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Rankings: Rising Stars
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March 20, 2013
Rising Star: Kirkland's Edward Sassower
Whether steering luxury hotel group MSR Resort Golf Course LLC toward a $1.5 billion sale or helping hedge funds strike a $975 million settlement with Capmark Financial Group Inc., Edward Sassower has had no shortage of success in Kirkland & Ellis LLP's restructuring practice, earning him a place among five young bankruptcy lawyers recognized by Law360.
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March 20, 2013
Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Anton Metlitsky
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Anton Metlitsky has cut his teeth in the complex art of appellate briefing in such high-profile cases as In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, a multidistrict price-fixing case against a group of airline carriers — just one of many recent victories that landed Metlitsky among the five young appellate attorneys profiled by Law360.
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March 20, 2013
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Steig Olson
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Steig Olson has moved effortlessly from representing plaintiffs in high-profile class actions to helping defend Travelport Ltd. in an antitrust fight brought by American Airlines Inc., landing himself on Law360's list of five noteworthy competition attorneys under 40.
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March 20, 2013
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Tal Golomb
Helping to guide some of New York City's largest, landmark real estate deals is Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Tal Golomb, whose deal-making and land use skills have earned him a spot among six real estate attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360.
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March 20, 2013
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Jeffrey Kuhn
Helping to salvage a $257 million natural gas pipeline threatened by a court order holding up the construction process, DLA Piper's Jeffrey D. Kuhn displayed his ability to thrive under pressure and secured himself a place among five young environmental lawyers honored by Law360.
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March 20, 2013
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Christopher Lyons
Sidley Austin LLP's Christopher Lyons never planned on a career representing energy firms, but his intense study of pipelines and electricity grids vaulted Lyons to the upper ranks of the field and earned him a spot among Law360's top five energy attorneys under the age of 40.
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March 19, 2013
Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Ryan Ketchum
Hunton & Williams LLP partner Ryan Ketchum works on some of the biggest energy projects in emerging markets in Africa and Eastern Europe, such as the $1 billion Bujagali hydroelectric project in Uganda, earning him a place among five young energy lawyers honored by Law360.
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March 19, 2013
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Brian Resnick
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Brian Resnick was instrumental in sealing a multibillion-dollar settlement between Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its European affiliates, and has proven equally adept at counseling big banks on the lender side and representing debtors fighting for their very survival, earning this Juilliard-trained musician turned restructuring pro a spot among five young bankruptcy lawyers honored by Law360.
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March 19, 2013
Rising Star: White & Case's Seth Kerschner
White & Case LLP's Seth Kerschner helped smooth out environmental requirements to finance a $4.5 billion petrochemical project in Mexico — the biggest private sector deal to close in Latin America in 2012 — while also juggling global climate change work and pollution lawsuits for both defendants and plaintiffs, making the 31-year-old one of Law360's five young environmental attorneys to watch.
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March 19, 2013
Rising Star: Cooley's Colleen Gillis Snow
Cooley LLP partner Colleen Gillis Snow has worked on a broad range of projects in northern Virginia, including the $5 billion westward extension of Washington's Metrorail, and her growing reputation for deftly representing corporate clients before a patchwork of local interests has earned her a spot among Law360's top six real estate attorneys under the age of 40.
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March 19, 2013
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis Kapur
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Theane Evangelis Kapur has some impressive appellate briefing chops, serving as one of the firm’s principal drafters in the landmark Wal-Mart v. Dukes litigation and the constitutional challenge against California’s Proposition 8, putting her on Law360’s Rising Star list of five young top attorneys in appellate law.
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March 18, 2013
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Andrew Parlen
Just four years out of law school, O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Andrew Parlen took on the challenge of representing subprime mortgage lender New Century Financial Corp. in the largest Chapter 11 case of 2007, the first of many career highlights that earned him a spot on Law360's list of five outstanding bankruptcy law attorneys under 40.
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March 18, 2013
Rising Star: Katten Muchin's Karl Heisler
From guiding Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. to the successful resolution of a massive pesticide investigation to securing an acquittal for a wastewater company facing a host of criminal charges, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner Karl Heisler has built a reputation for success and earned a spot among five young environmental attorneys recently honored by Law360.
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March 18, 2013
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Avi Feinberg
Though he has been a partner for just six months, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Avi D. Feinberg has developed a reputation as a skilled real estate finance attorney with a knack for completing the industry's most complex deals, earning him a spot among six young real estate attorneys recognized by Law360.
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March 18, 2013
Rising Star: Hausfeld's Brent Landau
Hausfeld LLP partner Brent Landau has helped obtain hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of plaintiffs in massive antitrust litigation alleging airlines fixed cargo rates and was part of a team that won a $162.3 million judgment against Chinese vitamin C manufacturers accused of price-fixing, victories that helped earn the 36-year-old a place among the five up and coming competition attorneys recently recognized by Law360.
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March 18, 2013
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Mark Fleming
WilmerHale's Mark Fleming has successfully argued two cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and is gearing up for more blockbuster litigation as counsel for Medtronic Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent in two upcoming Federal Circuit appeals, earning himself a spot among five appellate attorneys recognized by Law360.
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March 15, 2013
Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Wayne D'Angelo
Less than a decade out of law school, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP attorney Wayne D'Angelo found himself in a leading role in industry's fight against key U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulations, landing him a place among five environmental attorneys recently honored by Law360.
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March 15, 2013
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Mark Lebovitch
Mark Lebovitch has a fascination with fiduciary duty, a love of litigation and a slew of victories on behalf of shareholders, all of which have earned the Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner a place among Law360's list of top five attorneys in securities law under 40.
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March 15, 2013
Rising Star: Jones Day's Eric Enson
In successfully fending off an antitrust challenge to a California hospital's decisions concerning the treatment of spine injuries and defending a group that oversees Internet domains, Jones Day partner Eric Enson has earned himself a spot among five competition attorneys recognized by Law360.
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March 15, 2013
Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' John B. Connally IV
When passions boil over during high-stakes dealmaking, Vinson & Elkins LLP has turned time and again to oil and gas partner John B. Connally IV, whose cool-under-fire mien has helped lock down one multibillion-dollar transaction after another, making him one of six young energy attorneys honored recently by Law360.
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March 15, 2013
Rising Star: Jones Day's Lisa Laukitis
Jones Day partner Lisa Laukitis doesn't just participate in bankruptcy and restructuring cases such as Hostess Brands Inc., she also often takes on a lead partner role — a pattern that lands her among the five young attorneys in bankruptcy law recently recognized by Law360.
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March 15, 2013
Rising Star: Pryor Cashman's Joshua Bernstein
Pryor Cashman LLP's Joshua Bernstein has secured multimillion-dollar judgments for developers fighting back against global hoteliers in some of the firm's most high-profile commercial real estate cases, making him one of the six real estate partners under the age of 40 recognized by Law360.
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March 15, 2013
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's William Consovoy
Wiley Rein LLP's William Consovoy has been an instrumental player in some of the nation's most closely watched litigation, from the Fisher v. Texas affirmative action saga to a voting rights act challenge in Alabama, landing him a spot among five young appellate attorneys recognized by Law360.
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March 14, 2013
Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Morrison
Peter Morrison, a fourth-year securities partner and first-chair trial attorney for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, literally wrote the book on Delaware mergers and acquisitions litigation in 2012 while still winning major victories for his clients, earning him a spot among Law360’s top five securities rising stars under 40.
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March 14, 2013
Rising Star: Kaye Scholer's Angela Vicari
Kaye Scholer LLP's Angela Vicari has played a key role in developing strategies that helped Endo Pharmaceutical Inc. and Pfizer Inc. escape claims over allegedly defective birth control pills and Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. settle a suit over the effectiveness of professional baseball helmets, earning the newly-elevated counsel a spot among Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.