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Rankings: Rising Stars
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jennifer Burdman
Jennifer H. Burdman of King & Spalding LLP has used her scientific background and jury communication skills to help clients like LifeNet Health and DuPont win millions of dollars in intellectual property verdicts, earning her a place among Law360's top IP lawyers under 40 for 2016.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Benjamin Horwich
Benjamin J. Horwich's career achievements include helping convince the U.S. Supreme Court to effectively prevent drug companies from exiting the vaccine market, a critical matter of public policy, earning the Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of the top six appellate attorneys under age 40.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Michael Werner
Leading the charge on several of the real estate market’s multibillion-dollar property deals and high-profile lease transactions is Fried Frank Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorney Michael J. Werner, who has landed a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars just about a year after making partner at the firm.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Steven Rudgayzer
With leadership roles in a mosaic of big-ticket and bespoke real estate transactions over the last year, including in an $8.6 billion deal with a member of Qatar's royal family, Steven Rudgayzer of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP landed on Law360's 2016 list of top real estate attorneys under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Laura Kabler Oswell
Having served on two Sullivan & Cromwell LLP trial teams that got big wins — one for Enbridge in a billion-dollar pipeline fiasco and another for Apollo Tyres after the disintegration of its planned merger with Cooper Tire — Laura Kabler Oswell has been named one of a handful of trial attorneys on Law360's Rising Stars list of top lawyers under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Craig Countryman
Fish & Richardson PC's Craig Countryman has pushed appellate courts into new territory, persuading the Federal Circuit to set precedent for patent reviews and winning certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of how patent damages are dealt, placing him among Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Miranda So
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Miranda So has been helping companies like internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. do deals in China’s booming mergers market since touching down in 2007, making her one of Law360’s top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: MoFo's Jennifer Marines
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jennifer Marines has worked the restructuring gantlet, from counseling Patriot Coal's unsecured creditors to guiding oil refiner Hovensa LLC through restructuring, work that saw her named one of Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Rutan & Tucker's Maria Z. Stearns
Rutan & Tucker LLP partner Maria Z. Stearns convinced a judge and a class of workers to accept vouchers instead of cash to settle a wage and hour class action, a rare form of payment for the type of case that earned her a spot among Law360's top seven employment attorneys under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Beasley Allen's Danielle Mason
Danielle W. Mason of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC blazed a new litigation trail by securing a $72 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over a cancer death linked to talcum powder, placing her among Law360's top life sciences lawyers under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Brett Shumate
Brett Shumate's standout work in regulatory cases and appeals earned the Wiley Rein LLP partner the opportunity to argue before the D.C. Circuit last year on a constitutional challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, helping secure his spot among a trio of top telecommunications attorneys under 40 named Law360 Rising Stars.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Cravath's Len Teti
For vetting and structuring more billion-dollar deals in 10 years than some attorneys do in their entire careers, including building strong ties with International Business Machines Corp. over a string of acquisitions and sales, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's J. Leonard "Len" Teti II has been named one of the top tax attorneys under 40 by Law360.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Felicia Ellsworth
WilmerHale partner Felicia Ellsworth has notched a win in the Supreme Court for Pom Wonderful, helped Cisco Systems wipe out a $74 million verdict in the Federal Circuit and fought fiercely in the courts for same-sex marriage rights, making the 37-year-old a clear choice to be named among Law360's top trial lawyers under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Joy Liu
Hot off a win representing Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's off-label promotion policies, Ropes & Gray LLP partner Joy Liu has earned a place as one of Law360's top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Kirkland's Ross Kwasteniet
Since joining Kirkland & Ellis LLP out of law school, restructuring partner Ross Kwasteniet has worked with a variety of clients, recently Patriot Coal Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management LP, in high-profile restructurings, earning him a reputation as a go-to advocate and a spot on Law360's Rising Stars list of top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Chris May
In the last year, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Christopher May advised computer maker Dell and Chinese conglomerate ChemChina on a pair of record-breaking deals that could not be more different, earning him one of nine spots on Law360's 2016 list of the top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie Neuman
Recently becoming one of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP’s youngest partners has not phased Bonnie Neuman, which is unsurprising with someone who’s been working for years on multibillion-dollar real estate deals for the likes of J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank that have landed her a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Fenwick & West's Larissa Neumann
In the highly technical world of tax law, where the best practitioners tend to be at least 50, Fenwick & West LLP's Larissa Neumann has accomplished the unusual feat of finessing both tax planning and controversy matters at just 38, earning her a spot with four others on Law360's list of top tax attorneys under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Matthew Murchison
A leading role representing key industry voices on net neutrality before the Federal Communications Commission and at the D.C. Circuit has helped garner Latham & Watkins LLP's Matthew T. Murchison a spot among three telecommunications attorneys under the age of 40 on the Law360 Rising Stars list.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Orrick's Renee Phillips
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Renee Phillips has developed a reputation as a premier whistleblower defense lawyer and won high-profile discrimination cases for clients like Holland & Knight LLP, placing her among Law360's top employment lawyers under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll
WilmerHale partner Catherine Carroll helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Florida's capital sentencing scheme, and the same court appointed her to argue in favor of a position that the Obama administration disavowed in an employment discrimination suit, earning her one of six spots on Law360's 2016 list of top appellate attorneys under 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Felicia Medina
Sanford Heisler Kimpel LLP’s Felicia Medina has carved an impressive path over the course of her 10-year legal career, being named managing partner of the plaintiff-side firm’s San Francisco office and securing numerous positive outcomes in employment cases against corporate giants like Daiichi Sankyo Inc., earning her a spot on Law360’s list of employment Rising Stars.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Corey Goodman
A background in computer science has given tax attorney Corey Goodman an invaluable edge as a new partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he serves as a regular adviser to Google, and helped land him one of five spots on Law360's list of top tax attorneys under 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's James Langston
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's James Langston has guided companies in some of the largest deals over the past couple years including advising Actavis PLC in a $70 billion acquisition of pharmaceutical giant Allergan Inc. that thwarted a hostile takeover attempt, earning him a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Jones Day's Erin Brady
While Jones Day LLP partner Erin N. Brady was helping to prepare American Apparel Inc.'s restructuring plan, she was also fighting to protect a contested but crucial debtor financing deal for Relativity Media LLC, work that put her among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.