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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 19, 2012

    Rising Stars: Hunton & Williams' Colleen Heisey

    When Hunton & Williams LLP was looking to build a food and drug practice, Colleen Heisey was the perfect fit. Heisey's energy has helped her clients navigate drug approvals and earned her a spot as one of four attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the health care industry.

  • March 19, 2012

    Rising Star: Willkie's Thomas J. Henry

    From negotiating a multibillion-dollar merger that presaged the Great Recession to securing his clients square footage all over Manhattan, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's Thomas J. Henry, 38, has mastered real estate's boom-and-bust cycle, placing him on Law360's list of rising stars under 40 in the practice area.

  • March 19, 2012

    Rising Star: Reed Smith's Nicolle Snyder Bagnell

    Playing an integral role in two pivotal appellate victories this year for the oil and gas industries ensuring greater access to permits and upholding leases, Reed Smith LLP partner Nicolle Snyder Bagnell has claimed a spot among Law360's five rising stars under 40 to watch in the energy industry.

  • March 19, 2012

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Christopher Lovrien

    Effectively defending major companies including Dole Food Co. Inc., Procter and Gamble Co. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. from complex, international class actions, Jones Day's Christopher Lovrien has earned a place as one of Law360's five young attorneys to watch in the class action arena.

  • March 16, 2012

    Energy Rising Star: Foley & Lardner's Jeff Atkin

    A soup-to-nuts solar energy practice and a long history of helping solar clients gave Foley & Lardner LLP partner Jeffery Atkin an edge during 2011 work on the acquisition of 19 solar energy projects collectively worth $2 billion, earning him a place as one of Law360's five rising stars under 40 for the energy industry.

  • March 16, 2012

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Carrie Gonell

    After a decade of helping financial services and retail heavyweights defeat class certification in wage-and-hour litigation in New York, Carrie A. Gonell of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP headed west to nail California's notoriously-complex labor code and took high-profile clients like Citibank NA with her, earning her a place on Law360's list of five employment attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 16, 2012

    Rising Star: Zuckerman's Marcos Hasbun

    A track record of getting health care clients off the hook in whistleblower False Claims Act cases has earned Marcos E. Hasbun, a partner in Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, a spot as one of Law360's four health industry rising stars under 40.

  • March 16, 2012

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Scott Glauberman

    Even early in his career, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Scott Glauberman showed a knack for understanding complex legal issues and delivering clear, concise and winning arguments on behalf of his clients, including McDonald's Corp. and LG Electronics, making him one of Law360's five class action attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 16, 2012

    Law360 Names 2012 Rising Stars

    Over the coming weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of its 2012 Rising Stars awards honoring attorneys under the age of 40 whose accomplishments in major litigation or transactions belie their age.

  • March 16, 2012

    Rising Star: Shearman's Lisa Brill

    A robust real estate finance practice bolstered by a broad capital markets background helped Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Lisa Brill close a blockbuster $3.4 billion resort project deal in the Bahamas and earned her a spot as one of four attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the real estate industry.

  • March 31, 2011

    Rising Star: Cravath's Antony Ryan

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Antony Ryan has navigated labyrinthine securities litigation with ease, making him indispensable for Big Four accounting firms facing high-profile cases and earning him a spot on Law360's list of five securities lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2011

    Rising Star: McDermott's Ryan Smethurst

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP partner Ryan Smethurst played a lead role in drafting the $712.5 million insurance settlement with cleanup workers who claimed they got ill at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, earning him a place on Law360's list of five insurance attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2011

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Thomas Kirsch

    When white collar defendants turn to Winston & Strawn LLP, the firm often turns to partner Thomas Kirsch, as it did with a major Illinois political player embroiled in the scandal surrounding former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2011

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Austin Schwing

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Austin Schwing demolished class action claims against online dating giant eHarmony Inc. and Landis & Gyr, the world's leading smart meter manufacturer, winning dismissals for his clients and earning him a place on Law360's list of five class action lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 31, 2011

    Rising Star: Irell & Manella's Ellisen Turner

    A former software engineer and boxer, Irell & Manella LLP's Ellisen Turner brought his technical and pugilistic abilities to bear in helping Tessera Inc. win $170 million in damages and settlements in patent and other litigation, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2011

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Catherine Mondell

    Ropes & Gray LLP's Catherine A. Mondell has helped insurers defeat hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of business interruption claims after Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina, earning her a place on Law360's list of five insurance attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2011

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Mark Jensen

    Even early on in his career, King & Spalding partner Mark A. Jensen showed a knack for gaining the confidence of global pharmaceutical companies facing criminal prosecutions, from Cephalon Inc. to Johnson & Johnson, making him one of the most sought-after corporate defenders in the country and one of Law360's five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2011

    Rising Star: Skadden's Edward Micheletti

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Edward B. Micheletti has been involved in some of the most significant deal-related litigation to arise in recent years, helping clients including Activision Inc., XTO Energy Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. end shareholder challenges to multibillion-dollar deals — achievements that have landed him a spot on Law360's list of securities lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2011

    Rising Star: Jenner's Suzanne Prysak

    Jenner & Block LLP partner Suzanne Prysak has successfully defended Northfield Laboratories Inc. and Nuveen Investments LLC in securities class actions, demonstrating a procedural creativity and an attention to detail that has earned her a spot on Law360's list of five class action lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 30, 2011

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Michael Simons

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Michael Simons has translated the toughness he learned growing up in the Canadian hinterland into a career as a top patent litigator, making him one of Law360's top intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2011

    Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Charlie Henn

    A $304 million jury verdict for shoe giant Adidas AG — the largest trademark award ever — is one of many accomplishments that makes Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's Charlie Henn one of Law360's five intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2011

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Brian Heberlig

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Brian Heberlig has won major victories in high-stakes criminal cases, including clearing an ex-Blackwater Worldwide security contractor of manslaughter charges, making him one of Law360's five white collar attorneys under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2011

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Chip Nierlich

    As Cytosport Inc. faced two suits and a federal probe into its use of the term "Muscle Milk," Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner G. Charles "Chip" Nierlich guided the nutritional company to safety, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five class actions lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2011

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Matthew Ingber

    Mayer Brown LLP's Matthew Ingber has played a vital role in crafting winning strategies for Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in a bankruptcy trustee's $550 million lawsuit over an alleged fraudulent investment scheme and for a New York Stock Exchange specialist in a pivotal criminal securities fraud case, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five securities lawyers under 40 to watch.

  • March 29, 2011

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Kimberly Melvin

    Kimberly Melvin of Wiley Rein LLP has led some of the world's biggest insurers through complex professional liability coverage battles sparked by policyholder bankruptcies and the financial crisis, earning her a spot on Law360's list of five insurance lawyers under 40 to watch.