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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 15, 2020
Rising Star: Pasich's Michael Gehrt
Michael Gehrt of Pasich LLP has secured millions in coverage for DirecTV after a flood in Thailand hurt one of its suppliers, and he got the City of Beverly Hills a rare windfall through a settlement with its insurers over three car accidents, earning him a spot among the Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Julia Kohen
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Julia Kohen has supplied valuable financing counsel on a blockbuster €9.8 billion ($10.7 billion) European real estate fund for Blackstone and dozens of other funds with values totaling more than $20 billion, landing a spot as one of the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Rising Star: Wilkinson Walsh's Moira Penza
Moira Penza of Wilkinson & Walsh LLP knocked it out of the park last summer when she prosecuted the leader of a shadowy New York self-help group for sex trafficking in a six-week trial, then went to private practice and was hired to lead Allergan into an antitrust battle, making her one of Law360's Rising Stars for trials.
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July 15, 2020
Rising Star: Kabat Chapman's Ryan D. Watstein
A specialist in consumer class actions, Kabat Chapman & Ozmer LLP's Ryan Watstein has prevented an autodialer suit against Bright House Networks from getting certified and convinced a federal court to toss junk fax claims against Time Warner Cable, earning him a spot among five class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Irina Vasilchenko
Irina Vasilchenko of Labaton Sucharow LLP garnered a historic $192.5 million deal for investors in energy company SCANA Corp. over a failed nuclear reactor project and secured a $19 million preliminary settlement in a shareholders' suit against Daimler AG over its Mercedes Benz diesel emission scandal, earning a place as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's John Horsfield-Bradbury
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's London-based partner John Horsfield-Bradbury has steered massive deals across global jurisdictions over the past decade, highlighted by Budweiser Brewing Company APAC's $5.75 billion Hong Kong IPO in 2019, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Rising Star: Latham's Alfred Xue
Alfred Xue of Latham & Watkins LLP has represented major financial institutions in high-profile transactions, including J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and other banks as they financed Brookfield Business Partners' $13.2 billion acquisition of a battery business in 2019, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Rachael McCracken
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Rachael McCracken was a key part of the trial team that secured a $1.1 billion verdict for the California Institute of Technology in its patent showdown with Apple this year, earning her a spot as one of four attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360's trials Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Rising Star: Mintz's Laura Bange Stephens
Laura Bange Stephens of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has been instrumental in securing major coverage and settlement decisions for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., ranging from decades-old sexual abuse claims to bankruptcy issues, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Rising Star: Goldstein Borgen's Raymond A. Wendell
Raymond Wendell of Goldstein Borgen Dardarian & Ho reached multimillion-dollar settlements with three major cities that require them to install thousands of curb ramps for people who use wheelchairs, and he struck a $6.5 million-dollar deal with American Airlines for customers who were wrongly charged for their checked bags, earning him a place among the class action attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Nicole Allen
Nicole Allen of Jenner & Block LLP has defended clients in complex commercial litigation, like commodities and securities class actions, financial fraud cases and enforcement actions from federal agencies, including helping Kraft Foods Group successfully fight fraud and price manipulation claims by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, securing her a place as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Rising Star: Latham's Basil Al-Jafari
Basil Al-Jafari of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised on several multibillion-dollar transactions in the Middle East, including representing the underwriters for Saudi Aramco's historic $29.4 billion initial public offering, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Sheila C. Ramesh
Sheila Ramesh of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP scored a series of big wins within just a month's span, including Credit Suisse's successful class certification fight in a $21 billion antitrust class action after all of the bank's co-defendants had settled, earning her a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Ezra Schneck
Ezra Schneck of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised on several transactions worth about $1 billion or more in the last year, including guiding Sinclair Broadcast Group's $9.6 billion acquisition of Disney's sports networks, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Emmy L. Levens
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC partner Emmy L. Levens has landed several major antitrust settlements, including a $50 million deal with Panasonic and other electronics companies, and is currently helping lead a major suit over the Flint water crisis — earning her a spot among Law360's class action Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Rising Star: Kirkland's Diana Watral
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Diana Watral has helped lead clients to success in bet-the-company trials in recent years, particularly in the health and life sciences space, making her one of Law360's trials Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Rising Star: Fenwick's Ran Ben-Tzur
Ran Ben-Tzur of Fenwick & West LLP has worked on both sides of the table in high-profile initial public offerings, advising Peloton in its $1.2 billion IPO and the underwriters for Cloudflare's $600 million debut, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2020
Rising Star: Covington's Dustin Cho
Covington & Burling LLP partner Dustin Cho has been instrumental in helping the NFL reach settlements with several of its insurers over coverage for former players' concussion claims, landing him a spot among the insurance practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Wachtell's Rachel Reisberg
Rachel Reisberg of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has provided tax expertise for headline-grabbing deals, including United Technologies' $166 billion merger with Raytheon — a tax-free, all-stock union of aerospace and defense giants — earning her a spot among tax practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Weil's Amanda Fenster
Amanda Fenster of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is advising risk management company Willis Towers Watson PLC in its $80 billion merger with insurance giant Aon PLC, one of several multibillion-dollar transactions involving big names she's advised on over the last year, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Covington's Ashley Simonsen
Covington & Burling LLP's Ashley Simonsen has defended financial services firms like Celtic Bank, Navient and Chase against borrower litigation with often millions of dollars on the line, securing a spot as one of the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Russell Kornblith
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's Russell Kornblith represents a group of female attorneys who charge white shoe firm Jones Day with pay discrimination, forcing Big Law to reckon with its own gender inequality in the "black box" compensation model and earning him a spot among the five employment law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Desmarais' Tamir Packin
Tamir Packin of Desmarais LLP stepped onto center stage with a smash this year, winning a $400 million patent trial for Cisco in his debut as first chair and earning him a spot as one of four attorneys under 40 honored as Law360's trials Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Rebecca Boon
Recently minted Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Rebecca Boon has had her hands in some of the highest-profile investor fraud actions of the last few years, including two unprecedented cases centered around allegations of sexual harassment at Fox News and Signet Jewelers, earning her a spot as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2020
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Edward Timlin
With a deft hand at shareholder class actions, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's Edward Timlin has guided litigation challenging national gas companies' $11 billion union and advised an insider trading case targeting a billionaire activist investor, earning him a spot as one of five class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.