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  • Emily Bias

    Dentons Adds LA Real Estate Atty As Partner From Pillsbury

    A longtime real estate attorney from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has moved her practice to Dentons' Los Angeles office, where she'll work on transactional and tax-focused matters as a partner, Dentons announced Monday.

  • Adam Sloustcher

    Fisher Phillips Unveils New Leader, New Location In Dallas

    Fisher Phillips announced Monday that it has tapped a litigator with particular expertise in the sports industry to take the helm of its recently relocated Dallas shop.

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    Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Lana Rowenko

    Lana Rowenko of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP represents more than a dozen states and territories in multidistrict litigation over per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in South Carolina and was part of the team that earned $48 million in settlements for the state of New Mexico following the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, earning her a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Covington's Andrew Fischer

    Covington & Burling LLP M&A partner Andrew Fischer has spent a large chunk of his career fostering relationships with his clients to help lead them through complex deals, including Merck's $11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron and Bristol Myers Squibb's $14 billion purchase of Karuna Therapeutics, making him one of the law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Andrew Kissner

    Andrew Kissner of Morrison Foerster has represented bondholders in the lengthy and novel bankruptcy of the Puerto Rico commonwealth and was recently recognized for his more than 1,000 hours of pro bono service, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • Rising Star: Davis Polk's Dominic Foulkes

    Dominic Foulkes of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has advised companies on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including a technology-maker's $4.9 billion initial public offering, the largest in the United States in the last three years, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Bonnie DelGobbo

    BakerHostetler's Bonnie DelGobbo has quickly built a reputation in the data and video privacy world, crafting defense strategies for major corporate clients like Chick-fil-A and Landmark Theatres to fend off proposed class actions. It's earned her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Sanders Witkow

    Sanders Witkow of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is getting used to steering highly complicated banking transactions, including as lead counsel for a group of banks that put up $13.2 billion in financing for Elon Musk's $44 billion hostile takeover of Twitter, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Irell's Stephen Payne

    Stephen Payne of Irell & Manella LLP has advised clients on disputes worth hundreds of millions, including as part of the team that secured what his firm calls the third-largest patent verdict in the U.S. on behalf of chipmaker Netlist Inc., earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Paul Hastings Adds Another Insurance Atty From Sidley

    Paul Hastings LLP announced on Monday that it has added an insurance transactional lawyer to its Chicago office, reuniting him with two former Sidley Austin LLP colleagues who made the move last year.

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    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jaysen Chung

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jaysen Chung has represented numerous big name clients — such as Pfizer, Dell and Apple — in successful patent litigation throughout his career, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • Gary Klinger

    Rising Star: Milberg's Gary Klinger

    Gary Klinger of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC has become a leading plaintiffs' attorney in class actions under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act after securing a $68.5 million settlement against Meta, earning him a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Emily Au

    Emily Au of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has been the lead attorney on several high-profile cases, including a key case across the U.K. construction industry in terms of HMRC's Value-Added Tax policy, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's John MacGregor

    John MacGregor of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has successfully defended Credit Suisse in litigation over a complex financial product alleging more than $2 billion in losses, and secured dismissal in a claim alleging losses of $1 billion over its financial adviser work. These matters and others have earned him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • Law360 Names 2024's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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    Rising Star: Fenwick's Victoria Lupu

    Victoria Lupu of Fenwick & West LLP has worked on several billion-dollar deals across industries related to artificial intelligence and life sciences, including a number of acquisitions made by Databricks since last year, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Christopher Hopkins

    Chris Hopkins of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has devised complex restructuring deals and helped major companies emerge from Chapter 11 as stronger entities while also finding time for pro bono work representing families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Beveridge & Diamond's Megan Morgan

    Megan Morgan of Beveridge & Diamond PC helped strike down more than $200 million in permit fees for California's Chiquita Canyon landfill, guided Fortune 100 tech companies on corporate sustainability and responsible sourcing, and defended BNSF Railway against a potentially $4 trillion penalty, earning her a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Behind Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO's Ch. 11

    McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter's former chief financial officer, who has admitted to skimming off $1.5 million from his firm, has filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey as he faces both a civil suit and criminal charges over the embezzlement.

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    Firms See Stable Lateral Hiring, Corporate Rises In Q2

    After a slower first quarter, lateral recruitment at law firms appeared to find more solid footing in the second quarter, with both associate and counsel hires showing signs of recovery from the previous quarter, according to recent data provided by legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.

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    LA Judge Rebuked For Scolding Litigants, Calling Some 'Pigs'

    A Los Angeles Superior Court judge received public admonishment by the Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday for making insulting and gratuitous remarks to litigants, which included likening two of them to "pigs in the trough, fighting," comparing a dispute to a "Jerry Springer case" and warning another, "You're lucky you weren't shot."

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    How DC Pay Transparency Law May Or May Not Impact Firms

    As Washington, D.C., joins a national movement to require job postings to include pay ranges and to ban employers from asking for salary histories, recruiters predict an uneven effect in the district's legal market.

  • Litigation Funding 'Abuses' Targeted By Federal Lawmakers

    Federal lawmakers are seeking to put the reins on third-party investors bankrolling litigation, with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., introducing legislation that would require disclosure of third-party financing deals in civil lawsuits, and Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., asking Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday to have the Judicial Conference review the practice.

  • Paul Weiss Hopes To Stem Exits With New Partner Structure

    Brad Karp, chairman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, shared in a podcast published Thursday that the firm has followed a new two-track partnership compensation model as a means to combat retention issues plaguing similar firms.

  • Cadwalader Adds Ex-Simpson Thacher Corporate Atty In NY

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced the hiring of an executive compensation and employee benefits partner in New York with previous stops at Simpson Thacher and the Blackstone Group.

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