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 07, 2026

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jennifer Ho

    Jennifer Ho of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has worked on a number of headline-grabbing deals, including TikTok's U.S. joint venture and Paramount Global's merger with Skydance Media LLC, earning her a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2026

    Rising Star: Taft's EJ Thomas

    E.J. Thomas of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has helped foreign clients push back against U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty orders, securing roughly $100 million in savings for a Turkish pipe producer among other big wins, earning him a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2026

    Rising Star: Covington's Ingrid Price

    Ingrid Price of Covington & Burling LLP has played a major role in helping companies ensure they are compliant with U.S. national security considerations, including helping protect Qualcomm from a hostile takeover and keeping TikTok available in the U.S., earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2026

    Rising Star: Wiley's John Allen Riggins

    Wiley Rein LLP's John Allen Riggins has secured a host of favorable trade rulings ranging from duty determinations to trade court judgments for domestic producers across various U.S. industries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2026

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Friederike Görgens

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Friederike Görgens has successfully represented domestic and foreign producers in a variety of trade law disputes, earning her a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2026

    Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • August 15, 2025

    Rising Star: Wiley's Theodore Brackemyre

    Ted Brackemyre of Wiley Rein LLP served as the lead associate helping the U.S.'s largest steel producer keep highly contested antidumping and countervailing duty orders on 19 countries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2025

    Rising Star: Latham's Ruchi Gill

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Ruchi Gill was key in guiding a court-ordered national security agreement in a major transaction for her client, earning her a spot among international trade lawyers named as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 13, 2025

    Rising Star: Skadden's Katie Clarke

    For advising major acquisitions, including sovereign wealth funds, before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and, more recently, guiding a major mobile games company in its acquisition of the makers of Pokémon Go, Katie Clarke of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP earned a spot among international trade practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 12, 2025

    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Joshua Morey

    Joshua Morey of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has racked up several trade wins for the U.S. domestic industry, including duty orders on aluminum sheets imported from 16 countries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 11, 2025

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Luci Hague

    Lucille Hague of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has helped clients secure approvals in international transactions, such as a transaction to take public the space industry startup Momentus Inc. and the sale of cybersecurity company Venafi to Israel-based CyberArk, earning her a spot among the international trade 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 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 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Kevin Jang

    Quinn Emanuel attorney Kevin Jang has helped guide international tech firms including Google and Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek to victory in high-stakes patent disputes, earning him a spot among the international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Faegre Drinker's Nicolas Guzman

    Nicolas Guzman of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has helped companies navigate international trade matters, utilizing his Mexican background in U.S.-Mexico trade issues, while giving back to his community and helping pro bono clients with immigration matters, earning him a spot among the international trade practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Mark Skerry

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Mark Skerry assisted a British company in the $11 billion hostile takeover of an aerospace and defense producer, and represented three private equity giants in the largest leveraged buyout in the health care sector's history, earning him a spot among international trade attorneys under 40 honored by Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Elizabeth S. Lee

    Elizabeth S. Lee of Wiley Rein LLP has represented U.S. manufacturers, including the Coalition of American Millwork Producers, in securing and defending U.S. Court of International Trade rulings that foreign manufacturers had harmed her clients by dumping their products in the United States, earning her a spot among the international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2023

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Nicholas Klein

    Nicholas Klein of DLA Piper has helped major international corporations gain crucial approvals from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and close multimillion-dollar transactions, earning him a spot among international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by 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 09, 2022

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Jeffrey I. Kessler

    WilmerHale's Jeffrey Kessler has dedicated his career to the field of international trade, serving as a lead adviser for Boeing in its long-running trade dispute with Airbus as well as a key decision-maker at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he was appointed assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance, earning him a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 08, 2022

    Rising Star: Wiley's Enbar Toledano

    Enbar Toledano of Wiley Rein LLP successfully represented steel producer Nucor before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the American Line Pipe Producers Association in a Federal Circuit appeal of a CIT judgment, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 07, 2022

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Marie-Sophie Dibling

    King & Spalding's Marie-Sophie Dibling served as lead counsel for the European Biodiesel Board in an anti-subsidy case helping to secure the imposition of high anti-subsidy duties, and represented the Moroccan textile industry in successful anti-dumping litigation against machine-made imports from Egypt, Jordan and China, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 06, 2022

    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Melissa Brewer

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's Melissa Brewer helped secure retroactive duties on foreign honey and was a key player in two of the largest-ever trade complaints to hit the U.S. Department of Commerce, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 03, 2022

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Michael Jacobson

    Michael Jacobson of Hogan Lovells has litigated before tribunals and trade commissions across the world and successfully fought tariffs for international clients, including the recent defeat of safeguard tariffs on Canadian solar modules, earning him a spot among the international trade 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.