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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 18, 2014

    Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Sarah Ernst

    As the nation's drug and device firms increasingly diversify their holdings, Alston & Bird LLP partner Sarah Ernst has positioned herself in the vanguard of transactional talents making sure the new additions are good fits, winning a spot among the young life sciences lawyers honored recently by Law360.

  • April 18, 2014

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Sathya S. Gosselin

    Expertly helming two antitrust class actions that are barreling toward major rulings this summer is the kind of challenge that Hausfeld LLP's Sathya S. Gosselin thrives on — and the kind of work that has landed him among Law360's top class action lawyers under 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Chris Baird

    Perkins Coie LLP partner Chris Baird has leveraged his appreciation for and grasp of the complex scientific concepts that underlie environmental disputes to help the Tennessee Valley Authority secure insurance coverage for the largest coal ash spill in U.S. history and Puget Sound Energy reach a favorable settlement in a contamination liability suit, earning him a spot among Law360's top five environmental attorneys under 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Brendan Fee

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Brendan Fee took the lead in winning big dismissals and settlements in major antitrust cases for ASTM International, Comdata Network Inc. and others, making the 35-year-old partner one of Law360's top competition lawyers under the age of 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Wachtell Lipton's Matthew Guest

    Helping financial institutions navigate the post-financial crisis world, such as representing Umpqua Holdings Corp. and CapitalSource Inc. last year in mergers worth more than $2 billion each, has made Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Matthew Guest one of Law360's top banking lawyers under age 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll

    WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll helped lead Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to victory in a U.S. Supreme Court ERISA case challenging contractual limitations periods in benefit plans, earning her a place among Law360's top five appellate attorneys under 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Grant Willis

    Jones Day partner Grant Willis never thought he would find himself negotiating with diplomats or researching industrial security matters, but at only 37 years old, he has landed a spot among Law360's top young government contracts attorneys.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Ryan Bennett

    At only 38, Ryan Bennett of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has already notched significant successes in large and complex restructurings, including the DBSD North America Inc., Japan Airlines and InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. cases, meriting him a spot among Law360's top eight bankruptcy attorneys under 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Justin G. Hamill

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Justin G. Hamill has established himself as a powerhouse deal maker by steering key deals for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, Warner Music Group Corp. and Fifth & Pacific Cos. Inc., landing him among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 17, 2014

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington

    Robert Herrington's long-running success in slaying class actions launched against companies including Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has made the Greenberg Traurig attorney one of Law360's five class action Rising Stars under 40, and recent work helping a company linked to Lance Armstrong speed past deception claims has only bolstered his resume.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis has played an instrumental role in shaping standards for class certification in state and federal courts across the country, including the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, landing her a spot as one of Law360's 2014 Rising Stars in class action law.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Sarah Jordan

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Sarah Jordan has helped Lafarge SA get a $3 billion merger with Anglo American PLC in the heavily concentrated cement industry through antitrust review and won a precedent-setting victory for Tomkins PLC to reduce a European cartel fine, making her one of Law360's five noteworthy competition attorneys under 40.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Mike McGill

    Hogan Lovells' Mike McGill has become a go-to for high-stakes government contracts bid protests, successfully helping a Google Inc. reseller protest a $5 billion U.S. General Services Administration program and notching two successful protests for Whitney Bradley Brown Inc., making him one of Law360's top five government contracts attorneys under 40.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's William Tarantino

    William Tarantino pioneered a game-changing defense that could stem a flood of litigation under California's controversial toxins warning law, and helped fend off a challenge to a sustainable development plan championed by the city of Berkeley, earning the Morrison & Foerster LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of five top environmental attorneys under age 40.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Lori Alvino McGill

    Lori Alvino McGill helped win a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow a couple to adopt a child whose noncustodial biological father tried to block the adoption, making the new Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner one of five attorneys picked as Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Jeffrey Gleit

    Whether he's representing debtors, creditors, investors or disgruntled former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners, Jeffrey R. Gleit of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP plants himself wherever litigation and corporate work converge, earning him a spot among Law360's top eight bankruptcy attorneys under 40.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's C. Andrew Gerlach

    Making billion-dollar banking deals happen in a post-financial crisis world, such as helping Ally Financial Inc. get out from under the thumb of the U.S. Treasury Department, has made Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner C. Andrew Gerlach one of Law360's top banking lawyers under 40.

  • April 16, 2014

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Bradley C. Faris

    Bradley C. Faris has played a leading role on deals totaling more than $70 billion over the last 16 months, including the complex $3.2 billion sale of an Illinois Tool Works Inc. unit to Carlyle Group in February, making the Latham & Watkins LLP partner one of Law360's top mergers and acquisitions lawyers under age 40.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Julian Poon

    Staring down sprawling wage and hour litigation, Farmers Insurance Exchange called on Julian Poon to overcome a troublesome class certification order, landing the Gibson Dunn partner on Law360's list of top class action lawyers under 40.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Peter Dungan

    Ascending Hogan Lovells LLP associate Peter Dungan has begun to take a leading role in the firm's representation of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Fluor Corp. in high-stakes bid protests and other legal work, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top government contract lawyers under 40.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Skadden's Brian Christiansen

    Brian D. Christiansen has already left his mark on bank restructuring by pioneering innovative transaction structures that have transformed floundering financial firms into prosperous banks, earning the Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of top banking lawyers under 40.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland's David Feirstein

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's David B. Feirstein has worked on some of the largest, most complex and most iconic mergers and acquisitions deals, and even had a hand in concocting a "ketchup" M&A provision, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top M&A attorneys under 40.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's William Jay

    In a case that raises a question of how patents are interpreted on appeal, Goodwin Procter LLP partner William Jay helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to accept Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s petition in its patent fight against generic versions of a multiple sclerosis drug, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top five young appellate attorneys.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Jeffrey Zeiger

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Jeffrey Zeiger's relatively young age didn't stop him from hitting a home run in the record-breaking $5.15 billion battle between Tronox Inc. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. over environmental liabilities, earning him a place on Law360's list of the top five young environmental attorneys.

  • April 15, 2014

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Damian Schaible

    At just 37, Damian Schaible of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has built a resume that would be the envy of lawyers twice his age, piloting major airlines through Chapter 11 restructurings and helping Wall Street giants craft "living wills" after the financial crisis — work that earns him a spot on Law360's list of rising legal stars.