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Rankings: Rising Stars
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Sophia Hudson
As a lawyer specializing in working with foreign companies on capital markets transactions, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Sophia Hudson has advised on numerous multimillion-dollar initial public offerings and other deals, earning her a spot on Law360's list of the top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Shook Hardy's Charles Eblen
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner Charles Eblen is a rare young trial ace who has built a reputation for using his talent and instincts to successfully defend clients in product liability cases, earning him a spot among Law360's top trial attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Erin Ranahan
With major legal victories under her belt, including a landmark copyright win on behalf of internet television company Veoh Networks against music giant UMG Recordings, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Erin Ranahan rightfully lands on Law360's list as one of the top media and entertainment attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Kasowitz's Douglas Heitner
No stranger to high-profile deals, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP's Douglas B. Heitner recently steered a more than $1 billion lease that has been credited as the largest real estate transaction in Queens, and earned himself a spot among eight real estate attorneys under 40 named Law360 Rising Stars.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Drinker Biddle's Eduardo Guzman
Eduardo Guzman guided the Puerto Rico Telephone Co. through regulatory proceedings and litigation to become the first non-pay-television provider approved to sell video service on the island, a success that helped make him one of three attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars in telecommunications practice.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Jonathan Uslaner
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Jonathan Uslaner has helped recover more than $3 billion on behalf of investors defrauded by the likes of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co., earning him a spot among Law360's top class action attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Stars: Milbank Tweed's Atara Miller
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy partner Atara Miller began her ascent at the firm as a summer associate in 2001 and now represents Broadcast Music Inc., recently obtaining a copyright win for the licensor against Pandora and earning her a spot on this year's Law360 Rising Stars list as one of the top media and entertainment attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Jones Day's Jonathan Linas
Jones Day partner Jonathan Linas' early success in helping McDonald's Corp. defeat a class certification bid by workers alleging the fast-food giant unfairly shortchanged them on hours worked opened the door for him to play a key role in McDonald's high-profile joint-employer fight with the National Labor Relations Board, earning him a spot among Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Paul Boehm
Williams & Connolly partner Paul Boehm's ability to master complicated scientific information and craft it into a compelling narrative to present to a jury, representing clients such as Merck & Co. Inc., has earned him a spot on Law360's list of top trial attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Shearman's Jeremy Kutner
Jeremy Kutner's knack for sealing cross-border deals made waves around the globe in 2015, guiding blockbuster combinations like British telecom Liberty Global's $5.3 billion acquisition of Pan-American focused Cable & Wireless Communications PLC, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Rebecca Zelenka
For about a decade, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka has called upon her training as an engineer to help the likes of Goldman Sachs and Highbridge Principal Strategies launch groundbreaking, global investment funds, earning her a spot among Law360's top asset management attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Baron & Budd's Mark Pifko
Baron & Budd PC's Mark Pifko may have spent the first leg of his decadelong career defending large companies facing class actions, but it was his switch to the plaintiff's side of the courtroom that helped land him on Law360's list of top class action attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Skadden's Nathan W. Giesselman
In the year since 33-year old Nathan Giesselman became one of the youngest attorneys to make partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, he's handled some of the year's most talked about multibillion-dollar deals, landing him on this year's list of Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: White & Case's Alison Weal
White & Case LLP partner Alison Weal's astute handling of complex leasing and financing arrangements for shipping and other transportation clients, including United Arab Shipping Co. and Alpha Trains, has landed her a spot among Law360's top transportation attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Kaye Scholer's Aaron Gardner
Kaye Scholer LLP's Aaron Gardner has spent his career helping life sciences companies navigate innovative and high-priced business deals, with his leadership on a $360 million Pfizer acquisition being just one reason Law360 deemed the recently made partner a Rising Star.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Chris Hartmann
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Chris Hartmann has orchestrated a number of complex commercial real estate transactions over the past year, including a client's $900 million acquisition of airport logistics assets, earning him a spot among Law360's top real estate attorneys under age 40.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Stephanie Wagner
A budding interest in the intersection of private interests and public policy has grown into a tool for Mayer Brown LLP’s Stephanie Wagner, whose work on public private partnerships, including the first privately funded rail service since Amtrak, has landed her a spot among Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Dechert's Tony Chan
Dechert LLP partner Tony Chan's confidence navigating the complex life sciences industry has helped him negotiate partnerships between biotechnology and drug companies that could fundamentally change the way doctors treat diseases like cancer, earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 Rising Stars.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Debevoise's Shannon Rose Selden
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Shannon Rose Selden has made a name for herself as a go-to litigator for hedge fund and private equity clients, exemplified by her representation of Standard General LP last year in the fund's successful bid for RadioShack as part of the retailer's Chapter 11 case, earning her a spot on Law360's top four asset management attorneys under 40.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Norton Rose's Shafeeqa Watkins Giarratani
Norton Rose Fulbright partner Shafeeqa Watkins Giarratani has climbed her firm's ranks from receptionist all the way to decorated trial and appellate attorney, earning her a spot on Law360's list of top labor and employment attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Danielle Gonzalez
Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder Danielle Gonzalez's cross-country work has made her an invaluable partner in structuring, financing and navigating real estate deals, including $4 billion in transactions for one client last year, making her one of eight real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Kirkland's David Feirstein
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's David Feirstein has been at the helm of some of the most complex and high-profile public transactions, including Nexstar's unsolicited takeover campaign for Media General, making him one of Law360's 2016 top M&A attorneys under 40.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Locke Lord's Martin Jaszczuk
Martin Jaszczuk's deep knowledge of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act helped him win a decisive ruling this year rejecting class certification in a suit accusing AmerisourceBergen units of violating the statute by sending unsolicited faxes, landing the Locke Lord LLP partner on Law360's list of the top three privacy attorneys under 40.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Molly Lens
Molly Lens helped media giant Fox beat a trademark infringement suit targeting its hit TV series "Empire," earning the O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of the top five media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 for the second year in a row.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Serena Hallowell
Labaton Sucharow LLP's Serena Hallowell's ability to adapt and work quickly — at times rapidly crisscrossing the U.S. and flying to London for depositions — to meet deadlines and secure victories for securities litigation plaintiffs in "rocket docket" cases has earned her a spot among Law360's class action attorneys under 40.