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 10, 2020

    Rising Star: Anderson Kill's Raymond A. Mascia Jr.

    With wins under his belt representing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an asbestos coverage suit against AIG and obtaining Superfund site coverage for Siltronic Corp., Anderson Kill PC's Raymond Mascia has been named one of the insurance attorneys among Law360's 2020 Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2020

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Brittany Amadi

    Brittany Amadi of WilmerHale successfully represented Intel Corp. in a $2 billion patent dispute over circuit technology, along with other major victories, landing her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2020

    Rising Star: Cravath's Michael E. Mariani

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Michael Mariani has guided several watershed deals in his career, including steering IBM's massive $20 billion bond to fund its acquisition of Red Hat and JPMorgan on a landmark SOFR-linked notes deal, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2020

    Rising Star: Yetter Coleman's April L. Farris

    Yetter Coleman LLP partner April L. Farris helped IBM avoid paying an extra $26 million in damages in a contract dispute by persuading the Sixth Circuit to accept her interpretation of a confusing set of jury notes, earning her a spot among five appellate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2020

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Saee Muzumdar

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Saee Muzumdar has led a number of the biggest transactions of the past year, including Pepsi's $3.85 billion acquisition of Rockstar Energy and Merck's $6.5 billion asset spinoff, earning her a spot among the M&A attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2020

    Rising Star: Osborn Maledon's Eric M. Fraser

    Eric M. Fraser of Osborn Maledon PA took a lead role representing the city of Phoenix as it defended an anti-discrimination law in a highly publicized Arizona Supreme Court case over LGBTQ rights and religious freedom, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2020

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Ryan Derry

    Paul Hastings' Ryan Derry has demonstrated a solid track record of securing trial victories in thorny labor cases for major clients, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2020

    Rising Star: Skadden's James Pak

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP counsel James Pak has brought home multimillion-dollar jury verdicts for ZeniMax Media and Aspen Technology in intellectual property litigation, earning him a spot among the IP attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 09, 2020

    Rising Star: Skadden's Brian Krause

    Brian Krause of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has worked as the lead tax counsel on a number of multibillion-dollar deals, including Worldpay Inc.'s merger with FIS in the largest payments industry deal ever, worth $43 billion, earning him a spot as one of five tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2020

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Daniel E. Jones

    Daniel E. Jones of Mayer Brown LLP has had a prominent role in writing key briefs in several high-profile U.S. Supreme Court and circuit court cases, including the high court's landmark 2016 Spokeo decision, earning him a place as one of the appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2020

    Rising Star: McDermott's Timothy Shuman

    Timothy Shuman of McDermott Will & Emery LLP has advised global consumer brands company JAB Holding Co. on its $21 billion acquisition of Dr Pepper Snapple Group and on its acquisition of veterinary hospitals, earning him a spot among the tax lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2020

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Lee Hochbaum

    Lee Hochbaum of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has advised on several multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions, including financial services provider Charles Schwab's pending $26 billion purchase of investing service TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2020

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Deepa Acharya

    Deepa Acharya, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, has notched important victories against Silicon Valley giants, including a recent $1.1 billion jury verdict against Apple Inc., landing her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 08, 2020

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's John Richards

    John Richards of Greenberg Traurig LLP has guided Abercrombie & Fitch and Stanley Steemer through high-stakes class actions and has established himself as a go-to lawyer for helping global retail brands navigate a maze of workplace compliance challenges, earning him a spot as one of Law360's employment law Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2020

    Rising Star: Cravath's Allison M. Wein

    Allison Wein of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has helped steer several blockbuster deals, including Disney's $85 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox and Occidental's $57 billion Anadarko buy, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2020

    Rising Star: Fenwick's Julia Ushakova-Stein

    Fenwick & West LLP's Julia Ushakova-Stein has successfully navigated clients through litigation spanning her expertise in merger and acquisition implications, international planning and tax controversies, earning her a spot as one of five tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2020

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Yaakov M. Roth

    Jones Day partner Yaakov M. Roth convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the conviction of a former New Jersey public official caught up in the infamous Bridgegate scandal, earning him a spot among five appellate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2020

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Molly Senger

    Molly Senger has become a go-to litigator under the tutelage of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's crack team of employment attorneys, helping Ford beat class claims in a sprawling sexual harassment suit to earn a spot as one of five employment law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2020

    Rising Star: McKool Smith's Nick Mathews

    Nicholas Mathews of McKool Smith PC has secured several victories on behalf of Ericsson, including a defense verdict in HTC Corp.'s patent dispute over standard essential patent licensing fees, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2020

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Elisabeth Theodore

    Elisabeth Theodore of Arnold & Porter has argued in a series of partisan gerrymandering cases and challenged the Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2020

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Shaylyn Cochran

    Shaylyn Cochran of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has steered a settlement with BarBri Inc. on behalf of a group of blind bar exam takers, moving the test prep giant to make its offerings accessible to test takers with vision disabilities and earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • July 06, 2020

    Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Adam Shartzer

    Fish & Richardson PC principal Adam Shartzer helped Micron invalidate University of Illinois semiconductor patents and then beat a related breach of contract case, while using damages reports to beat several other patent cases, earning him a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2020

    Rising Star: Cleary's Kyle Harris

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Kyle Harris has guided many major mergers and acquisitions since joining the firm in 2011, including last year's complicated $45.4 billion tie-up of fragrance giant IFF and the nutrition and biosciences business of DuPont, earning him a spot as one of five M&A attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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 18, 2019

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Raaj Narayan

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Raaj Narayan has helped guide several large deals on behalf of technology companies, including Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $8.8 billion cross-border spinoff and Salesforce's $15.7 billion purchase of Tableau, earning him a spot as one of four technology law Rising Stars honored by Law360.

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