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Rankings: Rising Stars
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March 14, 2013
Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Heath Tarbert
Heath Tarbert's work on the financial reforms passed after the 2008 market collapse has led some of the world's largest financial institutions to turn to the Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner for help navigating the web of new regulations, earning him a spot among Law360's five rising stars for banking.
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March 14, 2013
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Neal Potischman
For successfully helming several of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's most high-profile assignments recently, including defeating class certification in a group of cases over off-label marketing of a Pfizer Inc. seizure medication, Neal Potischman has earned a spot among Law360's five rising stars in class action law.
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March 14, 2013
Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Janette Wipper
Sanford Heisler LLP's Janette Wipper uncovered a flaw in a defense expert's statistical analysis in a gender bias class action against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. that gave the plaintiffs the upper hand and led to a $175 million settlement, just one of the accomplishments that landed her a place on Law360's list of five rising stars in the employment law arena.
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March 14, 2013
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Marc Williams
Though he's often among the youngest at the negotiating table, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Marc Williams knows how to overcome pressure to ink deals, making him one of the firm's go-to attorneys for high-stakes transactions and earning him a spot among Law360's five mergers and acquisitions rising stars.
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March 13, 2013
Rising Star: Latham's Brian Glennon
In defending corporate giants like Oracle Corp. against disgruntled shareholders, or guiding "Big Four" accounting firms through high-stakes arbitration and litigation, Brian Glennon has prevailed at trial on claims totaling almost $2 billion and dispensed with multibillion-dollar class actions in short order, earning the Latham & Watkins LLP partner a spot among Law360's five rising stars under 40 in securities law.
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March 13, 2013
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Kara McCall
Sidley Austin LLP's Kara L. McCall recently helped Bayer HealthCare LLC topple a class action alleging it falsely advertised a probiotic supplement and defeated class certification bids faced by Rollins Inc. and Orkin Inc., work that helped make her one of Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.
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March 13, 2013
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Archis Parasharami
A key role in shepherding the landmark AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion case from the drafting of an arbitration agreement all the way to a favorable decision from the U.S. Supreme Court helped earn Archis Parasharami, a partner at Mayer Brown LLP, a place among Law360's five rising stars in class action law.
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March 13, 2013
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Benet O'Reilly
Having spearheaded several megadeals in the health care and technology industry, including GlaxoSmithKline PLC's $3.6 billion buy of Human Genome Sciences Inc. last year, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Benet O'Reilly has earned a spot as one of Law360's five mergers and acquisitions rising stars under 40.
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March 13, 2013
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Michael Puma
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Michael Puma helped flesh out the “nooks and crannies” of trade secret law when his team convinced the Third Circuit to block an executive who could replicate Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. products like Thomas' English Muffins from moving to rival Hostess Brands Inc., one of the achievements that put him among Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.
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March 13, 2013
Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Randal Palach
Prior to joining Paul Hastings LLP, Randal Palach had already made a name for himself in the leveraged financing world and has continued to set himself apart from peers while working on major deals and agreements, making one of the firm's newest partners one of Law360's five rising stars in banking law.
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March 12, 2013
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brian Lutz
Faced with a lowball hostile takeover bid for his client Tenet Healthcare Corp., Brian M. Lutz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP struck back hard and filed suit for securities fraud, scaring off Tenet's rival and earning Lutz a spot on Law360’s five rising securities stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Jaclyn Liu
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jaclyn Liu helped handle the largest U.S. merger of 2012 — SoftBank Corp.'s $20 billion acquisition of a 70 percent interest in Sprint Nextel Corp. — while simultaneously working two other major deals, helping her land a spot among Law360's five M&A rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Rising Star: Cravath's Tatiana Lapushchik
Tatiana Lapushchik's fingerprints are all over multibillion-dollar bank financing deals completed by some of the world's largest financial institutions over the past several years, making the Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner one of Law360's banking rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Rising Star: Kirby McInerney's Andrew McNeela
Standout Kirby McInerney LLP partner Andrew McNeela has helped secure more than $830 million in settlements in securities fraud class actions in the last 18 months alone, landing him a spot among Law360's five class action rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Rising Star: BakerHostetler's M. Scott McIntyre
While successfully defending employers in high-profile and high-stakes cases involving the False Claims Act, whistleblower allegations and class actions, BakerHostetler's M. Scott McIntyre keeps his cool to bring home a win, making him one of Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Robert Herrington
Robert Herrington's success in defending clients like Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Skinnygirl Cocktails LLC in proposed class actions has led to him to being named co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's products liability and mass torts practice, making him one of Law360's five product liability rising stars under 40.
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March 11, 2013
Rising Star: Greenberg's Robert Herrington
In two years, Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Robert Herrington has fended off a dozen class actions seeking hundreds of millions from his clients, was named practice group co-chair and published a book in his spare time, making him one of Law360's five class action rising stars under 40.
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March 11, 2013
Rising Star: Jones Day's James Dougherty
Jones Day transactional ace James Dougherty provides global administrative leadership for the firm's corporate practice and advised Sherwin-Williams Co. on its $2.3 billion acquisition of a Mexican paint and coatings business in November, landing him a spot as one of Law360's five rising stars in M&A law.
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March 11, 2013
Rising Star: Ogletree Deakins' Nikki Hininger Howell
Nikki Hininger Howell's success in defending employers like Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. and Amsted Rail Co. Inc. in discrimination and retaliation cases has led to her being named managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC's Kansas City office, making her one of Law360's five employment rising stars under 40.
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March 11, 2013
Rising Star: Sidley's Anny Huang
A global financial crisis is a tough time to kick-start a finance practice, but Sidley Austin LLP's Anny Huang managed to become a go-to partner for banks and hedge funds and earned a spot as one of Law360's five rising stars under 40 in the banking bar.
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March 11, 2013
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Art Foerster
Devising creative solutions and getting the most out of expert witnesses, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Art Foerster has helped companies like Chevron Corp. and Montrose Chemical Corp. secure major recent successes, landing him a spot among Law360's five rising stars in product liability law.
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March 08, 2013
M&A Rising Star: Skadden's Michal Berkner
Michal Berkner knew as a first-year law student that she wanted to do M&A, and that she wanted to do it at Skadden. Now the 39-year-old is one of the highest-ranking female dealmakers at the firm and, after helping to seal the world's biggest transaction of 2012, one of Law360's M&A Rising Stars.
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March 08, 2013
Rising Star: Dechert's Jay Alicandri
Dechert LLP's Jay Alicandri has carved himself a niche arranging loans for business development companies, some of the hottest alternative investment vehicles around, making him one of five attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising star in banking law.
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March 08, 2013
Rising Star: Reed Smith's Tracy Gregar Ferak
Under severe time constraints — enforced strictly by a chess clock — Reed Smith LLP partner Tracy Gregar Ferak coolly leveraged her technical know-how and trial savvy to win a unanimous defense verdict for a top U.S. auto-parts maker, just one of several 2012 victories that make the 36-year-old one of Law360's five Product Liability Rising Stars.
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March 08, 2013
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Joseph Duffy
Helping JPMorgan Chase & Co. escape class actions over alleged foreclosure and debt collection practices and securing a verdict for Toys “R” Us Inc. in the first consumer class action trial under California's gift card law are some of the wins that have earned Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Joseph Duffy a place on Law360's list of top class action attorneys under 40.