rising Star: Dechert's Mauricio Espana

    When Repsol SA hit Bank of New York Mellon Corp. with a $50 million suit related to oil company YPF SA's board, the bank turned to Dechert LLP's Mauricio Espana. BNY Mellon's trust in the youthful litigation partner was properly placed, and the suit's dismissal — among other quality work — has earned Espana a spot on Law360's list of securities law Rising Stars.

  • April 10, 2015

    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Avi Josefson

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's Avi Josefson has guided plaintiffs in some of the biggest legal fallout from the financial crisis and is one of just a few people who decide what cases the firm will take on, making him one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360.

  • March 30, 2015

    The 2015 Rising Stars, By Firm

    Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, King & Spalding LLP and Sidley Austin LLP led the pack with seven Rising Stars each, followed by Gibson Dunn and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP with six Rising Stars each, and Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis LLP with five Rising Stars apiece.

  • March 27, 2015

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2015, our list of 144 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • May 08, 2014

    Rising Star: Cravath Swaine & Moore's Wes Earnhardt

    By the age of 35, J. Wesley Earnhardt of Cravath Swaine & Moore has helped big-name clients like Xerox and JPMorgan Chase fight back securities claims potentially worth billions of dollars, earning him a place among Law360's top attorneys under 40.

  • May 08, 2014

    Rising Star: Willkie Farr & Gallagher's Sameer Advani

    Tackling a wide array of shareholder suits for clients such as Kenneth Cole and Facebook Inc., Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Sameer Advani has shown a knack for knotty litigation and earned a place as one of Law360's top 10 securities attorneys under age 40.

  • May 07, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Matthew Solum

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Matthew Solum has built a sterling reputation as a go-to closer for companies in fending off large shareholder class actions and other litigation, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top securities attorneys under age 40.

  • May 05, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Joshua Rabinovitz

    A former federal trial lawyer, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Josh Rabinovitz routinely tackles accounting malpractice suits and stock-drop cases for clients like Medtronic Inc., Hospira Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, making him one of Law360's top 10 securities attorneys under the age of 40.

  • May 02, 2014

    Rising Stars: Kaye Scholer's Catherine Schumacher

    Kaye Scholer LLP's Catherine B. Schumacher does not shy away from a fight, as evidenced by her high-profile representation of an American International Group Inc. executive in a barrage of litigation, in which she's taken on three consecutive state attorneys general, earning her a spot on Law360's short list of top securities attorneys under 40.

  • May 01, 2014

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jason Mendro

    Over the past few years alone, Jason J. Mendro of Gibson Dunn has garnered a striking string of victories defending large firms such as Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, RBC Capital Markets Corp., and SAIC Inc. in complex shareholder class actions, earning him a spot among Law360's top securities attorneys under 40.

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