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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 09, 2020
Rising Star: Skadden's James Pak
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP counsel James Pak has brought home multimillion-dollar jury verdicts for ZeniMax Media and Aspen Technology in intellectual property litigation, earning him a spot among the IP attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 08, 2020
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Deepa Acharya
Deepa Acharya, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, has notched important victories against Silicon Valley giants, including a recent $1.1 billion jury verdict against Apple Inc., landing her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 07, 2020
Rising Star: McKool Smith's Nick Mathews
Nicholas Mathews of McKool Smith PC has secured several victories on behalf of Ericsson, including a defense verdict in HTC Corp.'s patent dispute over standard essential patent licensing fees, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 06, 2020
Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Adam Shartzer
Fish & Richardson PC principal Adam Shartzer helped Micron invalidate University of Illinois semiconductor patents and then beat a related breach of contract case, while using damages reports to beat several other patent cases, earning him a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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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.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Irene Yang
Sidley Austin LLP’s Irene Yang has helped major tech companies, including Microsoft and Sprint, win a number of high-stakes patent cases, earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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September 13, 2019
Rising Star: Kirkland's Leslie Schmidt
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Leslie Schmidt has amassed numerous victories on behalf of her intellectual property clients over her career, including U.S. Supreme Court wins in WesternGeco's long-watched litigation about overseas patent infringement, earning her a spot as one of six IP practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 12, 2019
Rising Star: Milbank's Lauren Drake
Milbank LLP’s Lauren Drake helped fend off challenges to patents for the blockbuster cancer drug Rituxan and played a role in convincing the Federal Circuit to strike down the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s controversial policy on attorneys fees, earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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September 11, 2019
Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Betsy Flanagan
Fish & Richardson PC's Betsy Flanagan has notched important victories for major pharmaceutical companies, including wiping out a $200 million verdict against Gilead Sciences Inc., landing her a spot among Law360's intellectual property Rising Stars.
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September 10, 2019
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Megan K. Bannigan
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP counsel Megan K. Bannigan may not have set out to be an intellectual property litigator, but she has taken the field by storm, helping companies like Kate Spade and PayPal defend their trademarks and other IP, landing her a spot as a Law360 Rising Star.
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September 09, 2019
Rising Star: Caldwell Cassady's Austin Curry
Caldwell Cassady & Curry's Austin Curry has helped companies win more than $2 billion in trial verdicts, headlined by VirnetX's high-profile patent showdown with Apple, making him one of Law360's intellectual property Rising Stars.
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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.
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August 24, 2018
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Drew Holmes
Drew Holmes of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has represented major tech giants, from Google to Netflix, in patent infringement suits both in the federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, earning him a spot as one of six intellectual property attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 23, 2018
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Gregory Lantier
Gregory Lantier of WilmerHale has brought in numerous Federal Circuit victories on behalf of clients like Universal Wilde Inc. and Erie Indemnity Company, getting patents they were accused of infringing struck down, and has protected his own clients against similar attacks, earning him a spot as one of six intellectual property attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 22, 2018
Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Matthew Berry
Susman Godfrey LLP partner Matthew Berry has amassed numerous victories on behalf of intellectual property clients over his career, including helping to end a suit claiming Uber built its self-driving car with stolen technology, earning him a spot as one of six intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 21, 2018
Rising Star: Kirkland's Amanda Hollis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Amanda Hollis has helped the firm notch victories for clients in various high-stakes patent cases, including helping C.R. Bard and Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. snag a trial win in a case from W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., earning her a spot as one of six intellectual property law practitioners honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 20, 2018
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Ajay Krishnan
Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP’s Ajay Krishnan has secured numerous victories on behalf of his technology clients over his career, including a win for Arista Networks Inc. in a $335 million copyright and patent infringement suit over networking technology, landing him a spot as one of six intellectual property lawyers honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 17, 2018
Rising Star: Fisch Sigler's Jeffrey Saltman
Fisch Sigler LLP partner Jeffrey Saltman successfully represented a patent holding company in securing more than $28 million in royalties and fees from Samsung in a battle over technology patents, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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July 20, 2017
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Lauren Fletcher
WilmerHale’s Lauren Fletcher has had a leading role in a number of high-profile patent cases, including the long-running battle between Apple and Samsung, and secured a number of precedent-setting wins at the Federal Circuit, earning her a spot as one of five IP lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2017
Rising Star: Caldwell Cassady's Brad Caldwell
Caldwell Cassady & Curry PC's Brad Caldwell has amassed numerous victories against Apple over his career, including a recent $302 million jury verdict on behalf of Virnetx, earning him a spot as one of five intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2017
The 2017 Rising Stars, By Firm
Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP led the pack with eight Rising Stars each, followed by Latham & Watkins LLP, Mayer Brown LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, which had six apiece. Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP rounded out the group with five Rising Stars.
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July 18, 2017
Rising Star: O'Melveny's David Almeling
O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s David Almeling has published two books on trade secret law, established himself as a leading voice on the practice and successfully headed patent cases representing Google, landing him on Law360's list of intellectual property attorneys under 40 being honored as Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2017
Rising Star: Kirkland's Atif Khawaja
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Atif Khawaja has racked up a number of victories in high-stakes intellectual property disputes while representing companies like Hotels.com and Honeywell International, earning him a spot as one of five IP law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2017
Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
The 156 attorneys selected as Law360's 2017 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. This elite group of attorneys, all under 40, have distinguished themselves by handling bet-the-company litigation and brokering deals that make headlines.