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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.
  • March 18, 2013

    Rising Star: Katten Muchin's Karl Heisler

    From guiding Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. to the successful resolution of a massive pesticide investigation to securing an acquittal for a wastewater company facing a host of criminal charges, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner Karl Heisler has built a reputation for success and earned a spot among five young environmental attorneys recently honored by Law360.

  • March 18, 2013

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Avi Feinberg

    Though he has been a partner for just six months, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Avi D. Feinberg has developed a reputation as a skilled real estate finance attorney with a knack for completing the industry's most complex deals, earning him a spot among six young real estate attorneys recognized by Law360.

  • March 18, 2013

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Brent Landau

    Hausfeld LLP partner Brent Landau has helped obtain hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of plaintiffs in massive antitrust litigation alleging airlines fixed cargo rates and was part of a team that won a $162.3 million judgment against Chinese vitamin C manufacturers accused of price-fixing, victories that helped earn the 36-year-old a place among the five up and coming competition attorneys recently recognized by Law360.

  • March 18, 2013

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Mark Fleming

    WilmerHale's Mark Fleming has successfully argued two cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and is gearing up for more blockbuster litigation as counsel for Medtronic Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent in two upcoming Federal Circuit appeals, earning himself a spot among five appellate attorneys recognized by Law360.

  • March 15, 2013

    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Wayne D'Angelo

    Less than a decade out of law school, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP attorney Wayne D'Angelo found himself in a leading role in industry's fight against key U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulations, landing him a place among five environmental attorneys recently honored by Law360.

  • March 15, 2013

    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Mark Lebovitch

    Mark Lebovitch has a fascination with fiduciary duty, a love of litigation and a slew of victories on behalf of shareholders, all of which have earned the Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner a place among Law360's list of top five attorneys in securities law under 40.

  • March 15, 2013

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Eric Enson

    In successfully fending off an antitrust challenge to a California hospital's decisions concerning the treatment of spine injuries and defending a group that oversees Internet domains, Jones Day partner Eric Enson has earned himself a spot among five competition attorneys recognized by Law360.

  • March 15, 2013

    Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' John B. Connally IV

    When passions boil over during high-stakes dealmaking, Vinson & Elkins LLP has turned time and again to oil and gas partner John B. Connally IV, whose cool-under-fire mien has helped lock down one multibillion-dollar transaction after another, making him one of six young energy attorneys honored recently by Law360.

  • March 15, 2013

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Lisa Laukitis

    Jones Day partner Lisa Laukitis doesn't just participate in bankruptcy and restructuring cases such as Hostess Brands Inc., she also often takes on a lead partner role — a pattern that lands her among the five young attorneys in bankruptcy law recently recognized by Law360.

  • March 15, 2013

    Rising Star: Pryor Cashman's Joshua Bernstein

    Pryor Cashman LLP's Joshua Bernstein has secured multimillion-dollar judgments for developers fighting back against global hoteliers in some of the firm's most high-profile commercial real estate cases, making him one of the six real estate partners under the age of 40 recognized by Law360.

  • March 15, 2013

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's William Consovoy

    Wiley Rein LLP's William Consovoy has been an instrumental player in some of the nation's most closely watched litigation, from the Fisher v. Texas affirmative action saga to a voting rights act challenge in Alabama, landing him a spot among five young appellate attorneys recognized by Law360.

  • March 14, 2013

    Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Morrison

    Peter Morrison, a fourth-year securities partner and first-chair trial attorney for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, literally wrote the book on Delaware mergers and acquisitions litigation in 2012 while still winning major victories for his clients, earning him a spot among Law360’s top five securities rising stars under 40.

  • March 14, 2013

    Rising Star: Kaye Scholer's Angela Vicari

    Kaye Scholer LLP's Angela Vicari has played a key role in developing strategies that helped Endo Pharmaceutical Inc. and Pfizer Inc. escape claims over allegedly defective birth control pills and Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. settle a suit over the effectiveness of professional baseball helmets, earning the newly-elevated counsel a spot among Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.

  • March 14, 2013

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Heath Tarbert

    Heath Tarbert's work on the financial reforms passed after the 2008 market collapse has led some of the world's largest financial institutions to turn to the Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner for help navigating the web of new regulations, earning him a spot among Law360's five rising stars for banking.

  • March 14, 2013

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Neal Potischman

    For successfully helming several of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's most high-profile assignments recently, including defeating class certification in a group of cases over off-label marketing of a Pfizer Inc. seizure medication, Neal Potischman has earned a spot among Law360's five rising stars in class action law.

  • March 14, 2013

    Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Janette Wipper

    Sanford Heisler LLP's Janette Wipper uncovered a flaw in a defense expert's statistical analysis in a gender bias class action against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. that gave the plaintiffs the upper hand and led to a $175 million settlement, just one of the accomplishments that landed her a place on Law360's list of five rising stars in the employment law arena.

  • March 14, 2013

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Marc Williams

    Though he's often among the youngest at the negotiating table, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Marc Williams knows how to overcome pressure to ink deals, making him one of the firm's go-to attorneys for high-stakes transactions and earning him a spot among Law360's five mergers and acquisitions rising stars.

  • March 13, 2013

    Rising Star: Latham's Brian Glennon

    In defending corporate giants like Oracle Corp. against disgruntled shareholders, or guiding "Big Four" accounting firms through high-stakes arbitration and litigation, Brian Glennon has prevailed at trial on claims totaling almost $2 billion and dispensed with multibillion-dollar class actions in short order, earning the Latham & Watkins LLP partner a spot among Law360's five rising stars under 40 in securities law.

  • March 13, 2013

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Kara McCall

    Sidley Austin LLP's Kara L. McCall recently helped Bayer HealthCare LLC topple a class action alleging it falsely advertised a probiotic supplement and defeated class certification bids faced by Rollins Inc. and Orkin Inc., work that helped make her one of Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.

  • March 13, 2013

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Archis Parasharami

    A key role in shepherding the landmark AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion case from the drafting of an arbitration agreement all the way to a favorable decision from the U.S. Supreme Court helped earn Archis Parasharami, a partner at Mayer Brown LLP, a place among Law360's five rising stars in class action law.

  • March 13, 2013

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Benet O'Reilly

    Having spearheaded several megadeals in the health care and technology industry, including GlaxoSmithKline PLC's $3.6 billion buy of Human Genome Sciences Inc. last year, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Benet O'Reilly has earned a spot as one of Law360's five mergers and acquisitions rising stars under 40.

  • March 13, 2013

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Michael Puma

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Michael Puma helped flesh out the “nooks and crannies” of trade secret law when his team convinced the Third Circuit to block an executive who could replicate Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. products like Thomas' English Muffins from moving to rival Hostess Brands Inc., one of the achievements that put him among Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.

  • March 13, 2013

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Randal Palach

    Prior to joining Paul Hastings LLP, Randal Palach had already made a name for himself in the leveraged financing world and has continued to set himself apart from peers while working on major deals and agreements, making one of the firm's newest partners one of Law360's five rising stars in banking law.

  • March 12, 2013

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brian Lutz

    Faced with a lowball hostile takeover bid for his client Tenet Healthcare Corp., Brian M. Lutz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP struck back hard and filed suit for securities fraud, scaring off Tenet's rival and earning Lutz a spot on Law360’s five rising securities stars under 40.

  • March 12, 2013

    Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Jaclyn Liu

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jaclyn Liu helped handle the largest U.S. merger of 2012 — SoftBank Corp.'s $20 billion acquisition of a 70 percent interest in Sprint Nextel Corp. — while simultaneously working two other major deals, helping her land a spot among Law360's five M&A rising stars under 40.