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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.
  • August 28, 2018

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Rob Safi

    Susman Godfrey LLP partner Robert S. Safi has successfully represented both major companies and landowners in disputes in the oil and gas industry, including helping Hess Corp. defeat litigation involving more than $400 million in damages, making him one of five energy attorneys honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • August 28, 2018

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Pavan Surapaneni

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Pavan Surapaneni has stepped up to the plate on big deals in sports, including recently assisting in Joe Tsai’s purchase of half the Brooklyn Nets and brokering the deal that brought Disney in on Major League Baseball’s Bamtech streaming service, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2018

    Rising Star: Latham's Benjamin Cohen

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Benjamin Cohen was one of the lead partners representing Spotify when the music streaming giant went public through a direct listing in April, earning him a spot as one of three capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Jonathan Amoona

    Winston & Strawn LLP partner Jonathan Amoona has turned a passion for playing sports into a career defending pro athletes’ collective bargaining rights, including representing NFL stars Tom Brady and Ezekiel Elliott, as well as sports agent Dan Lozano, earning him a spot as one of four sports law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Bracewell's Austin Lee

    Bracewell LLP partner Austin Lee has taken the lead on some of the firm's most high-profile deals in the oil and gas sector, including representing Parsley Energy in its acquisition of Double Eagle's Permian Basin holdings, making him one of the five energy law practitioners under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Sara Garcia Duran

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Sara Garcia Duran represented a consortium of Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding Ltd. in the complex, multibillion-dollar acquisition of Voya Insurance and Annuity Co., helping earn her a spot as one of five private equity attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Greenbaum's Elyse H. Wolff

    Elyse H. Wolff of Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP has handled numerous multimillion-dollar matters over the past decade, including negotiating a $10 million construction contract for a New Jersey condominium association, earning her recognition as one of three construction lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's Meghan Spillane

    Goodwin Procter LLP partner Meghan Spillane’s key involvement in several high-profile government probes, including an investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development efforts, earns her a spot as one of five white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: McKool Smith's Marc Ladd

    Marc Ladd of McKool Smith PC has racked up numerous victories for his firm’s insurance recovery practice, including winning $300 million in Superstorm Sandy coverage for New Jersey Transit Corp., earning him a spot as one of five insurance law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Linton Mann III

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Linton Mann III has become one of the heaviest lifters in the banking industry’s ongoing fight against a tsunami of lawsuits over the underwriting of residential mortgage-backed securities, winning several key cases along the way and earning him a spot as one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Cravath's D. Scott Bennett

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner D. Scott Bennett has steered an array of landmark equity and debt deals over his young career, highlighted by Mexican tequila maker Jose Cuervo’s $914 million initial public offering last year, earning him a spot as one of three capital markets law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Alex Spiro

    Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has been a go-to defense lawyer for NBA stars and traders accused of securities fraud and has also helped shed light on the need for reform in the country's bail system, earning him a spot as one of five white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Omid Safa

    Blank Rome LLP partner Omid Safa helped a policyholder client win a sprawling, yearslong fight for asbestos coverage, and has also won a major bad-faith trial to get coverage for underlying claims against a health system, making him one of five insurance attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie A. Neuman

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP partner Bonnie A. Neuman has worked on real estate financing deals involving approximately $15 billion in mortgage and mezzanine loans in recent months, earning her a spot for the third straight year among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Pomerantz's Tamar Weinrib

    Tamar Weinrib of Pomerantz LLP has recently played key roles in several important investor suits, including a precedent-setting decision on class certification in the Second Circuit, earning her a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Proskauer's Frank Saviano

    Proskauer Rose LLP partner Frank Saviano is an expert adviser to some of the most prestigious sports and media organizations, working on everything from the multibillion-dollar sale of the Carolina Panthers to brokering digital distribution of live sporting events, earning him a spot as one of four sports attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Garrett Charon

    Ropes & Gray LLP partner Garrett Charon has helped close competitive auctions for billion-dollar transactions during his two years at the firm, including two $1 billion-plus acquisitions for Swiss-based asset management firm Partners Group, earning him a spot as one of five private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Drew Holmes

    Drew Holmes of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has represented major tech giants, from Google to Netflix, in patent infringement suits both in the federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, earning him a spot as one of six intellectual property attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Justin Stolte

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Justin Stolte recently helped ArcLight Capital Partners LLC close on its $1.12 billion acquisition of Midcoast Operating LP, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys named to Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Rebecca Fitzpatrick

    Rebecca Fitzpatrick of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spearheaded a new approach for AbbVie Inc. in the third bellwether trial over the company's testosterone gel product and secured the first complete defense verdict for the company in the massive multidistrict litigation, earning her a spot as one of five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360's trials Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Amna Arshad

    Amna Arshad of Jenner & Block LLP is a public policy expert on aviation regulation and litigation, counseling major airlines on high-profile matters including the Trump administration's regulatory rollback and the U.K.'s Brexit, earning her a spot as one of four transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Phara Guberman

    Phara Guberman of Paul Hastings LLP is representing a former Deutsche Bank trader and an ex-Wilmington Trust Corp. executive in two complex and high-profile criminal cases at once, earning her a place among five attorneys under 40 chosen as Law360's white collar Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Philip Ou

    Philip Ou of Paul Hastings LLP has excelled in a number of high-stakes intellectual property matters related to technology, including the invalidation of eight patents asserted against long-time client HTC Corp. that was later upheld by the Federal Circuit, earning him a place among technology practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Anderson Kill's Carrie Maylor DiCanio

    Anderson Kill PC shareholder Carrie Maylor DiCanio, who views exclusively representing insurance policyholders as a "social good," recently secured a settlement for an environmental equipment company after its insurer intervened in underlying litigation and fought to recoup its defense costs, helping earn her a spot as one of five insurance attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Gregory Lantier

    Gregory Lantier of WilmerHale has brought in numerous Federal Circuit victories on behalf of clients like Universal Wilde Inc. and Erie Indemnity Company, getting patents they were accused of infringing struck down, and has protected his own clients against similar attacks, earning him a spot as one of six intellectual property attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.