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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 14, 2017
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Alison Stein
Jenner & Block LLP's Alison Stein has helped preserve the intellectual property of prominent figures in the media and entertainment landscape, including the late wife of author John Steinbeck and the sister of an electrocuted street artist, earning her a spot as one of four media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2017
Rising Star: Kramer Levin's James Hannah
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s James Hannah has notched two jury verdicts for Finjan Inc. totaling nearly $55 million and prevailed in 37 inter partes reviews for the company, earning him a spot as one of five intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 06, 2016
Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Rob Roy Smith
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's Rob Roy Smith has amassed numerous victories on behalf of his tribal clients over his career, including a win in a recent discrimination case involving the Quinault Indian Nation, earning him a spot as one of three Native American law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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May 06, 2016
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Debbie Yee
For her work helping to shepherd two major infrastructure deals totaling some $56 billion for Energy Transfer Equity LP affiliates in the last year, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Debbie Yee has been named one of Law360's 2016 top energy sector attorneys under age 40.
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May 05, 2016
Rising Star: Foster Pepper's Lauren King
Foster Pepper PLLC partner Lauren J. King's work defending the interests of Native American tribes, including securing a major fishing rights victory for a Northwestern tribe, has earned her a place among Law360's top attorneys under 40 working in the area of Native American law.
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May 05, 2016
Rising Star: Sutherland's Ram C. Sunkara
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP partner Ram C. Sunkara’s efforts representing large energy consumers like Microsoft, Target, and Houston’s public transportation authority in their purchase and generation of renewable and traditional power has landed him a spot on Law360’s Rising Stars list of top energy attorneys under 40.
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May 04, 2016
Rising Star: Dentons' Matthew Adams
Dentons' Matthew Adams has achieved several wins on behalf of Native American tribes, including helping a California tribe fight off an environmental challenge to its casino project, winning him a spot as one of three Native American law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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May 04, 2016
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Archie Fallon
King & Spalding partner Archie Fallon's work putting together large and complex energy transactions, including his role linking up partners for a $36 billion liquefied natural gas terminal joint venture facility on Canada's west coast, has landed him a spot on Law360's list of top energy attorneys under 40.
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May 03, 2016
Rising Star: MoFo's Damien C. Specht
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Damien C. Specht has served as the primary government contracts lawyer in more than 50 mergers and acquisitions with a combined value of more than $3 billion, earning him a spot among the top government contracts attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360.
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May 03, 2016
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Matt Einbinder
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Matt Einbinder's work shepherding billions of dollars worth of energy financing deals, as well as helping lenders navigate the wave of bankruptcies engulfing the oil and gas sector, has earned him a spot on Law360's list of top energy lawyers under 40.
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May 03, 2016
Rising Star: Jones Day's Kate Wallace
Jones Day partner Kate Wallace has guided companies like DirecTV and Reynolds American in high-profile acquisitions, while helping ICANN beat a lawsuit claiming it had a monopoly on the domain-name market, landing her among Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.
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May 02, 2016
Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Joshua Schiller
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP partner Joshua I. Schiller has been handling the day-to-day caseload for embattled daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings Inc. as it faces enforcement action from the New York attorney general and other state regulators in the ongoing debate over the legality of the games, landing him on Law360’s Rising Stars list.
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May 02, 2016
Rising Star: Crowell's Brian Tully McLaughlin
For helping companies that do business with the government protect themselves from and prosecute claims exceeding $330 million in decadelong fights before administrative boards, trial courts and appellate panels, Brian Tully McLaughlin of Crowell & Moring LLP has won a spot on Law360's list of top government contracts attorneys under 40.
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May 02, 2016
Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Mark Barron
BakerHostetler partner Mark Barron notched several important victories for clients over the past year, from obtaining a crucial injunction blocking new fracking rules that affect public lands to defending natural gas pipeline operators from a competitor, earning him a spot as one of Law360's top five energy attorneys under 40.
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May 02, 2016
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Cynthia Richman
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Cynthia Richman helped guide Apple through litigation alleging it conspired with major publishers to raise the price of e-books, earning her a spot as one of Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.
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May 02, 2016
Rising Star: Beasley Allen's J. Parker Miller
Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC's J. Parker Miller helped Alabama score a $2.3 billion settlement with BP PLC in the fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, capping years of litigation tied to the disaster and earning himself a spot among four environmental lawyers under 40 on Law360's list of Rising Stars.
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April 29, 2016
Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Matthew Schwartz
After a decade of work at the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, Matthew L. Schwartz hit the ground running in 2015 as a partner at Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, where his work building an investigations practice — and on high-profile matters including daily fantasy sports litigation — earned him a spot on Law360's list of top white collar attorneys under 40.
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April 29, 2016
Rising Star: Keker & Van Nest's Adam Lauridsen
Keker & Van Nest LLP partner Adam Lauridsen blends enthusiasm for sports with sophistication of sports law, tackling landmark cases involving Major League Baseball's antitrust exemption, franchise relocations and First Amendment disputes, landing him a spot on Law360's list of top sports law attorneys under age 40.
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April 29, 2016
Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Tirzah Lollar
Tirzah Lollar's successful defense of former Halliburton subsidiary and U.S. army contractor KBR Inc. against multiple fraud and kickback allegations from whistleblowers following the Iraq war has earned the Vinson & Elkins LLP partner a spot among Law360's top attorneys under 40.
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April 29, 2016
Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's William Reiss
For the last several years, antitrust litigator William Reiss has helped represent a class of plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation alleging automotive parts makers engaged in one of the largest price-fixing schemes ever and has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements, earning him a spot among Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.
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April 28, 2016
Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Seth Locke
Whether he's advocating for top clients like the Boeing Company in cost-accounting disputes or working on high-profile bid protests, Perkins Coie LLP counsel Seth Locke puts the interests of government contractors first, landing him a spot among Law360's 2016 Rising Stars.
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April 28, 2016
Rising Star: Whatley Kallas LLP's Henry C. Quillen
Whatley Kallas LLP partner Henry C. Quillen has played a key role in complex class actions against Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cox Enterprises and others, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of top competition attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 28, 2016
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's David Greenspan
Winston & Strawn LLP partner David Greenspan has been at the center of the firm’s representation of the National Football League Players Association, helping guide the union to some major victories in labor disputes in recent years and making him one of four sports attorneys on Law360’s Rising Stars list.
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April 28, 2016
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Ben O'Neil
Ben O'Neil helped dismantle a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against a PetroTiger Ltd. executive, resulting in a favorable deal in the middle of a high-profile trial and putting the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner among Law360's top white collar attorneys under 40.
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April 28, 2016
Rising Star: Squire Patton Boggs' John Lazzaretti
Squire Patton Boggs LLP senior associate John Lazzaretti’s high-profile work on the front lines fighting for Murray Energy against the Obama administration’s environmental policies has earned him a spot as one of four environmental attorneys on this year's list of Rising Stars.