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.
  • June 29, 2022

    Rising Star: Simmons Hanly's Holly Nighbert

    Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC shareholder Holly Nighbert's work on back-to-back trials in the massive opioid litigation, including in federal multidistrict litigation and in a New York state jury trial late last year, has earned her a spot as one of the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2022

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Jacob Harper

    Jacob Harper of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP represented genetic testing company 23andMe as it bought telehealth business Lemonaid Health Inc. in a $400 million cash-and-stock deal, earning him a spot among the health care practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Kelly Cataldo

    Latham & Watkins partner Kelly Cataldo represented lenders in one of the largest debt financings of a U.S. renewable energy project to date last year, and she worked on financing the largest solar and co-located battery storage project in the U.S., earning her a place among the project finance attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Kimberly McGrath

    Kimberly McGrath of Kirkland & Ellis has advised on multibillion-dollar deals, including private equity firms' purchase of data center real estate investment trust CyrusOne Inc. for about $15 billion, earning her a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2022

    Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's Julia White

    Julia White co-led the Goodwin Procter LLP team advising underwriters Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan in DoorDash's $3.4 billion initial public offering and played key roles in trailblazing transactions like the restructuring of PennyMac Financial Services, earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2022

    Rising Star: Wiley's Gary S. Ward

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Gary S. Ward has always found ways to think outside the box, whether it be in litigating high-cost bid protests, working on cases outside the field of government contracts, or developing a software tool to track information from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, earning him a spot among the government contract attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Fenwick's Jennifer Hitchcock

    Fenwick & West LLP partner Jennifer Hitchcock has helped guide major transactions involving companies across a range of industries such as technology, life sciences and banking, earning her a spot on this year's list of capital markets practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Seeger Weiss' Parvin K. Aminolroaya

    Seeger Weiss LLP's Parvin K. Aminolroaya was appointed co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical unit Janssen over its Elmiron bladder cyst medication and helped a veteran win a $55 million verdict against 3M in an MDL over its earplugs, earning her a spot among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Michael H. Davis

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Michael H. Davis advised Mosaic Real Estate Investors in its $460 million loan to develop the Ritz-Carlton Portland and guided Canyon Real Estate Partners through $400 million in deals, earning a spot among the real estate practitioners honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Emily Kapur

    Emily Kapur of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped a cryptocurrency company navigate a yearslong arbitration involving billions of dollars' worth of tokens, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Matthew Dewitz

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Matthew Dewitz advised T-Mobile's blockbuster $59 billion merger with Sprint, Endeavor Group Holdings' acquisition of Ultimate Fighting Championship and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics in its acquisition by COVID-19 test-maker Quidel, earning him a spot among the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Pillsbury's Matt Carter

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Matt Carter helped successfully defend a challenge to a billion-dollar lease award for a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters, convinced the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to order the Air Force to revisit a contractor's proposal, and filed a successful protest from a contractor requiring the Air Force to reconsider its proposal, earning him a spot among the government contract attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Jordan Cohen

    Jordan Cohen of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped Nordic Capital acquire a health care data software provider for $7.3 billion and advised KKR's majority acquisition of an electronic health record software company, earning him a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Gregory D. Howling

    Gregory D. Howling of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised a consortium led by global investment firm KKR in the $15 billion acquisition of global data center real estate investment trust CyrusOne, earning him a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Shane C. Hoffmann

    Shane C. Hoffmann of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has navigated the complex tax law implications of business deals for major clients in several transactions, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Phong-Chau G. Nguyen

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP partner Phong-Chau G. Nguyen has played a role in some of the largest product liability cases in recent years, including multidistrict litigation in the automotive industry that resulted in multibillion-dollar settlements, earning him a spot among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Rachel Page

    Rachel Page of Jones Day has advised emerging digital health systems to Fortune 500 laboratories, including guiding one of the largest cancer research centers in its acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: MoFo's Locke Bell

    Morrison Foerster LLP's Locke Bell helped shepherd Salesforce's $27.7 billion purchase of Slack and aided Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems' successful defense of prototype launcher deals contested by SpaceX, landing him a spot among the government contract attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Orrick's Josh Pollick

    Josh Pollick of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP led a team that advised the banking and personal finance app Dave on its $4 billion go-public transaction with a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital, earning him a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Christopher J. Dickson

    Christopher J. Dickson of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has regularly served as lead counsel to lenders on major transactions, including the $3 billion securitized refinancing of the recently developed One Vanderbilt skyscraper in New York, earning him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Pedro Bermeo

    Pedro Bermeo of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped advise the underwriters for Ryan Specialty's $1.3 billion initial public offering, as well as a $3.85 billion refinancing for Ligado Networks, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Tristan Pelham Webb

    Tristan Pelham Webb of King & Spalding has helped put together deals for Axium Infrastructure US Inc. for the development of renewable energy transmission lines and massive battery storage in California, earning him a spot among the top project finance practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Dechert's Jonathan Tam

    Jonathan Tam of Dechert LLP has worked on large-scale mass torts, including representing 3M in multiple recent trials over allegations that its earplugs damaged U.S. military service members' hearing, earning him a place among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Cravath's Andrew T. Davis

    Andrew T. Davis of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has played a lead role in structuring billion-dollar acquisitions across the globe, including transactions involving companies based in Australia and the Netherlands, earning him a spot among the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Rohith George

    Rohith George of Mayer Brown LLP helped negotiate a partnership deal between Google and Groupon and has guided bank-fintech partnerships such as InspereX's licensing deal with Goldman Sachs, earning him a spot among the fintech practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

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