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Rankings: Rising Stars
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September 11, 2019
Rising Star: Katz Marshall's Joseph Abboud
Katz Marshall & Banks LLP’s Joseph Abboud has advocated for victims of sexual harassment, assault and discrimination both in and out of the courtroom, including assisting Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as she testified about then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate, landing him among the five employment attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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September 11, 2019
Rising Star: Kirkland's David Klein
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s David Klein has been on both sides of billion-dollar corporate takeover efforts, including Qualcomm’s maneuvers to dodge Broadcom’s $117 billion offer, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 11, 2019
Rising Star: Fenwick & West's Robert Counihan
Fenwick & West's Robert Counihan has represented numerous pharmaceutical clients, including Eli Lilly subsidiary Loxo Oncology in a trade secrets suit, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 11, 2019
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Sarah Gordon
Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Sarah Gordon, fresh off of handling claims in the massive NFL concussion settlement, is now helping an AIG unit navigate coverage disputes in the fallout of a global cyberattack, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 10, 2019
Rising Star: Eubanks & Associates' William S. Eubanks II
Eubanks & Associates LLC's William S. Eubanks II has battled on behalf of environmental clients and conservation groups, winning precedent-setting rulings on the reach of the Endangered Species Act and when controversial projects must be analyzed in-depth by the federal government, earning him a spot as one of five environmental law practitioners honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 10, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Amanda P. Ellison
Jones Day's Amanda P. Ellison has been instrumental in securing major coverage and arbitration decisions for the Los Angeles Unified School District, including a published opinion from the California Court of Appeal, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 10, 2019
Rising Star: Butler Snow's Alyson Jones
Butler Snow's Alyson B. Jones has amassed numerous victories on behalf of her life sciences clients over her career, like representing Johnson & Johnson in multidistrict litigation over claims that Tylenol can cause liver failure, earning her a spot as a Law360 Rising Star.
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September 10, 2019
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Megan K. Bannigan
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP counsel Megan K. Bannigan may not have set out to be an intellectual property litigator, but she has taken the field by storm, helping companies like Kate Spade and PayPal defend their trademarks and other IP, landing her a spot as a Law360 Rising Star.
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September 10, 2019
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Katherine Smith
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Katherine V.A. Smith has helped businesses like Ford Motor Co. and K12 Inc. defeat workers' certification bids in high-profile class actions and was one of the lead partners tasked by Wynn Resorts to probe alleged sexual misconduct by then-CEO Steve Wynn, landing her among the five employment lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 10, 2019
Rising Star: Debevoise's Jennifer Chu
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Jennifer Chu has closed scores of deals on behalf of clients in the health care and insurance industries including a complex deal for Kindred Healthcare, earning her a spot as one of five mergers and acquisitions law practitioners honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 09, 2019
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Daniel Brass
Davis Polk's Daniel Brass has helped steer industry giants such as Shire, Ferrero and Reckitt Benckiser through multiple billion-dollar deals across the globe, landing him among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 09, 2019
Rising Star: Fisher Phillips' Todd Scherwin
Fisher Phillips’ Todd Scherwin notched his first-ever U.S. Supreme Court win last year after rapidly rising through the ranks of the national employment law boutique, earning him a spot as one of five employment law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 09, 2019
Rising Star: Kirkland's Jonathan Kidwell
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Jonathan Kidwell has been responsible over the past year for handling the environmental side of large deals, such as private equity firm GTCR LLC's acquisition of defense and aerospace battery manufacturer EaglePicher Technologies LLC, earning him a spot as one of five environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 09, 2019
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Eric Rothman
Arnold & Porter's Eric Rothman has backed pharmaceutical and life sciences companies on complex deals, including Novartis' sale of its cystic fibrosis products to Mylan, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 09, 2019
Rising Star: Caldwell Cassady's Austin Curry
Caldwell Cassady & Curry's Austin Curry has helped companies win more than $2 billion in trial verdicts, headlined by VirnetX's high-profile patent showdown with Apple, making him one of Law360's intellectual property Rising Stars.
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September 09, 2019
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Susan Gittes
Debevoise & Plimpton's Susan Gittes has helped a slew of life insurance companies defeat a multibillion-dollar suit brought under the New York False Claims Act, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as 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: Perkins Coie's Andrew L. Greene
Perkins Coie LLP partner Andrew L. Greene’s work on one of the most high-profile construction disputes in the nation, involving the State Route 99 tunnel project under Seattle, has helped land him a spot among the three construction lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 29, 2018
Rising Star: Pillsbury Winthrop's Fabio Leonardi
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Fabio Leonardi has traveled the globe getting favorable deals for Swiss banks and a Nicaraguan soccer official, making him one of five white collar attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 29, 2018
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Leland Jones
Wiley Rein LLP partner Leland Jones obtained an Eleventh Circuit victory for a liability insurer in a contaminated-medicine case and helped a client win a Ninth Circuit ruling in litigation over the meaning of “professional services,” making him one of five insurance attorneys under 40 to land on Law360's list of Rising Stars.
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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 29, 2018
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Adam Lauridsen
Keker Van Nest & Peters partner Adam Lauridsen has worked on a number of cases involving the controversial issue of how far ballparks have to go to protect their fans from foul balls and broken bats, including helping to defeat a class action against Major League Baseball and its clubs in California, landing him among the four sports attorneys dubbed Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 29, 2018
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Maaren Shah
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Maaren A. Shah is a litigator who won a favorable result for FirstEnergy Generation LLC in its disputes with railroads over transportation contracts and went on to assist it in connection with its significant bankruptcy filing, earning her a spot as one of five energy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 29, 2018
Rising Star: Jones Day's Anna Cartwright
Jones Day partner Anna K. Cartwright has had her hand in more than 40 deals since the start of 2017, piloting teams of attorneys that guided billions of dollars worth of transactions for a list of clients that includes major private equity firms and real estate investment trusts, earning her a spot as one of five private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 29, 2018
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Byron Rooney
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Byron Rooney has guided watershed capital markets deals, from initial public offerings like payment processor First Data Corp.'s massive $2.6 billion IPO to more novel transactions that experiment with blockchain technology, the underpinning of digital currency, earning him a spot as one of three capital markets law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.