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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 27, 2013

    Rising Star: Covington's Benjamin Razi

    Benjamin Razi has expertly guided the former CEO of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. through a gauntlet of investigations and litigation over the mortgage lender's collapse, and relishes any chance to turn the tables on overzealous prosecutors and regulators, earning this Covington & Burling LLP partner a spot among five young white collar attorneys recognized by Law360.

  • March 26, 2013

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Thomas Kirsch

    At age 39, Winston & Strawn LLP's Tom Kirsch has already convinced jurors to toss criminal charges against a former medical device company's CEO accused of defrauding the government and against an Illinois power broker in the Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandal, again making him one of Law360's top five young partners in the white collar bar.

  • March 25, 2013

    Rising Star: Cravath's Benjamin Gruenstein

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Benjamin Gruenstein spends his days advising corporations such as NCR Corp. on their internal and government investigations with expertise honed by several years as a prosecutor, placing him among five young white collar attorneys recognized by Law360.

  • March 22, 2013

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Christopher Garcia

    Fresh off leading the U.S. Department of Justice's historic crackdown on insider trading on Wall Street, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Christopher Garcia has become a go-to white collar attorney for corporate clients in the government's regulatory crosshairs, earning him a spot among Law360's top five white collar attorneys under 40.

  • 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 13, 2012

    Rising Star: Dechert's Adam Wasserman

    Dechert LLP's Adam Wasserman has spent thousands of hours over the past three years representing Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s directors in the wake of the firm's bankruptcy, earning him a reputation as a tenacious defense attorney and a spot among Law360's top five white collar partners under 40.

  • April 11, 2012

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Paul Spagnoletti

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP litigation partner Paul Spagnoletti represented Siemens AG in the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation in U.S. history, winning the company a landmark settlement of corruption charges and helping earn him a spot among Law360's five white collar attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • April 10, 2012

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Tom Kirsch

    Winston & Strawn LLP partner Tom Kirsch, 38, draws on his experience as a former prosecutor to effectively defend clients ranging from multinational corporations to a neurosurgeon in a white-collar criminal case, making him one of Law360's five white-collar attorneys under 40 to watch for the second year in a row.

  • April 09, 2012

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Nicholas Goldin

    During his six years working as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Nicholas S. Goldin never lost a jury trial — and since switching sides in the courtroom and joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, he has continued that impressive run of success, making him one of Law360's top five white collar attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2012

    Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Craig Carpenito

    Craig Carpenito has parlayed an astounding breadth of experience as a securities regulator and federal prosecutor — including the marquee conviction of Cendant Corp. CEO Walter Forbes — into a role at the helm of Alston & Bird's government and special investigations group, earning him a spot among Law360's top white collar partners under 40.

  • March 31, 2011

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Thomas Kirsch

    When white collar defendants turn to Winston & Strawn LLP, the firm often turns to partner Thomas Kirsch, as it did with a major Illinois political player embroiled in the scandal surrounding former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2011

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Mark Jensen

    Even early on in his career, King & Spalding partner Mark A. Jensen showed a knack for gaining the confidence of global pharmaceutical companies facing criminal prosecutions, from Cephalon Inc. to Johnson & Johnson, making him one of the most sought-after corporate defenders in the country and one of Law360's five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2011

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Brian Heberlig

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Brian Heberlig has won major victories in high-stakes criminal cases, including clearing an ex-Blackwater Worldwide security contractor of manslaughter charges, making him one of Law360's five white collar attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 28, 2011

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's William Burck

    In a closely watched congressional investigation into corruption in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's William A. Burck helped secure a full acquittal for the U.S. military's largest suppliers of jet fuel in the region, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 25, 2011

    Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Jason Barclay

    In one of Kentucky's largest public corruption trials in decades, Barnes & Thornburg LLP's Jason Barclay helped secure full acquittal for a prominent highway contractor accused of tampering with $130 million in road projects, one of the accomplishments that earned him a spot on Law360's list of five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.