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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 28, 2020

    Rising Star: Manatt's Anne O'Hagen Karl

    Anne O'Hagen Karl of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has guided North Carolina through transforming its Medicaid program to a managed care system and helped Vermont reimagine its behavioral health program, earning her a spot among the health care attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2020

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Lindsey Schmidt

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP associate Lindsey Schmidt unearthed pivotal tweets showing state-owned gas company Petroleos de Venezuela is the country's so-called alter ego, helping win a $1.2 billion award for Crystallex International Corp. and landing her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2020

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Rose Leda Ehler

    Rose Leda Ehler of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP secured a $62.4 million trial victory last year for Walt Disney, Warner Bros. and other Hollywood heavyweights against a streaming service that pirated the studios' films, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2020

    Rising Star: Sidley's Banks Bruce

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Banks Bruce is on the cutting edge of finding new ways to move money toward the oil and gas sector, including helping power Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners LP's $3.6 billion pipeline buy last year, earning him a spot among four structured finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2020

    Rising Star: Proskauer's Maja Zerjal

    Proskauer Rose LLP's Maja Zerjal has shepherded Puerto Rico through its restructuring and acted as one of the lead attorneys representing creditors in Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc.'s Chapter 11 case, earning her a spot as one of Law360's bankruptcy Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2020

    Rising Star: Covington's William Woolston

    Covington & Burling LLP's William Woolston has helped clients navigate complicated executive compensation and benefits issues, including advising Dow Chemical in a $130 billion deal with E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and Uber on its $8.1 billion initial public offering, earning him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2020

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brian Ascher

    Brian Ascher of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has a track record of helping reporters regain White House press credentials that were revoked by the Trump administration, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2020

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Amanda Baker

    Amanda Baker of Mayer Brown LLP has represented Ally Bank for more than a decade and serves as a lead attorney for the bank on securitization matters, including two recent auto loan deals totaling nearly $2 billion, earning her a spot as one of four structured financing law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2020

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Scott P. Campbell

    Scott P. Campbell of Hogan Lovells advised Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on the largest sports franchise deal ever, the $3.35 billion sale of the Barclays Center along with controlling interest in the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, earning him a spot as one of five real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2020

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Christopher P. Kenny

    Christopher P. Kenny of King & Spalding LLP has helped more than a dozen Florida hospitals emerge victorious in a battle with the federal government over Medicare reimbursements, helping each recoup tens of millions of dollars, earning him a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2020

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Juan Pomes

    Juan Pomes of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has helped secure massive awards for investors embroiled in disputes with countries like Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, earning him a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Rachael Ringer

    Rachael Ringer of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has spent the past few years helping creditors and other stakeholders influence the course of some of the largest and most complex bankruptcies in the nation, including the cases of Purdue Pharma and the Boy Scouts of America, earning her a spot as one of four bankruptcy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Dechert's Christopher Duerden

    Christopher Duerden of Dechert LLP has helped steer credit asset manager Golub Capital in multiple collateralized loan obligation deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars and has worked on specialized hybrid transactions for Anchorage Capital Partners, earning him a spot as one of four structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's James Spence

    James Spence of Goodwin Procter LLP has worked on various complex deals north of the $1 billion mark for a wide range of clients, earning him a spot as one of five real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Davis Wright's Alison Schary

    Alison Schary, counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, defended Rolling Stone against defamation claims stemming from the magazine's retracted "A Rape on Campus" story and BuzzFeed's right to publish the infamous Steele dossier, landing her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Curtis' Simon Batifort

    Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP partner Simon Batifort has helped Venezuela, Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia secure dismissals of claims in high-stakes investment treaty arbitrations, developing standout arguments along the way, earning him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Jamie Bowers

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC associate Jamie Bowers has helped negotiate multimillion-dollar settlements in ERISA class actions against SunTrust Banks Inc., Bon Secours Health System Inc. and St. Anthony Medical Center Inc., earning her a spot among Law360's benefits Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Jeffrey Bank

    Jeffrey C. Bank of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has helped clients like generic-drug maker Mylan defend against important antitrust litigation and enforcement actions, while also leading client suits targeting anti-competitive conduct by other companies, earning him a spot among antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2020

    Rising Star: Faegre Drinker's Libby Baney

    Libby Baney of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has helped the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy navigate a variety of issues, including assisting the launch of the major pharmacy association's .Pharmacy Verified Websites Program, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Zachary S. Podolsky

    Zachary S. Podolsky of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advised two of the largest exploration and production deals of the year back to back, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: Stueve Siegel's Lindsay Todd Perkins

    Lindsay Todd Perkins of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP has been noticed as a lead drafter of winning briefs in consumer litigation related to a massive data breach at hotel giant Marriott, earning her a spot among cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: Venable's Celeste Brecht

    Venable LLP partner Celeste Brecht's work on major product liability cases, including defending Merck & Co. in multidistrict litigation over the drugmaker's shingles vaccine, has earned her a spot on this year's list of product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2020

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's David Gringer

    WilmerHale's David Gringer has worked on massive cases on both sides of the courtroom, contesting conduct and mergers as a U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney and defending deals in private practice, cementing a spot for him as one of the antitrust attorneys honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Helen Gugel

    Helen Gugel of Ropes & Gray LLP helped spearhead the groundbreaking investigation into Dr. Larry Nassar's decades of sexual abuse of Olympic athletes and the institutional failures that facilitated it, all while maintaining a robust financial defense practice, earning her a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2020

    Rising Star: Stoel Rives' Alex Mertens

    Alex Mertens of Stoel Rives LLP helps arrange financing for significant renewable energy projects, work that has included assisting energy-developer sPower secure nearly $500 million in financing, earning her a spot among the energy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.