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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.
  • August 14, 2025

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Wesley Sze

    Wesley Sze of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has been representing a slew of major tech companies and helped them secure multimillion-dollar settlements, including a $310 million deal on behalf of Apple in multidistrict litigation claiming that software updates lowered older phones' battery life, earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 13, 2025

    Rising Star: Joseph Saveri Law Firm's Christopher K.L. Young

    Christopher K.L. Young of Joseph Saveri Law Firm LLP helped secure a $375 million settlement for mixed martial arts fighters in a class action against the UFC after nearly a decade of litigation, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 12, 2025

    Rising Star: Benesch's Meegan Brooks

    Meegan Brooks of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has helped her retail clients fend off millions of dollars in potential liability by convincing judges to toss cases claiming Ulta and Peet's Coffee pushed illegal nondisparagement agreements and by shutting down claims that Aeropostale hosted deceptive sales, earning her a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 11, 2025

    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Thomas James

    Thomas James of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has represented numerous classes of investors as they take on corporate misconduct, including winning verdicts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2025

    Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • July 25, 2024

    Rising Star: Tycko & Zavareei's Annick M. Persinger

    Annick M. Persinger of Tycko & Zavareei LLP has served as lead class counsel for a $22.5 million deal with StubHub over hidden ticket fees, a $38 million settlement with Rodan & Fields, a multimillion-dollar settlement with insurance companies over allegations that they failed to pay people the full value of their totaled vehicles, and other high-profile consumer class actions, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2024

    Rising Star: Girard Sharp's Trevor T. Tan

    Trevor T. Tan of Girard Sharp LLP helped secure a $54 million settlement for investors defrauded in a massive Ponzi scheme when he represented them in a lawsuit against a bank that was accused of abetting the fraud, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2024

    Rising Star: Gibbs Law Group's Amanda M. Karl

    Amanda Karl of Gibbs Law Group LLP helped 5,500 former patients of gynecologist James Heaps secure $73 million in a class action settlement reached with the University of California, Los Angeles, after he was accused of sexually assaulting patients — a deal that also used innovative trauma-informed approaches, earning her a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2024

    Rising Star: Weil's Pravin Patel

    Pravin Patel of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP successfully defended refrigerator maker Dometic Corp. against multiple class actions asserting billions in damages filed in Florida and California, defeating allegations its refrigerators for RVs leaked coolant and had design defects, earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2024

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Eric A. Kafka

    Eric Kafka of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has secured major clients wins in high-dollar consumer protection cases, including a recent $40 million settlement for advertising purchasers in a case over Facebook's alleged inflation of advertising performance metrics, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 12, 2024

    Law360 Names 2024's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Tracie L. Bryant

    Tracie Bryant of Kirkland & Ellis LLP is representing nutritional drink maker Abbott Laboratories in two pending putative class actions in California, crafting the firm's strategy and managing day-to-day aspects of the cases, earning her a spot among the class action litigators under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Ryan Ball

    Ryan Ball of Jones Day has successfully defended tech companies like Experian Information Solutions Inc. against class action complaints over data privacy, with decisions narrowing the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and clearing the company of $5 billion in liability, earning him a spot among class action lawyers under age 40 as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Krysta Pachman

    Krysta Pachman of Susman Godfrey LLP has helped plaintiffs find relief through class action settlements, including owners of music copyrights who sued Spotify over unpaid royalties, and investors who lodged investor claims against Pershing Square and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington's Megan Rodgers

    Covington & Burling LLP's Megan Rodgers helped guide McKesson Corp. into settling a blockbuster opioids case for less than 1% of the requested damages, and assisted Meta Platforms Inc. in fending off litigation from its moderators, earning her a spot among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Nelson Mullins' Jahmy Graham

    Jahmy Graham of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP helped defend luxury automaker Lexus against a lawsuit seeking relief for all Californians who alleged problems with its certification program for pre-owned vehicles and successfully argued for summary judgment in a suit alleging false advertising by the online dating service Tawkify, earning him recognition among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 17, 2023

    Law360 Names 2023's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2023, our list of 183 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: Skadden's Lara A. Flath

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Lara A. Flath successfully defended the University of North Carolina in federal litigation regarding its consideration of race in undergraduate admissions, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Simmons Hanly's Laura Fitzpatrick

    Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC's Laura Fitzpatrick was on the team that secured $1.7 billion in settlements from pharmaceutical companies and drug distributors as part of a bellwether opioid trial in New York, as well as a jury verdict in the case finding two other defendants liable for fueling the epidemic in the state, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 03, 2022

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Eric Weiss

    Perkins Coie LLP partner Eric Weiss' work successfully defending large corporations such as Nintendo and Amazon from proposed consumer class actions, and notching a multimillion-dollar verdict for retailer Costco at a price-fixing trial earned him a spot among the class action attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 02, 2022

    Rising Star: Schochor Federico's Brent Ceryes

    Brent Ceryes helped thousands of people find relief through several multimillion-dollar class actions, including a Delaware community harmed by a chicken plant's toxic wastewater and families whose children were harmed by former pediatrician Earl Bradley, earning Ceryes a spot among the top class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 01, 2022

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Bradley Hamburger

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Bradley Hamburger helped defend insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group in a class action over its valuation method for totaled cars and successfully argued against class certification in a wage and hour suit brought against Amazon subsidiary Prime Now, earning him a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • May 31, 2022

    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Christopher J. Orrico

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's Christopher Orrico helped secure massive wins for shareholders suing TransCanada Corp. over a $13 billion acquisition and for stockholders crying foul over Starz Inc.'s $4.4 billion tie-up with Lions Gate, making him one of the class action attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • May 30, 2022

    Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Berger Montague's Patrick F. Madden

    Patrick F. Madden of Berger Montague PC helped the city of Philadelphia receive millions of dollars of relief in litigation against Wells Fargo and represented mixed martial arts fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in an antitrust lawsuit, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.