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Rankings: Rising Stars
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May 01, 2014
Rising Star: Sheppard Mullin's Aytan Dahukey
As doctors, hospitals and insurers try to stay afloat amid historic industry reforms, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Aytan Dahukey has made a name for himself helping companies join forces despite a thicket of legal obstacles, earning a place in Law360's list of top five young health care attorneys.
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May 01, 2014
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jason Mendro
Over the past few years alone, Jason J. Mendro of Gibson Dunn has garnered a striking string of victories defending large firms such as Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, RBC Capital Markets Corp., and SAIC Inc. in complex shareholder class actions, earning him a spot among Law360's top securities attorneys under 40.
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May 01, 2014
Rising Star: Willkie's David Drewes
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner David Drewes has landed a spot among Law360's top real estate attorneys under 40 for helping steer a series of high-profile deals, including the $1.9 billion acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. property assets by Health Care REIT Inc.
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May 01, 2014
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Louis Tompros
WilmerHale's Louis Tompros helped Intel Corp. and Broadcom Corp. notch wins in high-stakes patent cases and scored a Federal Circuit victory for an inventor in a closely watched battle over a patent application for a nectar mixing device for bird feeders, earning himself a place on Law360's list of top IP lawyers under 40.
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May 01, 2014
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Cliff Merrell
Greenberg Traurig LLP's Cliff Merrell has handled high-stakes litigation on behalf of big-name medical device and pharmaceutical companies, including successfully guiding C.R. Bard Inc. through transvaginal mesh multidistrict litigation and bellwether trails, earning him a spot on Law360's list of the top product liability attorneys under age 40.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's David Herman
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner David Herman's continuing work in helping bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. move its most valuable real estate assets, including the $16 billion sale of apartment developer Archstone Enterprise LP, has made him one of Law360's top real estate attorneys under 40.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: Goldman Ismail's Shayna Cook
Handling high-stakes trials for drug and device makers nationwide and directing traffic in the massive litigation surrounding Bayer Corp.'s Mirena intrauterine device are just a few of the accomplishments that have sprung Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP partner Shayna Cook onto Law360's list of the top product liability attorneys under 40.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Megan Brown
Wiley Rein LLP's Megan L. Brown successfully represented The Wireless Association in a legal battle with San Francisco and authored an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court battle over the National Security Agency spying program, landing her a spot in Law360's list of top technology attorneys under 40.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Eric Pogue
Hunton & Williams LLP's Eric R. Pogue has recently represented a number of tax equity investors — primarily large financial institutions — making more than $1 billion in investments into renewable energy projects, earning the partner a spot among Law360's top eight attorneys under 40 in the energy field.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: Proskauer's Roger Cohen
A member of the team that won New York hospitals the right to sue insurers directly for excessively delaying payments, Proskauer Rose LLP senior associate Roger Cohen has defended major hospitals in whistleblower investigations, earning him a place in Law360's list of top health care attorneys under 40.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Dana Seshens
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Dana Seshens has made a name for herself representing the owners of the New York Mets against the Madoff trustee and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in a slew of mortgage-backed securities suits, making her one of Law360's top 10 securities attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Robin Bayley
Shearman & Sterling LLP's Robin Bayley strategically secured $12.5 billion in financing for The Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Arabian Oil Co.'s $20 billion petrochemical plant and crafted a first-of-its-kind bond financing for a United Arab Emirates gas project, landing him among Law360's top project finance attorneys under 40.
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April 30, 2014
Rising Star: White & Case's Brendan Woodard
White & Case LLP's Brendan Woodard has handled a number of major patent cases for Pfizer Inc., including a huge win to secure control of the company's blockbuster drug Lyrica, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Jack Creedon
Ropes & Gray LLP partner Jack Creedon represented TPG Capital LP and its distressed real estate investment arm in a series of fast-paced acquisitions worth more than $1.5 billion and closed major deals for elite private equity investors, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Perlette Michele Jura
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Perlette Michele Jura has helped spearhead the creation of the firm's thriving transnational litigation practice group and successfully guided companies such as Intel Corp. and Dole Food Co. through complex, cross-jurisdictional disputes over toxic torts, landing her a spot among Law360's top product liability attorneys under 40.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: Cravath's Lauren Moskowitz
At 34 years old, Lauren Moskowitz of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has mastered the art of defending complex mortgage backed securities litigation and even successfully argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, making her one of Law 360's top 10 securities attorneys under the age of 40.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Melissa Baily
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Melissa J. Baily has a knack for devising novel approaches to patent litigation that has caught the attention of heavyweights like Google Inc., YouTube LLC and Johnson & Johnson, and earned her a spot on Law360's list of top intellectual property attorneys under 40.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Thomas Hawk
Thomas Hawk of King & Spalding LLP is helping his institutional health care clients stay at the forefront of innovations in health care delivery and insurance, most recently with his representation of Piedmont Healthcare Inc. and CVS Caremark Corp., making him one of Law360's top health care attorneys under 40.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: Nossaman's Brandon Davis
Brandon J. Davis has worked on some of the biggest infrastructure projects in recent years, including the first two U.S. projects to use a new public-private partnership payment method, making the Nossaman LLP partner one of Law360's top project finance lawyers under 40.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: Debevoise's Sophie Lamb
Handling high-stakes arbitration disputes for energy companies around the world, including one dispute that wound up in front of the U.K.'s highest court, has helped land Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Sophie Lamb on Law360's list of top energy lawyers under the age of 40.
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April 29, 2014
Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Jonathan Blavin
You don't have to look far to find outrage at how the government uses secret courts to obtain private user information from tech companies like Google Inc. and LinkedIn Corp., but it's a bit tougher to find someone who's actually stood up to the government and won. Enter Jonathan Blavin of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, a 2014 Law360 Rising Star.
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April 28, 2014
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Salvatore Gogliormella
Since joining Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Salvatore Gogliormella has helped handle multibillion-dollar real estate deals on behalf of HCP Inc. and New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, while advocating tirelessly for the underprivileged, landing him on Law360's list of top real estate lawyers under 40.
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April 28, 2014
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's John Schreiber
In the past year, John Schreiber of Winston & Strawn has helped convince the Supreme Court to review a controversial Sixth Circuit decision and protected a Chinese client from a securities class action related to its listing on U.S. markets, earning a spot among Law360's top securities attorneys under 40.
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April 28, 2014
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Thomas Eldert
Mayer Brown LLP's Thomas L. Eldert has played a major role in the changing legal and business infrastructure in Iraq over the past decade, and has worked on project finance matters in a host of other countries, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top project finance attorneys under 40.
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April 28, 2014
Rising Star: Bracewell & Giuliani's Michael Piazza
With his significant work on complex, multibillion-dollar oil and gas energy deals for companies such as Apache Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp., Bracewell & Giuliani LLP partner Michael De Voe Piazza has once again earned a spot on Law360's list of top energy attorneys under 40.