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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 10, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Privacy Law

    Their achievements in the frontier of privacy law have earned these young lawyers placement on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 10, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Food & Beverage Law

    These two young lawyers have played vital roles in the practice of food and beverage law, and in doing so they have earned spots on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 10, 2015

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Matthew Stewart

    Whether it was helping to negotiate the more than $1 billion sale of hotly sought-after PODS Enterprises LLC or guiding a new fund on its first buyout, King & Spalding LLP partner Matthew R. Stewart has stepped up to challenging deals — and earned a place among Law360's top private equity attorneys under 40.

  • April 10, 2015

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Anthony Pavel

    Using his extensive regulatory expertise to tackle compliance issues and high-stakes litigation, Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP's Anthony Pavel has secured several recent high-profile victories for his clients, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top food and beverage lawyers under 40.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Michelle Visser

    From helping TJX Cos. Inc. handle the unprecedented legal fallout from one of the first major reported data breaches to advising Target Corp. and Sony Corp. on more recent intrusions, Ropes & Gray LLP partner Michelle Visser has played a vital role in shaping the relatively nascent data breach litigation landscape, earning her a spot among Law360's top three privacy attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Cheryl S. Chang

    Blank Rome LLP partner Cheryl S. Chang has secured wins for a diverse base of clients in consumer protection lawsuits and in the process developed the firm's consumer finance litigation practice in its Los Angeles office, landing her a spot among Law360's top consumer protection attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Reena Gambhir

    Hausfeld LLP partner Reena Gambhir has played a prominent role in some of the firm's biggest class actions, including massive antitrust litigation in which some of the world's largest banks are accused of rigging the $5.3 trillion daily foreign exchange market, placing her among Law360's top class action lawyers under 40.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    She's not yet 40, but already Gibson Dunn’s Theane Evangelis has worked on some blockbuster cases, including the challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage, and most recently won reversal of a $94 million wage-and-hour class judgment against ABM Industries Inc., making her a Law360 Rising Star in the appellate arena.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Sally Gibson

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Sally Gibson has championed a number of major fundraisings, including Deutsche Bank AG’s recent $1.65 billion secondaries fund, but it’s her keen understanding of Europe’s evolving regulatory landscape that has made her stand out and landed her a spot on Law360’s list of Rising Stars in private equity.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Scott Watson

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Scott Watson has been on the front lines of the epic smartphone war between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, helping guide Samsung through the high-stakes patent litigation and landing him a spot on Law360's list of top intellectual property attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Health Care Law

    Securing big wins for hospitals, insurers and health care providers has earned these young lawyers a spot on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: FaegreBD's Jacob Bylund

    Jacob D. Bylund has built on his childhood at a northwest Iowa family farm to become a young leader in Faegre Baker Daniels' agriculture and food-focused practices, putting him among Law360 top food and beverage attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Lee Rosebush

    BakerHostetler's Lee H. Rosebush has deployed his varied expertise as a pharmacist, regulator and lawyer to steer drugmakers through complex deals, billing investigations and new manufacturing programs, placing him among Law360's top life sciences attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Melinda Coolidge

    Crafting a strategy that can carry sprawling, heavyweight antitrust class actions forward, including representing consumers allegedly hurt by air cargo carriers' alleged price-fixing, has made Hausfeld LLP partner Melinda Coolidge one of Law360's top class action lawyers under age 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: McKool Smith's Josh Budwin

    McKool Smith PC's Josh Budwin has helped the firm secure three massive, nine-figure patent verdicts for ParkerVision Inc., Versata Software Inc. and Medtronic PLC totaling more than $768 million over the past seven years, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top IP attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Weil's Ronit Berkovich

    From negotiating the overnight rescue of beleaguered foreign currency dealer FXCM Inc. to working behind the scenes for a major creditor in the complex restructuring of Energy Future Holdings Corp., Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Ronit Berkovich has earned her place among Law360's roster of top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Capital Markets

    From advising clients through initial public offerings to closing complex deals, these young lawyers' achievements have secured their placement on Law360's list of capital markets attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Squire Patton Boggs' Mimi Brouillette

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP senior associate Mimi Brouillette's key contributions to a dispute over about $100 million in hospital Medicare reimbursements helped convince a court that a government agency was overreaching and landed her among Law360's top health care lawyers under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Lyuba Goltser

    Thanks to her work on a variety of capital markets and public company advisory matters, including Herbalife Ltd.'s reaudit amid Pershing Square Capital Management LP’s activist campaign, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Lyuba Goltser has been named one of Law360’s capital markets Rising Stars for 2015.

  • April 08, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Mergers & Acquisitions

    Advising clients in multibillion-dollar deals earned these young lawyers spots on Law360's list of M&A attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Energy Law

    These young lawyers have proven themselves as power players in the world of energy law, earning them spots on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Joshua Lipshutz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Joshua Lipshutz has fast-tracked his way to partnership at the firm by helping corporate clients, such as auto giant DaimlerChrysler Corp., and civil rights activists alike secure landmark trial and appellate victories, earning him a slot among Law360's top appellate attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Serating

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Peter Serating has helped clients clinch a number of multibillion-dollar deals over the past year, including the Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.15 billion deal with Monster Beverage Corp., earning him a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Viren Mascarenhas

    King & Spalding LLP global disputes counsel Viren Mascarenhas has quickly established himself as an emerging authority on high-stakes energy disputes through his work on matters such as Chevron's multibillion-dollar arbitration battle with Ecuador, landing him a spot as one of seven attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in energy.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Gwen Wong

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP China-based partner Gwen Wong last year advised China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd., one of the country's largest dairy companies, in multiple share placements as it expanded its partnership with global dairy giant Danone SA, helping earn her a spot among Law360's top capital markets attorneys under 40.