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Rankings: Rising Stars
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April 17, 2014
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Brendan Fee
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Brendan Fee took the lead in winning big dismissals and settlements in major antitrust cases for ASTM International, Comdata Network Inc. and others, making the 35-year-old partner one of Law360's top competition lawyers under the age of 40.
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April 17, 2014
Rising Star: Wachtell Lipton's Matthew Guest
Helping financial institutions navigate the post-financial crisis world, such as representing Umpqua Holdings Corp. and CapitalSource Inc. last year in mergers worth more than $2 billion each, has made Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Matthew Guest one of Law360's top banking lawyers under age 40.
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April 17, 2014
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll
WilmerHale's Catherine Carroll helped lead Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to victory in a U.S. Supreme Court ERISA case challenging contractual limitations periods in benefit plans, earning her a place among Law360's top five appellate attorneys under 40.
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April 17, 2014
Rising Star: Jones Day's Grant Willis
Jones Day partner Grant Willis never thought he would find himself negotiating with diplomats or researching industrial security matters, but at only 37 years old, he has landed a spot among Law360's top young government contracts attorneys.
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April 17, 2014
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Ryan Bennett
At only 38, Ryan Bennett of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has already notched significant successes in large and complex restructurings, including the DBSD North America Inc., Japan Airlines and InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. cases, meriting him a spot among Law360's top eight bankruptcy attorneys under 40.
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April 17, 2014
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Justin G. Hamill
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Justin G. Hamill has established himself as a powerhouse deal maker by steering key deals for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, Warner Music Group Corp. and Fifth & Pacific Cos. Inc., landing him among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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April 17, 2014
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington
Robert Herrington's long-running success in slaying class actions launched against companies including Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has made the Greenberg Traurig attorney one of Law360's five class action Rising Stars under 40, and recent work helping a company linked to Lance Armstrong speed past deception claims has only bolstered his resume.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis
Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis has played an instrumental role in shaping standards for class certification in state and federal courts across the country, including the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, landing her a spot as one of Law360's 2014 Rising Stars in class action law.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Sarah Jordan
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Sarah Jordan has helped Lafarge SA get a $3 billion merger with Anglo American PLC in the heavily concentrated cement industry through antitrust review and won a precedent-setting victory for Tomkins PLC to reduce a European cartel fine, making her one of Law360's five noteworthy competition attorneys under 40.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Mike McGill
Hogan Lovells' Mike McGill has become a go-to for high-stakes government contracts bid protests, successfully helping a Google Inc. reseller protest a $5 billion U.S. General Services Administration program and notching two successful protests for Whitney Bradley Brown Inc., making him one of Law360's top five government contracts attorneys under 40.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's William Tarantino
William Tarantino pioneered a game-changing defense that could stem a flood of litigation under California's controversial toxins warning law, and helped fend off a challenge to a sustainable development plan championed by the city of Berkeley, earning the Morrison & Foerster LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of five top environmental attorneys under age 40.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Lori Alvino McGill
Lori Alvino McGill helped win a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow a couple to adopt a child whose noncustodial biological father tried to block the adoption, making the new Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner one of five attorneys picked as Law360's top appellate lawyers under age 40.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Jeffrey Gleit
Whether he's representing debtors, creditors, investors or disgruntled former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners, Jeffrey R. Gleit of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP plants himself wherever litigation and corporate work converge, earning him a spot among Law360's top eight bankruptcy attorneys under 40.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's C. Andrew Gerlach
Making billion-dollar banking deals happen in a post-financial crisis world, such as helping Ally Financial Inc. get out from under the thumb of the U.S. Treasury Department, has made Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner C. Andrew Gerlach one of Law360's top banking lawyers under 40.
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April 16, 2014
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Bradley C. Faris
Bradley C. Faris has played a leading role on deals totaling more than $70 billion over the last 16 months, including the complex $3.2 billion sale of an Illinois Tool Works Inc. unit to Carlyle Group in February, making the Latham & Watkins LLP partner one of Law360's top mergers and acquisitions lawyers under age 40.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Julian Poon
Staring down sprawling wage and hour litigation, Farmers Insurance Exchange called on Julian Poon to overcome a troublesome class certification order, landing the Gibson Dunn partner on Law360's list of top class action lawyers under 40.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Peter Dungan
Ascending Hogan Lovells LLP associate Peter Dungan has begun to take a leading role in the firm's representation of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Fluor Corp. in high-stakes bid protests and other legal work, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top government contract lawyers under 40.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Skadden's Brian Christiansen
Brian D. Christiansen has already left his mark on bank restructuring by pioneering innovative transaction structures that have transformed floundering financial firms into prosperous banks, earning the Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner a spot on Law360's list of top banking lawyers under 40.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Kirkland's David Feirstein
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's David B. Feirstein has worked on some of the largest, most complex and most iconic mergers and acquisitions deals, and even had a hand in concocting a "ketchup" M&A provision, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top M&A attorneys under 40.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's William Jay
In a case that raises a question of how patents are interpreted on appeal, Goodwin Procter LLP partner William Jay helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to accept Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s petition in its patent fight against generic versions of a multiple sclerosis drug, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top five young appellate attorneys.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Kirkland's Jeffrey Zeiger
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Jeffrey Zeiger's relatively young age didn't stop him from hitting a home run in the record-breaking $5.15 billion battle between Tronox Inc. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. over environmental liabilities, earning him a place on Law360's list of the top five young environmental attorneys.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Damian Schaible
At just 37, Damian Schaible of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has built a resume that would be the envy of lawyers twice his age, piloting major airlines through Chapter 11 restructurings and helping Wall Street giants craft "living wills" after the financial crisis — work that earns him a spot on Law360's list of rising legal stars.
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April 15, 2014
Rising Star: Kirkland's Ian Conner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Ian Conner has helped secure approval for multibillion-dollar mergers involving Delta Air Lines Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. in the wake of similar deals being blocked by the U.S. government, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top competition lawyers under 40.
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April 14, 2014
Rising Stars: Cleary Gottlieb's Luke Barefoot
At just 35, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Luke Barefoot has already advised on various complex bankruptcies and restructurings, including the Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. case in which Barefoot helped get a U.S. Chapter 11 proceeding recognized in South African courts for the first time, cementing his spot on Law360's list of top young bankruptcy attorneys.
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April 14, 2014
Rising Star: Dentons' Anthony Eliseuson
Helping Redbox Automated Retail LLC fend off Video Privacy Protection Act claims with key appellate and district court victories is an example of the work that has earned Dentons partner Anthony Eliseuson a place among Law360's top class action attorneys under 40.