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Rankings: Rising Stars
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Fenwick & West's Larissa Neumann
In the highly technical world of tax law, where the best practitioners tend to be at least 50, Fenwick & West LLP's Larissa Neumann has accomplished the unusual feat of finessing both tax planning and controversy matters at just 38, earning her a spot with four others on Law360's list of top tax attorneys under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Matthew Murchison
A leading role representing key industry voices on net neutrality before the Federal Communications Commission and at the D.C. Circuit has helped garner Latham & Watkins LLP's Matthew T. Murchison a spot among three telecommunications attorneys under the age of 40 on the Law360 Rising Stars list.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: Orrick's Renee Phillips
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Renee Phillips has developed a reputation as a premier whistleblower defense lawyer and won high-profile discrimination cases for clients like Holland & Knight LLP, placing her among Law360's top employment lawyers under 40.
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April 07, 2016
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll
WilmerHale partner Catherine Carroll helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Florida's capital sentencing scheme, and the same court appointed her to argue in favor of a position that the Obama administration disavowed in an employment discrimination suit, earning her one of six spots on Law360's 2016 list of top appellate attorneys under 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Felicia Medina
Sanford Heisler Kimpel LLP’s Felicia Medina has carved an impressive path over the course of her 10-year legal career, being named managing partner of the plaintiff-side firm’s San Francisco office and securing numerous positive outcomes in employment cases against corporate giants like Daiichi Sankyo Inc., earning her a spot on Law360’s list of employment Rising Stars.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Corey Goodman
A background in computer science has given tax attorney Corey Goodman an invaluable edge as a new partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he serves as a regular adviser to Google, and helped land him one of five spots on Law360's list of top tax attorneys under 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's James Langston
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's James Langston has guided companies in some of the largest deals over the past couple years including advising Actavis PLC in a $70 billion acquisition of pharmaceutical giant Allergan Inc. that thwarted a hostile takeover attempt, earning him a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Jones Day's Erin Brady
While Jones Day LLP partner Erin N. Brady was helping to prepare American Apparel Inc.'s restructuring plan, she was also fighting to protect a contested but crucial debtor financing deal for Relativity Media LLC, work that put her among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Sophia Hudson
As a lawyer specializing in working with foreign companies on capital markets transactions, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Sophia Hudson has advised on numerous multimillion-dollar initial public offerings and other deals, earning her a spot on Law360's list of the top life sciences attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Shook Hardy's Charles Eblen
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner Charles Eblen is a rare young trial ace who has built a reputation for using his talent and instincts to successfully defend clients in product liability cases, earning him a spot among Law360's top trial attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Erin Ranahan
With major legal victories under her belt, including a landmark copyright win on behalf of internet television company Veoh Networks against music giant UMG Recordings, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Erin Ranahan rightfully lands on Law360's list as one of the top media and entertainment attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Kasowitz's Douglas Heitner
No stranger to high-profile deals, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP's Douglas B. Heitner recently steered a more than $1 billion lease that has been credited as the largest real estate transaction in Queens, and earned himself a spot among eight real estate attorneys under 40 named Law360 Rising Stars.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Drinker Biddle's Eduardo Guzman
Eduardo Guzman guided the Puerto Rico Telephone Co. through regulatory proceedings and litigation to become the first non-pay-television provider approved to sell video service on the island, a success that helped make him one of three attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars in telecommunications practice.
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April 06, 2016
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Jonathan Uslaner
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Jonathan Uslaner has helped recover more than $3 billion on behalf of investors defrauded by the likes of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co., earning him a spot among Law360's top class action attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Stars: Milbank Tweed's Atara Miller
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy partner Atara Miller began her ascent at the firm as a summer associate in 2001 and now represents Broadcast Music Inc., recently obtaining a copyright win for the licensor against Pandora and earning her a spot on this year's Law360 Rising Stars list as one of the top media and entertainment attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Jones Day's Jonathan Linas
Jones Day partner Jonathan Linas' early success in helping McDonald's Corp. defeat a class certification bid by workers alleging the fast-food giant unfairly shortchanged them on hours worked opened the door for him to play a key role in McDonald's high-profile joint-employer fight with the National Labor Relations Board, earning him a spot among Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Paul Boehm
Williams & Connolly partner Paul Boehm's ability to master complicated scientific information and craft it into a compelling narrative to present to a jury, representing clients such as Merck & Co. Inc., has earned him a spot on Law360's list of top trial attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Shearman's Jeremy Kutner
Jeremy Kutner's knack for sealing cross-border deals made waves around the globe in 2015, guiding blockbuster combinations like British telecom Liberty Global's $5.3 billion acquisition of Pan-American focused Cable & Wireless Communications PLC, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Rebecca Zelenka
For about a decade, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka has called upon her training as an engineer to help the likes of Goldman Sachs and Highbridge Principal Strategies launch groundbreaking, global investment funds, earning her a spot among Law360's top asset management attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Baron & Budd's Mark Pifko
Baron & Budd PC's Mark Pifko may have spent the first leg of his decadelong career defending large companies facing class actions, but it was his switch to the plaintiff's side of the courtroom that helped land him on Law360's list of top class action attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Skadden's Nathan W. Giesselman
In the year since 33-year old Nathan Giesselman became one of the youngest attorneys to make partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, he's handled some of the year's most talked about multibillion-dollar deals, landing him on this year's list of Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: White & Case's Alison Weal
White & Case LLP partner Alison Weal's astute handling of complex leasing and financing arrangements for shipping and other transportation clients, including United Arab Shipping Co. and Alpha Trains, has landed her a spot among Law360's top transportation attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Kaye Scholer's Aaron Gardner
Kaye Scholer LLP's Aaron Gardner has spent his career helping life sciences companies navigate innovative and high-priced business deals, with his leadership on a $360 million Pfizer acquisition being just one reason Law360 deemed the recently made partner a Rising Star.
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April 05, 2016
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Chris Hartmann
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Chris Hartmann has orchestrated a number of complex commercial real estate transactions over the past year, including a client's $900 million acquisition of airport logistics assets, earning him a spot among Law360's top real estate attorneys under age 40.
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April 04, 2016
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Stephanie Wagner
A budding interest in the intersection of private interests and public policy has grown into a tool for Mayer Brown LLP’s Stephanie Wagner, whose work on public private partnerships, including the first privately funded rail service since Amtrak, has landed her a spot among Law360's Rising Stars.