Rankings: Rising Stars

Law360’s Rising Stars profiles the top legal talent under 40. The winners are comprised of top litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys. Submissions highlight the winner’s age and reasons why his or her record deserves attention.
  • August 04, 2026

    Rising Star: Skadden's Judy Flumenbaum

    Judith A. "Judy" Flumenbaum of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has counseled Crypto.com in litigation with the state of Nevada over the legality of sports events contracts, counseled FanDuel, Fanatics and Caesars to protect sports wagering licenses in Washington, D.C., and advised former college football coach Brian Kelly in his successful bid for full payment of his contract by Louisiana State University, earning her a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2026

    Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Christopher McKinnon

    Morrison Foerster LLP's Christopher McKinnon guided two record-breaking financing rounds from Japanese investment company SoftBank in OpenAI and advised the two parties on the first-of-its-kind Stargate Project seeking to scale AI infrastructure, earning him a spot among the technology attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2026

    Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Allison Anderson

    Allison Anderson of Foley Hoag LLP helped negotiate a project labor agreement for the first offshore wind energy project in the U.S. and litigated a high-stakes trade secrets dispute that went to the First Circuit, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2026

    Rising Star: Wiley's John Allen Riggins

    Wiley Rein LLP's John Allen Riggins has secured a host of favorable trade rulings ranging from duty determinations to trade court judgments for domestic producers across various U.S. industries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2026

    Rising Star: Covington's Mike Hill

    Michael Hill of Covington & Burling LLP has made a career out of working for major sports organizations like the National Football League on massive distribution deals, including a package allowing NFL games to be seen on both digital and traditional television, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2026

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Lohr Beck

    King & Spalding LLP's Lohr Beck is helping clients navigate cutting-edge competition issues, winning dismissal bids in algorithmic price-fixing and benchmarking software cases, earning her a spot among antitrust law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2026

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Friederike Görgens

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Friederike Görgens has successfully represented domestic and foreign producers in a variety of trade law disputes, earning her a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2026

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Connor Sullivan

    Connor Sullivan of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped secure a first-of-its-kind defamation victory for OpenAI and persuaded a New York judge to dismiss Sean "Diddy" Combs' $100 million suit against NBCUniversal, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2026

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Sophie Mancall-Bitel

    Sophie Mancall-Bitel of Mayer Brown LLP has made a career defending big-name companies like TikTok, Google and YouTube in high-stakes privacy litigation, earning her a spot among the technology practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2026

    Rising Star: Covington's David Simon

    David V. Simon of Covington & Burling LLP counseled Justin Ishbia in a minority investment in MLB's Chicago White Sox designed to obtain majority ownership as soon as 2029, and guided the sale of the NHL's Arizona Coyotes to Utah investors who re-started the franchise in Salt Lake City, earning him a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2026

    Rising Star: Shegerian's Mahru Madjidi

    Mahru Madjidi, a managing shareholder at Shegerian & Associates, helped a client secure a historic $103 million trial victory in an age discrimination suit brought against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2026

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Alison Deich

    Alison Deich of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll LLP represented poultry plant workers who forced producers into a wage-suppression settlement that was touted as the largest of its kind, earning her a spot as one of the antitrust lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2026

    Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • August 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Clifford Chance's Neil Barlow

    Clifford Chance LLP partner Neil Barlow has helped lead the growth of the firm's U.S. private equity practice while advising on high-profile cross-border deals, including KKR and Carlyle's $10.1 billion acquisition of a student loan portfolio and the sale of global fund administrator Alter Domus, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2025

    Rising Star: Dechert's Nitya Kumar Goyal

    Dechert LLP's finance and real estate partner Nitya K. Goyal worked on major loan deals last year, such as representing Bank of America and Deutsche Bank in a $1.58 billion mortgage loan origination that used nine luxury hotels as collateral, earning her a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2025

    Rising Star: Latham's Mike Waldman

    Michael H. Waldman of Latham & Watkins LLP helped guide a landmark $2 billion private credit loan to Dropbox last year and has advised on multiple billion-dollar cross-border financing deals, earning a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2025

    Rising Star: Latham's Daniel Williams

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Daniel Williams has steered several multibillion-dollar deals, including SRS' $18.25 billion acquisition by Home Depot and Cogentrix Energy's $3 billion sale to Quantum Capital Group, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 19, 2025

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Nikolaus Caro

    Nikolaus Caro of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is advising Sycamore Partners in its take-private acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, earning him a spot among the private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 19, 2025

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's David Kennedy

    David Kennedy, a partner in Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's finance practice group, advised one of the largest-ever private credit deals in the U.S., with the refinancing of Finastra Group's existing first-lien and second-lien credit facilities, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 18, 2025

    Rising Star: Orrick's Jennifer Lee

    Jennifer Lee of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped Nationstar Mortgage LLC defeat a slew of claims tied to the sale of nearly $2 billion in delinquent loans and represented Credit Suisse in a two-week trial in New York state court involving nine-figure litigation, earning her a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 18, 2025

    Rising Star: Freshfields Eva Mak

    Eva Mak of Freshfields LLP has several multibillion-dollar deals under her belt, including a $16.5 billion take-private acquisition of cloud computing company Citrix Systems Inc., earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2025

    Rising Star: Kellogg Hansen's Thomas Schultz

    Last year, Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC partner Thomas Schultz helped sports streaming service FuboTV prevail in a bet-the-company antitrust case against entertainment heavyweights like ESPN and Disney, and played an instrumental role in a massive opioid crisis trial in Florida, earning him a spot as one of the trials attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2025

    Rising Star: Weil's Timothy Burns

    Timothy Burns of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP led the team representing Glencore, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and British Columbia Investment Management Corp. on their exit from Viterra through its $18 billion sale to Bunge, earning him a spot among the private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2025

    Rising Star: Skadden's Parker Rider-Longmaid

    Parker Rider-Longmaid of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped the Innocence Project persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to extend the statute of limitations on appealing DNA test orders for a man who has been on death row for over 25 years, earning him a spot among appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2025

    Rising Star: Wiley's Theodore Brackemyre

    Ted Brackemyre of Wiley Rein LLP served as the lead associate helping the U.S.'s largest steel producer keep highly contested antidumping and countervailing duty orders on 19 countries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.