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March 18, 2011
Starting with a handful of cases over heartburn drug Reglan, Mayer Brown LLP's Henninger "Hank" Bullock is now handling thousands of Reglan cases nationwide, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five product liability attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 17, 2011
Arguing for dozens of defendants in a putative class action with the potential to result in more than $1 trillion in damages, Baker Botts LLP's Aaron Streett convinced an appeals court to dismiss the case in a ruling that has had widespread influence, helping earn him a spot on Law360's list of five appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 17, 2011
Ingrid Vandenborre brought in major items of business for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Brussels office last year, after handling landmark conduct cases for Intel Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC, making her one of Law360's five competition lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 17, 2011
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Daniel Wolf 's work with Avis Budget Group Inc. in its $1.52 billion bid to acquire Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc., and his representation of ABB Ltd. in its $4.2 billion purchase of Baldor Electric Co., have earned him a spot on Law360's list of five M&A lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 17, 2011
David Seligman of Kirkland & Ellis LLP guided Trans World Airlines Inc. and United Air Lines Inc. to steady landings in each of their bankruptcies and has since provided winning restructuring counsel to a slew of big-name domestic and international clients, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 16, 2011
O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Matt Shors has played a strong hand in overturning or drastically reducing multimillion-dollar verdicts leveled against pharmaceutical giants like Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of five appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 16, 2011
Brown Rudnick LLP partner Gordon Z. Novod has played a key role in helping creditors achieve good returns from major bankruptcies including those of the Tribune Co. and General Motors Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of five bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 16, 2011
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC partner Scott Sher was a force behind some of the biggest technology acquisitions of 2010, helping to win European Commission approval for Oracle Corp.'s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. and Federal Trade Commission backing for Intel Corp.'s $7.7 billion acquisition of McAfee Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of five competition lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 16, 2011
In 2010, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Ken Wolff helped guide a number of significant transactions in Brazil, as well as Exxon Mobil Corp.'s $41 billion acquisition of XTO Energy Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of five corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 15, 2011
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP partner Peter Friedman played a leading role in advising the federal government in the General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC bankruptcies that helped keep the U.S. auto giants afloat and save hundreds of thousands of jobs, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of five bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 15, 2011
Eduardo Gallardo of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP spearheaded three multibillion-dollar sales for companies like Baldor Electric Co. and Del Monte Foods Co. in 2010, landing him on Law360's list of five corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 15, 2011
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's James C. Ho has racked up an impressive string of victories before state and federal appeals courts and spent the better part of three years as Texas' solicitor general, earning him a place on Law360's list of appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 15, 2011
Facing a daunting deadline, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Joshua Lipton secured federal approval for Energizer Holding Inc.'s purchase of a rival razor maker in just 45 days, landing him on Law360's list of five competition attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 14, 2011
Instead of waiting for cases to come to her, Kellie Lerner of Labaton Sucharow LLP has actively investigated allegations of anti-competitive conduct in the cement, silver futures and other markets, which, along with big settlement wins, earned her a spot on Law360's list of five competition lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 14, 2011
Just two months after being named partner, Jones Day's Shay Dvoretzky argued a case involving the scope of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act before the U.S. Supreme Court, evincing a calm under pressure that impressed even his adversaries and earned him a place among Law360's five appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 14, 2011
Jason Kyrwood of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP led high-profile clients like the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Warner Chilcott Pharmaceuticals Inc. through big-budget financing deals that set market terms against the backdrop of the credit crisis, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five corporate finance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 14, 2011
Sidley Austin LLP's Jeffrey E. Bjork has brokered innovative resolutions in major restructurings such as those of R.H. Donnelley Corp. and Station Casinos Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's five bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 11, 2011
The $3 billion acquisition of J.Crew Group Inc. was just one of the recent deals in which Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Adam Turteltaub displayed what colleagues called a command of key facts and ability to hold a room, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five corporate finance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 11, 2011
Jonathan Kanter of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has worked on some of the most-watched transactions and antitrust cases in recent memory, including Microsoft Corp.'s deal with Yahoo Inc. and the software giant's landmark 2002 consent decree with antitrust regulators, making him one of Law360's five competition lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 11, 2011
Alice Eaton's ability to take on wildly diverse clients and handle the biggest, most complex bankruptcy matters that Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has thrown her way — including the bankruptcies of AbitibiBowater Inc. and CIT Group Inc. — have earned her a place on Law360's list of five bankruptcy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 11, 2011
While there's no surefire way to ensure the U.S. Supreme Court will take on your case, the odds go up if your petition for certiorari is crafted by Latham & Watkins LLP's J. Scott Ballenger, making him one of Law360's five appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 16, 2010
Richard Welsh of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP credits the skills he learned as an officer in an elite U.S. Army battalion for the long list of triumphs, including his successful representation of AES Corp. in a $400 million environmental class action, that has landed him on Law360's list of 10 energy lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 16, 2010
Taking the lead in closing a number of megadeals, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Benet O’Reilly has helped Hewlett-Packard Co. wrap up its $13.9 billion takeover of Electronic Data Systems Corp. and assisted TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in completing their $27.5 billion transaction involving Alltel Corp., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 16, 2010
A track record of convincing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drop New Source Review enforcement actions — and helping clients avoid possibly having to shell out millions for control equipment and penalties — has helped land Frost Brown Todd LLC's Steven Wesloh a spot on Law360's list of 10 environmental attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 16, 2010
Like a speeding meteor, Williams & Connolly LLP attorney Kannon K. Shanmugam has shot past career milestones, preparing briefings in a notable McCain-Feingold case while just an associate, becoming the first lawyer in decades to join the firm as a partner and earning a spot on Law360’s list of 10 appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.