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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 27, 2017

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Patrick Harrison

    Sidley Austin LLP’s Patrick Harrison has made a successful career out of navigating the complex world of U.K. and European competition law, representing a major world player in the credit and debit card industry and also scoring a first-of-its-kind result with the U.K.’s antitrust authorities to cement his place as one of the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2017

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Lin Y. Chan

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP partner Lin Y. Chan has notched several important victories for clients in competition cases, including some of the most significant settlements with chemical and pharmaceutical companies in recent memory, placing her among the five competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2017

    Rising Star: Crowell's Juan A. Arteaga

    Crowell & Moring LLP's new antitrust partner Juan A. Arteaga's work investigating and successfully challenging multibillion-dollar deals during his time as an antitrust enforcer for the U.S. Department of Justice — from the SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch InBev tie-up to the failed deal between Humana and Aetna — has earned him a spot as one of the competition law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2017

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Brian Rocca

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Brian Rocca has helped tech giants from Intel to Google deal with antitrust challenges, including leading the litigation team that recently won the dismissal of the Philadelphia Taxi Association's case against Uber, landing him a spot as one of five competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2017

    Rising Star: Latham's Andrew Gass

    A carefully carved niche by Latham & Watkins LLP’s Andrew Gass at the intersection of intellectual property and competition matters in the music industry, and his successes in that sector — such as wins for Live Nation and Ticketmaster in Songkick's ongoing antitrust suit against them — have earned Gass a spot as one of five competition law attorneys 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.

  • May 03, 2016

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Kate Wallace

    Jones Day partner Kate Wallace has guided companies like DirecTV and Reynolds American in high-profile acquisitions, while helping ICANN beat a lawsuit claiming it had a monopoly on the domain-name market, landing her among Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.

  • May 02, 2016

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Cynthia Richman

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Cynthia Richman helped guide Apple through litigation alleging it conspired with major publishers to raise the price of e-books, earning her a spot as one of Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.

  • April 29, 2016

    Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's William Reiss

    For the last several years, antitrust litigator William Reiss has helped represent a class of plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation alleging automotive parts makers engaged in one of the largest price-fixing schemes ever and has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements, earning him a spot among Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.

  • April 28, 2016

    Rising Star: Whatley Kallas LLP's Henry C. Quillen

    Whatley Kallas LLP partner Henry C. Quillen has played a key role in complex class actions against Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cox Enterprises and others, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of top competition attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 27, 2016

    Rising Star: Cravath's Kevin Orsini

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Kevin Orsini is leading American Express' defense of allegations that its merchant rules violate antitrust law in several cases and has helped Viacom resolve a dispute with Cablevision over its channels, landing him on Law360's Rising Stars list of top competition attorneys under 40.

  • April 26, 2016

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' William Lavery

    A key member of the trial team in a price-fixing case that eventually led the Federal Trade Commission to rule against itself in a rare decision, William Lavery of Baker Botts LLP brings the heat in complex antitrust litigation, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • April 25, 2016

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Michael B. Bernstein

    Michael B. Bernstein of Arnold & Porter LLP has made a name for himself serving as first chair in high-profile and contentious mergers, including Boston Scientific's $1.6 billion acquisition of American Medical Systems' urology portfolio from Endo International, scoring a slot on Law360's Rising Stars list of top competition 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.

  • 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 06, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Competition Law

    Representing some of the world's largest companies, these young lawyers have made their mark in the field of competition, earning them spots on Law360’s list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: White & Case's Bryan Gant

    White & Case LLP antitrust litigator Bryan Gant helped steer drug giant Pfizer Inc. to trial court victories in so-called pay-for-delay litigation involving the blockbuster drugs Effexor XR and Lipitor, landing the newly minted partner on Law360's list of top competition lawyers under 40.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Eric Hochstadt

    From winning two decades of injunctive relief against a music rights organization the government declined to challenge to helping a private equity fund escape long-running antitrust litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Eric Hochstadt has racked up victories, making him one of Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Beau Buffier

    Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Beau Buffier represented Zillow Inc. in its recently approved $2.5 billion acquisition of online real estate rival Trulia Inc. among other high-profile deals, earning him a spot among Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.

  • March 31, 2015

    Rising Star: Covington's Jeffrey Davidson

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Jeffrey Davidson helped craft the strategy Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and other liquid crystal display panel makers used to escape most of Motorola Mobility Inc.'s $3.5 billion price-fixing claim, landing him a spot on Law360's list of top competition attorneys under the age of 40.

  • March 30, 2015

    Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Karen Dunn

    After making a name for herself as an assistant U.S. attorney and debate adviser to high-profile politicians like President Barack Obama, Karen Dunn helped Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP defend Apple Inc. in $351 million trial, making her one of five attorneys chosen for Law360's list of Competition Rising Stars.

  • 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 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Brendan Fee

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Brendan Fee took the lead in winning big dismissals and settlements in major antitrust cases for ASTM International, Comdata Network Inc. and others, making the 35-year-old partner one of Law360's top competition lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Sarah Jordan

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Sarah Jordan has helped Lafarge SA get a $3 billion merger with Anglo American PLC in the heavily concentrated cement industry through antitrust review and won a precedent-setting victory for Tomkins PLC to reduce a European cartel fine, making her one of Law360's five noteworthy competition attorneys under 40.