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Rankings: 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.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Jennifer Roy
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Jennifer Roy has carved out a practice guiding major utilities, energy companies and others on environmental policy and regulatory compliance, earning her a spot on this year's list of environmental practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Daniella G. Silberstein
Greenberg Traurig LLP mergers and acquisitions shareholder Daniella G. Silberstein was part of a Greenberg team that closed a $16 billion merger between mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage and The Gores Group last year, which is one of the reasons she's been picked as one of Law360's Rising Stars this year.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Akshay Deoras
Akshay Deoras of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has helped Motorola Solutions secure numerous victories in its legal battle against a Chinese rival over mobile radio technology, including a $34.2 million attorney fee award, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Latham's Jooyoung Yeu
Jooyoung Yeu of Latham & Watkins LLP has worked on several securities class actions throughout her career, including representing big-name clients such as General Electric Co. and Philip Morris International Inc., in which Yeu and other Latham members successfully won dismissal at the pleading stage, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Ashley M. Farrell Pickett
Ashley M. Farrell Pickett of Greenberg Traurig LLP has advised major companies on how to navigate wage and hour and wrongful termination claims, including defending McDonald's and a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee against class actions, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Schochor Federico's Brent Ceryes
Brent Ceryes helped thousands of people find relief through several multimillion-dollar class actions, including a Delaware community harmed by a chicken plant's toxic wastewater and families whose children were harmed by former pediatrician Earl Bradley, earning Ceryes a spot among the top class action attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Meaghan Colligan
Holland & Knight LLP senior associate Meaghan A. Colligan has helped lead the firm's efforts to advise the chemicals industry on national regulatory framework for recycling and other key developments, earning her a spot among the environmental attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.