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June 06, 2022
Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC's Laura Fitzpatrick was on the team that secured $1.7 billion in settlements from pharmaceutical companies and drug distributors as part of a bellwether opioid trial in New York, as well as a jury verdict in the case finding two other defendants liable for fueling the epidemic in the state, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Perkins Coie LLP partner Eric Weiss' work successfully defending large corporations such as Nintendo and Amazon from proposed consumer class actions, and notching a multimillion-dollar verdict for retailer Costco at a price-fixing trial earned him a spot among the class action attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 02, 2022
Brent Ceryes helped thousands of people find relief through several multimillion-dollar class actions, including a Delaware community harmed by a chicken plant's toxic wastewater and families whose children were harmed by former pediatrician Earl Bradley, earning Ceryes a spot among the top class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 01, 2022
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Bradley Hamburger helped defend insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group in a class action over its valuation method for totaled cars and successfully argued against class certification in a wage and hour suit brought against Amazon subsidiary Prime Now, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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May 31, 2022
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's Christopher Orrico helped secure massive wins for shareholders suing TransCanada Corp. over a $13 billion acquisition and for stockholders crying foul over Starz Inc.'s $4.4 billion tie-up with Lions Gate, making him one of the class action attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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May 30, 2022
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 25, 2021
Patrick F. Madden of Berger Montague PC helped the city of Philadelphia receive millions of dollars of relief in litigation against Wells Fargo and represented mixed martial arts fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in an antitrust lawsuit, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2021
King & Spalding partner Madison Kitchens has successfully defended manufacturers facing massive exposure, including a recent Ninth Circuit appeal of a $454 million verdict that saw his side go toe-to-toe with Michael Avenatti, earning Kitchens a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Kevin R. Budner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP was on the leadership team that helped strike a $10 billion settlement for plaintiffs alleging Volkswagen cheated customers, lied to the government and misled the public about the emissions of almost 600,000 diesel vehicles, earning him a place among the class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Erin Meyer's successful arguments on behalf of defendants in major California class actions, including Coinbase and Public Storage, have earned her a place among the best class action lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 28, 2021
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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July 16, 2020
Pomerantz LLP's Jennifer Banner Sobers has played crucial roles in major international securities cases, including overseeing third-party discovery in Brazil's largest oil company Petrobras' $3 billion litigation, earning her a spot as one of five class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
A specialist in consumer class actions, Kabat Chapman & Ozmer LLP's Ryan Watstein has prevented an autodialer suit against Bright House Networks from getting certified and convinced a federal court to toss junk fax claims against Time Warner Cable, earning him a spot among five class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Raymond Wendell of Goldstein Borgen Dardarian & Ho reached multimillion-dollar settlements with three major cities that require them to install thousands of curb ramps for people who use wheelchairs, and he struck a $6.5 million-dollar deal with American Airlines for customers who were wrongly charged for their checked bags, earning him a place among the class action attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC partner Emmy L. Levens has landed several major antitrust settlements, including a $50 million deal with Panasonic and other electronics companies, and is currently helping lead a major suit over the Flint water crisis — earning her a spot among Law360's class action Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
With a deft hand at shareholder class actions, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's Edward Timlin has guided litigation challenging national gas companies' $11 billion union and advised an insider trading case targeting a billionaire activist investor, earning him a spot as one of five class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 02, 2020
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2020, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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September 27, 2019
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Adam Wolfson helped lead a group of insurers to a billion dollar victory against the Trump administration after it cut off payments that help them reduce costs for low-income individuals, landing him among the five class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 26, 2019
Ned Weinberger of Labaton Sucharow LLP negotiated a $35.5 million deal for investors in a suit against AGNC Investment Corp.'s directors and secured a significant victory for minority shareholders challenging Earthstone Energy's $335 million acquisition of Bold Energy, earning him a spot among class action lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 25, 2019
Steven Feldman of Hueston Hennigan LLP scored a win at the U.S. Supreme Court for health product maker Nutraceutical Corp., shaping the law governing class actions and landing him a spot among class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 24, 2019
Rafey Balabanian of Edelson PC has landed notable wins for consumers throughout his career, including recently obtaining the largest privacy verdict in U.S. history, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 23, 2019
Andrew Soukup of Covington & Burling LLP has seen big wins in his class action practice, and in one notable case secured a crucial court finding that mortgage servicers can charge borrowers for property inspections, landing the Washington, D.C.-based attorney a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 06, 2019
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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August 06, 2018
Integral to achieving a nearly $3 billion settlement with Brazilian oil giant Petrobras earlier this year — the fifth-largest class action settlement in U.S. history — Pomerantz LLP’s Justin S. Nematzadeh has already proven he knows how to secure excellent recoveries for his clients, earning him a spot among five class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2018
Michael A. Iannucci of Blank Rome LLP has spearheaded the successful defense of consumer class actions against several companies, including TGI Friday’s at the New Jersey Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of six attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 class action Rising Stars.