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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 02, 2020

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2020, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • October 04, 2019

    Rising Star: Orrick's Mel Bostwick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Mel Bostwick has argued before the Federal Circuit five times over the last two years, including scoring a landmark win for 90,000 veterans in an en banc case, earning her a spot as one of five appellate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 03, 2019

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Ishan Bhabha

    Jenner & Block LLP partner Ishan Bhabha has argued nine times in federal appellate courts, including once before the U.S. Supreme Court, and several times in district courts, working on matters including appeals of lengthy criminal sentences, landing him among the five appellate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 02, 2019

    Rising Star: Covington's David Zionts

    Covington & Burling LLP's David Zionts has successfully represented companies facing new applications of the Anti-Terrorism Act, leading to the creation of new legal precedents, and has also represented the city of Los Angeles in a case against the U.S. Department of Justice over its policy for administering policing grants, earning him a spot as one of five appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 01, 2019

    Rising Star: Baker Botts' Scott Keller

    Baker Botts LLP's Scott Keller has achieved key victories on behalf of appellate clients, such as winning a U.S. Supreme Court case over Texas' redistricting while serving as the Lone Star State's solicitor general, ranking him as one of the appeals practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 30, 2019

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's R. Stanton Jones

    Arnold & Porter's R. Stanton Jones has had a hand in multiple high-profile appeals cases in recent years, including legal challenges aimed at stopping partisan gerrymandering and efforts to keep a citizenship question off the 2020 census, earning him a spot among five appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 06, 2019

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • August 03, 2018

    Rising Star: Orrick's Brian Goldman

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Brian Goldman has secured several headline-grabbing victories on behalf of his clients this year, including a Ninth Circuit decision that found zoning regulations on gun shops legal, earning him a spot as one of five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360’s Appellate Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2018

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Blaine Evanson

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP´s Blaine H. Evanson secured an intellectual property win for T-Mobile at the Federal Circuit that invalidated the patents asserted against it by a licensing company and affirmed that the wireless company had not infringed, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2018

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak

    Hogan Lovells' Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak played a crucial role in winning the temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump's second travel ban and defending that victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, making her one of five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360's Appellate Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2018

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes

    Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes made a splash this Supreme Court term by securing a years-in-the-making opinion that changed the rules for discharging debts and successfully campaigning to rectify a “drastic” Sixth Circuit ruling on malicious-prosecution immunity, earning a spot on Law360's list of Appellate Rising Stars for the second year in a row.

  • July 30, 2018

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's James Tysse

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s James Tysse assumed a lead role in the Gun Lake Tribe’s victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a tribal casino project dispute, making him one of five attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s Appellate Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2018

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 168 attorneys selected as Law360's 2018 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. From guiding eye-popping deals to handling bet-the-company litigation, these elite attorneys under 40 are leading the pack.

  • July 26, 2017

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes

    Mayer Brown’s Paul Hughes is equally compelled by the intellectual property appellate work he’s done at the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court — where he recently helped score his client Impression Products a complete win — as he is by the pro bono work he’s done on immigration and incarceration issues, earning a spot as one of four appellate practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2017

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Tom Saunders

    WilmerHale’s Tom Saunders has spent his career building up a strong, successful appellate practice that capped off last year with a unanimous Supreme Court victory over requirements that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs give preference to veteran-owned small businesses, earning a spot as one of four appellate practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2017

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Adam Unikowsky

    Jenner & Block LLP’s Adam Unikowsky has argued four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during his relatively short legal career, including snagging a victory this spring in a high-profile case over U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disgorgement, earning the litigator a spot among the four appellate attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2017

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Erin Murphy

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Erin Murphy has made a name for herself as a top-tier appellate attorney who's argued three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court covering matters such as immigration, the First Amendment and the bankruptcy code, earning her a spot as one of four appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2017

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 156 attorneys selected as Law360's 2017 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. This elite group of attorneys, all under 40, have distinguished themselves by handling bet-the-company litigation and brokering deals that make headlines.

  • April 14, 2016

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeffrey B. Wall

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP special counsel Jeffrey B. Wall recently argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court that the Federal Circuit has too stringent a standard for awarding enhanced damages in patent cases, earning him one of six spots on Law360's 2016 list of top appellate attorneys under 40.

  • April 13, 2016

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Thomas Saunders

    Securing victories that encompass both complex technological issues and novel legal issues, including defying expectations to win a case when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a long-standing patent royalty rule, has made WilmerHale partner Thomas Saunders one of Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Michael Kimberly

    Racking up repeated appearances, and wins, before the U.S. Supreme Court while still an associate, including scoring a unanimous victory for voters challenging gerrymandering in Maryland, has made Mayer Brown LLP partner Michael Kimberly one of Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Benjamin Horwich

    Benjamin J. Horwich's career achievements include helping convince the U.S. Supreme Court to effectively prevent drug companies from exiting the vaccine market, a critical matter of public policy, earning the Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of the top six appellate attorneys under age 40.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Craig Countryman

    Fish & Richardson PC's Craig Countryman has pushed appellate courts into new territory, persuading the Federal Circuit to set precedent for patent reviews and winning certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of how patent damages are dealt, placing him among Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll

    WilmerHale partner Catherine Carroll helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Florida's capital sentencing scheme, and the same court appointed her to argue in favor of a position that the Obama administration disavowed in an employment discrimination suit, earning her one of six spots on Law360's 2016 list of top appellate attorneys under 40.

  • April 01, 2016

    The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm

    Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, Quinn Emanuel led the pack with eight Rising Stars, followed by Gibson Dunn, Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher with seven Rising Stars each. Baker & Hostetler, Latham & Watkins, King & Spalding and Shearman & Sterling each boast five Rising Stars apiece.

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