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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 31, 2018
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Sharon Robertson
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's Sharon Robertson has played leading roles on complex multidistrict litigation, including as co-lead counsel for a class that recently inked a $104.75 million settlement over allegations drugmakers delayed the entry of generic versions of the pain patch Lidoderm, earning her a spot among five competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360.
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July 31, 2018
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Timothy J. Perla
WilmerHale’s Timothy J. Perla leads the defense efforts on behalf of blood-testing company Theranos Inc. in ongoing investor litigation, earning him a spot as one of six attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s class action Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2018
Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Emily Seymour Costin
The success Alston & Bird LLP’s Emily Seymour Costin has had defending her corporate clients in complex employee benefits litigation, including a recent win for four professional basketball teams and the American Basketball Association Players' Retirement Plan, has earned her a spot among the five benefits law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2018
Rising Star: Kirkland's Chad Husnick
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Chad J. Husnick has worked on a slew of huge bankruptcy cases on behalf of big-name companies over his career, including his current role guiding Energy Future Holdings Corp. through massive Chapter 11 proceedings, earning him a spot as one of five bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2018
Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Michael Nonaka
Covington & Burling LLP’s Michael Nonaka has strutted his stuff as a champion of financial technology, helping firms navigate the legal and regulatory hurdles of the fintech frontier and co-authoring a white paper on blockchain’s cybersecurity implications, earning a spot as one of five banking attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2018
Rising Star: Akin Gump's James Tysse
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s James Tysse assumed a lead role in the Gun Lake Tribe’s victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a tribal casino project dispute, making him one of five attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s Appellate Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2018
Rising Star: King & Spalding's James Stull
Leading nearly a dozen Middle Eastern real estate investment trusts in the past 12 months alone, King & Spalding LLP’s James R. Stull has established himself as an authority on the Middle East’s fledgling REIT industry and a leader in fund formation efforts throughout the region, earning a spot among five asset management law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars for the second year in a row.
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July 30, 2018
Rising Star: Kirkland's Ragan Naresh
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Ragan Naresh has guided clients like Charter Communications Inc., Abbott Laboratories Inc. and Syngenta AG through class actions threatening significant liability while developing new law for future cases, earning him a spot as one of six class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360.
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July 30, 2018
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Melissa Hill
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Melissa D. Hill led the legal team that secured dismissal of Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims that could have cost the New York City Department of Education hundreds of millions of dollars, earning her a spot as one of five benefits attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2018
Rising Star: Jones Day's Stacey L. Corr-Irvine
Jones Day's Stacey L. Corr-Irvine has stood out at her firm for making instrumental contributions in major restructuring cases, including handling day-to-day case management for plastics maker M&G USA Corp., earning her a spot as one of five bankruptcy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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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 10, 2017
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Laura Fairneny
Newly minted Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Laura Fairneny has played a leading role in a number of complicated life sciences litigations, including a $20 million victory for AngioScore in a patent infringement suit, earning her a place among life sciences attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2017
Rising Star: Pillsbury's Tamara Bruno
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Tamara Bruno has been climbing her way up the ranks by contributing to several out-of-court successes and working on major liability coverage suits for insurance policyholder clients, including Lion Oil Co. and New York University, earning her a spot among insurance attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2017
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Anna Chung
Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Anna Chung has handled many high-profile infrastructure projects across the world, including a light rail extension project in the Philippines, earning her a spot as one of the project finance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2017
Rising Star: Kirkland's Tianjing 'Tiana' Zhang
Tianjing "Tiana" Zhang leads Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s white collar and cross-border litigation practice from her home base in Shanghai. But Zhang is a true international expert, with deep legal experience and training in the U.S. and China, and experience counseling multinationals like Baxter International, Tenneco Inc. and Syngenta, landing her among Law360’s Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2017
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Randi Lally
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s Randi Lally has advised on billions of dollars worth of deals for major clients including Permira and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and she made partner a year earlier than normal, 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 10, 2017
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Mark Hayek
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Mark Hayek has steered a bevy of private-equity backed initial public offerings over the past year, including counseling underwriters on Athene Holding Ltd.’s $1.2 billion offering that was the second largest IPO of 2016, earning him spot as one of five capital markets law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 09, 2017
Rising Star: White & Case's Karalyn Mildorf
A key member of White & Case LLP's national security and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States practice, Karalyn Mildorf has assisted clients in almost 200 national security-related reviews at the committee, earning her a spot as one of four international trade attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 09, 2017
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Timothy Best
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Timothy Best has deployed scientific savvy to guide major drugmakers through high-stakes patent cases, including a trial that preserved billions of dollars for Depomed Inc. and possibly saved the company, placing him among five life sciences lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 09, 2017
Rising Star: Jones Day's Jason Lissy
Barely over 30, Jones Day's Jason Lissy has found himself playing key roles in two massive insurance litigations in the past year, one regarding MF Global and the other over the destruction of a soon-to-open $760 million power plant, making him one of five insurance lawyers under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 09, 2017
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Vijay Sekhon
Sidley Austin LLP’s Vijay Sekhon has built a track record of skillfully closing transactions that are noted for both their dollar value and their complexity, including the $2 billion acquisition of Polycom Inc. by affiliates of Siris Capital Group LLC, and he is also a prolific writer and educator in his field, earning him a spot as one of five private equity law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 09, 2017
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Alfred Ng
Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Alfred Ng has made a habit of helping clients close financing on challenging and groundbreaking projects, including a $4.3 billion coal-fired power plant in Indonesia, earning him a spot as one of five project finance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 09, 2017
Rising Star: Farella Braun's Jessica Nall
Farella Braun & Martel LLP's white collar chair Jessica Nall has gotten executives at Samsung and Hitachi cleared of price-fixing and currently represents individuals in the Yahoo breach investigation, making her one of five white collar attorneys under age 40 chosen as Law360's Rising Stars.
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August 09, 2017
Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Tara Castillo
Alston & Bird LLP’s Tara Castillo has used her problem-solving skills to execute complex, structured finance deals and securitizations across many asset classes, helping clients like American Honda Finance Corp. raise $35 billion and earning her a spot as one of five capital markets law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 08, 2017
Rising Star: Dentons' Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo
Dentons' Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo has played a prominent role in several high-profile cases on behalf of tribes, including successfully representing a California tribe in a controversial membership dispute, helping her win a place as one of three Native American law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.