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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 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Sidley's Sue Wang

    Sue Wang of Sidley Austin LLP has amassed numerous wins for name brand biologics companies and drugmakers — including representing Amgen in multidistrict litigation and notching a multimillion-dollar verdict for Bayer — earning her a spot among the intellectual property practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2025

    Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Timothy Chen Saulsbury

    Timothy Chen Saulsbury of Morrison Foerster LLP helped defeat a $900 million trade secrets suit over wearable medical device technologies and won a favorable jury verdict for Epic Games on a patent infringement claim, earning him a spot among the intellectual property lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2025

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Steven Horn

    WilmerHale's Steven Horn has been a strategic leader on the firm's work defending Intel Corp. from the sprawling, big-dollar patent infringement litigation brought by VLSI Technology LLC, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2025

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Mark Liang

    Mark Liang of O'Melveny & Myers LLP successfully represented Google and LG Electronics in disputes where they faced tens of millions of dollars in potential liabilities for alleged patent infringement, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 29, 2025

    Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Jessica Gutierrez

    Robins Kaplan LLP's Jessica Gutierrez helped an artificial Christmas tree company win a $42 million patent infringement verdict and secured a $13 million judgment in a software company's copyright litigation against the U.S. government, earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2025

    Rising Star: Reichman Jorgensen's Adam Adler

    Adam Adler of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP liberated Marvel Characters' "Super Hero" trademark and took on Amazon Web Services to protect a startup's cloud data storage patents, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law 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 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.