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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.
  • March 12, 2013

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington

    Robert Herrington's success in defending clients like Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Skinnygirl Cocktails LLC in proposed class actions has led to him to being named co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's products liability and mass torts practice, making him one of Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.

  • March 11, 2013

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Art Foerster

    Devising creative solutions and getting the most out of expert witnesses, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Art Foerster has helped companies like Chevron Corp. and Montrose Chemical Corp. secure major recent successes, landing him a spot among Law360's five rising stars in product liability law.

  • March 08, 2013

    Rising Star: Reed Smith's Tracy Gregar Ferak

    Under severe time constraints — enforced strictly by a chess clock — Reed Smith LLP partner Tracy Gregar Ferak coolly leveraged her technical know-how and trial savvy to win a unanimous defense verdict for a top U.S. auto-parts maker, just one of several 2012 victories that make the 36-year-old one of Law360's five Product Liability Rising Stars.

  • March 08, 2013

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2013, our list of the 111 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • April 12, 2012

    Rising Star: Greenberg's Sara Thompson

    Sara K. Thompson of Greenberg Traurig LLP leverages her writing skills and analytical thoroughness into big litigation wins for medical device makers and generic-pharmaceutical companies, earning her a reputation as a "big brain" in the firm and a place among Law360's top product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 11, 2012

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Sabrina Strong

    Sabrina Strong of O'Melveny & Myers LLP persuaded a judge to dismiss one of the false labeling class actions flooding courtrooms nationwide not only on preemption grounds, but because there was no indication General Mills Inc. had misled consumers, making her one of Law360's five rising stars under 40 in the product liability field.

  • April 10, 2012

    Rising Star: Tucker Ellis' Dustin Rawlin

    Tucker Ellis LLP partner Dustin Rawlin has helped Johnson & Johnson unit Mentor Worldwide LLC achieve an unbroken string of victories in complex medical device liability litigation over the past dozen years, a feat that has earned him a place among Law360's top five product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2012

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Bradley Pratt

    King & Spalding LLP partner Bradley Pratt has scored crucial victories for GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Purdue Pharma LP in litigation targeting some of their best-selling drugs, making the 35-year-old one of Law360's top five product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2012

    Rising Star: Thompson Hine's Jennifer Mingus Mountcastle

    At just 36 years old, Thompson Hine LLP's Jennifer Mingus Mountcastle has taken a lead role in high-stakes litigation, winning a key appeal for Ford Motor Co. in a sudden acceleration fight, among other victories, earning her place among Law360's five rising product liability rising stars under 40.

  • March 24, 2011

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Lee Ann Stevenson

    With her performance defending Verizon Wireless LLC in the World Trade Center cleanup litigation and helping BP PLC manage health claims related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Lee Ann Stevenson has earned a place on Law360's list of five product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 23, 2011

    Rising Star: Dechert's Will Sachse

    Representing Baxter Healthcare Corp. in a mass tort over the anti-heartburn medicine Reglan and helping to defend AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Inc. in litigation over the schizophrenia drug Seroquel has earned Dechert LLP partner Will Sachse a place on Law360's list of five product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 22, 2011

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Scott Glauberman

    Winston & Strawn LLP's Scott Glauberman convinced the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt new jury instructions and scrap a $27 million verdict against Ford Motor Co., before defeating class certification in the so-called McDonald's Corp. obesity case, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 21, 2011

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Robert Friedman

    Robert Friedman was at the forefront of King & Spalding LLP's defense of GlaxoSmithKline PLC and its embattled antidepressant Paxil in 2010, coordinating defensive discovery across hundreds of suits in state and federal courts, just one of the accomplishments that earned him a spot on Law360's list of five product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 18, 2011

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Henninger Bullock

    Starting with a handful of cases over heartburn drug Reglan, Mayer Brown LLP's Henninger "Hank" Bullock is now handling thousands of Reglan cases nationwide, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • April 01, 2010

    Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Matt Shors

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Matt Shors has not only scored litigation victories for clients like Merck & Co. Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Ford Motor Co., he has worked hard to change the litigation landscape for them, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • April 01, 2010

    Rising Star: Covington's Paul Schmidt

    An undefeated appellate record, featuring several wins for Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. against claims that acne drug Accutane causes depression, birth defects or even suicide, has earned Covington & Burling LLP’s Paul Schmidt a spot on Law360’s list of 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Michael Olsen

    Mayer Brown LLP's Michael Olsen handles thousands of product liability cases across the country for clients such as Union Carbide Corp., and while most cases don't get to trial, he's never lost one that did, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Michael D. Moon Jr.

    When Michael D. Moon Jr. of Barnes & Thornburg LLP represents Dow Chemical Co. in vinyl chloride product liability litigation, he's often the youngest partner at the table — one of the distinctions that has earned him a spot on Law360's list of 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Scott McMillin

    Not every attorney can turn an opponent's pretrial demand for a $1 billion settlement into an acquittal on all counts, but that's what Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney Scott McMillin did when he represented W.R. Grace & Co. against the U.S. government in an environmental contamination case, making him one of Law360’s 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Heidi Levine

    DLA Piper partner Heidi Levine has played a leading role in defending several major pharmaceutical companies in mass torts, including litigation over GE Healthcare's contrast agent Omniscan and Wyeth Inc.'s diet drug fen-phen, earning her a place among Law360's 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 25, 2010

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' Kevin Jacobs

    From helping Merck & Co. Inc. develop its expert witnesses in lawsuits over withdrawn painkiller Vioxx to representing Pfizer Inc. in multidistrict litigation over restless leg syndrome treatment Mirapex, Baker Botts LLP's Kevin Jacobs' work has earned him a place among Law360's 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 24, 2010

    Rising Star: Hogan & Hartson's Lauren Colton

    Hogan & Hartson LLP's Lauren Colton once planned to become a doctor, but today she uses her medical knowledge to defend pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies from product liability suits. In fact, she has been so successful — particularly at dismissing cases soon after they arise — that she earned a spot among Law360's 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 23, 2010

    Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Bridget Calhoun

    Crowell & Moring LLP's Bridget E. Calhoun landed a partnership by taking the unique approach of bridging what she saw as a gap in clients' needs in two seemingly disparate areas to form a one-of-a-kind product risk management practice, making her one of Law360's 10 product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 22, 2010

    Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Erin Bosman

    Morrison & Foerster LLP's Erin Bosman was behind a motion that got litigation over a deadly 2006 plane crash dismissed from a U.S. court, and she currently represents APP Pharmaceuticals LLC in cases over heparin, Aredia and Zometa — two reasons Law360 picked her as one of 10 product liability lawyers under 40 to watch.

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