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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.
  • June 22, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Kirsten Jackson

    Kirsten Jackson of Latham & Watkins LLP has secured multimillion-dollar settlements in a wide range of insurance cases and is fighting to secure billions in COVID-19 business interruption coverage for her clients, earning her a place as one of the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2023

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Michelle Lamy

    Michelle Lamy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has represented women in class actions against huge employers such as Google and Goldman Sachs in efforts to level the playing field for women in the workplace, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2023

    Rising Star: Skadden's Nathan Wacker

    Nathan Wacker of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has represented clients in high-stakes corporate tax disputes, including Eaton Corp.'s landmark victory in a challenge to the IRS' attempted cancellation of an agreement between the two, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2023

    Rising Star: Skadden's Matea Bozja

    Matea Bozja, a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner, is a go-to choice for high-profile clients like sovereign wealth fund GIC, which she steered through a $15 billion takeover of a net lease real estate investment trust, earning her a spot among the real estate attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2023

    Rising Star: MoloLamken's Ray Hashem

    MoloLamken LLP partner Rayiner Hashem has represented Ericsson through high-profile fights over standard essential patents, and is now helping VLSI Technology protect a $2.2 billion patent infringement win against Intel, earning him a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Alan Kimball

    Alan Kimball of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised companies on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including a $21 billion merger of two massive entertainment companies, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Matthew Stark

    Winston & Strawn LLP partner Matthew Stark has been instrumental in defending commercial property insurer FM Global from owing billions of dollars in Superstorm Sandy and COVID-19 coverage disputes, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 21, 2023

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Thomas Ahlering

    Thomas Ahlering of King & Spalding LLP has led many employers to legal victories in biometric privacy disputes and helped architect a novel, winning legal theory in a privacy case against United Airlines at the Seventh Circuit, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's David Perechocky

    David Perechocky of Kirkland & Ellis was the lead counsel in GLP Capital Partners' sale of its logistics business to Blackstone for almost $19 billion, including 1,300 logistics properties, which was called the largest-ever private real estate transaction globally and earned him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Shaun P. Mahaffy

    Shaun P. Mahaffy of Williams & Connolly LLP has helped Merck in various intellectual property cases — including helping the company block generics of multibillion-dollar diabetes drugs covered by the pharmaceutical giant's patents — earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jameson S. Lloyd

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Jameson S. Lloyd advised AT&T on combining its WarnerMedia business with Discovery in a $43 billion all-stock deal that was the largest reverse Morris trust transaction in history, earning him a place among tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Wiley's Matthew W. Beato

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Matthew Beato has represented insurers in numerous coverage disputes over shareholder derivative actions, including a key ongoing case concerning the applicability of so-called bump-up exclusions, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Norton Rose's Kimberly Cheeseman

    Kimberly Cheeseman of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has advised energy companies and other employers on how to navigate workers' discrimination and wage-and-hour claims, including a recent U.S. Supreme Court case over the salary basis test, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Andrew Zahn

    Andrew Zahn of Hogan Lovells advised VICI Properties on a $17.2 billion purchase of MGM Growth Properties and guided the New York-based REIT on billion-dollar debt and equity offerings, earning him a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Brandon Brown

    Brandon H. Brown of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has led numerous technology makers through high-stakes litigation over their closely guarded intellectual property, including helping electronics maker Motorola nab a nine-figure jury award in a trade secret suit against a competitor, earning him a spot among the IP practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 19, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Heather Habes

    With nearly a decade focused on insurance coverage matters, Heather Habes of Covington & Burling LLP has established herself as a trusted adviser for those seeking to get the most of their insurance protection and recovery, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 19, 2023

    Rising Star: Knobbe Martens' Hans Mayer

    Hans Mayer of Knobbe Martens helped drink maker Orange Bang secure a $175 million victory in a trademark dispute over energy drinks, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 19, 2023

    Rising Star: Cravath's Arvind Ravichandran

    Arvind Ravichandran of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP guided Occidental Petroleum Corp. in its $57 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and helped Novartis AG spin off the eye care products business Alcon in a $29.8 billion transaction, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 19, 2023

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Peter S. Borock

    Peter S. Borock of Greenberg Traurig LLP guided the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York through negotiations for the $11 billion construction of the new Grand Central Madison Terminal, earning his place among the real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 19, 2023

    Rising Star: Morgan & Morgan's Jolie Pavlos

    Jolie Pavlos of Morgan & Morgan has helped secure multimillion-dollar verdicts and class action settlements for workers by successfully arguing against the enforceability of arbitration agreements at both trial and appeals courts, landing her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored as 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.

  • July 01, 2022

    Rising Stars: Latham's Justin Elliott

    Justin Elliott of Latham & Watkins LLP represented Stonepeak in a $5.65 billion deal for the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and helped Oak Hill Advisors acquire a majority stake in a Chicago office tower valued at $1 billion, earning a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2022

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Zachary Goldman

    WilmerHale partner Zachary Goldman has helped cryptocurrency companies secure regulatory approval to issue new types of assets and guided clients on how to navigate the shifting world of financial technology, earning him a spot as one of the fintech attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Alison Haggerty

    Latham & Watkins LLP capital markets partner Alison Haggerty has steered some of the most intriguing and largest initial public offerings over the last few years, including Rivian Automotive's $11.9 billion IPO in 2021, earning her a spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2022

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Jonathan Cooper

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Jonathan Cooper played a lead role in defending pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts in a breach of contract case and obtaining the dismissal of a $14.8 billion claim, earning him a spot among the health care attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.