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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 27, 2023
Rising Star: Schulte Roth's Jessica Romano
Jessica Romano of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP steered Visa's acquisition of payments infrastructure company Currencycloud and advises fintech companies on compliance amid major changes affecting the sector. These achievements and others have earned her a place among the banking law practitioners under age 40 recognized as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Andrew Tutt
Andrew Tutt of Arnold & Porter successfully defended the rights of third-party individual beneficiaries of spending clause programs like Medicaid to sue over federal civil rights violations, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Cristine Pirro Schwarzman
Cristine Pirro Schwarzman of Ropes & Gray LLP has assisted in the reorganization of several global corporations, including helping Centric Brands Inc. — owner of brands like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger — in a $1.8 billion debt restructuring, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Skadden's Anne E. Villanueva
Anne E. Villanueva of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has been at the forefront of labor and employment issues for some of the biggest tech deals in the last few years, including Microsoft's proposed $75 billion acquisition of Activision and Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 26, 2023
Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Sesi Garimella
Sesi Garimella of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has represented Deutsche Bank in litigation involving the $155 million Biscayne Capital Ponzi scheme and underwriters facing investor ire after a Chinese fintech company's U.S. markets debut, earning her a place among the banking law practitioners under age 40 recognized as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Rosenberg & Estis' Cori A. Rosen
Cori A. Rosen of Rosenberg & Estis PC helps New York property owners navigate the evolving landscape of discrimination law compliance in order to bulletproof them from unnecessary litigation, earning her a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nicholas Menillo
Nicholas Menillo of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP negotiated a fully funded $237.5 million shareholder settlement for Boeing directors after lethal 737 Max plane crashes, and he advises Silicon Valley Bank's parent company and FTX on insurance matters, making him among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Jones Day's Kelsey Israel-Trummel
Kelsey Israel-Trummel of Jones Day steered a California water treatment and purification company to a precedential win in a statewide class action challenging the company's calculation of workers' regular wage rates, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Latham's Samir Deger-Sen
Samir Deger-Sen of Latham & Watkins LLP has secured precedential appellate wins for high-profile clients such as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Meta, and was still an associate at the firm when he successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to review a criminal case in which he was counsel of record, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2023
Rising Star: Baker Botts' Lauren Dreyer
Lauren Dreyer of Baker Botts LLP was part of a legal team that convinced a federal judge to wipe out a $469 million verdict against Dish, and also picked up other patent work from the satellite television giant, earning her a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: Latham's Kirsten Jackson
Kirsten Jackson of Latham & Watkins LLP has secured multimillion-dollar settlements in a wide range of insurance cases and is fighting to secure billions in COVID-19 business interruption coverage for her clients, earning her a place as one of the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Michelle Lamy
Michelle Lamy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has represented women in class actions against huge employers such as Google and Goldman Sachs in efforts to level the playing field for women in the workplace, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: Skadden's Nathan Wacker
Nathan Wacker of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has represented clients in high-stakes corporate tax disputes, including Eaton Corp.'s landmark victory in a challenge to the IRS' attempted cancellation of an agreement between the two, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: Skadden's Matea Bozja
Matea Bozja, a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner, is a go-to choice for high-profile clients like sovereign wealth fund GIC, which she steered through a $15 billion takeover of a net lease real estate investment trust, earning her a spot among the real estate attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2023
Rising Star: MoloLamken's Ray Hashem
MoloLamken LLP partner Rayiner Hashem has represented Ericsson through high-profile fights over standard essential patents, and is now helping VLSI Technology protect a $2.2 billion patent infringement win against Intel, earning him a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2023
Rising Star: Latham's Alan Kimball
Alan Kimball of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised companies on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including a $21 billion merger of two massive entertainment companies, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2023
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Matthew Stark
Winston & Strawn LLP partner Matthew Stark has been instrumental in defending commercial property insurer FM Global from owing billions of dollars in Superstorm Sandy and COVID-19 coverage disputes, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2023
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Thomas Ahlering
Thomas Ahlering of King & Spalding LLP has led many employers to legal victories in biometric privacy disputes and helped architect a novel, winning legal theory in a privacy case against United Airlines at the Seventh Circuit, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2023
Rising Star: Kirkland's David Perechocky
David Perechocky of Kirkland & Ellis was the lead counsel in GLP Capital Partners' sale of its logistics business to Blackstone for almost $19 billion, including 1,300 logistics properties, which was called the largest-ever private real estate transaction globally and earned him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 21, 2023
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Shaun P. Mahaffy
Shaun P. Mahaffy of Williams & Connolly LLP has helped Merck in various intellectual property cases — including helping the company block generics of multibillion-dollar diabetes drugs covered by the pharmaceutical giant's patents — earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 20, 2023
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jameson S. Lloyd
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Jameson S. Lloyd advised AT&T on combining its WarnerMedia business with Discovery in a $43 billion all-stock deal that was the largest reverse Morris trust transaction in history, earning him a place among tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 20, 2023
Rising Star: Wiley's Matthew W. Beato
Wiley Rein LLP partner Matthew Beato has represented insurers in numerous coverage disputes over shareholder derivative actions, including a key ongoing case concerning the applicability of so-called bump-up exclusions, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 20, 2023
Rising Star: Norton Rose's Kimberly Cheeseman
Kimberly Cheeseman of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has advised energy companies and other employers on how to navigate workers' discrimination and wage-and-hour claims, including a recent U.S. Supreme Court case over the salary basis test, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 20, 2023
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Andrew Zahn
Andrew Zahn of Hogan Lovells advised VICI Properties on a $17.2 billion purchase of MGM Growth Properties and guided the New York-based REIT on billion-dollar debt and equity offerings, earning him a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 20, 2023
Rising Star: Kirkland's Brandon Brown
Brandon H. Brown of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has led numerous technology makers through high-stakes litigation over their closely guarded intellectual property, including helping electronics maker Motorola nab a nine-figure jury award in a trade secret suit against a competitor, earning him a spot among the IP practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.