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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: BCLP's Lauren Caisman
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP partner Lauren Caisman has steered food product manufacturer Greencore, restaurant chain Veggie Grill and others through a growing wave of litigation brought by employees alleging violations of Illinois' unique biometric privacy law, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Mark Myott
Mark Myott of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP nailed down multiple billion-dollar deals last year, including Dell Technologies' $52 billion sale of its stake in VMware, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Cleary's Jane VanLare
Jane VanLare of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has been piloting Chile's national airline through an $11 billion bankruptcy, which along with other Latin American cross-border work has earned her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Cullen Sinclair
Cullen L. Sinclair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has advised investment firm KPS Capital Partners on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including its acquisition of a $1.7 billion controlling stake in Tate & Lyle PLC, earning him a spot among the private equity attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Jones Walker's Sarah Dicharry
Sarah Y. Dicharry of Jones Walker LLP leverages her deep understanding of the legal framework governing federal leasing to defend oil and gas industry clients' interests, including successfully challenging governmental efforts to abruptly collect millions of dollars from one operator, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Simmons Hanly's Laura Fitzpatrick
Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC's Laura Fitzpatrick was on the team that secured $1.7 billion in settlements from pharmaceutical companies and drug distributors as part of a bellwether opioid trial in New York, as well as a jury verdict in the case finding two other defendants liable for fueling the epidemic in the state, earning her a spot among the class action attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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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.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Stueve Siegel's Alexander Ricke
Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP's Alexander Ricke has earned casino workers more than $45 million in total settlements and litigated numerous other cases concerning a range of wage and hour violations in the industry, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: White & Case's Kelly Newman
Kelly Newman of White & Case LLP's competition group has helped clients fight a number of high-stakes antitrust cases, including defeating criminal market manipulation charges against a foreign exchange trader and scoring multiple wins in class actions for clients such as Allergan, earning her a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Skadden's Sarah Runnells Martin
Sarah Runnells Martin of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP played a key role in defeating an injunction that would have stopped a $12.5 billion merger for one of the firm's top clients, earning her a spot among the securities practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Bilzin Sumberg's Lori Lustrin
Bilzin Sumberg partner Lori Lustrin helped secure a multimillion-dollar verdict for one of the country's largest toy manufacturers — despite the loss of a cornerstone witness — and currently represents major poultry purchasers in a clutch of civil suits arising from the broiler chicken price-fixing scandal, all earning her a spot among the trial law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Shook Hardy's Brent Dwerlkotte
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner Brent Dwerlkotte has played a role in successfully resolving high-dollar tort litigation and in helping defend one of the must-watch product liability cases of 2022, earning him a spot among the environmental attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Beckage's Myriah V. Jaworski
Beckage PLLC's Myriah Jaworski represents several app developers facing novel legal claims, including the creator of a personality test that was at the center of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Ahmad Zavitsanos' Jason McManis
At 36, Jason McManis is already head of a litigation department at the Houston trial boutique Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing, or AZA, and has had a hand in major trials, including one brought by a group of doctors against UnitedHealth, making him one of Law360's Rising Stars for Trials in 2022.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Akin Gump's Naomi Moss
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP restructuring partner Naomi Moss earned a big win for secured creditors of telecom provider Avaya Inc. and helped internet support company GTT Communications slash $1 billion from its capital structure, landing her a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Qiaojing Ella Zheng
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's Qiaojing Ella Zheng has blazed a path for communities underrepresented in law and leverages her bicultural knowledge to serve clients, including securing an $8.3 million arbitration award in a contract breach case that spanned both Chinese and American legal systems, earning her a spot among the employment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: The Rosen Law Firm's Yu Shi
Fluent in spoken and written Chinese, Yu Shi of the Rosen Law Firm PA has represented several parties making claims against China-based companies publicly listed in the U.S., including helping investors reach a $9 million settlement with peer-to-peer lender PPDAI Group Inc. in 2021, earning him a spot among the securities lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Ilissa Samplin
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Ilissa Samplin helped Cablevision Systems Corp. unit Voom HD secure a massive settlement in a contract dispute with Dish Network Corp. and helped AMC win a profit participation case over "The Walking Dead" series, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Kirkland's Chris Elder
Christopher Elder of Kirkland & Ellis LLP serves as a lead relationship partner for Bain Capital Private Equity and has helped it navigate a number of large deals, including its $17 billion purchase with Hellman & Friedman of Athenahealth, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Eric Weiss
Perkins Coie LLP partner Eric Weiss' work successfully defending large corporations such as Nintendo and Amazon from proposed consumer class actions, and notching a multimillion-dollar verdict for retailer Costco at a price-fixing trial earned him a spot among the class action attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Zachary Launer
Zachary S. Launer of Hogan Lovells guided gas pipeline companies through lengthy rate cases at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in order to fund multibillion-dollar upgrades of their aging systems, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Samantha Hynes
Samantha Hynes of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP successfully defended automakers against massive antitrust litigation and navigated enormous mergers, netting her a spot as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Laura Turano
Laura Turano of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP worked on a range of multibillion-dollar transactions, including Teladoc Health's $18.5 billion acquisition of Livongo Health and Carrier Global's $3.1 billion sale of its Chubb Fire & Security business, making her one of the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.