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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 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Chang

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Lori Chang has represented large Internet companies in putative privacy class actions, and she helped Yahoo Inc. and others win uncommon summary judgments in Telephone Consumer Protection Act suits last year, making her one of three attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in privacy.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brian Glueckstein

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Brian Glueckstein helped guide Eastman Kodak Co. through its complex Chapter 11 case and global reorganization and is shepherding the Energy Future Holdings Inc. unsecured creditors' committee through the power giant's massive restructuring, landing him among Law360's top lawyers under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Durie Tangri's Joseph Gratz

    As Durie Tangri LLP's youngest partner, Joseph C. Gratz has quickly established himself as one of Google Inc.'s most trusted advisers on copyright issues, helping the technology giant score a victory in a long-running lawsuit over its project to digitize millions of copyright-protected books, and earning his place on Law360's list of top intellectual property attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington

    Robert Herrington's continuing success in defending against class actions lobbed at a wide variety of companies including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made the Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney one of Law360's six class action Rising Stars under 40 for the third year in a row.

  • April 07, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Government Contracts Law

    These young lawyers represent some of the biggest power players in government contracts law, earning them spots on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Product Liability Law

    From Big Tobacco to Big Pharma, these young lawyers' achievements in product liability cases have been significant, earning them spots on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Doug Bacon

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner Doug Bacon utilizes his experience in multinational sales to advise corporations and private equity firms in major deals, including the recent $5.4 billion sale of a Novartis AG unit to Eli Lilly & Co., landing him a spot on Law360's list of the top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Greg Saikin

    BakerHostetler partner Greg Saikin has helped secure important victories for health care clients facing an array of high-stakes investigations and cases, including a recent False Claims Act suit that threatened to expose publicly owned hospitals to serious legal risks, placing him among Law360's top health care lawyers under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Competition Law

    Representing some of the world's largest companies, these young lawyers have made their mark in the field of competition, earning them spots on Law360’s list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Media And Entertainment Law

    These young lawyers have represented the entertainment industry's biggest movie studios and record labels, earning them spots on Law360’s list of top media and entertainment attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Skadden's Christopher Betts

    Christopher Betts, specializing in China-related transactions from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Hong Kong office, has guided a wide breadth of lucrative listings in his young career — spanning China's telecommunications titans to homegrown dairy farms — earning a spot among Law360's top capital markets attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt

    Nicole Greenblatt's role in the debtor-side work that butters the bread at Kirkland & Ellis LLP's vaunted restructuring practice put her at the forefront of the most cantankerous bankruptcy to emerge in 2015 and earned her a spot among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Cravath Swaine & Moore's Ting Chen

    Steering a host of high-profile, high-value and high-impact deals to successful closings in the past year, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Ting S. Chen has landed among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Bryan Wilson

    In one month Williams & Connolly LLP partner C. Bryan Wilson saw a client win a trial award worth $53 million, another nab a complete defense verdict against more than $600 million in claims, and a third prevail in a bid protest, earning the government contracts attorney a spot on Law360’s Rising Stars list.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Dan Hettich

    By becoming a go-to advocate for hospital systems and other health care providers in multimillion-dollar cases over Medicare reimbursements, King & Spalding LLP partner Dan Hettich has earned a spot on Law360's list of top health care attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Chris May

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Chris May has made the most of a move from New York City to Houston, developing a focus on complex energy sector transactions like Crestwood Midstream Partners LP's merger with Inergy Midstream LP that landed him a spot among Law360's energy top attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Aaron Fountain

    DLA Piper's Aaron Fountain has only been a partner for a few months, but his work on cases such as the multibillion-dollar Motorola Mobility and Time Warner Cable patent infringement suit against TiVo Inc. that settled in Motorola's favor has made him one of Law360's top intellectual property attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Craig Hoffman

    A leading member of BakerHostetler's privacy and data protection team, Craig A. Hoffman has established himself as an expert on not only resolving security disputes but also helping clients avoid them in the first place, ranking him among Law360's top privacy attorneys under 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Stars: Shook Hardy & Bacon's Jon Strongman

    Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner Jon Strongman’s win last year for Boston Scientific Corp. in the first pelvic mesh case tried against the company, the first defense verdict for any defendant in the sprawling litigation, landed him a spot on Law360’s Rising Stars list of top attorneys under 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Jason Adams

    Working on behalf of creditors of GT Advanced Technologies Inc., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's Jason R. Adams helped secure a key $439 million settlement with Apple Inc. of claims surrounding a failed sapphire production partnership, heading off a wave of litigation and landing him on Law360's Bankruptcy Rising Stars list.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: White & Case's Bryan Gant

    White & Case LLP antitrust litigator Bryan Gant helped steer drug giant Pfizer Inc. to trial court victories in so-called pay-for-delay litigation involving the blockbuster drugs Effexor XR and Lipitor, landing the newly minted partner on Law360's list of top competition lawyers under 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Jeremy Marwell

    Jeremy Marwell's key roles in a pair of closely watched False Claims Act disputes involving KBR Inc. and a novel FCA dispute involving the federal E-Rate program have earned the newly minted Vinson & Elkins LLP partner a spot on Law360's Government Contracts Rising Stars.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Kinsella Weitzman's Jeremiah Reynolds

    Ever since Jeremiah T. Reynolds moved to Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP in 2006 to focus on representing talent, he's won a string of victories for major celebrities, including vindication for Justin Bieber on claims he stole a hit song, making him one of Law360's top media and entertainment attorneys under 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Willkie Farr's Michael De Voe Piazza

    After a year spent helping his firm plant its flag firmly in Houston's booming legal market while also guiding clients including EIG Global Energy Partners through complex transactions, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Michael De Voe Piazza has earned a spot among Law360's Rising Stars in the energy field.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Paul Tiger

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Paul M. Tiger was on the front lines of one of last year's biggest buyout battles, deftly guiding Family Dollar Stores Inc. through a high-stakes takeover drama into a $8.5 billion merger agreement with Dollar Tree Inc., landing him a spot on Law360's list of top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.