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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.
  • August 10, 2020

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Zachary Blume

    Ropes & Gray LLP's Zachary Blume has helped clients navigate complex transactions, including Genzyme's $20.1 billion acquisition by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Wright Medical's $5.4 billion sale to Stryker, earning him a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2020

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Sarah A. Geers

    Jones Day's Sarah A. Geers was part of a team that helped Juno Therapeutics and Sloan Kettering win a more than $1.1 billion final award in a case over a patent for cancer immunotherapy, earning her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored as 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.

  • September 13, 2019

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Matthew Robson

    Matthew Robson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has successfully represented the Broad Institute in several high-profile battles involving patents covering CRISPR genome-editing technology, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 12, 2019

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Fang Xie

    Fang Xie of Greenberg Traurig LLP has used her scientific background to help clients with big-ticket deals, including Hansoh Pharmaceutical's $220 million collaboration with Viela Bio and CSPC Pharmaceutical's $175 million exclusive licensing agreement with Verastem, landing her among five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 life sciences Rising Stars.

  • September 11, 2019

    Rising Star: Fenwick & West's Robert Counihan

    Fenwick & West's Robert Counihan has represented numerous pharmaceutical clients, including Eli Lilly subsidiary Loxo Oncology in a trade secrets suit, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 10, 2019

    Rising Star: Butler Snow's Alyson Jones

    Butler Snow's Alyson B. Jones has amassed numerous victories on behalf of her life sciences clients over her career, like representing Johnson & Johnson in multidistrict litigation over claims that Tylenol can cause liver failure, earning her a spot as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • September 09, 2019

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Eric Rothman

    Arnold & Porter's Eric Rothman has backed pharmaceutical and life sciences companies on complex deals, including Novartis' sale of its cystic fibrosis products to Mylan, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.

  • 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 16, 2018

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Kurt Mathas

    Winston & Strawn LLP partner Kurt Mathas helped Teva get a generic version of the testosterone replacement therapy drug Axiron on the market by getting the Federal Circuit to invalidate a key patent claim, marking one of the victories that earned him a spot as a Law360 life sciences Rising Star.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Benjamin M. Mundel

    Benjamin M. Mundel of Sidley Austin LLP has helped on unique cases for a wide variety of pharmaceutical clients over his career, including his current role leading Exeltis USA in a suit concerning a drug database's coding for Exeltis' prescription prenatal vitamins, earning him a spot as one of five life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.

  • August 14, 2018

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Isaac Ashkenazi

    Paul Hastings LLP’s Isaac Ashkenazi helped invalidate a key patent for one of the world’s best-selling drugs and is also headed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could interpret the America Invents Act’s on-sale bar provision, achievements that earn him a spot as an attorney under 40 honored as a Law360 life sciences Rising Star.

  • August 13, 2018

    Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Joseph Warden

    Joseph B. Warden of Fish & Richardson PC represents Gilead Sciences Inc. in its ongoing infringement suit over hepatitis C drug patents and secured a reversal of a $2.5 billion damages award in the suit — the largest patent damages award in history — earning him a spot as one of five life sciences attorneys under 40 selected as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 10, 2018

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Brian Cuneo

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Brian Cuneo backs life sciences companies as they prepare to go public in high-price offerings, including representing Unity Biotechnology in its $85 million initial public offering, earning him a spot as a life sciences attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.

  • 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: Quinn Emanuel's Laura Fairneny

    Newly minted Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Laura Fairneny has played a leading role in a number of complicated life sciences litigations, including a $20 million victory for AngioScore in a patent infringement suit, earning her a place among life sciences attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 09, 2017

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Timothy Best

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Timothy Best has deployed scientific savvy to guide major drugmakers through high-stakes patent cases, including a trial that preserved billions of dollars for Depomed Inc. and possibly saved the company, placing him among five life sciences lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 08, 2017

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Adam Bellack

    Hogan Lovells partner Adam Bellack, who is co-head of the firm’s life sciences transactions team, has advised Novartis AG, Medigene AG and the company formerly known as Google Life Sciences through multimillion-dollar deals, making him one of five life sciences attorneys recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2017

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Elizabeth Hess

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Elizabeth Hess has developed a knack for beating back False Claim Act cases targeting drug and device makers, including a billion-dollar whistleblower case that Abbott Laboratories successfully took to trial, placing her among five life sciences lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2017

    Rising Star: Axinn Veltrop's Suchira Ghosh

    Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP counsel Suchira Ghosh’s strong knowledge of pharmaceutical regulations and intellectual property has helped her push through contentious battles to get generic drugs on the market for Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Watson Laboratories Inc., landing her a spot as one of five life sciences attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Beasley Allen's Danielle Mason

    Danielle W. Mason of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC blazed a new litigation trail by securing a $72 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over a cancer death linked to talcum powder, placing her among Law360's top life sciences lawyers under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Joy Liu

    Hot off a win representing Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's off-label promotion policies, Ropes & Gray LLP partner Joy Liu has earned a place as one of Law360's top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Sophia Hudson

    As a lawyer specializing in working with foreign companies on capital markets transactions, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Sophia Hudson has advised on numerous multimillion-dollar initial public offerings and other deals, earning her a spot on Law360's list of the top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 05, 2016

    Rising Star: Kaye Scholer's Aaron Gardner

    Kaye Scholer LLP's Aaron Gardner has spent his career helping life sciences companies navigate innovative and high-priced business deals, with his leadership on a $360 million Pfizer acquisition being just one reason Law360 deemed the recently made partner a Rising Star.