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 22, 2020

    Rising Star: White & Case's Prat Vallabhaneni

    White & Case LLP's Pratin Vallabhaneni has been immersed in some of the most consequential fintech products in recent years, advising Facebook on its foray into digital currencies with the Libra project and working with high-flying fintech infrastructure companies like Plaid and Stripe, earning him a spot among the fintech attorneys under 40 chosen as Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's JP Kernisan

    JP Kernisan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped the Carolina Panthers minimize the fallout from a probe of improper workplace conduct by its former owner, earning him a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Allison Holt Ryan

    Hogan Lovells partner Allison Holt Ryan steered health insurer Anthem through the legal fallout from a massive data breach and is currently helping LabCorp fight multidistrict litigation over a cyberattack that hit one of its vendors, earning her a place among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Shih

    Quinn Emanuel partner Kathleen Shih has supplied valuable advice to major energy sector companies, including offshore drilling companies, helping to bring in an award of more than $700 million to Vantage Energy Inc. among other deals, which landed her a spot as one of the energy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Justin W. Bernick

    Justin W. Bernick has played a key role on a Hogan Lovells team defending Blue Cross Blue Shield in massive antitrust litigation brought by health insurance buyers and medical providers accusing BCBS of allocating markets, earning him a spot among the competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Motley Rice's Ann E. Rice Ervin

    Ann E. Rice Ervin of Motley Rice LLC helped affected families obtain a key win in multidistrict litigation alleging GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran caused birth defects, earning her a spot among the product liability practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Marta Belcher

    Marta Belcher of Ropes & Gray LLP advised some of the largest global cryptocurrency companies including the creator of Filecoin and drafted the first software license that could be legally enforceable over blockchain, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars. 

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Orrick's Nicholas Green

    Nicholas Green of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has helped craft and guide the passage of sports betting legislation across the U.S. over the past year, including in Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, earning him a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Orrick's Jonathan Ayre

    Jonathan Ayre of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped build the firm's oil and gas practice into a go-to adviser for major energy players and shepherded billion-dollar deals in the process, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Kate Black

    Kate Black of Greenberg Traurig LLP led the development of genetic testing company 23andMe's law enforcement protocol and program and continues to advise companies with innovative technologies about how to use data appropriately with consumers' privacy in mind, earning her a spot among cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Shaila Rahman Diwan

    Shaila Rahman Diwan of King & Spalding LLP has scored multiple trial victories for Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging the company's talcum powder causes mesothelioma, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Cleary's Dan Culley

    Daniel P. Culley of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP helped guide T-Mobile through a web of regulatory approvals needed for its blockbuster purchase of Sprint and has also handled important deals for companies across a variety of other industries, earning him a spot among antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Latham's Fiona Maclean

    Fiona Maclean of Latham & Watkins LLP advised Credit Suisse in a first-of-its-kind transaction to develop a multijurisdictional wealth management platform with fintech provider Privé and guided the migration of BlackRock's portfolio operating system to cloud technology, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Anitha Reddy

    Anitha Reddy of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz took a lead role representing directors at Charter Communications Inc. in a dispute connected to the Time Warner merger and setting precedent defending a forum provision in 1st Century Bancshares Inc. and Midland Financial Co.'s merger, earning her a spot among six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Beasley Allen's Joseph VanZandt

    Beasley Allen's Joseph VanZandt is the youngest attorney on the plaintiffs' steering committee in the multidistrict litigation against troubled e-cigarette maker Juul, earning him a spot among the product liability attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Covington's Adrian Perry

    Adrian Perry of Covington & Burling LLP has advised the Los Angeles Clippers on a first-of-its-kind augmented reality video streaming service, helped the NBA launch the first esports venture operated by a professional sports league, and guided a host of other groundbreaking tech- and sports-related deals, earning him a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Jane Accomando

    Jane Accomando of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has helped nuclear power plant operators recover hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government for waste storage, and she regularly spearheads investigations into alleged wrongdoing at nuclear plants, earning her a spot on the list of top energy lawyers under age 40 named as Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Frankfurt Kurnit's Daniel Goldberg

    Daniel Goldberg of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC has guided a wide range of clients, including Domino's Pizza, mobile shopping app Wish and video game makers Bungie and Zynga, through the elaborate compliance process of California's new privacy law, landing him a spot as one of the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Duane Loft

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Duane Loft has represented professional basketball players in a crucial spat against the NBA, and he continues to work some of the most important pharmaceutical pricing antitrust cases, netting him a place among the antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Dentons' Jeffrey Zachman

    Dentons' Jeffrey Zachman has built a deep relationship with established fintech lender Kabbage Inc., culminating in a first-of-its-kind victory in a "true lender" case that upheld the core of the company's business, landing him a spot among fintech practitioners under 40 chosen as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 16, 2020

    Rising Star: Weil's Justin D. Lee

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Justin Lee has advised the arrangers on Fox's proposed acquisition of Sky Broadcasting, guided Goldman Sachs on a multibillion-dollar acquisition financing deal during market turmoil in the early days of the pandemic and carved out a niche working with European borrowers accessing U.S. markets, earning a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 16, 2020

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Catherine Cockerham

    Steptoe & Johnson's Catherine Cockerham has helped defend insurers against a variety of complex, multi-party asbestos-related injury claims and insurance coverage disputes, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 16, 2020

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Emily D. Johnson

    Emily D. Johnson of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped architect the financing for the split-up of industrial giant United Technologies Corp., which resulted in three publicly traded companies, earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 16, 2020

    Rising Star: Pomerantz's Jennifer Banner Sobers

    Pomerantz LLP's Jennifer Banner Sobers has played crucial roles in major international securities cases, including overseeing third-party discovery in Brazil's largest oil company Petrobras' $3 billion litigation, earning her a spot as one of five class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 16, 2020

    Rising Star: Sidley's James Heyworth

    In 2019, Sidley Austin LLP partner James Heyworth saw the Third Circuit affirm his win for Bear Stearns in a decade-old case that's spanned his law career and secured a well-cited victory for Cigna in the Second Circuit, landing him a spot as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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