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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 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Matthew M. Roose

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Matthew M. Roose has made a name for himself among corporate restructuring practitioners through his representation of creditors in the bankruptcies of Energy Future Holdings Corp., Forbes Energy Services and Washington Mutual Inc., securing him a spot as one of five bankruptcy law 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: Davis Polk's Eli Vonnegut

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Eli Vonnegut has handled a dizzying array of cases in the short span of his restructuring career, from the government’s $185 billion rescue of American International Group Inc. to a string of lightning-fast oil and gas industry turnarounds, earning him a spot as one of five bankruptcy attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2017

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Angela Allen

    Jenner & Block LLP’s Angela M. Allen has 10 years of complex bankruptcy litigation under her belt, including representing the examiner in the DACCO Transmission case and serving as lead restructuring attorney for Caesars Entertainment Corp., earning her a spot as one of five bankruptcy law practitioners under age 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.

  • July 14, 2017

    Rising Star: Weil's Sunny Singh

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Sunny Singh learned the ropes of his field as an associate working on Lehman Brothers' landmark Chapter 11 case, and his recent ascension to partner and notable roles in restructurings for J.Crew, grocer Fairway Market and others helped him earn a spot as one of five bankruptcy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • April 15, 2016

    Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Stephen Zide

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP partner Stephen D. Zide has played a key role in some of the largest bankruptcies in recent years, from guiding creditors of telecommunications firm NII Holdings Inc. through a tough restructuring process to negotiating a quick turnaround for Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of top bankruptcy attorneys under 40.

  • April 14, 2016

    Rising Star: Dentons' Oscar Pinkas

    Dentons partner Oscar Pinkas has developed expertise advising clients involved in complex cross-border transactions and helped represent STEP Energy Services in its acquisition of GasFrac's waterless fracking assets, earning him recognition on Law360's list of top bankruptcy attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Jennifer Taylor

    Playing key roles in the successful reorganization of iconic gunsmith Colt, as well as the ongoing Chapter 11 cases for Hancock Fabrics Inc. and Verso Corp., O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Jennifer Taylor has earned herself a berth among Law360's top bankruptcy attorneys under 40.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Deborah Newman

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Deborah Newman recalls with satisfaction her recent leading role in the firm’s successful courtroom fight to shield General Motors’ unsecured creditor trust from billions in liability claims, one of the achievements that earned her a spot among seven top bankruptcy lawyers under 40 in Law360’s Rising Stars list.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: MoFo's Jennifer Marines

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jennifer Marines has worked the restructuring gantlet, from counseling Patriot Coal's unsecured creditors to guiding oil refiner Hovensa LLC through restructuring, work that saw her named one of Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Ross Kwasteniet

    Since joining Kirkland & Ellis LLP out of law school, restructuring partner Ross Kwasteniet has worked with a variety of clients, recently Patriot Coal Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management LP, in high-profile restructurings, earning him a reputation as a go-to advocate and a spot on Law360's Rising Stars list of top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Erin Brady

    While Jones Day LLP partner Erin N. Brady was helping to prepare American Apparel Inc.'s restructuring plan, she was also fighting to protect a contested but crucial debtor financing deal for Relativity Media LLC, work that put her among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 01, 2016

    The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm

    Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, Quinn Emanuel led the pack with eight Rising Stars, followed by Gibson Dunn, Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher with seven Rising Stars each. Baker & Hostetler, Latham & Watkins, King & Spalding and Shearman & Sterling each boast five Rising Stars apiece.

  • March 30, 2016

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2016, our list of 179 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • April 16, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Bankruptcy

    Their work in massive corporate restructuring has earned these young lawyers their spots on Law360's list of bankruptcy attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 15, 2015

    Rising Star: Richards Kibbe & Orbe's Keith Sambur

    In the restructuring of Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP's Keith Sambur discovered provisions in an overlooked intercreditor agreement that shifted the way people valued first-lien bonds, fortifying himself as a productive resource for his clients and solidifying his place among Law360's 2015 Rising Stars of bankruptcy.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Weil's Ronit Berkovich

    From negotiating the overnight rescue of beleaguered foreign currency dealer FXCM Inc. to working behind the scenes for a major creditor in the complex restructuring of Energy Future Holdings Corp., Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Ronit Berkovich has earned her place among Law360's roster of top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brian Glueckstein

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Brian Glueckstein helped guide Eastman Kodak Co. through its complex Chapter 11 case and global reorganization and is shepherding the Energy Future Holdings Inc. unsecured creditors' committee through the power giant's massive restructuring, landing him among Law360's top lawyers under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt

    Nicole Greenblatt's role in the debtor-side work that butters the bread at Kirkland & Ellis LLP's vaunted restructuring practice put her at the forefront of the most cantankerous bankruptcy to emerge in 2015 and earned her a spot among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Jason Adams

    Working on behalf of creditors of GT Advanced Technologies Inc., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's Jason R. Adams helped secure a key $439 million settlement with Apple Inc. of claims surrounding a failed sapphire production partnership, heading off a wave of litigation and landing him on Law360's Bankruptcy Rising Stars list.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Scott J. Greenberg

    At 38, Scott J. Greenberg of Jones Day has already amassed an impressive record of achievement, including his lead role negotiating a restructuring plan for NII Holdings Inc. in one of the largest Chapter 11 cases of 2014, landing him a spot on Law360's list of bankruptcy Rising Stars.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Michelle McGreal

    The first taste of debtor-side restructuring work for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Michelle McGreal put her at the center of two prominent coal industry bankruptcies that tested the firm's creativity and tenacity and landed her among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • March 31, 2015

    Rising Star: Brown Rudnick's Sunni Beville

    Brown Rudnick LLP partner Sunni Beville used her self-described "even-handed" negotiating style to achieve favorable sales and reorganizations of alternative energy companies that defaulted on U.S. government loans, earning her a spot among Law360's 2015 Bankruptcy Rising Stars.

  • March 30, 2015

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Arik Preis

    Combining tenacity and creativity, Arik Preis has helped constituencies across the restructuring spectrum navigate though large and complex cases, earning the Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner a place as one of Law360's 2015 Rising Stars for bankruptcy attorneys.