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August 21, 2026
Ryan Chabot of WilmerHale successfully defended Walt Disney World from a proposed class action filed by annual pass holders over its ticketing policy, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2026
Itak Moradi of Saveri Law Firm LLP has guided plaintiffs through a wide range of high-profile disputes involving allegations of fraud and deceitful business practices, including the sprawling antitrust cases against Sam Bankman-Fried and the UFC, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
David Saldamando of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP played a pivotal role in securing a major jury verdict against Meta in a data privacy class action that alleged the tech giant illegally collected and exploited highly sensitive women's health data from the Flo app, paving the way for potentially billions in damages and earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 18, 2026
Sean Petterson is playing a major role on the Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP team that has secured at least $104.4 million in settlements for a class of African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors who contend their annuity retirement plan was mismanaged, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 17, 2026
Sean Suber of Winston Taylor led Cresco Labs' defense against two consumer product class actions related to cannabis product labeling and secured what is thought to be the first dismissal in federal court for a case of its kind, earning him a spot among the class action 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
Meredith Karp of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has represented Paramount in multiple actions related to its $8 billion merger with Skydance and counseled TD Bank in litigation arising from the second-largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2025
Wesley Sze of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has been representing a slew of major tech companies and helped them secure multimillion-dollar settlements, including a $310 million deal on behalf of Apple in multidistrict litigation claiming that software updates lowered older phones' battery life, earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2025
Christopher K.L. Young of Joseph Saveri Law Firm LLP helped secure a $375 million settlement for mixed martial arts fighters in a class action against the UFC after nearly a decade of litigation, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2025
Meegan Brooks of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has helped her retail clients fend off millions of dollars in potential liability by convincing judges to toss cases claiming Ulta and Peet's Coffee pushed illegal nondisparagement agreements and by shutting down claims that Aeropostale hosted deceptive sales, earning her a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2025
Thomas James of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has represented numerous classes of investors as they take on corporate misconduct, including winning verdicts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, earning him a spot among the class action 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
Annick M. Persinger of Tycko & Zavareei LLP has served as lead class counsel for a $22.5 million deal with StubHub over hidden ticket fees, a $38 million settlement with Rodan & Fields, a multimillion-dollar settlement with insurance companies over allegations that they failed to pay people the full value of their totaled vehicles, and other high-profile consumer class actions, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2024
Trevor T. Tan of Girard Sharp LLP helped secure a $54 million settlement for investors defrauded in a massive Ponzi scheme when he represented them in a lawsuit against a bank that was accused of abetting the fraud, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 23, 2024
Amanda Karl of Gibbs Law Group LLP helped 5,500 former patients of gynecologist James Heaps secure $73 million in a class action settlement reached with the University of California, Los Angeles, after he was accused of sexually assaulting patients — a deal that also used innovative trauma-informed approaches, earning her a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 22, 2024
Pravin Patel of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP successfully defended refrigerator maker Dometic Corp. against multiple class actions asserting billions in damages filed in Florida and California, defeating allegations its refrigerators for RVs leaked coolant and had design defects, earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2024
Eric Kafka of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has secured major clients wins in high-dollar consumer protection cases, including a recent $40 million settlement for advertising purchasers in a case over Facebook's alleged inflation of advertising performance metrics, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 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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July 06, 2023
Tracie Bryant of Kirkland & Ellis LLP is representing nutritional drink maker Abbott Laboratories in two pending putative class actions in California, crafting the firm's strategy and managing day-to-day aspects of the cases, earning her a spot among the class action litigators under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 05, 2023
Ryan Ball of Jones Day has successfully defended tech companies like Experian Information Solutions Inc. against class action complaints over data privacy, with decisions narrowing the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and clearing the company of $5 billion in liability, earning him a spot among class action lawyers under age 40 as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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July 03, 2023
Krysta Pachman of Susman Godfrey LLP has helped plaintiffs find relief through class action settlements, including owners of music copyrights who sued Spotify over unpaid royalties, and investors who lodged investor claims against Pershing Square and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 30, 2023
Covington & Burling LLP's Megan Rodgers helped guide McKesson Corp. into settling a blockbuster opioids case for less than 1% of the requested damages, and assisted Meta Platforms Inc. in fending off litigation from its moderators, earning her a spot among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 29, 2023
Jahmy Graham of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP helped defend luxury automaker Lexus against a lawsuit seeking relief for all Californians who alleged problems with its certification program for pre-owned vehicles and successfully argued for summary judgment in a suit alleging false advertising by the online dating service Tawkify, earning him recognition among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as 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.
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June 07, 2022
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Lara A. Flath successfully defended the University of North Carolina in federal litigation regarding its consideration of race in undergraduate admissions, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.