Rankings: Rising Stars

Law360’s Rising Stars profiles the top legal talent under 40. The winners are comprised of top litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys. Submissions highlight the winner’s age and reasons why his or her record deserves attention.
  • April 09, 2015

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Lee Rosebush

    BakerHostetler's Lee H. Rosebush has deployed his varied expertise as a pharmacist, regulator and lawyer to steer drugmakers through complex deals, billing investigations and new manufacturing programs, placing him among Law360's top life sciences attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Hausfeld's Melinda Coolidge

    Crafting a strategy that can carry sprawling, heavyweight antitrust class actions forward, including representing consumers allegedly hurt by air cargo carriers' alleged price-fixing, has made Hausfeld LLP partner Melinda Coolidge one of Law360's top class action lawyers under age 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: McKool Smith's Josh Budwin

    McKool Smith PC's Josh Budwin has helped the firm secure three massive, nine-figure patent verdicts for ParkerVision Inc., Versata Software Inc. and Medtronic PLC totaling more than $768 million over the past seven years, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top IP attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Weil's Ronit Berkovich

    From negotiating the overnight rescue of beleaguered foreign currency dealer FXCM Inc. to working behind the scenes for a major creditor in the complex restructuring of Energy Future Holdings Corp., Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Ronit Berkovich has earned her place among Law360's roster of top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Capital Markets

    From advising clients through initial public offerings to closing complex deals, these young lawyers' achievements have secured their placement on Law360's list of capital markets attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Squire Patton Boggs' Mimi Brouillette

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP senior associate Mimi Brouillette's key contributions to a dispute over about $100 million in hospital Medicare reimbursements helped convince a court that a government agency was overreaching and landed her among Law360's top health care lawyers under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Lyuba Goltser

    Thanks to her work on a variety of capital markets and public company advisory matters, including Herbalife Ltd.'s reaudit amid Pershing Square Capital Management LP’s activist campaign, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Lyuba Goltser has been named one of Law360’s capital markets Rising Stars for 2015.

  • April 08, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Mergers & Acquisitions

    Advising clients in multibillion-dollar deals earned these young lawyers spots on Law360's list of M&A attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Energy Law

    These young lawyers have proven themselves as power players in the world of energy law, earning them spots on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Joshua Lipshutz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Joshua Lipshutz has fast-tracked his way to partnership at the firm by helping corporate clients, such as auto giant DaimlerChrysler Corp., and civil rights activists alike secure landmark trial and appellate victories, earning him a slot among Law360's top appellate attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Serating

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Peter Serating has helped clients clinch a number of multibillion-dollar deals over the past year, including the Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.15 billion deal with Monster Beverage Corp., earning him a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Viren Mascarenhas

    King & Spalding LLP global disputes counsel Viren Mascarenhas has quickly established himself as an emerging authority on high-stakes energy disputes through his work on matters such as Chevron's multibillion-dollar arbitration battle with Ecuador, landing him a spot as one of seven attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in energy.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Gwen Wong

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP China-based partner Gwen Wong last year advised China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd., one of the country's largest dairy companies, in multiple share placements as it expanded its partnership with global dairy giant Danone SA, helping earn her a spot among Law360's top capital markets attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Chang

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Lori Chang has represented large Internet companies in putative privacy class actions, and she helped Yahoo Inc. and others win uncommon summary judgments in Telephone Consumer Protection Act suits last year, making her one of three attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in privacy.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brian Glueckstein

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Brian Glueckstein helped guide Eastman Kodak Co. through its complex Chapter 11 case and global reorganization and is shepherding the Energy Future Holdings Inc. unsecured creditors' committee through the power giant's massive restructuring, landing him among Law360's top lawyers under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Durie Tangri's Joseph Gratz

    As Durie Tangri LLP's youngest partner, Joseph C. Gratz has quickly established himself as one of Google Inc.'s most trusted advisers on copyright issues, helping the technology giant score a victory in a long-running lawsuit over its project to digitize millions of copyright-protected books, and earning his place on Law360's list of top intellectual property attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington

    Robert Herrington's continuing success in defending against class actions lobbed at a wide variety of companies including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made the Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney one of Law360's six class action Rising Stars under 40 for the third year in a row.

  • April 07, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Government Contracts Law

    These young lawyers represent some of the biggest power players in government contracts law, earning them spots on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Product Liability Law

    From Big Tobacco to Big Pharma, these young lawyers' achievements in product liability cases have been significant, earning them spots on Law360's list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Doug Bacon

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner Doug Bacon utilizes his experience in multinational sales to advise corporations and private equity firms in major deals, including the recent $5.4 billion sale of a Novartis AG unit to Eli Lilly & Co., landing him a spot on Law360's list of the top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Greg Saikin

    BakerHostetler partner Greg Saikin has helped secure important victories for health care clients facing an array of high-stakes investigations and cases, including a recent False Claims Act suit that threatened to expose publicly owned hospitals to serious legal risks, placing him among Law360's top health care lawyers under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Competition Law

    Representing some of the world's largest companies, these young lawyers have made their mark in the field of competition, earning them spots on Law360’s list of attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Media And Entertainment Law

    These young lawyers have represented the entertainment industry's biggest movie studios and record labels, earning them spots on Law360’s list of top media and entertainment attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Skadden's Christopher Betts

    Christopher Betts, specializing in China-related transactions from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Hong Kong office, has guided a wide breadth of lucrative listings in his young career — spanning China's telecommunications titans to homegrown dairy farms — earning a spot among Law360's top capital markets attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt

    Nicole Greenblatt's role in the debtor-side work that butters the bread at Kirkland & Ellis LLP's vaunted restructuring practice put her at the forefront of the most cantankerous bankruptcy to emerge in 2015 and earned her a spot among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

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