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 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.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: White & Case's Kelly Newman

    Kelly Newman of White & Case LLP's competition group has helped clients fight a number of high-stakes antitrust cases, including defeating criminal market manipulation charges against a foreign exchange trader and scoring multiple wins in class actions for clients such as Allergan, earning her a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 03, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Samantha Hynes

    Samantha Hynes of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP successfully defended automakers against massive antitrust litigation and navigated enormous mergers, netting her a spot as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 02, 2022

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Stephen McIntyre

    Stephen McIntyre of O'Melveny & Myers LLP defended Samsung Electronics Co. against price-fixing claims that were dismissed in 2019 and 2020 and Novartis Pharmaceuticals against an antitrust lawsuit that was tossed in February, earning him a spot among the competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 01, 2022

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Douglas Litvack

    Douglas Litvack of Jenner & Block LLP's competition team has helped clients like ProMedica and Dartmouth University defend against high-stakes antitrust claims, after several years of litigating hospital mergers and working on other matters at the Federal Trade Commission, earning him a spot among the antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • May 31, 2022

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Daniel H. Silverman

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's Daniel H. Silverman has scored important class certification wins, including on behalf of animators who successfully forced major film studios to settle no-poach allegations, making him one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • May 30, 2022

    Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Lin W. Kahn

    Jones Day's Lin W. Kahn has helped run merger and conduct investigations at the Federal Trade Commission and has also amassed considerable trial experience working on antitrust matters at the agency and in private practice, earning her a spot among the top competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Dechert's Laurence Bary

    Laurence Bary of Dechert LLP navigated the antitrust laws of the stars by helping shepherd the purchase of Europe's only space launch company, making her one of the top competition attorneys under 40 named by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Cravath's Lauren Roberta Kennedy

    Lauren Roberta Kennedy of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has established herself as a top-tier competition attorney, having represented companies like American Express and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in high-stakes litigation, earning her a spot among the competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum

    Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has counseled clients through a wide range of antitrust matters, including sensitive conduct investigations, multibillion-dollar deal reviews and a merger challenge in federal court, earning him a spot among the top competition attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Henry Liu

    Henry Liu of Covington & Burling LLP has defended against massive antitrust class actions, including notching important wins for JPMorgan against sprawling accusations of aluminum price-fixing, earning him a spot among the top competition attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • May 28, 2021

    Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Jeffrey Bank

    Jeffrey C. Bank of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has helped clients like generic-drug maker Mylan defend against important antitrust litigation and enforcement actions, while also leading client suits targeting anti-competitive conduct by other companies, earning him a spot among antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's David Gringer

    WilmerHale's David Gringer has worked on massive cases on both sides of the courtroom, contesting conduct and mergers as a U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney and defending deals in private practice, cementing a spot for him as one of the antitrust attorneys honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: White & Case's Strati Sakellariou-Witt

    Strati Sakellariou-Witt of White & Case LLP served as counsel to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. in its $70 billion acquisition of chemical manufacturing company Saudi Basic Industries Corp., earning her a spot among the competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Justin W. Bernick

    Justin W. Bernick has played a key role on a Hogan Lovells team defending Blue Cross Blue Shield in massive antitrust litigation brought by health insurance buyers and medical providers accusing BCBS of allocating markets, earning him a spot among the competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Cleary's Dan Culley

    Daniel P. Culley of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP helped guide T-Mobile through a web of regulatory approvals needed for its blockbuster purchase of Sprint and has also handled important deals for companies across a variety of other industries, earning him a spot among antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Duane Loft

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Duane Loft has represented professional basketball players in a crucial spat against the NBA, and he continues to work some of the most important pharmaceutical pricing antitrust cases, netting him a place among the antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2020

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2020, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • October 04, 2019

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Scott Schaeffer

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Scott Schaeffer has guided clients to important wins in cases involving allegations of anti-competitive conduct, including for Impax in a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action, while also working on a range of other issues in the U.S. and abroad, earning him a spot among competition attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • October 03, 2019

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Sarah LaFreniere

    Hausfeld’s Sarah R. LaFreniere has played an important role in the hugely complicated forex rigging case against major banks like Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co., which yielded a multibillion-dollar settlement and helped put her on the map as an antitrust lawyer under 40 honored as one of Law360’s Rising Stars.

  • October 02, 2019

    Rising Star: Cravath's Rory Leraris

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Rory Leraris broke new ground in competition law last year when she helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to consider two-sided markets in antitrust analysis, freeing AmEx from a Justice Department case and making her one of five competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 01, 2019

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Ken Reinker

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Kenneth S. Reinker has helped guide major mergers through the clearance process, including representing 21st Century Fox in its $71.3 billion sale to Disney, and has also worked on important conduct cases for clients including Sabre, earning him a spot among competition attorneys under age 40 honored as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' Michael Perry

    Baker Botts LLP partner Michael J. Perry successfully steered clients like Indorama Ventures PLC through highly contentious merger reviews at the U.S. Department of Justice and his former employer, the Federal Trade Commission, helping net him a spot as one of the competition attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.