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Rankings: 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.
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July 31, 2017
Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Navi Dhillon
Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Navi Dhillon has blazed a trail in the environmental law field through matters ranging from the defense of a commuter bus program in San Francisco to fighting off claims that certain cosmetics cause cancer — earning him a spot as one of three environmental law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2017
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jim Pastore
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Jim Pastore has harnessed an early love of technology to build a career that includes accomplishments such as helping to prosecute hackers wielding malware that threatened to break the internet and steering Home Depot through the aftermath of a massive data breach, earning him a spot as one of four cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2017
Rising Star: Gibbs Law Group's David Stein
Gibbs Law Group’s David Stein has developed a reputation as one of the best consumer advocates around, and his tenacious litigation on behalf of the residents of Guam helped earned him a spot as one of four class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2017
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Heather Richardson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Heather Richardson has guided Aetna Inc. and other companies through massive victories, including winning the insurer nearly $40 million in a fraud case against surgery centers, making her one of five health care law attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2017
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Kris Ferranti
Shearman & Sterling LLP's Kris Ferranti has helped counsel foreign and domestic real estate investors and developers on some of their biggest and most complex projects and transactions, including Olayan America’s purchase of a trophy office tower in Manhattan, earning him a spot as one of five real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2017
Rising Star: Latham's DJ Moore
Latham & Watkins LLP’s Duncan Joseph “DJ” Moore has had a hand in several recent high profile environmental matters in California, from shepherding a desalination plant in San Diego through the approval process to working on a team bringing the Los Angeles Football Club’s 22,000-seat stadium to fruition — earning him a spot as one of three environmental law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2017
Rising Star: Gibbs Law Group's Andre Mura
Andre Mura of Gibbs Law Group LLP knows there’s a push and pull between technological advancement and privacy, and in battling for the rights of consumers in fights with tech companies like Vizio and Lenovo, Mura has earned a spot as one of the top cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2017
Rising Star: Weil's David Singh
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s David Singh has secured victories for companies including Exxon Mobil and Apple in challenging and high-profile class action cases, earning him a spot as one of four class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2017
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's William Monahan
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP litigation partner Bill Monahan is game for any challenge no matter how big, and his role as one of the lead lawyers defending Volkswagen AG against complex multidistrict litigation over its diesel emissions cheating scandal — for which there really was no template — has earned him a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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July 28, 2017
Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Douglas B. Heitner
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP's Douglas B. Heitner has grown the firm's New York real estate group from a handful of lawyers six years ago to more than 30 today, and thanks to that and his work on the largest-ever real estate matter in all of Queens, and a $650 million loan for American Copper Buildings in Manhattan, Heitner has earned a spot as one of five real estate law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2017
Rising Star: Bass Berry's Danielle Sloane
Bass Berry & Sims PLC member Danielle M. Sloane has led teams of attorneys working on a variety of regulatory and transactional issues, including guiding the $15 billion merger of Envision Healthcare and AmSurg, landing her a spot among health care attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Michelle Clark
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Michelle A. Clark has represented several companies in technology-related transactions, including Google, Viasat and STMicroElectronics, earning her a spot among five technology law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Leon Fresco
Holland & Knight LLP’s Leon Fresco already has several impressive career milestones under his belt, including serving as the main drafter of the 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill and overseeing civil immigration cases for the government, making him one of three immigration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Aaron Katz
Ropes & Gray LLP’s Aaron Katz has played a key role in some of the firm’s highest-profile white collar trials, including Stryker Biotech’s stunning victory over off-label marketing charges, earning him a spot among five trial attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Bradley Arant's Aron Beezley
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Aron C. Beezley has racked up victories for clients in challenges to government contract awards, including Integrated Nuclear Production Solutions' successful bid protest of a $22.8 billion Department of Energy deal, landing him a spot as one of five government contracts attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Alex Kaplan
Susman Godfrey LLP’s Alex Kaplan has carved out his place in Houston’s energy litigation scene over the past several years through wins for big players such as Targa Liquids Marketing & Trade against federal antitrust claims and is currently working on a $3 billion fuel-oil contract dispute that's the largest of his career — putting him on the list of energy attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Patrick Harrison
Sidley Austin LLP’s Patrick Harrison has made a successful career out of navigating the complex world of U.K. and European competition law, representing a major world player in the credit and debit card industry and also scoring a first-of-its-kind result with the U.K.’s antitrust authorities to cement his place as one of the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's John Reiss
Shearman & Sterling LLP’s John Reiss has worked on numerous deals for his fund clients over his career, including his role in facilitating a sovereign wealth fund’s co-purchase of Manhattan’s largest apartment complex, earning him a spot as one of five asset management law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes
Mayer Brown’s Paul Hughes is equally compelled by the intellectual property appellate work he’s done at the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court — where he recently helped score his client Impression Products a complete win — as he is by the pro bono work he’s done on immigration and incarceration issues, earning a spot as one of four appellate practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Robert Pluta
Mayer Brown’s Robert Pluta has already notched more than 50 appearances before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in his young career and has secured wins for high-tech clients like Google and LG Electronics along the way, earning him a spot as one of five technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Michael Best's Kelly Fortier
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP’s Kelly Fortier regularly shepherds highly skilled workers into the U.S. and recently obtained more than 30 visa approvals for employees of a European company moving across the Atlantic, earning her a spot among immigration attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Matthew Berry
Matthew Berry is a Susman Godfrey LLP attorney who's been entrusted with some of the firm's biggest work and has proven his worth by earning a $168 million settlement for animation-studio clients and a $50 million patent infringement verdict in the last year, making him one of Law360's five Rising Stars in the trials area.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Andrew Ahern
When Newport Global Advisors needed to restructure a $500 million fund and HarbourVest Partners had to seal deals like its purchase of a $1.9 billion fund manager from Bank of America Corp., they turned to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Andrew Ahern, whose continuing relationships with big clients landed him among the five asset management attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.