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August 02, 2018
Eric S. Hochstadt has spent his career at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP focused on litigating class actions from both sides of the table, most recently swaying a jury to completely reject antitrust allegations against C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., making him one of the few class action attorneys under age 40 given Law360 Rising Star status.
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August 01, 2018
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s Annika K. Martin focuses on fighting for the wronged, with key roles in matters like the Deepwater Horizon litigation and a sexual abuse case against a former University of Southern California gynecologist, earning her a spot as one of six attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 class action Rising Star.
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July 31, 2018
WilmerHale’s Timothy J. Perla leads the defense efforts on behalf of blood-testing company Theranos Inc. in ongoing investor litigation, earning him a spot as one of six attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s class action Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2018
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Ragan Naresh has guided clients like Charter Communications Inc., Abbott Laboratories Inc. and Syngenta AG through class actions threatening significant liability while developing new law for future cases, earning him a spot as one of six class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360.
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July 27, 2018
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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August 02, 2017
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's Timothy Loose has racked up wins defending companies across a wide range of class action cases, including a victory in a case over boat motors made by Yamaha Motor Corp. that was recently upheld in a precedential Ninth Circuit decision, earning him a spot as one of the four class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2017
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP’s Stephen Tountas is unusual among class action attorneys in that he represents both plaintiffs and defendants in securities class actions, securing significant recoveries for shareholders of companies such as Schering-Plough and earning a spot as one of four class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2017
Gibbs Law Group’s David Stein has developed a reputation as one of the best consumer advocates around, and his tenacious litigation on behalf of the residents of Guam helped earned him a spot as one of four class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2017
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s David Singh has secured victories for companies including Exxon Mobil and Apple in challenging and high-profile class action cases, earning him a spot as one of four class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2017
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.
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April 06, 2016
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Jonathan Uslaner has helped recover more than $3 billion on behalf of investors defrauded by the likes of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co., earning him a spot among Law360's top class action attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Baron & Budd PC's Mark Pifko may have spent the first leg of his decadelong career defending large companies facing class actions, but it was his switch to the plaintiff's side of the courtroom that helped land him on Law360's list of top class action attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 04, 2016
Labaton Sucharow LLP's Serena Hallowell's ability to adapt and work quickly — at times rapidly crisscrossing the U.S. and flying to London for depositions — to meet deadlines and secure victories for securities litigation plaintiffs in "rocket docket" cases has earned her a spot among Law360's class action attorneys under 40.
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April 01, 2016
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.
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April 01, 2016
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's J. Wesley Earnhardt is only 37 but has already notched a series of high-profile wins in class actions targeting clients like ESPN, Xerox Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 Rising Stars in class action.
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March 31, 2016
In his short career, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Daniel Bress has helped clients like United Technologies Corp., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Wyndham Worldwide beat back class actions and secure key favorable rulings, earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 Rising Stars in the class action arena.
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March 30, 2016
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2016, our list of 179 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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April 14, 2015
Whether representing plaintiffs or defendants in large class actions, the contributions of these young lawyers have earned their placement on Law360's list of attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 14, 2015
Sidley Austin LLP attorney Sean Commons helped client POM Wonderful LLC win the decertification of a class of consumers seeking several hundred million dollars in a false advertising suit, landing him one of the six spots on Law360's list of top class action attorneys under 40.
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April 13, 2015
In defense of Toshiba Corp., Latham & Watkins LLP partner Brendan McShane has thwarted attempts by direct and indirect purchaser plaintiffs to certify nationwide classes in suits alleging the electronics maker took part in a conspiracy to fix the prices of optical disk drives, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top class action attorneys under 40.
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April 10, 2015
King & Spalding LLP partner Jonathan Chally helped Home Depot USA Inc. defeat class certification at the Ninth Circuit in a case claiming the retailer duped tool renters into paying a 10 percent surcharge on the tools, earning him a spot among Law360's class action Rising Stars under 40.
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April 09, 2015
Hausfeld LLP partner Reena Gambhir has played a prominent role in some of the firm's biggest class actions, including massive antitrust litigation in which some of the world's largest banks are accused of rigging the $5.3 trillion daily foreign exchange market, placing her among Law360's top class action lawyers under 40.
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April 08, 2015
Crafting a strategy that can carry sprawling, heavyweight antitrust class actions forward, including representing consumers allegedly hurt by air cargo carriers' alleged price-fixing, has made Hausfeld LLP partner Melinda Coolidge one of Law360's top class action lawyers under age 40.
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April 07, 2015
Robert Herrington's continuing success in defending against class actions lobbed at a wide variety of companies including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made the Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney one of Law360's six class action Rising Stars under 40 for the third year in a row.
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March 30, 2015
Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, King & Spalding LLP and Sidley Austin LLP led the pack with seven Rising Stars each, followed by Gibson Dunn and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP with six Rising Stars each, and Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis LLP with five Rising Stars apiece.