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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.
  • April 02, 2012

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Amy Candido

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Amy Candido has secured victories for Google Inc. and HTC Corp. in the so-called smartphone wars and other high-profile litigation, earning a place among Law360's top five intellectual property partners under 40.

  • March 30, 2012

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Lauren Fletcher

    With a strong technical mind and a stack of top-shelf wins for clients like Intel Corp. and Apple Inc. Lauren Fletcher of WilmerHale has earned herself a place among Law360's top five intellectual property partners under 40.

  • March 31, 2011

    Rising Star: Irell & Manella's Ellisen Turner

    A former software engineer and boxer, Irell & Manella LLP's Ellisen Turner brought his technical and pugilistic abilities to bear in helping Tessera Inc. win $170 million in damages and settlements in patent and other litigation, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2011

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Michael Simons

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Michael Simons has translated the toughness he learned growing up in the Canadian hinterland into a career as a top patent litigator, making him one of Law360's top intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2011

    Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Charlie Henn

    A $304 million jury verdict for shoe giant Adidas AG — the largest trademark award ever — is one of many accomplishments that makes Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's Charlie Henn one of Law360's five intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 28, 2011

    Rising Star: Finnegan's Erika H. Arner

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP partner Erika H. Arner helped represent two inventors in the landmark Bilski case before the U.S. Supreme Court that led to a decision upholding patent eligibility of business methods and overturning a lower court's restrictive test for process patenting, earning her a spot on Law360's list of five intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 25, 2011

    Rising Star: Duane Morris' Matthew Gaudet

    Known as a deadly cross-examiner, Duane Morris LLP partner Matthew C. Gaudet won a major defense victory for EarthLink Inc. in the country's arguably most plaintiff-friendly patent court, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • April 01, 2010

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Ryan Yagura

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Ryan Yagura merges minute technical know-how with stellar legal counsel, making him the go-to attorney when titans of the technology sector, like Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Belkin International Inc., face high-stakes patent litigation and earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • April 01, 2010

    Rising Star: Sheppard Mullin's Carlo Van Den Bosch

    Having won a case early in his career that is still widely cited in online trademark disputes, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Carlo Van den Bosch has gone on to co-chair the firm's intellectual property practice group, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 10 IP attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2010

    Rising Star: Fitzpatrick Cella's Colleen Tracy

    Colleen Tracy of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto has helped fend off generic challengers' attempts to break patents for cutting-edge drugs and biotech treatments held by big-name clients such as GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Sanofi-Aventis SA, making her one of Law360's 10 rising intellectual property stars under 40.

  • March 30, 2010

    Rising Star: Haynes And Boone's Purvi Patel

    As Haynes and Boone LLP's first-ever trademark specialist, Purvi Patel has expanded a fledgling practice and scored Fortune 10 clients such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and AT&T Inc., earning her place among Law360's 10 intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2010

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Steven Maslowski

    In 2008, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Steven Maslowski brought a $300 million patent suit against Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. to a halt midtrial by eliciting new testimony during cross-examination — just one achievement that has earned him a spot on Law360's list of 10 intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 26, 2010

    Rising Star: MoFo's Mika Mayer

    The youngest person ever to make partner at Morrison Foerster LLP and co-founder of the nation's first practice group devoted to investor due diligence of intellectual property, Mika Mayer has earned her place among Law360's 10 IP attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 25, 2010

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Victoria Maroulis

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Victoria Maroulis’ role in obtaining a writ of mandamus in the landmark In Re Genentech Inc. patent case and her success in a range of high-profile patent disputes land her a spot on Law360’s list of 10 intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 24, 2010

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Gregg LoCascio

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Gregg LoCascio successfully represented the makers of Equal in a nationally followed false advertising suit and recently made a splash winning a trade secrets case for The Boeing Co., earning him a place as one of Law360's 10 intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 23, 2010

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Theodore Chandler

    With a special knack for filing effective summary judgment motions, Sidley Austin LLP partner Theodore Chandler has secured key rulings that have helped dismiss or substantially limit patent infringement cases against high-profile clients Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 22, 2010

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Ashlie Beringer

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Ashlie Beringer's dedication to defending the creative process for media giants as diverse as the Grateful Dead and Carlos Santana or Viacom Inc. and ValueClick Inc. has earned her the distinction of being one of Law360's 10 intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

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