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August 31, 2026
In the past year, Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing PLLC partner Kelsi Stayart White beat a $14 million lawsuit with a novel procedural argument and set precedent on civil barratry claims while winning a case before the Texas Supreme Court, earning her a spot as one of the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 28, 2026
Robert Niles-Weed of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP secured a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2023 with significant ramifications for bankruptcy law and has already been named co-head of the firm's appellate practice, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 27, 2026
Jones Day LLP partner David Feder has successfully steered thousands of cases as part of sprawling multidistrict litigation involving the herbicide paraquat and secured favorable rulings for Boeing in multiple California environmental cases, earning him a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 26, 2026
Masha G. Hansford scored a U.S. Supreme Court victory centering on disparate bankruptcy fees and argued a complicated case involving Venezuelan bonds at the Second Circuit, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 25, 2026
Charles Fowler, the head of Texas trial firm McKool Smith PC's appellate practice, has successfully protected a multimillion-dollar jury award in a contract dispute with Santander and steered Aramark through the appellate process in an ERISA dispute, earning him a spot among the appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 24, 2026
Jo-Ann Sagar of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader represented Danco Laboratories in the high court's abortion medication case, and helped secure a win for incarcerated people with mental illness, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2026
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.
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August 15, 2025
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.
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August 14, 2025
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.
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August 13, 2025
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.
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August 12, 2025
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.
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August 11, 2025
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.
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July 18, 2025
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.
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July 25, 2024
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.
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July 24, 2024
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.
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July 23, 2024
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.
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July 22, 2024
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.
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July 19, 2024
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.
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July 12, 2024
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 29, 2023
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.
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June 28, 2023
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.
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June 27, 2023
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.
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June 26, 2023
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.
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June 23, 2023
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.
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June 17, 2023
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2023, our list of 183 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.