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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Robert A. Braun
Robert A. Braun of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has helped home sellers reach about $1 billion in settlements over real estate broker commissions and has also helped land deals for buyers in antitrust cases involving pharmaceuticals and electronic components, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: McGuireWoods' Emilie McNally
Emilie McNally of McGuireWoods LLP has guided NiSource Inc. through the $2.15 billion sale of a minority stake in its subsidiary to Blackstone, and represented Dominion Energy Inc. in its $14 billion sale of three local natural gas distribution companies, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: Hueston Hennigan's Sourabh Mishra
Sourabh Mishra was one of the attorneys on the Hueston Hennigan LLP trial team representing Monster Energy Co. against the makers of Bang Energy drink, helping score a record-breaking $293 million false advertising judgment and earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Julianne Befeler
Julianne Befeler of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has been a key adviser on complex commercial real estate transactions for heavy hitters including Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Properties and Blackstone Inc., earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Sam Rudik
Sam Rudik, a recently promoted partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, guided Blackstone on several billion-dollar transactions over the past three years, including a handful of major development deals and acquisitions involving data centers, landing him a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jessica Benvenisty
Jessica Benvenisty of King & Spalding LLP led the trial team for the mobile gaming platform Skillz Inc. and won a $42.9 million jury verdict in California in February against rival Aviagames for patent infringement related to fraud allegedly enabled by bots, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Rising Star: Covington's Alexis Dyschkant
Alexis Dyschkant of Covington & Burling LLP is an emerging leading expert on PFAS-related coverage issues, taking point on litigation strategy, summary judgment briefing and oral arguments, all earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Elizabeth Bock
Elizabeth Bock of O'Melveny & Myers LLP has mounted a staunch defense of Medicare Advantage organizations in False Claims Act cases, including her work securing the dismissal of two qui tam cases against Elevance Health Inc., earning her a spot among the healthcare attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Julian W. Kleinbrodt
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Julian W. Kleinbrodt recently helped tobacco company Swisher undo an antitrust judgment after uncovering fraud on the part of plaintiff Trendsettah and has played a role in a number of recent victories for Apple Inc. in battles over antitrust claims related to its app store and watch, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Leonid Traps
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Leonid Traps helped win a motion dismissing a multibillion-dollar securities fraud suit against Citigroup and aided AT&T in securing a full dismissal of two rare multilevel court cases seeking billions of dollars in damages, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Rising Star: Sidley's Atman Shukla
Atman Shukla of Sidley Austin LLP has helped guide some of the energy infrastructure industry's biggest players through multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including Enbridge Inc.'s $3 billion purchase of Moda Midstream Operating LLC, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2024
Rising Star: Miller Friel's Benjamin W. Massarsky
Benjamin W. Massarsky of Miller Friel PLLC helped a flooded manufacturing factory obtain more than $112 million from its insurers, one of the largest verdicts in Indiana history and one of the largest bad faith wins nationwide in 30 years, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2024
Rising Star: Skadden's Tansy Woan
Tansy Woan of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has used her litigation prowess to score a one-of-a-kind victory in a crypto case, as well as successfully argue for the Second Circuit to free JPMorgan Chase from a long-running lawsuit, earning her spot as one of the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2024
Rising Star: Axinn's Bradley Justus
Bradley Justus of Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP has represented Tyson Foods in growers' antitrust litigation alleging an industry-wide conspiracy to suppress prices paid to chicken growers, and Google against claims it helped suppress competition, earning him a spot among the antitrust and competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2024
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Niqui Kohli
Jenner & Block LLP's Niqui Kohli has become the guy major energy companies are turning to early on in dealmaking, often involving himself in setting strategy from the beginning to help providers navigate the potentially treacherous waters of regulatory approval and stakeholder buy-in, landing him among the energy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2024
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Michael Snow
Michael Snow of Hogan Lovells was co-lead counsel representing Kaiser Foundation Hospitals for the launch of its value-based healthcare platform Risant Health, helped the large hospital system acquire the $10 billion Geisinger Health, and represents Oregon Health & Science University in acquiring health system Legacy Health, earning him a spot among healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2024
Rising Star: Kirkland's Britt Cramer
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Britt Cramer secured a record $19.3 million civil verdict for deprivation of rights for a pro bono Jane Doe client who was repeatedly raped and abused by a counselor at an Illinois prison where she was housed, earning a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2024
Rising Stars: Wiley's Margaret T. Karchmer
Margaret T. Karchmer of Wiley Rein LLP got a $14 million judgment against Travelers Indemnity Co. reversed and helped Tokio Marine HCC escape a $75 million matter, earning her a spot among insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2024
Rising Star: Labaton Keller's Brendan W. Sullivan
Brendan W. Sullivan has helped Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP notch big wins in securities cases, including a $1 billion cash settlement from Dell, one of the largest ever in any state-level court, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2024
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Courtney Whang
Courtney Whang of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped secure a highly favorable plaintiff-side settlement for KKR, one of the world's largest institutional investors, in a securities opt-out class action and is currently preparing for a jury trial representing HPS Investment Partners LLC in multiple actions arising from the bankruptcy of the oil and gas exploration company Alta Mesa Resources Inc., earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2024
Rising Star: Reichman Jorgensen's Jaime Cardenas-Navia
Jaime Cardenas-Navia of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP has worked on major litigation and scored wins for clients against industry giants, including a $525 million verdict against Amazon, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2024
Rising Star: Goodwin's Peter Hanoian
Peter G. Hanoian of Goodwin Procter LLP advised Webster Equity Partners on the formation of Retina Consultants of America and its initial financing and acquisition of five specialty practices for about $350 million, earning him a spot among the healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2024
Rising Star: Milbank's Grant A. Bermann
Grant A. Bermann of Milbank LLP worked on the U.S. Department of Justice's successful challenge to a major joint venture between American Airlines and JetBlue, carving out a spot as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2024
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Martha Goodman
Martha Goodman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has advised on high-profile antitrust matters for major tech clients, including defending Google in the U.S. Department of Justice's landmark upcoming antitrust trial over advertising technology, earning her a spot among the technology lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2024
Rising Star: Kirkland's Devin Anderson
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Devin Anderson led a former high school football coach to victory at the U.S. Supreme Court after he was not rehired by the district, which took issue with his practice of praying publicly on the field after games, earning him a spot among appellate attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 as Rising Stars.