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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 18, 2024
Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Emily Niles
Emily Niles of Robins Kaplan LLP helped lead the trial team that scored a $71.4 million jury verdict on behalf of Taiwanese Christmas lights company Willis Electric against a rival in Hong Kong that is the world's largest maker of artificial Christmas trees, earning her a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2024
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Ognjen 'Ogi' Zivojnovic
Ognjen "Ogi" Zivojnovic of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully represented a small tech company in a patent dispute with Meta Platforms Inc. and got Salesforce Inc. a summary judgment victory when it was sued for allegedly infringing patents, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2024
Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Allyson Bennett
Allyson Bennett of Morrison Foerster LLP has been on the front lines of legal efforts to expand fair use laws in cases involving large tech companies, including shielding Instagram from copyright lawsuits and defending OpenAI, earning her a spot among the intellectual property practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2024
Rising Star: Irell's Stephen Payne
Stephen Payne of Irell & Manella LLP has advised clients on disputes worth hundreds of millions, including as part of the team that secured what his firm calls the third-largest patent verdict in the U.S. on behalf of chipmaker Netlist Inc., earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 12, 2024
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jaysen Chung
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jaysen Chung has represented numerous big name clients — such as Pfizer, Dell and Apple — in successful patent litigation throughout his career, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Baker Botts' Lauren Dreyer
Lauren Dreyer of Baker Botts LLP was part of a legal team that convinced a federal judge to wipe out a $469 million verdict against Dish, and also picked up other patent work from the satellite television giant, earning her a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: MoloLamken's Ray Hashem
MoloLamken LLP partner Rayiner Hashem has represented Ericsson through high-profile fights over standard essential patents, and is now helping VLSI Technology protect a $2.2 billion patent infringement win against Intel, earning him a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2023
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Shaun P. Mahaffy
Shaun P. Mahaffy of Williams & Connolly LLP has helped Merck in various intellectual property cases — including helping the company block generics of multibillion-dollar diabetes drugs covered by the pharmaceutical giant's patents — earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 20, 2023
Rising Star: Kirkland's Brandon Brown
Brandon H. Brown of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has led numerous technology makers through high-stakes litigation over their closely guarded intellectual property, including helping electronics maker Motorola nab a nine-figure jury award in a trade secret suit against a competitor, earning him a spot among the IP practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 19, 2023
Rising Star: Knobbe Martens' Hans Mayer
Hans Mayer of Knobbe Martens helped drink maker Orange Bang secure a $175 million victory in a trademark dispute over energy drinks, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Andrew Danford
Andrew Danford of WilmerHale played a leading role in helping Apple Inc. get a $506 million infringement judgment against it thrown out on appeal, and helped Genentech prevail in high-profile biosimilar litigation and related Patent Trial and Appeal Board cases over its blockbuster breast cancer drug Herceptin, earning him a spot among the intellectual property practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Sidley's Steven Horowitz
Sidley Austin LLP partner Steven Horowitz represented Amgen in patent litigation over its blockbuster autoimmune disease biologic Enbrel and its psoriasis drug Otezla, earning him a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Akshay Deoras
Akshay Deoras of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has helped Motorola Solutions secure numerous victories in its legal battle against a Chinese rival over mobile radio technology, including a $34.2 million attorney fee award, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kollin Zimmermann
Kollin Zimmermann of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as co-lead counsel helped Yahoo Holdings Inc. fend off a billion-dollar countersuit from Mozilla Corp. over a paid advertising and search technology contract, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 31, 2022
Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Brianne Bharkhda
Covington & Burling LLP partner Brianne Bharkhda has defended patents for major drugmakers who sell the blockbuster cancer drug Imbruvica and antidepressant Trintellix, earning her a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Tom Gorman
Thomas Gorman of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP has litigated intellectual property, antitrust, fraud and breach of contract cases, including one that uncovered a massive trade secret theft leading to a $179 million arbitration win for Google, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Julie S. Goldemberg
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Julie S. Goldemberg has been involved in high-profile patent eligibility cases and defended TCL Communications in its patent disputes with Ericsson, earning the patent litigator a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Weil's Jessica L. Falk
Jessica L. Falk of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has faced off against IBM over its Watson supercomputer technology and represented Marvel in comic book cases, landing her a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2021
Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Hannah Lee
Hannah Lee of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has litigated high-stakes and high-dollar intellectual property disputes for clients in the technology and life sciences sectors, including a case that netted one of the largest damages awards in history, earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2021
Rising Star: Irell's Elizabeth Tuan
Irell & Manella LLP partner Elizabeth Tuan helped Juno Therapeutics and Sloan Kettering win a $752 million verdict and then switched gears to win VLSI Technology a $2 billion one, earning her a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 28, 2021
Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Brittany Amadi
Brittany Amadi of WilmerHale successfully represented Intel Corp. in a $2 billion patent dispute over circuit technology, along with other major victories, landing her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.