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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Alex Kaplan
Susman Godfrey LLP’s Alex Kaplan has carved out his place in Houston’s energy litigation scene over the past several years through wins for big players such as Targa Liquids Marketing & Trade against federal antitrust claims and is currently working on a $3 billion fuel-oil contract dispute that's the largest of his career — putting him on the list of energy attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Patrick Harrison
Sidley Austin LLP’s Patrick Harrison has made a successful career out of navigating the complex world of U.K. and European competition law, representing a major world player in the credit and debit card industry and also scoring a first-of-its-kind result with the U.K.’s antitrust authorities to cement his place as one of the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2017
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's John Reiss
Shearman & Sterling LLP’s John Reiss has worked on numerous deals for his fund clients over his career, including his role in facilitating a sovereign wealth fund’s co-purchase of Manhattan’s largest apartment complex, earning him a spot as one of five asset management law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Paul Hughes
Mayer Brown’s Paul Hughes is equally compelled by the intellectual property appellate work he’s done at the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court — where he recently helped score his client Impression Products a complete win — as he is by the pro bono work he’s done on immigration and incarceration issues, earning a spot as one of four appellate practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Robert Pluta
Mayer Brown’s Robert Pluta has already notched more than 50 appearances before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in his young career and has secured wins for high-tech clients like Google and LG Electronics along the way, earning him a spot as one of five technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Michael Best's Kelly Fortier
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP’s Kelly Fortier regularly shepherds highly skilled workers into the U.S. and recently obtained more than 30 visa approvals for employees of a European company moving across the Atlantic, earning her a spot among immigration attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Matthew Berry
Matthew Berry is a Susman Godfrey LLP attorney who's been entrusted with some of the firm's biggest work and has proven his worth by earning a $168 million settlement for animation-studio clients and a $50 million patent infringement verdict in the last year, making him one of Law360's five Rising Stars in the trials area.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Andrew Ahern
When Newport Global Advisors needed to restructure a $500 million fund and HarbourVest Partners had to seal deals like its purchase of a $1.9 billion fund manager from Bank of America Corp., they turned to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Andrew Ahern, whose continuing relationships with big clients landed him among the five asset management attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Bracewell's George Fatula
Bracewell LLP’s George D. Fatula has negotiated major energy transactions on behalf of big-name companies, including helping facilitate the deals that made the Dakota Access pipeline possible, earning him a spot as one of five energy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Lin Y. Chan
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP partner Lin Y. Chan has notched several important victories for clients in competition cases, including some of the most significant settlements with chemical and pharmaceutical companies in recent memory, placing her among the five competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2017
Rising Star: Paley Rothman's Ryan Spiegel
The experience developed by Paley Rothman’s Ryan Spiegel representing federal contractors small and large in complicated False Claims Act and other challenging disputes has led to the firm entrusting him to lead its governments contracts practice, and earned him a spot as one of the leading attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Stacey Grigsby
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner Stacey K. Grigsby spent eight years working for the federal government before joining the firm in December 2014, and has used experience gained representing NASA and other federal entities to handle high-profile government contracts disputes on behalf of clients including Palantir, earning her a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Grace Shie
Mayer Brown LLP’s Grace Shie manages global mobility programs for big-ticket businesses, including a top U.S. aerospace company, and previously helmed a major law firm’s immigration practice in Hong Kong, earning her a spot as one of three immigration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Rhett Van Syoc
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Rhett Van Syoc led teams that worked on nearly a dozen energy deals signed within the last year, including several big-ticket deals involving his primary client, private equity giant The Blackstone Group, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: Crowell's Juan A. Arteaga
Crowell & Moring LLP's new antitrust partner Juan A. Arteaga's work investigating and successfully challenging multibillion-dollar deals during his time as an antitrust enforcer for the U.S. Department of Justice — from the SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch InBev tie-up to the failed deal between Humana and Aetna — has earned him a spot as one of the competition law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: Latham's Chad Rolston
Latham & Watkins LLP’s Chad Rolston has successfully negotiated mergers and acquisitions with billions at stake for a broad base of major technology and semiconductor companies such as Broadcom, earning him a spot as one of five technology attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jonathan Adler
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Jonathan Adler has participated in the formation of more than eight investment funds with commitments totaling nearly $19 billion since 2014 on behalf of a global client roster featuring such heavyweights as The Carlyle Group and KKR, earning him a spot among the five asset management law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Randall Jackson
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP’s Randall W. Jackson spent years as a prosecutor for the Southern District of New York before joining the firm’s global investigations and white collar practice, racking up major wins at trial in big federal cases like the infamous "Madoff Five" and "Cannibal Cop" cases, among others, earning him a spot as one of five trial attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2017
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Tom Saunders
WilmerHale’s Tom Saunders has spent his career building up a strong, successful appellate practice that capped off last year with a unanimous Supreme Court victory over requirements that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs give preference to veteran-owned small businesses, earning a spot as one of four appellate practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2017
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Adam Unikowsky
Jenner & Block LLP’s Adam Unikowsky has argued four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during his relatively short legal career, including snagging a victory this spring in a high-profile case over U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disgorgement, earning the litigator a spot among the four appellate attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2017
Rising Star: Blank Rome's Justin A. Chiarodo
Blank Rome LLP’s Justin Chiarodo has achieved wins for prominent clients in billion-dollar government contract bid disputes, such as Oshkosh Defense’s successful defense of a multibillion-dollar tactical vehicles contract, and advised on regulatory matters for high-profile mergers and acquisitions of government contractors, earning him a spot as one of five government contracts attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2017
Rising Star: Jones Day's David Stringer
Jones Day’s David S. Stringer has been the firm’s lead associate on numerous M&A transactions in the energy space with a special focus on midstream and downstream assets, including helping a major natural gas distributor acquire an interest in a large pipeline system, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2017
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Brian Rocca
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Brian Rocca has helped tech giants from Intel to Google deal with antitrust challenges, including leading the litigation team that recently won the dismissal of the Philadelphia Taxi Association's case against Uber, landing him a spot as one of five competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2017
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Brian Mack
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Brian Mack has represented top tech companies in some of the biggest disputes over patents covering smartphone designs and more, including winning the reversal of a nearly $400 million judgment against Samsung, earning him a spot as one of five technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2017
Rising Star: Kirkland's Kimberly Branscome
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Kimberly Branscome’s work getting juries to recognize the truth of her corporate clients’ defenses — including winning key bellwether trials for General Motors after it was accused of selling cars with defective ignition switches — landed the trials practitioner a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.