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.
  • July 08, 2021

    Rising Star: Jones Day's William R. Taylor

    William R. Taylor of Jones Day helps contractors and owners in the energy industry resolve disputes involving billion-dollar facilities along the Gulf Coast in the southern part of the country, earning him a spot among the top construction attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Kinsella Weitzman's Nicholas Soltman

    Nicholas Soltman of Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump LLP contributed to securing one of the largest arbitration awards ever issued in a profit participation dispute, earning him a spot among the media law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Eric Greig

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Eric Greig played a vital role last year in getting hospital-level care delivered to patients in the middle of a global shutdown, earning him a spot among health care attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.  

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Brian Frey

    Brian Frey of Alston & Bird defended Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Wilkinson against a Bivens action in district court and on appeal before the Fourth Circuit, earning him a spot among the white-collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Luke Eaton

    Luke Eaton of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP was on the team that helped design contractor URS Corp. and consulting firm AECOM fend off a $103 million dispute and recover $4.9 million for URS, after a jury found that a construction joint venture failed to pay the balance for design services on a California highway expansion project, earning him a place among the construction attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2021

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Camillie Landrón

    Camillie Landrón of Jenner & Block LLP helped advise Charter Communications Inc. through a lengthy process and Federal Communications Commission auction that resulted in the company winning more than $1 billion last December to expand its broadband network in 24 states, earning her a spot among the telecom law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Davis Wright's Jeremy Chase

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Jeremy Chase has helped win key legal battles centering on the press and the First Amendment, including defeating a lawsuit seeking to block publication of a book by former President Donald Trump's niece, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Arpan Sura

    Arpan A. Sura of Hogan Lovells scored a big win on behalf of a coalition of health care, financial services and utility companies that use automatic calls amid a Federal Communications Commission crackdown on spam callers, earning him a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Mattos Filho's Alexandre Arlota

    Alexandre Arlota of Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados has done pioneering work on major development projects in Brazil, putting him among the top construction attorneys under age 40 whom Law360 has honored as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Sidley's Brenna Jenny

    While working for the federal government, Sidley Austin LLP's Brenna Jenny helped lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in responding to COVID-19 during the first part of the pandemic, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Adam Paterno

    Adam J. Paterno of Holland & Knight LLP has been the legal brains behind an array of building developments and renovations, including the redevelopment of the "home of the New Year's Eve Ball Drop" at 1 Times Square, scoring him a spot among the top construction attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Erin J. Cox

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner Erin Cox spent the last decade dutifully defending Disney movies like "Frozen" and "Inside Out" as well as its "Muppet Babies" reboot from copyright claims, earning her a spot among media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Andrew Golodny

    Andrew Golodny of Steptoe & Johnson LLP represented Dish Network on its journey from opposing the Sprint-T-Mobile megamerger to successfully winning merger conditions that prominently included Dish, earning him a spot among the telecom law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Andrew O'Connor

    Andrew O'Connor of Ropes & Gray LLP has represented global pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt PLC in government investigations and multidistrict litigation, earning him a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Matthew Goldstein

    Matthew Goldstein of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP advised Apollo Global Management LLC in developing a $24.7 billion private equity fund, earning him a spot among the fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Stephanie Bell

    Stephanie Bell of Wiley Rein LLP has earned a reputation as a steadfast advocate for her clients in industries that span the globe — and make products like diamond saw blades and wood flooring — in cases that have far-reaching impact, earning her a spot among the international trade practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Meg McIntyre

    Meg McIntyre of Hogan Lovells has advised Dell Technologies on multibillion-dollar transactions, including its recent sale of cybersecurity firm RSA, earning her a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Lin W. Kahn

    Jones Day's Lin W. Kahn has helped run merger and conduct investigations at the Federal Trade Commission and has also amassed considerable trial experience working on antitrust matters at the agency and in private practice, earning her a spot among the top competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2021

    Rising Star: Saul Ewing's Jonathan A. Havens

    Jonathan Havens of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP launched the cannabis practice at his firm and then helped double its revenue from 2019 to 2020, earning him a spot among the cannabis law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeannette Bander

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Jeannette Bander has advised companies such as DraftKings, AT&T and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on the executive compensation and corporate governance aspects of major corporate transactions, landing her a spot among the top benefits law practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Martín Esteban Strauch

    Martín Strauch of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has advised major investment firms and equity funds on raising billions of dollars of revenue, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Nathan Mitchell

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Nathan Mitchell helped secure Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approval for Capgemini SE's $4.1 billion tender offer for a rival and Zayo Group Holdings' $14.3 billion sale, landing him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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