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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 01, 2017

    Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Stephen Tountas

    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.

  • July 31, 2017

    Rising Star: Gibbs Law Group's David Stein

    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.

  • July 28, 2017

    Rising Star: Weil's David Singh

    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.

  • 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 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Jonathan Uslaner

    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.

  • April 05, 2016

    Rising Star: Baron & Budd's Mark Pifko

    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.

  • April 04, 2016

    Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Serena Hallowell

    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.

  • 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.

  • April 01, 2016

    Rising Star: Cravath's J. Wesley Earnhardt

    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.

  • March 31, 2016

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Daniel Bress

    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.

  • 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 14, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Class Actions

    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.

  • April 14, 2015

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Sean Commons

    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.

  • April 13, 2015

    Rising Star: Latham's Brendan McShane

    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.

  • April 10, 2015

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jonathan Chally

    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.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Reena Gambhir

    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.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Melinda Coolidge

    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.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington

    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.

  • March 30, 2015

    The 2015 Rising Stars, By Firm

    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.

  • March 27, 2015

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2015, our list of 144 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • April 21, 2014

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Kathleen Lally

    Kathleen Lally's experience representing Aurora Dairy Corp., which settled a nine-figure lawsuit for $7.5 million, and her role successfully fighting class certification as lead counsel for Electrolux Home Products Inc. helped place the Latham & Watkins LLP attorney on Law360's list of top young class action lawyers.

  • April 18, 2014

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Sathya S. Gosselin

    Expertly helming two antitrust class actions that are barreling toward major rulings this summer is the kind of challenge that Hausfeld LLP's Sathya S. Gosselin thrives on — and the kind of work that has landed him among Law360's top class action lawyers under 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington

    Robert Herrington's long-running success in slaying class actions launched against companies including Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has made the Greenberg Traurig attorney one of Law360's five class action Rising Stars under 40, and recent work helping a company linked to Lance Armstrong speed past deception claims has only bolstered his resume.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis has played an instrumental role in shaping standards for class certification in state and federal courts across the country, including the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, landing her a spot as one of Law360's 2014 Rising Stars in class action law.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Julian Poon

    Staring down sprawling wage and hour litigation, Farmers Insurance Exchange called on Julian Poon to overcome a troublesome class certification order, landing the Gibson Dunn partner on Law360's list of top class action lawyers under 40.