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Rankings: Rising Stars
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August 07, 2017
Rising Star: Robbins Geller's Jason H. Alperstein
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Jason Alperstein raced out of the gate when he joined the firm in 2015 by swiftly becoming an integral member of its litigation team in the controversial Volkswagen “clean diesel” emissions case, earning him a promotion from associate to partner within a year as well as a spot among the three consumer protection attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2017
Rising Star: Cadwalader's Wesley Misson
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's Wesley Misson co-leads the firm's leading global fund finance practice and closed on more than 40 deals totaling over $15 billion last year, earning him a spot as one of the capital markets practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2017
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Megan L. Brown
Wiley Rein LLP’s Megan L. Brown has helped major players in the U.S. telecommunications industry in overcoming challenges to the deployment of nationwide, next generation wireless services, earning her a spot as one of three telecommunications attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2017
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Matthew B. Dubeck
Matthew B. Dubeck of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has built a strong practice in a short time representing companies and private equity firms, including Platinum Equity and J.H. Whitney & Co., on complicated mergers and acquisitions, among other transactions, and has also carved out a specialty advising on representations and warranties insurance, earning him a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Charles Galbraith
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP’s Charles Galbraith has spent much of his career trying to bring positive change for Native American communities, including pushing for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act while working for the federal government, earning him a spot as one of three Native American law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Axinn Veltrop's Suchira Ghosh
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP counsel Suchira Ghosh’s strong knowledge of pharmaceutical regulations and intellectual property has helped her push through contentious battles to get generic drugs on the market for Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Watson Laboratories Inc., landing her a spot as one of five life sciences attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Amy Lentz
Steptoe & Johnson LLP’s Amy J. Lentz has spent the past decade ascending through the firm’s trade practice, primarily with her intensive work on landmark World Trade Organization cases challenging U.S. tariffs on behalf of the Chinese government, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Corey Worcester
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Corey Worcester has successfully represented insurers and reinsurers in complex coverage matters and transactions, including securing a win for a German insurer in a $90 million product liability coverage dispute with Ford Motor Co., landing him among the insurance lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Jason 'Jay' Freedman
Ropes & Gray LLP’s Jason "Jay" Freedman has helped close more than $10 billion worth of deals in the last two years with big time private equity clients, including TPG Capital Management LP and Altamont Capital Partners LLC, earning him a spot as one of five private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: White & Case's Matthew Wood
White & Case LLP's Matthew Wood has worked on deals in oil and gas, mining, power, infrastructure and other sectors across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, including heading the firm's team on a major natural gas terminal project in Bahrain last year, making him one of five project finance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Goodwin's Annie Railton
Goodwin Procter LLP's Annie Railton played key roles in the successful trial defense of a pharmaceutical executive and a former Deutsche Bank trader and spearheaded major investigations, making her one of five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360's white collar Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Venable's Daniel S. Blynn
Venable LLP’s Daniel S. Blynn has made a name for himself helping clients across a wide range of industries navigate advertising and telemarketing litigation and investigations, notching wins like turning unfavorable precedent on its head in several false advertising actions against Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. to land a spot as one of three consumer protection attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: Jones Day's Emily Leitch
Jones Day partner Emily Leitch, a former investment banker turned capital markets lawyer, has thrived in the rapid-fire world of corporate dealmaking, advising energy clients on complex equity and debt transactions and steering multibillion-dollar acquisitions involving Texas’ oil-and-gas rich Permian Basin, earning her a spot as one of five capital markets law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Edward 'Smitty' Smith
Among numerous achievements, DLA Piper’s Edward “Smitty” Smith has helped deliver broadband to underserved communities as a member of the Obama administration, guided the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum-repurposing incentive auction and run for attorney general in the District of Columbia, more than earning his place as one of three telecommunication law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2017
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Brian Cohen
DLA Piper's Brian Cohen has made a name for himself as a trusted member of the law firm’s hospitality and leisure group by guiding high-profile deals such as InterContinental Hotels Group’s $430 million acquisition of independent boutique leader Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, making him one of three hospitality attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2017
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Anita Girdhari
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Anita Girdhari is a jack of all trades in the transportation world. She worked on two of the first U.S. public-private partnership transportation deals to use private activity bonds — interstate projects in Texas — and has expanded her expertise ever since, earning a spot as one of five transportation practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2017
Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie A. Neuman
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP’s Bonnie A. Neuman counsels big-name real estate lenders including J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank on important financing transactions for a wide range of assets, from large hotel portfolios to trophy office buildings, landing her a spot among Law360's Rising Stars for the second year in a row.
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August 03, 2017
Rising Star: Weil's Caroline Hickey Zalka
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Caroline Hickey Zalka has handled high-profile cases for clients ranging from Morgan Stanley to General Electric to Lululemon Athletica, including a case for Sanofi that was the first in the Second Circuit to apply the Supreme Court’s Omnicare decision, earning her a spot as one of the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2017
Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Michael Lieberman
Crowell & Moring LLP’s Michael Lieberman has taken on challenges in complex health care litigation including the defense of Blue Cross Blue Shield in a massive antitrust case, earning him a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2017
Rising Star: Manatt Phelps' Michael Kolber
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP’s Michael Kolber has successfully defended health care providers against complex class actions, often in uncharted territory based on minute details of the Affordable Care Act, and has used his thorough understanding of the ACA gained as a government attorney to advise clients on transactions and regulatory matters, earning him a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2017
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Timothy Loose
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's Timothy Loose has racked up wins defending companies across a wide range of class action cases, including a victory in a case over boat motors made by Yamaha Motor Corp. that was recently upheld in a precedential Ninth Circuit decision, earning him a spot as one of the four class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2017
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Stacey McEvoy
Hogan Lovell's Stacey McEvoy has routinely advised many of the largest real estate investment trusts on various transactional matters, and her work steering recent deals north of $1 billion for Duke Realty Corp., Apple Hospitality REIT and American Homes 4 Rent has earned her a spot as one of five real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2017
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Amy Roy
Ropes & Gray LLP counsel Amy Roy has represented some of the country’s largest mutual funds, notably winning cases for the directors and trustees of the Sequoia Fund and Calamos Investment Trust in cases that had the fund industry on the edge of their seats and earned her a spot as one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2017
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Mitch Holzrichter
Mayer Brown LLP's Mitch Holzrichter has played a prominent role in crafting financing deals for several high-profile infrastructure projects, including advising on Puerto Rico’s first-of-its-kind arrangement to privatize its airport and on Texas’ unique procurement for a toll lane project in Houston, earning him a spot as one of five transportation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2017
Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Elizabeth Canter
Covington & Burling LLP partner Elizabeth Canter has had a hand in helping a range of companies navigate the tricky privacy and regulatory issues that are increasingly popping up in major transactions, including Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of video call service Skype, earning her a spot as one of four cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.