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 15, 2022

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's José R. Pereyó

    José R. Pereyó of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP represents a group of rail operator creditors in a high-profile dispute against Spain and France involving the termination of a railway line, landing him among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 15, 2022

    Rising Star: Sidley's Joseph Schwartz

    Joseph Schwartz of Sidley Austin LLP co-led the largest hedge fund launch globally in 2021 while also juggling multiple ongoing billion-dollar funds for Azimut Alternative Capital Partners and i80 Group, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 15, 2022

    Rising Star: Tarter Krinsky's Sean Scuderi

    Sean Scuderi of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP represented Old Post Road Associates LLC in a construction dispute that led to the New York appellate court adopting his arguments in a decision that clarified existing case law, earning him a spot among the construction practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2022

    Rising Star: Dentons' Alanna Clair

    Dentons partner Alanna Clair has racked up one big win after another for insurance companies in high-stakes litigation, including successfully defending several insurers in a $100 million coverage dispute and scoring a huge win for a Zurich unit, earning her a spot among the top insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2022

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Vicky Forrester

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP fund formation partner Vicky Forrester has guided industry giants Apollo Global Management and KKR & Co. Inc. on their massive dislocation opportunities funds, among other accomplishments, earning her a spot as one of the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2022

    Rising Star: Mintz's Rebecca Raphaelson

    Rebecca Raphaelson of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC is the lead counsel on a project that's transforming industrial land spanning 45 acres across three communities into medical research centers, retail, residential and open green space, earning her a spot among the construction attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Robert Price

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Robert Price represented Austrian construction company Strabag SE in an arbitration against Libya that resulted in an award worth some €100 million ($107.3 million), landing him among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2022

    Rising Star: Moore & Van Allen's Frank Schall

    Frank Schall of Moore & Van Allen PLLC will go head-to-head against the U.S. Department of Justice in an unprecedented third price-fixing criminal trial against poultry executives and provided counsel to a large financial institution after the publication of the Panama Papers, earning him a spot among the white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2022

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Aliki Sofis

    Aliki Sofis of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has won bet-the-company cases in trials involving complex technology issues, such as for Markforged in a suit brought by a rival 3D printing company, earning her a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2022

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Jessica Wilson

    Jessica C. Wilson of DLA Piper has steered some of the largest pharmaceutical companies through high-stakes litigation, including helping to snuff out a large mass tort lodged against Pfizer Inc. over alleged health risks connected to Viagra, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Brett Saltzman

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Brett Saltzman has advised sponsors in tens of billions of dollars' worth of high-profile fund commitments in the past few years, making him a leader in the real estate fund formation space and earning him a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Covington's Mark Herman

    Mark Herman of Covington & Burling LLP has been instrumental in advising Merck & Co. on securing coverage for its $1.4 billion cyberattack loss, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Peter Berg

    King & Spalding LLP senior associate Peter Berg navigated construction agreements for a hydro-power transmission line that will deliver clean energy to New York City, the first of its kind in the U.S., cementing his spot among the construction attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Philip Devenish

    Jones Day partner Philip Devenish's leading role in resolving complex investor-state disputes, including helping secure a $1.1 billion award for a Ukrainian commercial bank in 2018 — one of the first cases to hold Russia internationally liable for annexing Crimea — has earned him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Zachary M. Briers

    Zachary M. Briers of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP has represented Google in several patent infringement cases and worked on high-profile technology transactions including the sales of Weta Digital's visual effects tools to Unity Software for $1.625 billion and Intel's NAND memory business to SK Hynix for $9 billion, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Brian C. Rabbitt

    Jones Day partner Brian Rabbitt steered the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division to a landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlement and kick-started the DOJ's ongoing crackdown on pandemic loan fraud, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 13, 2022

    Rising Star: Butler Snow's Susanna Moldoveanu

    Butler Snow LLP lawyer Susanna Moldoveanu filed thousands of summary judgment motions on behalf of Johnson & Johnson over claims of defective pelvic mesh devices in what became one of the largest multidistrict cases in history, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Bird Marella's Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk

    Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk of Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow PC helped return millions of dollars' worth of valuables to more than 30 clients whose private vaults were unconstitutionally raided by the government and beat a pharmaceutical distributor executive's $100 million fraud rap over widespread attorney-client privilege violations, earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Hanson Bridgett's Brian Schnarr

    Brian Schnarr of Hanson Bridgett LLP represented McWhinney in a dispute over a foreclosed Colorado shopping center and won a $156 million jury verdict in a trial hampered by COVID-19 restrictions, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Cohen Ziffer's Cindy Jordano

    Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP partner Cindy M. Jordano helped notch one of the first pro-policyholder pretrial wins in a COVID-19 business interruption suit and worked to settle a client's hacking coverage dispute despite little precedent guiding the way, earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Harris Bricken's Jihee Ahn

    Jihee Ahn developed Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP's dispute resolution and litigation practice and serves as lead counsel for a Republic of Haiti government agency in U.S. proceedings spanning several jurisdictions, landing her among international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Alisa Waxman

    Alisa Waxman of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has guided private equity firms on numerous multibillion-dollar transactions, including Ara Partners' $1.1 billion decarbonization fund and Global Infrastructure Partners' record-breaking $22 billion infrastructure fund, earning her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Covington's Kate Cahoy

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Kate Cahoy has spent half a decade defending Facebook from a series of class actions, earning her a spot among technology attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 10, 2022

    Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Khelin Aiken

    Khelin Aiken of Baker McKenzie is helping Johnson & Johnson spin off its consumer health business — which made $15 billion last year — earning her a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 09, 2022

    Rising Star: Podhurst Orseck's Kristina Infante

    Kristina Infante of Podhurst Orseck PA achieved millions of dollars in settlements for victims of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting and is currently representing victims of the Boeing 737 Max crashes, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.