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Rankings: Rising Stars
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April 12, 2016
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Dan Feldman
Shearman & Sterling LLP attorney Dan Feldman's skillful handling of ambitious and complex industrial and infrastructure megaprojects, such as Petronas' $28 billion refinery and petrochemicals project in Malaysia, has landed him a spot among Law360's top project finance attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 12, 2016
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Michael Baratz
Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Michael J. Baratz has consistently found himself at the forefront of the firm’s high-profile international arbitration caseload, highlighted by the dogged pursuit of a $1.6 billion award on behalf ExxonMobil and a $30 million win for U.S. Airways, landing him a spot among Law360's top attorneys under 40.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Alanna Rutherford
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP partner Alanna Rutherford has packed more high-stakes trial work into her young career than most corporate attorneys see in a lifetime and has snagged victories in matters ranging from a showdown with the U.S. government over its bailout of AIG to a dispute over insurance coverage for the World Trade Center attacks, earning her a place among Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Whatley Kallas' W. Tucker Brown
Whatley Kallas LLP's W. Tucker Brown is making a name for himself in the health care realm far beyond his Birmingham, Alabama, base, playing a key role in high-stakes cases like the Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust litigation and landing among six health attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 this year.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Squire Patton Boggs' Stephen Anway
Squire Patton Boggs LLP partner Stephen P. Anway, who specializes in investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration, has represented clients in more than 60 arbitration proceedings spanning 25 countries, earning him a spot among the top international arbitration attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Skadden's Brandon Van Dyke
Though he's yet to reach 40, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Brandon Van Dyke has been able to provide ongoing counsel for corporate heavyweights, including DuPont Co. and News Corp., as they undertake transformational mergers and acquisitions, landing him on this year’s list of Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Akin Gump's Deborah Newman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Deborah Newman recalls with satisfaction her recent leading role in the firm’s successful courtroom fight to shield General Motors’ unsecured creditor trust from billions in liability claims, one of the achievements that earned her a spot among seven top bankruptcy lawyers under 40 in Law360’s Rising Stars list.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Nossaman's Brandon Davis
After helping transform the Port of Miami, Nossaman LLP's Brandon Davis has now become a key player in the redevelopment and improvement of the Los Angeles International Airport and its surrounding infrastructure, all part of the work that has made Davis one of Law360's top project finance attorneys under 40.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jennifer Burdman
Jennifer H. Burdman of King & Spalding LLP has used her scientific background and jury communication skills to help clients like LifeNet Health and DuPont win millions of dollars in intellectual property verdicts, earning her a place among Law360's top IP lawyers under 40 for 2016.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Benjamin Horwich
Benjamin J. Horwich's career achievements include helping convince the U.S. Supreme Court to effectively prevent drug companies from exiting the vaccine market, a critical matter of public policy, earning the Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of the top six appellate attorneys under age 40.
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April 11, 2016
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Michael Werner
Leading the charge on several of the real estate market’s multibillion-dollar property deals and high-profile lease transactions is Fried Frank Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorney Michael J. Werner, who has landed a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars just about a year after making partner at the firm.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Steven Rudgayzer
With leadership roles in a mosaic of big-ticket and bespoke real estate transactions over the last year, including in an $8.6 billion deal with a member of Qatar's royal family, Steven Rudgayzer of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP landed on Law360's 2016 list of top real estate attorneys under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Laura Kabler Oswell
Having served on two Sullivan & Cromwell LLP trial teams that got big wins — one for Enbridge in a billion-dollar pipeline fiasco and another for Apollo Tyres after the disintegration of its planned merger with Cooper Tire — Laura Kabler Oswell has been named one of a handful of trial attorneys on Law360's Rising Stars list of top lawyers under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Craig Countryman
Fish & Richardson PC's Craig Countryman has pushed appellate courts into new territory, persuading the Federal Circuit to set precedent for patent reviews and winning certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of how patent damages are dealt, placing him among Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Miranda So
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Miranda So has been helping companies like internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. do deals in China’s booming mergers market since touching down in 2007, making her one of Law360’s top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: MoFo's Jennifer Marines
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jennifer Marines has worked the restructuring gantlet, from counseling Patriot Coal's unsecured creditors to guiding oil refiner Hovensa LLC through restructuring, work that saw her named one of Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Rutan & Tucker's Maria Z. Stearns
Rutan & Tucker LLP partner Maria Z. Stearns convinced a judge and a class of workers to accept vouchers instead of cash to settle a wage and hour class action, a rare form of payment for the type of case that earned her a spot among Law360's top seven employment attorneys under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Beasley Allen's Danielle Mason
Danielle W. Mason of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC blazed a new litigation trail by securing a $72 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over a cancer death linked to talcum powder, placing her among Law360's top life sciences lawyers under 40.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Brett Shumate
Brett Shumate's standout work in regulatory cases and appeals earned the Wiley Rein LLP partner the opportunity to argue before the D.C. Circuit last year on a constitutional challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, helping secure his spot among a trio of top telecommunications attorneys under 40 named Law360 Rising Stars.
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April 08, 2016
Rising Star: Cravath's Len Teti
For vetting and structuring more billion-dollar deals in 10 years than some attorneys do in their entire careers, including building strong ties with International Business Machines Corp. over a string of acquisitions and sales, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's J. Leonard "Len" Teti II has been named one of the top tax attorneys under 40 by Law360.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Felicia Ellsworth
WilmerHale partner Felicia Ellsworth has notched a win in the Supreme Court for Pom Wonderful, helped Cisco Systems wipe out a $74 million verdict in the Federal Circuit and fought fiercely in the courts for same-sex marriage rights, making the 37-year-old a clear choice to be named among Law360's top trial lawyers under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Joy Liu
Hot off a win representing Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's off-label promotion policies, Ropes & Gray LLP partner Joy Liu has earned a place as one of Law360's top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Kirkland's Ross Kwasteniet
Since joining Kirkland & Ellis LLP out of law school, restructuring partner Ross Kwasteniet has worked with a variety of clients, recently Patriot Coal Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management LP, in high-profile restructurings, earning him a reputation as a go-to advocate and a spot on Law360's Rising Stars list of top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Chris May
In the last year, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Christopher May advised computer maker Dell and Chinese conglomerate ChemChina on a pair of record-breaking deals that could not be more different, earning him one of nine spots on Law360's 2016 list of the top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie Neuman
Recently becoming one of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP’s youngest partners has not phased Bonnie Neuman, which is unsurprising with someone who’s been working for years on multibillion-dollar real estate deals for the likes of J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank that have landed her a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars.