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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 28, 2023
Rising Star: MoloLamken's Lucas M. Walker
Lucas Walker of MoloLamken LLP has helped clients send a variety of cases up the judicial chain, ranging from an intellectual property dispute he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year to a case that won every federal judge in America a pay raise, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 28, 2023
Rising Star: Debevoise's Erica Weisgerber
Erica Weisgerber of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has represented McKinsey & Co. in a slew of lawsuits accusing the consulting firm of failing to disclose conflicts of interest when it applied to be a court-appointed bankruptcy adviser, winning dismissals in nearly a half-dozen cases and earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 28, 2023
Rising Star: Miller Nash's Brie Coyle Jones
Miller Nash LLP partner Brie Coyle Jones has successfully negotiated intergovernmental agreements between multiple states and tribal governments, paving the way for legal cannabis commerce in those jurisdictions and earning her a spot among the cannabis attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 28, 2023
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's William Sears
William Sears has been a key part of several teams at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that have secured high-dollar settlements for clients, including a $1 billion cash settlement in a shareholder suit challenging Dell Technology Inc.'s 2018 redemption of its DVMT stock, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 27, 2023
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Julie Crisp
Julie Crisp of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised media and technology companies on benefits and compensation matters in several multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including MGM Studios' $8.45 billion acquisition by Amazon and T-Mobile's $146 billion combination with Sprint, earning her a spot among benefits attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 27, 2023
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brad G. Hubbard
Brad Hubbard of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP worked on obtaining a reversal of a $663 million judgment in a False Claims Act case, earning him a spot among the appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 27, 2023
Rising Star: Dentons' Lauren Estevez
Lauren M. Estevez of Dentons assisted cannabis company Bright Green Corp. with listing its shares on Nasdaq, making it the first publicly traded company to be federally authorized to grow and sell marijuana for research, and earning her a spot among the cannabis attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 27, 2023
Rising Star: Milbank's Nelly Almeida
Nelly Almeida of Milbank LLP has played an instrumental role in negotiating and restructuring billions of dollars of debt for creditors of major national and international companies, including lenders of aircraft leasing business Nordic Aviation Capital, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 27, 2023
Rising Star: Schulte Roth's Jessica Romano
Jessica Romano of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP steered Visa's acquisition of payments infrastructure company Currencycloud and advises fintech companies on compliance amid major changes affecting the sector. These achievements and others have earned her a place among the banking law practitioners under age 40 recognized as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Andrew Tutt
Andrew Tutt of Arnold & Porter successfully defended the rights of third-party individual beneficiaries of spending clause programs like Medicaid to sue over federal civil rights violations, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Cristine Pirro Schwarzman
Cristine Pirro Schwarzman of Ropes & Gray LLP has assisted in the reorganization of several global corporations, including helping Centric Brands Inc. — owner of brands like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger — in a $1.8 billion debt restructuring, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Skadden's Anne E. Villanueva
Anne E. Villanueva of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has been at the forefront of labor and employment issues for some of the biggest tech deals in the last few years, including Microsoft's proposed $75 billion acquisition of Activision and Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Sesi Garimella
Sesi Garimella of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has represented Deutsche Bank in litigation involving the $155 million Biscayne Capital Ponzi scheme and underwriters facing investor ire after a Chinese fintech company's U.S. markets debut, earning her a place among the banking law practitioners under age 40 recognized as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Rosenberg & Estis' Cori A. Rosen
Cori A. Rosen of Rosenberg & Estis PC helps New York property owners navigate the evolving landscape of discrimination law compliance in order to bulletproof them from unnecessary litigation, earning her a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nicholas Menillo
Nicholas Menillo of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP negotiated a fully funded $237.5 million shareholder settlement for Boeing directors after lethal 737 Max plane crashes, and he advises Silicon Valley Bank's parent company and FTX on insurance matters, making him among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Jones Day's Kelsey Israel-Trummel
Kelsey Israel-Trummel of Jones Day steered a California water treatment and purification company to a precedential win in a statewide class action challenging the company's calculation of workers' regular wage rates, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Latham's Samir Deger-Sen
Samir Deger-Sen of Latham & Watkins LLP has secured precedential appellate wins for high-profile clients such as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Meta, and was still an associate at the firm when he successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to review a criminal case in which he was counsel of record, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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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: Latham's Kirsten Jackson
Kirsten Jackson of Latham & Watkins LLP has secured multimillion-dollar settlements in a wide range of insurance cases and is fighting to secure billions in COVID-19 business interruption coverage for her clients, earning her a place as one of the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Michelle Lamy
Michelle Lamy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has represented women in class actions against huge employers such as Google and Goldman Sachs in efforts to level the playing field for women in the workplace, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: Skadden's Nathan Wacker
Nathan Wacker of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has represented clients in high-stakes corporate tax disputes, including Eaton Corp.'s landmark victory in a challenge to the IRS' attempted cancellation of an agreement between the two, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: Skadden's Matea Bozja
Matea Bozja, a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner, is a go-to choice for high-profile clients like sovereign wealth fund GIC, which she steered through a $15 billion takeover of a net lease real estate investment trust, earning her a spot among the real estate attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 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: Latham's Alan Kimball
Alan Kimball of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised companies on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including a $21 billion merger of two massive entertainment companies, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2023
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Matthew Stark
Winston & Strawn LLP partner Matthew Stark has been instrumental in defending commercial property insurer FM Global from owing billions of dollars in Superstorm Sandy and COVID-19 coverage disputes, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.