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Rankings: Rising Stars
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March 16, 2012
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Scott Glauberman
Even early in his career, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Scott Glauberman showed a knack for understanding complex legal issues and delivering clear, concise and winning arguments on behalf of his clients, including McDonald's Corp. and LG Electronics, making him one of Law360's five class action attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 16, 2012
Law360 Names 2012 Rising Stars
Over the coming weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of its 2012 Rising Stars awards honoring attorneys under the age of 40 whose accomplishments in major litigation or transactions belie their age.
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March 16, 2012
Rising Star: Shearman's Lisa Brill
A robust real estate finance practice bolstered by a broad capital markets background helped Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Lisa Brill close a blockbuster $3.4 billion resort project deal in the Bahamas and earned her a spot as one of four attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the real estate industry.
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March 31, 2011
Rising Star: Cravath's Antony Ryan
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Antony Ryan has navigated labyrinthine securities litigation with ease, making him indispensable for Big Four accounting firms facing high-profile cases and earning him a spot on Law360's list of five securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2011
Rising Star: McDermott's Ryan Smethurst
McDermott Will & Emery LLP partner Ryan Smethurst played a lead role in drafting the $712.5 million insurance settlement with cleanup workers who claimed they got ill at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, earning him a place on Law360's list of five insurance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2011
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Thomas Kirsch
When white collar defendants turn to Winston & Strawn LLP, the firm often turns to partner Thomas Kirsch, as it did with a major Illinois political player embroiled in the scandal surrounding former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2011
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Austin Schwing
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Austin Schwing demolished class action claims against online dating giant eHarmony Inc. and Landis & Gyr, the world's leading smart meter manufacturer, winning dismissals for his clients and earning him a place on Law360's list of five class action lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 31, 2011
Rising Star: Irell & Manella's Ellisen Turner
A former software engineer and boxer, Irell & Manella LLP's Ellisen Turner brought his technical and pugilistic abilities to bear in helping Tessera Inc. win $170 million in damages and settlements in patent and other litigation, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2011
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Catherine Mondell
Ropes & Gray LLP's Catherine A. Mondell has helped insurers defeat hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of business interruption claims after Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina, earning her a place on Law360's list of five insurance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2011
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Mark Jensen
Even early on in his career, King & Spalding partner Mark A. Jensen showed a knack for gaining the confidence of global pharmaceutical companies facing criminal prosecutions, from Cephalon Inc. to Johnson & Johnson, making him one of the most sought-after corporate defenders in the country and one of Law360's five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2011
Rising Star: Skadden's Edward Micheletti
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Edward B. Micheletti has been involved in some of the most significant deal-related litigation to arise in recent years, helping clients including Activision Inc., XTO Energy Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. end shareholder challenges to multibillion-dollar deals — achievements that have landed him a spot on Law360's list of securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2011
Rising Star: Jenner's Suzanne Prysak
Jenner & Block LLP partner Suzanne Prysak has successfully defended Northfield Laboratories Inc. and Nuveen Investments LLC in securities class actions, demonstrating a procedural creativity and an attention to detail that has earned her a spot on Law360's list of five class action lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 30, 2011
Rising Star: Akin Gump's Michael Simons
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Michael Simons has translated the toughness he learned growing up in the Canadian hinterland into a career as a top patent litigator, making him one of Law360's top intellectual property attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2011
Rising Star: Kilpatrick Townsend's Charlie Henn
A $304 million jury verdict for shoe giant Adidas AG — the largest trademark award ever — is one of many accomplishments that makes Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's Charlie Henn one of Law360's five intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2011
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Brian Heberlig
Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Brian Heberlig has won major victories in high-stakes criminal cases, including clearing an ex-Blackwater Worldwide security contractor of manslaughter charges, making him one of Law360's five white collar attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2011
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Chip Nierlich
As Cytosport Inc. faced two suits and a federal probe into its use of the term "Muscle Milk," Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner G. Charles "Chip" Nierlich guided the nutritional company to safety, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five class actions lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2011
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Matthew Ingber
Mayer Brown LLP's Matthew Ingber has played a vital role in crafting winning strategies for Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in a bankruptcy trustee's $550 million lawsuit over an alleged fraudulent investment scheme and for a New York Stock Exchange specialist in a pivotal criminal securities fraud case, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 29, 2011
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Kimberly Melvin
Kimberly Melvin of Wiley Rein LLP has led some of the world's biggest insurers through complex professional liability coverage battles sparked by policyholder bankruptcies and the financial crisis, earning her a spot on Law360's list of five insurance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 28, 2011
Rising Star: Finnegan's Erika H. Arner
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP partner Erika H. Arner helped represent two inventors in the landmark Bilski case before the U.S. Supreme Court that led to a decision upholding patent eligibility of business methods and overturning a lower court's restrictive test for process patenting, earning her a spot on Law360's list of five intellectual property lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 28, 2011
Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Morrison
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Peter Morrison helped set precedent regarding attorneys' fees in defending Oakley Inc. in a shareholder class action challenging a deal with Luxottica SpA, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five class action lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 28, 2011
Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's William Burck
In a closely watched congressional investigation into corruption in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's William A. Burck helped secure a full acquittal for the U.S. military's largest suppliers of jet fuel in the region, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five white collar lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 28, 2011
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Bryce Friedman
Bryce Friedman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP won a dismissal for The Standard Fire Insurance Co. in whistleblower litigation following Hurricane Katrina and secured a favorable settlement for several Chartis insurers over diacetyl claims, earning him a place among Law360's list of five insurance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 28, 2011
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Suhana Han
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Suhana Han has made a name for herself representing major financial institutions in big-ticket litigation, and recently helped Porsche SE ward off a $2.5 billion lawsuit, earning her a spot on Law360's list of five securities lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 25, 2011
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Adam Hakki
Adam Hakki was just 32 when he made partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, and in his short career he's racked up an impressive roster of big clients, including Galleon Management LP, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Countrywide Financial Corp. — feats that have helped win him a place on Law360's list of five securities attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 25, 2011
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Jeremy Blumenfeld
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Jeremy P. Blumenfeld's creative handling of large, complicated employee benefits class actions has won the respect of his peers and landed him on Law360's list of five class action attorneys under 40 to watch.