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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 13, 2012

    Rising Star: Vorys Sater's Michael Bronson

    Successfully defending Lockheed Martin Corp. in False Claims Act suits demanding billions of dollars in damages, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP partner Michael Bronson secured his position among Law360's four rising stars under 40 to watch in the government contracts industry.

  • April 12, 2012

    Rising Star: Greenberg's Sara Thompson

    Sara K. Thompson of Greenberg Traurig LLP leverages her writing skills and analytical thoroughness into big litigation wins for medical device makers and generic-pharmaceutical companies, earning her a reputation as a "big brain" in the firm and a place among Law360's top product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 11, 2012

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Jonathan Stoel

    Hogan Lovells' Jonathan T. Stoel has helped six of the world's biggest automakers lift steel dumping duties and led a successful bid to stop the U.S. government from putting retaliatory tariffs on Nestle SA-imported San Pellegrino water, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five international trade attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • April 11, 2012

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Paul Spagnoletti

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP litigation partner Paul Spagnoletti represented Siemens AG in the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation in U.S. history, winning the company a landmark settlement of corruption charges and helping earn him a spot among Law360's five white collar attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • April 11, 2012

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Jeffrey Ross

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Jeffrey E. Ross' work on some of the biggest private equity deals of the past few years, including three multibillion-dollar deals for private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC, has earned him a place among Law360's top five private equity attorneys under 40.

  • April 11, 2012

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Sabrina Strong

    Sabrina Strong of O'Melveny & Myers LLP persuaded a judge to dismiss one of the false labeling class actions flooding courtrooms nationwide not only on preemption grounds, but because there was no indication General Mills Inc. had misled consumers, making her one of Law360's five rising stars under 40 in the product liability field.

  • April 10, 2012

    Rising Star: Covington's Marney Cheek

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Marney Cheek has advised Microsoft Corp. and other major companies on the intersection of international trade and intellectual property issues and has worked with clients on emerging trade issues related to North Africa and Russia's WTO accession, making her one of Law360's four international trade attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • April 10, 2012

    Rising Star: Tucker Ellis' Dustin Rawlin

    Tucker Ellis LLP partner Dustin Rawlin has helped Johnson & Johnson unit Mentor Worldwide LLC achieve an unbroken string of victories in complex medical device liability litigation over the past dozen years, a feat that has earned him a place among Law360's top five product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 10, 2012

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Brian Mangino

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Brian Mangino has been at the front of game-changing deals, such as Cargill Inc.'s $24 billion tax-free spinoff, and recently helped Permira Advisers LLC perform one of 2011's largest European buyouts, securing him a spot among Law360's list of five attorneys under 40 to watch in the private equity industry.

  • April 10, 2012

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Tom Kirsch

    Winston & Strawn LLP partner Tom Kirsch, 38, draws on his experience as a former prosecutor to effectively defend clients ranging from multinational corporations to a neurosurgeon in a white-collar criminal case, making him one of Law360's five white-collar attorneys under 40 to watch for the second year in a row.

  • April 09, 2012

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Bradley Pratt

    King & Spalding LLP partner Bradley Pratt has scored crucial victories for GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Purdue Pharma LP in litigation targeting some of their best-selling drugs, making the 35-year-old one of Law360's top five product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2012

    Rising Star: Willkie Farr's Russell Leaf

    Russell Leaf, a partner in Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's corporate and financial services department, has adapted quickly to the changing world of private equity over the past decade, gaining the trust of industry power players and earning him a spot among Law360's top five private equity attorneys under 40.

  • April 09, 2012

    Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Richard Sterba

    Fish & Richardson PC's Richard A. Sterba thrives in the fast-paced world of the U.S. International Trade Commission, in front of which he has successfully represented LG Electronics Inc. in a number of patent disputes, experience that has led to his recognition as one of Law360's four international trade attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • April 09, 2012

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Nicholas Goldin

    During his six years working as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Nicholas S. Goldin never lost a jury trial — and since switching sides in the courtroom and joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, he has continued that impressive run of success, making him one of Law360's top five white collar attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2012

    Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Craig Carpenito

    Craig Carpenito has parlayed an astounding breadth of experience as a securities regulator and federal prosecutor — including the marquee conviction of Cendant Corp. CEO Walter Forbes — into a role at the helm of Alston & Bird's government and special investigations group, earning him a spot among Law360's top white collar partners under 40.

  • April 06, 2012

    Rising Star: Thompson Hine's Jennifer Mingus Mountcastle

    At just 36 years old, Thompson Hine LLP's Jennifer Mingus Mountcastle has taken a lead role in high-stakes litigation, winning a key appeal for Ford Motor Co. in a sudden acceleration fight, among other victories, earning her place among Law360's five rising product liability rising stars under 40.

  • April 06, 2012

    Rising Star: Latham's John Giouroukakis

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner John Giouroukakis, an expert on private equity funds, advised on nine major private fund transactions in 2011 including a multibillion-dollar take-private acquisition, earning him a spot as one of five attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the private equity industry.

  • April 06, 2012

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Jamie Beaber

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Jamie Beaber has helped Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. beat back patent infringement allegations in high-stakes cases at the U.S. International Trade Commission, helping make him one of Law360's international trade lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • April 05, 2012

    Rising Star: Skadden's Jennifer Voss

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Jennifer C. Voss has made a name for herself helping corporations and their boards fend off shareholder suits, including her recent win in a challenge to a Chevron Corp. $4.3 billion deal, earning her a spot on Law360's list of five rising stars under 40 in securities law.

  • April 05, 2012

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Preston Ratliff

    As one of Paul Hastings LLP's youngest intellectual property partners, Preston K. Ratliff II has established himself as a vital resource for a range of pharmaceutical clients seeking expert guidance, making him one of the five intellectual property attorneys included in Law360's list of rising stars under 40.

  • April 05, 2012

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Amir Tayrani

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Amir Tayrani has been a major player in some of the nation's recent, most high-profile lawsuits, from 2010's Citizens United campaign finance case to the battle in California over Proposition 8, making him one of Law360's top five appellate partners under 40.

  • April 05, 2012

    Rising Star: Cravath's Damien R. Zoubek

    With a client list envied by mergers and acquisitions practitioners twice his age, including names like Johnson & Johnson, Qualcomm Inc., Credit Suisse AG and Goldman Sachs & Co., Damien R. Zoubek of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has earned one of five spots on Law360's list of rising stars under 40 in the practice area.

  • April 04, 2012

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' William Sorabella

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's William Sorabella helped pioneer a first-of-its-kind deal structure that took fast-food chain Burger King private in 2010. This week, he hammered out the transaction that will put the company back on the New York Stock Exchange, a deal that involved a $1.4 billion stake sale, a trio of outsized investor personalities and readying the company for public trading.

  • April 04, 2012

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Michael Rubin

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's Michael Rubin helped convince a federal court to pare back a challenge to Google Inc.'s Street View program in one of three high-stakes MDLs against the company he's currently handling, earning him a spot among Law360's top five privacy lawyers under 40.

  • April 04, 2012

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Kannon Shanmugam

    With 11 U.S. Supreme Court cases under his belt and distinction as the youngest head of a major appeals practice in the country, Williams & Connolly LLP's Kannon Shanmugam has snagged himself a spot as one of Law360's top five appellate partners under 40.