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 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Adam Paris

    A contentious battle over the Pillsbury Doughboy whetted Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Adam S. Paris' appetite for antitrust work, sparking a career that includes the reversal of a class certification order against client Solvay SA and a spot on Law360's list of 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Christopher Ondeck

    Crowell & Moring LLP partner Christopher Ondeck’s resume features many of the most visible lawsuits and deals in the antitrust scene, including AT&T Inc.’s precedent-setting win in a tying case and Rio Tinto Group’s landmark sale of the Jacobs Ranch coal mine, landing him a spot among Law 360’s 10 antitrust attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 25, 2010

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Britt Miller

    With a reputation as a creative and thoughtful strategist, Mayer Brown LLP's Britt Miller has been sought after for some of the largest and most complex antitrust litigation to date, including the vitamin price-fixing litigation against BASF Corp., making her one of Law360's 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 24, 2010

    Rising Star: White & Case's Eric Grannon

    Having faced down federal regulators in both of the only two reverse payment cases to be litigated to conclusion, White & Case LLP's Eric Grannon has a reputation for taking on the U.S. government in high-profile antitrust cases that makes him one of Law360's 10 competition lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 23, 2010

    Rising Star: White & Case's Peter Carney

    During a watershed antitrust suit against Stolt-Nielsen SA, White & Case LLP's Peter J. Carney derailed the government's case while cross-examining one of its key witnesses, scoring a victory and a spot among the 10 competition lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as rising legal stars.

  • March 22, 2010

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Leah Brannon

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Leah Brannon's accomplishments include fighting off a major antitrust class action against Otis Elevator Co. and United Technologies Corp. and representing Google Inc. and PeopleSoft Inc. in high-profile mergers, securing her place on Law360's list of 10 antitrust law rising stars under 40.