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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.
  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Maria Eberle

    Baker McKenzie's Maria Eberle serves as lead state tax counsel to CVS Health and successfully represented a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories against the New York State Division of Tax Appeals regarding the taxation of patent licensees, earning her a spot as one of five tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Brian Liu

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Brian Liu has established himself as an aviation finance ace who has negotiated complex, high-stakes deals for U.S. legacy carriers such as American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, earning him a spot as one of four transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Cravath's Nicholas Dorsey

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Nicholas Dorsey has helped clients navigate complex paths to complete industry-reshaping deals, including guiding Disney's fundraising efforts to acquire 21st Century Fox's film and TV assets, earning him a spot as one of five capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' Michael Perry

    Baker Botts LLP partner Michael J. Perry successfully steered clients like Indorama Ventures PLC through highly contentious merger reviews at the U.S. Department of Justice and his former employer, the Federal Trade Commission, helping net him a spot as one of the competition attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Edward S. Chang

    Jones Day partner Edward Chang has helped a range of companies navigate the legal fallout of high-profile data breaches, including a hack at Experian that compromised the personal information of nearly 16 million T-Mobile customers, earning him a spot among five cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Sarah Johnston

    Sarah Johnston of Barnes & Thornburg LLP led the defense for retailer Rite Aid in a talc case and secured a complete defense verdict in favor of the retailer, landing her a spot as a product liability law practitioner under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.

  • September 27, 2019

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Adam Wolfson

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Adam Wolfson helped lead a group of insurers to a billion dollar victory against the Trump administration after it cut off payments that help them reduce costs for low-income individuals, landing him among the five class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 27, 2019

    Rising Star: Weil's David Griffiths

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner David Griffiths has worked on several high profile bankruptcies, most recently leading nuclear power company Westinghouse out of its whirlwind Chapter 11 restructuring, earning him a spot as one of five bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 27, 2019

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Whitney Salinas

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Whitney W. Salinas advises major real estate players on giant deals, including Blackstone in a $7.6 billion purchase of a REIT and Crown Acquisitions in a $5.5 billion portfolio acquisition, earning her a spot among five real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 27, 2019

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Michael Mann

    Sidley Austin partner Michael Mann prevailed at a murder-and-weapons trial for a pro bono client who had faced decades in prison and won an appeal for an executive caught in the "Bridgegate" scandal, earning him a spot as one of five white collar lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360.  

  • September 26, 2019

    Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Ned Weinberger

    Ned Weinberger of Labaton Sucharow LLP negotiated a $35.5 million deal for investors in a suit against AGNC Investment Corp.'s directors and secured a significant victory for minority shareholders challenging Earthstone Energy's $335 million acquisition of Bold Energy, earning him a spot among class action lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 26, 2019

    Rising Star: McDermott Will's Vanessa Barmack

    McDermott Will & Emery's Vanessa Barmack has built a practice that helps clients such as RFR and Invesco navigate large complex matters in Manhattan and beyond, and thanks to her work on the recent sale of the Chrysler Building and other major deals, she is among a handful of Law360's real estate Rising Stars for 2019.

  • September 26, 2019

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Jason Fiebig

    Paul Hastings LLP's Jason A. Fiebig has handled several large international investigations, including probes into foreign bribery at Alstom SA and software giant SAP SE, making him one of Law360's White Collar Rising Stars.

  • September 26, 2019

    Rising Star: Pillsbury's Dania Slim

    Pillsbury Winthrop’s Dania Slim has successfully represented creditors and debtors in large and small bankruptcy cases, including securing a settlement between Wilmington Savings Fund and SunEdison creditors, earning her a spot as one of five bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 25, 2019

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Joseph Zujkowski

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP attorney Joseph Zujkowski’s work on major bankruptcy cases, including gun-maker Remington’s Chapter 11 process and the government of Puerto Rico’s debt restructuring effort, has earned him a spot on this year’s list of bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 25, 2019

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Allison Stillman

    Allison Stillman of Mayer Brown LLP has advised prominent digital media companies on cutting-edge copyright issues, including helping secure court approval of a $43 million settlement on behalf of Spotify last year in a suit brought by songwriters, earning her a spot as one of the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 25, 2019

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Allison Kidd

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Allison Kidd helped work on some of the biggest real estate deals in California, including the Oakland A's new baseball stadium and surrounding revitalization, earning her a spot as one of five real estate law Rising Stars honored by Law360.

  • September 25, 2019

    Rising Star: Hueston Hennigan's Steven Feldman

    Steven Feldman of Hueston Hennigan LLP scored a win at the U.S. Supreme Court for health product maker Nutraceutical Corp., shaping the law governing class actions and landing him a spot among class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 25, 2019

    Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jane Shvets

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Jane Shvets has used her international pedigree and language skills to successfully guide corporate clients through internal and government investigations, earning her a spot as one of five white collar lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360.

  • September 25, 2019

    Rising Star: Taylor & Ring's Natalie Weatherford

    Natalie Weatherford of Taylor & Ring helped obtain a record settlement from the Los Angeles public school system and won a $25 million verdict against a private school in a pair of cases involving sexual abuse, earning her a spot as one of three personal injury and medical malpractice law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.

  • September 24, 2019

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Joseph Lanzkron

    Joseph Lanzkron of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has racked up experience handling major transactions, such as helping a hedge fund acquire $5.2 billion in assets including real estate from the Sears bankruptcy estate and representing Goldman Sachs in a $530 million mortgage loan to Blackstone affiliates, landing him a spot on this year’s list of real estate attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • September 24, 2019

    Rising Star: Lewis Brisbois' Brantley Rowlen

    Lewis Brisbois' Brantley Rowlen has notched defense wins in multimillion-dollar medical malpractice cases in recent years, defending local governments and major health care providers in high-stakes wrongful death lawsuits to earn himself a spot among the top medical malpractice attorneys under 40 honored by Law360.

  • September 24, 2019

    Rising Star: Kendall Brill's Patrick Somers

    Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP's Patrick J. Somers has scored numerous trial victories on behalf of his media industry clients, including Paramount Pictures, landing him a spot as one of the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 24, 2019

    Rising Star: Edelson's Rafey Balabanian

    Rafey Balabanian of Edelson PC has landed notable wins for consumers throughout his career, including recently obtaining the largest privacy verdict in U.S. history, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 24, 2019

    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Sean Tonolli

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP partner Sean Tonolli takes on clients facing serious legal jeopardy, including a former KPMG accounting partner caught up in a major fraud scheme, earning him a spot as one of five white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.