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Rankings: Rising Stars
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August 08, 2024
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Elise Baumgarten
Elise Baumgarten of Williams & Connolly LLP was counsel for Endo Pharmaceuticals in a "pay for delay" class action arising from a patent settlement that ended with a verdict in Endo's favor, and she won a major trial for Merck & Co. Inc. in Hatch-Waxman patent litigation, earning her a spot among healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2024
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Julia Zousmer
Julia Zousmer of King & Spalding LLP helped Boehringer Ingelheim nix roughly 50,000 claims by plaintiffs and an entire cohort of experts in multidistrict litigation over its heartburn medication Zantac, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: White & Case's Adam Acosta
Adam Acosta of White & Case LLP helped secure a Second Circuit win for AbbVie Inc. in a "pay for delay" suit over its hypertension drug Bystolic, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Tara Fisher
Tara M. Fisher of Ropes & Gray LLP advised cancer drugmaker ImmunoGen Inc. as it navigated a bidding war that culminated in its sale to pharmaceutical giant AbbVie in a $10.1 billion transaction, earning her a spot among the life sciences 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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July 25, 2023
Rising Star: White & Case's James Hu
White & Case LLP's James Hu has worked on some of the biggest transactions in life sciences during his career, including helping Danaher to buy General Electric's biopharma portfolio for $21.4 billion while at a former firm, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2023
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brad King
Brad King of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has advised several high-figure deals surrounding innovative biotechnology and emerging health science applications, including guiding Seagen during an acquisition valued at more than $40 billion, earning him a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 21, 2023
Rising Star: Hyman Phelps' James Valentine
James Valentine of Hyman Phelps & McNamara PC started his career working at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, experience he exchanged for a job assisting clients obtain approval for drugs that treat rare diseases, putting him among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 20, 2023
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Timothy Cook
Timothy Cook of WilmerHale helped lead Gilead Sciences to victory in a case in which a jury rejected a claim that Gilead infringed government-owned patents when it fielded its Truvada and Descovy HIV drugs — earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2023
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Suni Sreepada
Suni Sreepada of Ropes & Gray LLP has advised with multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions throughout the health care sphere and other spaces, including guiding a pharmaceutical maker in a 10-figure deal with Sanofi, earning her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 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 16, 2022
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Emily Oldshue
Ropes & Gray LLP partner Emily Oldshue has led a number of major deals for life sciences companies in the last year, including several multibillion-dollar acquisitions by Pfizer, earning her a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 15, 2022
Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's William D. Collins
William Collins of Goodwin Procter LLP helped a biotech client secure $700 million in financing and later go public at a $3 billion enterprise value by merging with a special purpose acquisition vehicle, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 14, 2022
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Jessica Wilson
Jessica C. Wilson of DLA Piper has steered some of the largest pharmaceutical companies through high-stakes litigation, including helping to snuff out a large mass tort lodged against Pfizer Inc. over alleged health risks connected to Viagra, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: Butler Snow's Susanna Moldoveanu
Butler Snow LLP lawyer Susanna Moldoveanu filed thousands of summary judgment motions on behalf of Johnson & Johnson over claims of defective pelvic mesh devices in what became one of the largest multidistrict cases in history, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Khelin Aiken
Khelin Aiken of Baker McKenzie is helping Johnson & Johnson spin off its consumer health business — which made $15 billion last year — earning her a spot among the life sciences 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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July 08, 2021
Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Tyler Evans
Tyler Evans of Covington & Burling counseled top health care companies in contracting work with the government amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including Johnson & Johnson and its $1 billion agreement to produce 100 million doses of its vaccine, earning him a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 07, 2021
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Marisa Maleck
King & Spalding LLP partner Marisa Maleck was on the team that helped Allergan make a landmark case against compounding pharmacies and has been litigating on the front lines of the cannabis industry since the very start of her career, earning her a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 06, 2021
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Devora Allon
Drugmakers facing multidistrict litigation — such as a generic pricing antitrust litigation in Pennsylvania federal court — often turn to Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Devora Allon to represent them, earning her a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 02, 2021
Rising Star: Skadden's Chadé Severin
Chadé Severin of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP drove complex deals in the biopharma sector, including Gilead's $4.9 billion acquisition of cancer immunotherapy firm Forty Seven Inc., landing her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners 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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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta of Steptoe & Johnson LLP helped French drugmaker Sanofi last year invalidate patents related to rival Amgen Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: Skadden's Laura Knoll
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Laura Knoll guided Array BioPharma in Pfizer's recent $11.4 billion purchase of the pharmaceutical company to complement the pharmaceutical giant's cancer treatment offerings, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2020
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Zachary Blume
Ropes & Gray LLP's Zachary Blume has helped clients navigate complex transactions, including Genzyme's $20.1 billion acquisition by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Wright Medical's $5.4 billion sale to Stryker, earning him a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.