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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 09, 2020
Rising Star: Skadden's Brian Krause
Brian Krause of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has worked as the lead tax counsel on a number of multibillion-dollar deals, including Worldpay Inc.'s merger with FIS in the largest payments industry deal ever, worth $43 billion, earning him a spot as one of five tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 08, 2020
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Daniel E. Jones
Daniel E. Jones of Mayer Brown LLP has had a prominent role in writing key briefs in several high-profile U.S. Supreme Court and circuit court cases, including the high court's landmark 2016 Spokeo decision, earning him a place as one of the appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 08, 2020
Rising Star: McDermott's Timothy Shuman
Timothy Shuman of McDermott Will & Emery LLP has advised global consumer brands company JAB Holding Co. on its $21 billion acquisition of Dr Pepper Snapple Group and on its acquisition of veterinary hospitals, earning him a spot among the tax lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 08, 2020
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Lee Hochbaum
Lee Hochbaum of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has advised on several multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions, including financial services provider Charles Schwab's pending $26 billion purchase of investing service TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners 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 08, 2020
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's John Richards
John Richards of Greenberg Traurig LLP has guided Abercrombie & Fitch and Stanley Steemer through high-stakes class actions and has established himself as a go-to lawyer for helping global retail brands navigate a maze of workplace compliance challenges, earning him a spot as one of Law360's employment law Rising Stars.
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July 07, 2020
Rising Star: Cravath's Allison M. Wein
Allison Wein of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has helped steer several blockbuster deals, including Disney's $85 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox and Occidental's $57 billion Anadarko buy, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 07, 2020
Rising Star: Fenwick's Julia Ushakova-Stein
Fenwick & West LLP's Julia Ushakova-Stein has successfully navigated clients through litigation spanning her expertise in merger and acquisition implications, international planning and tax controversies, earning her a spot as one of five tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 07, 2020
Rising Star: Jones Day's Yaakov M. Roth
Jones Day partner Yaakov M. Roth convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the conviction of a former New Jersey public official caught up in the infamous Bridgegate scandal, earning him a spot among five appellate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 07, 2020
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Molly Senger
Molly Senger has become a go-to litigator under the tutelage of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's crack team of employment attorneys, helping Ford beat class claims in a sprawling sexual harassment suit to earn a spot as one of five employment law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as 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: Arnold & Porter's Elisabeth Theodore
Elisabeth Theodore of Arnold & Porter has argued in a series of partisan gerrymandering cases and challenged the Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 06, 2020
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Shaylyn Cochran
Shaylyn Cochran of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has steered a settlement with BarBri Inc. on behalf of a group of blind bar exam takers, moving the test prep giant to make its offerings accessible to test takers with vision disabilities and earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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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 06, 2020
Rising Star: Cleary's Kyle Harris
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Kyle Harris has guided many major mergers and acquisitions since joining the firm in 2011, including last year's complicated $45.4 billion tie-up of fragrance giant IFF and the nutrition and biosciences business of DuPont, earning him a spot as one of five M&A attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as 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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October 18, 2019
Rising Star: Wachtell's Raaj Narayan
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Raaj Narayan has helped guide several large deals on behalf of technology companies, including Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $8.8 billion cross-border spinoff and Salesforce's $15.7 billion purchase of Tableau, earning him a spot as one of four technology law Rising Stars honored by Law360.
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October 18, 2019
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Robert Lee
Robert Lee of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has advised investment firm EQT Partners on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including a €9 billion infrastructure fund that closed within six months of its launch, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 18, 2019
Rising Star: Dentons' Clay Counts
Denton's Clay Counts has worked with national developer McCormack Baron Salazar regarding projects in a dozen states and territories, represented the owner of Chicago’s Willis Tower in modernizing its elevators, and helped handle a $300 million dispute regarding a natural gas facility, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 18, 2019
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Tessa Capeloto
Wiley Rein LLP's Tessa Capeloto has scored key victories for American manufacturers in trade investigations, while spearheading the firm's efforts to challenge importers' bids to dodge the Trump administration's recent tariffs on steel and aluminum, earning her a spot among Law360's international trade Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Christopher Humby
Quinn Emanuel’s Christopher Humby is representing a hospital owner in a multibillion-dollar international arbitration case over construction of the hospital in the Middle East, helping earn him a spot among the construction attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Ben Thompson
Fish & Richardson PC's Ben Thompson has successfully navigated complex U.S. International Trade Commission matters for clients such as German lens maker Carl Zeiss AG, earning him a spot among the international trade attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Vincent Ip
Vincent Ip of Ropes & Gray LLP advises the world's top sovereign wealth funds and most prestigious asset managers, including representing a major sovereign fund in its sale of $2 billion of fund stakes to a preeminent investment bank, one of the largest-ever secondaries sales of limited partner private funds, earning him a spot among fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Manatt's Brandon Young
Brandon Young of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has worked on high-stakes state and local contract issues, including helping a client navigate a multibillion-dollar renegotiation with the city of Los Angeles, earning him a spot as one of three Government Contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Jordan R. Jaffe
Jordan Jaffe of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP led the technology legal team for Google's Waymo in a high-profile case against Uber over self-driving car technology, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.