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April 01, 2010
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Matt Shors has not only scored litigation victories for clients like Merck & Co. Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Ford Motor Co., he has worked hard to change the litigation landscape for them, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 01, 2010
Winston & Strawn LLP partner Amanda Sommerfeld has secured a series of wins for Black & Decker Corp. and a ruling for SkyWest Airlines Inc. that California meal and rest period laws are preempted by federal airline laws, earning her a place among Law360's 10 employment lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 01, 2010
Whether he's helping IBM Corp. win summary judgment in an antitrust suit challenging its intellectual property rights or handling parallel civil and governmental proceedings over an alleged air cargo cartel, Hogan & Hartson LLP partner Eric J. Stock displays a level of dedication that has earned him a place among Law360's 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 01, 2010
Convincing the Internal Revenue Service that professional baseball teams merit millions of dollars in tax deductions for injured players’ salaries wasn't easy, but it is just one of the accomplishments that lands Covington & Burling LLP partner Seth Safra on Law360's list of 10 employment lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 01, 2010
Serving as a senior member of a team of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP lawyers that represents The McGraw-Hill Cos.' Standard & Poor's division in numerous cases over tens of billions of dollars in securities helped land Adam Zurofsky on Law360's list of 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 01, 2010
“Crazy long hours,” an aggressive approach to defending hostile takeover attempts and an ability to guide teams of lawyers helped lead Aric Wu to a partnership in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's litigation department before his 35th birthday — and to a spot on Law360's list of 10 securities attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 01, 2010
An undefeated appellate record, featuring several wins for Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. against claims that acne drug Accutane causes depression, birth defects or even suicide, has earned Covington & Burling LLP’s Paul Schmidt a spot on Law360’s list of 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2010
Casey Ryan has helped Verizon Communications Inc., the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and others obtain summary judgment and trial victories in race, gender and disability discrimination suits, all while acting as a Reed Smith LLP deputy practice group leader. For these reasons and more, she has gained a spot on Law360's list of 10 labor and employment lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2010
At age 34, Mayer Brown LLP partner Sean Scott has already garnered prestige representing Bank of America NA as a prepetition lender to Levitt and Sons LLC and investor Carl Icahn in his recent appeals court victory securing control of bankrupt WestPoint Stevens Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2010
Winston & Strawn LLP partner Catherine B. Schumacher landed the former chief financial officer of American International Group Inc. as a client before turning 30, handily defending him in a wave of securities litigation and earning herself a spot on Law360’s list of 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2010
Colleen Tracy of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto has helped fend off generic challengers' attempts to break patents for cutting-edge drugs and biotech treatments held by big-name clients such as GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Sanofi-Aventis SA, making her one of Law360's 10 rising intellectual property stars under 40.
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March 31, 2010
Crowell & Moring LLP’s Daniel A. Sasse has successfully represented major clients such as AT&T Mobility LLC in an antitrust suit over iPhone sales and Robert Bosch LLC in a multidistrict litigation over price-fixing in the auto filter market, making him one of the most sought-after antitrust litigators in California and earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2010
Mayer Brown LLP's Michael Olsen handles thousands of product liability cases across the country for clients such as Union Carbide Corp., and while most cases don't get to trial, he's never lost one that did, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2010
Successful tactics used during the representation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in securities litigation stemming from the collapse of Enron Corp. helped turn Kelley Drye & Warren LLP partner Michael C. Lynch into a go-to attorney for cases headed for trial, landing him a spot on Law 360's 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2010
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's James “Bo” Pearl made his name helping client Advanced Micro Devices Inc. get $1.25 billion in one of the biggest cash settlements in the history of private antitrust litigation, but his friendliness and overall attitude also helped earn him a spot as one of Law 360's 10 antitrust attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2010
As Haynes and Boone LLP's first-ever trademark specialist, Purvi Patel has expanded a fledgling practice and scored Fortune 10 clients such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and AT&T Inc., earning her place among Law360's 10 intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2010
Innovative thinking in combating claims against DirecTV Group Inc. in three separate suits over the enforceability of release agreements in California is just one example of the analytical prowess that separates O’Melveny & Myers LLP's Adam Karr from other young attorneys, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 labor and employment lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2010
At only 39 years of age, Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Ray Schrock has already worked on a number of extraordinary bankruptcies, including Charter Communications Inc., the fourth-largest cable operator in the U.S., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2010
When Michael D. Moon Jr. of Barnes & Thornburg LLP represents Dow Chemical Co. in vinyl chloride product liability litigation, he's often the youngest partner at the table — one of the distinctions that has earned him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2010
Not every attorney can turn an opponent's pretrial demand for a $1 billion settlement into an acquittal on all counts, but that's what Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney Scott McMillin did when he represented W.R. Grace & Co. against the U.S. government in an environmental contamination case, making him one of Law360’s 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2010
As Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP’s restructuring and bankruptcy practice group leader, Jay Sakalo has secured critical deals in major cases, including a $1.2 billion settlement on behalf of the estate in W.R. Grace & Co.’s case that provides the basis for the chemical company to exit bankruptcy, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 bankruptcy attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2010
In 2008, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Steven Maslowski brought a $300 million patent suit against Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. to a halt midtrial by eliciting new testimony during cross-examination — just one achievement that has earned him a spot on Law360's list of 10 intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2010
When General Electric Co. was hit with a $50 million suit accusing it of trying to steal Metito (Overseas) Ltd.'s trade secrets, the company turned to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and rising star Jyotin Hamid, who got the lawsuit thrown out — just one of the feats that helped land Hamid on Law360's list of 10 employment lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2010
A current member of the legal team for Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, with past achievements helping executives at the Coca-Cola Co. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC avoid law enforcement action, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Jeffrey King has landed on Law360's list of 10 securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2010
A contentious battle over the Pillsbury Doughboy whetted Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Adam S. Paris' appetite for antitrust work, sparking a career that includes the reversal of a class certification order against client Solvay SA and a spot on Law360's list of 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.