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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.
  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Motley Rice's Ann E. Rice Ervin

    Ann E. Rice Ervin of Motley Rice LLC helped affected families obtain a key win in multidistrict litigation alleging GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran caused birth defects, earning her a spot among the product liability practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Shaila Rahman Diwan

    Shaila Rahman Diwan of King & Spalding LLP has scored multiple trial victories for Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging the company's talcum powder causes mesothelioma, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Beasley Allen's Joseph VanZandt

    Beasley Allen's Joseph VanZandt is the youngest attorney on the plaintiffs' steering committee in the multidistrict litigation against troubled e-cigarette maker Juul, earning him a spot among the product liability attorneys under 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.

  • October 04, 2019

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Julia Romano

    Julia Romano of King & Spalding LLP has scored victories for Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging its talcum powder causes mesothelioma, earning her a spot among five product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 03, 2019

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Timothy J. Fiorta

    Timothy J. Fiorta of Jones Day secured a defense verdict for R.J. Reynolds in a retrial of an Engle case in which the company had been previously hit with a groundbreaking $23.6 billion damages verdict, landing him a place among product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 02, 2019

    Rising Star: Faegre Baker's Jessica Benson Cox

    Jessica Benson Cox of Faegre Baker Daniels spearheaded Cook Medical Inc.'s highly successful defense to a tidal wave of vein filter lawsuits and turned herself into one of the nation's leading experts on the up-and-coming area of biologic drugs, earning her a spot among the five product liability attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 01, 2019

    Rising Star: Baum Hedlund's Pedram Esfandiary

    With only three years under his belt as an attorney, Pedram Esfandiary of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC has already racked up impressive wins, including a multimillion-dollar verdict against Monsanto in the first case to go to trial over allegations that its Roundup weed killer causes lymphoma, landing him among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Sarah Johnston

    Sarah Johnston of Barnes & Thornburg LLP led the defense for retailer Rite Aid in a talc case and secured a complete defense verdict in favor of the retailer, landing her a spot as a product liability law practitioner under age 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: Greenberg Traurig's Marcella Ducca

    Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder Marcella Ducca’s expertise in women’s health products, particularly her work for Bard in the massive transvaginal mesh litigation, has landed her a spot among the five product liability attorneys under 40 on Law360’s list of Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Brooke Kim

    DLA Piper partner Brooke Kim has amassed numerous victories on behalf of defendants in product liability cases over her career, including major wins for Bristol-Myers Squibb in suits over its blood thinner Eliquis, earning her a spot as one of five product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2018

    Rising Star: Wilkinson Walsh's Kieran Gostin

    Kieran Gostin of Wilkinson Walsh & Eskovitz LLP played a key role in winning defense verdicts in two major bellwether trials over the blood thinner drug Xarelto and is currently defending Duke Energy in a billion-dollar Clean Water Act case, earning him a place among five product liability attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 13, 2018

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's ​Jeremy Goldkind

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Jeremy Goldkind has had successes defeating utility workers' suits against chemical companies and helping grieving parents make use of an untested anti-terrorism law, making him one of five product liability attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 10, 2018

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jacqueline Seidel

    King & Spalding’s Jacqueline Seidel is skilled at guiding clients through resolving complex litigation, such as representing Toyota in unintended acceleration cases, landing her on Law360’s list of one of five product liability attorneys under 40 recognized 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.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Angela Vicari

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner Angela Vicari has scored key defense wins for clients in the past year, including multiple decisions defeating class certification in cases alleging an Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. unit incorrectly packaged birth control pills, landing her a spot among the five product liability practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Covington's Shankar Duraiswamy

    The role of Covington & Burling LLP's Shankar Duraiswamy in defending air bag maker Takata Corp. in high-profile litigation in the wake of the largest public safety recall in U.S. history and regulatory investigations landed him a place among the five product liability attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Sean Jessee

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Sean Jessee has been part of many important wins for his medical device company clients in litigation over alleged defects and injuries, including playing a key role in a $28 million pelvic mesh case for C.R. Bard, earning him a spot among the five product liability attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2017

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Meredith Redwine

    From the inception of her career at King & Spalding LLP, Meredith Redwine has played an integral part in a team representing GlaxoSmithKline in scores of cases alleging the company's Paxil antidepressant has caused birth defects and other injuries, landing her a spot among the five product liability practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2017

    Rising Star: Goldman Ismail's Jennifer Greenblatt

    The work of Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP's Jennifer Greenblatt in securing wins on behalf of Merck in litigation over its osteoporosis drug Fosamax — including cases involving allegations of bone disease of the jaw and that the drug caused femoral fractures — landed her a spot as one of five product liability 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 27, 2016

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Amir Tayrani

    For the better part of his 13-year career at Gibson Dunn, 38-year-old Amir Tayrani has successfully coordinated legal strategies for Philip Morris and last year locked up several key appellate wins for the tobacco giant, landing him on Law360's Product Liability Rising Star's list for the third straight year.

  • April 26, 2016

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Jordon Patterson

    Jones Day associate Jordon L. Patterson is a relative newcomer to the legal industry who has already proven her chops as perhaps the youngest first-chair attorney for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Engle progeny trials, earning her a spot among Law360's top product liability attorneys under the age of 40.

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