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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 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 14, 2025

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Katie Wellington

    Hogan Lovells' Katie Wellington was one of the chief architects of an argument that resulted in a win for a voting rights group in a dispute over the so-called independent state legislature theory before the U.S. Supreme Court, preventing state legislatures from changing election rules and maps without being subject to judicial review, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 13, 2025

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Jason Zarrow

    Jason Zarrow of O'Melveny & Myers LLP was instrumental in two U.S. Supreme Court victories reining in the government's prosecution of identity theft and public corruption, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 12, 2025

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Brinton Lucas

    Brinton Lucas of Jones Day successfully challenged a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring public companies to describe their reasoning behind stock buybacks, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 11, 2025

    Rising Star: McGuireWoods' Brian Schmalzbach

    Brian Schmalzbach of McGuireWoods LLP argued a civil rights case addressing attorney fees before the U.S. Supreme Court last fall, earning him a spot among appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2025

    Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • July 25, 2024

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Devin Anderson

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Devin Anderson led a former high school football coach to victory at the U.S. Supreme Court after he was not rehired by the district, which took issue with his practice of praying publicly on the field after games, earning him a spot among appellate attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2024

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Stephanie Schuster

    Stephanie Schuster of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped Uber fend off claims that the ride-share application violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, a finding that was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit, earning her a spot among appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2024

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Michael Huston

    Perkins Coie LLP's Michael Huston was a lead attorney on the team that helped the Boy Scouts of America persuade the U.S. Supreme Court that a delay of its bankruptcy plan, which a small group of childhood sexual assault survivors sought, would negatively affect both the organization and the survivor community, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2024

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Jim Saywell

    James R. "Jim" Saywell of Jones Day has a passion for all aspects of his issues and appeals practice, and recently prevailed before the Third Circuit as lead counsel in defense of Whirlpool against a large consumer class, earning him a spot among appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2024

    Rising Star: BCLP's Barbara A. Smith Tyson

    Barbara A. Smith Tyson of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP claimed wins in two First Amendment cases involving Courthouse News Service and successfully convinced the Kansas Court of Appeals to dismiss personal injury claims accusing Walmart of administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a 15-year-old girl without parental consent, earning her a spot among the appellate attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 12, 2024

    Law360 Names 2024's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Kasdin Miller Mitchell

    Kasdin Miller Mitchell of Kirkland & Ellis LLP was counsel to Facebook, now Meta Platforms Inc., and PennEast Pipeline Co. in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2023

    Rising Star: MoloLamken's Lucas M. Walker

    Lucas Walker of MoloLamken LLP has helped clients send a variety of cases up the judicial chain, ranging from an intellectual property dispute he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year to a case that won every federal judge in America a pay raise, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brad G. Hubbard

    Brad Hubbard of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP worked on obtaining a reversal of a $663 million judgment in a False Claims Act case, earning him a spot among the appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Andrew Tutt

    Andrew Tutt of Arnold & Porter successfully defended the rights of third-party individual beneficiaries of spending clause programs like Medicaid to sue over federal civil rights violations, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Samir Deger-Sen

    Samir Deger-Sen of Latham & Watkins LLP has secured precedential appellate wins for high-profile clients such as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Meta, and was still an associate at the firm when he successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to review a criminal case in which he was counsel of record, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 17, 2023

    Law360 Names 2023's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2023, our list of 183 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Luke McCloud

    Williams & Connolly LLP partner Luke McCloud has successfully tried several cases to judgment in federal and state courts before making his U.S. Supreme Court debut in January, earning him a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored this year by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Morgan Ratner

    Sullivan & Cromwell special counsel Morgan Ratner has played a lead role in helping clients win appeals, including arguing seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court while either pregnant or nursing, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 21, 2022

    Rising Star: Kaplan Hecker's Joshua Matz

    Joshua Matz of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP helped defend Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear at the U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge against his order temporarily suspending in-person K-12 classes in late 2020, and served as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives in impeachment proceedings in 2019 and 2021 against then-President Donald Trump, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 17, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Day's James Burnham

    James Burnham of Jones Day played key roles in helping the Trump administration choose U.S. Supreme Court nominees and defend the executive branch in numerous suits, making him one of the appellate law practitioners under age 40 recognized as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • May 30, 2022

    Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • June 08, 2021

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris

    Williams & Connolly LLP appellate partner Sarah Harris argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in two high-profile cases related to denied disability and retirement benefits, earning her a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Crowe & Dunlevy's Melanie Wilson Rughani

    Melanie Wilson Rughani of Crowe & Dunlevy scored several major appellate victories in Oklahoma, including leading the legal side of a successful fight to expand Medicaid eligibility in the state, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.