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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 16, 2021

    Rising Star: Pillsbury's Janine Stanisz

    Janine Stanisz of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP represented Northrop Grumman, a multibillion-dollar global defense contractor, in seeking $130 million in D&O coverage and has been fighting for more than 100 companies across all industries in COVID-19 business interruption suits, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 15, 2021

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Kyle P. Brinkman

    Kyle P. Brinkman of Blank Rome LLP has taken a prominent role in several policyholder-side real estate disputes, including representing publicly traded real estate investment fund Urban Edge Properties in a $40 million COVID-19 business interruption suit, earning him a spot among the top insurance litigators under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 14, 2021

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Jonathan Hardin

    Jonathan Hardin of Perkins Coie LLP has helped WorldStrides, one of the U.S.'s biggest education travel companies, to recover more than $90 million over its COVID-19 business interruption losses, and represented Hitachi Zosen Corp. in over $700 million worth of insurance claims, landing him among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 11, 2021

    Rising Star: Mintz Levin's Lavinia Weizel

    Lavinia Weizel of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC has represented London reinsurers in a suit over obligations for a more than $130 million judgment involving environmental contamination and defended an insurer against a series of cyber liability claims, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as 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 16, 2020

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Catherine Cockerham

    Steptoe & Johnson's Catherine Cockerham has helped defend insurers against a variety of complex, multi-party asbestos-related injury claims and insurance coverage disputes, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 15, 2020

    Rising Star: Pasich's Michael Gehrt

    Michael Gehrt of Pasich LLP has secured millions in coverage for DirecTV after a flood in Thailand hurt one of its suppliers, and he got the City of Beverly Hills a rare windfall through a settlement with its insurers over three car accidents, earning him a spot among the Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2020

    Rising Star: Mintz's Laura Bange Stephens

    Laura Bange Stephens of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has been instrumental in securing major coverage and settlement decisions for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., ranging from decades-old sexual abuse claims to bankruptcy issues, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 13, 2020

    Rising Star: Covington's Dustin Cho

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Dustin Cho has been instrumental in helping the NFL reach settlements with several of its insurers over coverage for former players' concussion claims, landing him a spot among the insurance practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2020

    Rising Star: Anderson Kill's Raymond A. Mascia Jr.

    With wins under his belt representing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an asbestos coverage suit against AIG and obtaining Superfund site coverage for Siltronic Corp., Anderson Kill PC's Raymond Mascia has been named one of the insurance attorneys among Law360's 2020 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.

  • September 13, 2019

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Karen Toto

    Karen Toto of Wiley Rein LLP has helped defend insurers against a variety of claims and topics ranging from asbestos and pharmaceuticals to municipal bonds, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 12, 2019

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Glenn Bridgman

    Glenn Bridgman of Susman Godfrey LLP helped secure a $91 million settlement for John Hancock Life Insurance Co. policyholders in their proposed class action alleging the company was jacking up premiums by using the wrong mortality rate calculations, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 11, 2019

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Sarah Gordon

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Sarah Gordon, fresh off of handling claims in the massive NFL concussion settlement, is now helping an AIG unit navigate coverage disputes in the fallout of a global cyberattack, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 10, 2019

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Amanda P. Ellison

    Jones Day's Amanda P. Ellison has been instrumental in securing major coverage and arbitration decisions for the Los Angeles Unified School District, including a published opinion from the California Court of Appeal, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.

  • September 09, 2019

    Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Susan Gittes

    Debevoise & Plimpton's Susan Gittes has helped a slew of life insurance companies defeat a multibillion-dollar suit brought under the New York False Claims Act, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 06, 2019

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • August 29, 2018

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Leland Jones

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Leland Jones obtained an Eleventh Circuit victory for a liability insurer in a contaminated-medicine case and helped a client win a Ninth Circuit ruling in litigation over the meaning of “professional services,” making him one of five insurance attorneys under 40 to land on Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2018

    Rising Star: Kennedys' Heather Simpson

    Kennedys CMK LLP partner Heather E. Simpson has spent the last year helping more than a dozen insurance companies dig through the NFL’s records as they battle to avoid paying for the league’s massive $1 billion-plus concussion settlement, a monumental undertaking that landed her a spot as one of five insurance attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: McKool Smith's Marc Ladd

    Marc Ladd of McKool Smith PC has racked up numerous victories for his firm’s insurance recovery practice, including winning $300 million in Superstorm Sandy coverage for New Jersey Transit Corp., earning him a spot as one of five insurance law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Omid Safa

    Blank Rome LLP partner Omid Safa helped a policyholder client win a sprawling, yearslong fight for asbestos coverage, and has also won a major bad-faith trial to get coverage for underlying claims against a health system, making him one of five insurance attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Anderson Kill's Carrie Maylor DiCanio

    Anderson Kill PC shareholder Carrie Maylor DiCanio, who views exclusively representing insurance policyholders as a "social good," recently secured a settlement for an environmental equipment company after its insurer intervened in underlying litigation and fought to recoup its defense costs, helping earn her a spot as one of five insurance attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2018

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 168 attorneys selected as Law360's 2018 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. From guiding eye-popping deals to handling bet-the-company litigation, these elite attorneys under 40 are leading the pack.

  • August 10, 2017

    Rising Star: Pillsbury's Tamara Bruno

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Tamara Bruno has been climbing her way up the ranks by contributing to several out-of-court successes and working on major liability coverage suits for insurance policyholder clients, including Lion Oil Co. and New York University, earning her a spot among insurance attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 09, 2017

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Jason Lissy

    Barely over 30, Jones Day's Jason Lissy has found himself playing key roles in two massive insurance litigations in the past year, one regarding MF Global and the other over the destruction of a soon-to-open $760 million power plant, making him one of five insurance lawyers under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.