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Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Russell Hedman
Russell Hedman of Hogan Lovells co-led the legal team that advised the ownership group that purchased the Denver Broncos for $4.65 billion, earning him a spot among the sports and betting practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: King & Spalding's TaCara Harris
King & Spalding LLP's TaCara Harris' work investigating allegations of sexual assault by coaches in the National Women's Soccer League, as well as her work on the litigation over claims that Zantac causes cancer, is why she won a spot on the 2024 list of product liability Law360 Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Lindsay Paulin
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Lindsay Paulin's work in high-profile and novel cases, such as a dispute that helped convince the Pentagon to abandon a controversial $10 billion cloud contract, has earned her a position among the government contracts attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Latham's Dustin Paige
Latham & Watkins LLP counsel Dustin Paige's work on large, complex deals, including a $7 billion joint venture between Digital Realty Trust and Blackstone Inc. to develop four hyperscale data center campuses and Flynn Properties' $1.1 billion acquisition of an 89-hotel portfolio and its subsequent refinancing, has earned him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Mica Klein
Mica Klein of Perkins Coie LLP has advised Microsoft on a series of data center and electrical substation construction projects across North, Central and South America and represents the Seattle Mariners in a major stadium renovation, earning her a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Norton Rose's Utsav Mathur
Norton Rose Fulbright's Utsav Mathur represented energy companies in their challenge of the financing structure for a billion-dollar infrastructure project that ultimately made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Latham's Joe Bargnesi
Joe Bargnesi of Latham & Watkins LLP advises dozens of private equity firms and represented Honeywell as it fought back on a bribery probe the U.S. Department of Justice launched against it, earning him a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Dechert's Matthew Fischer
Dechert LLP's Matthew Fischer has opened up the agricultural market to lenders, guided small banks through major securitizations and navigated an ever-changing regulatory landscape on behalf of his clients as they juggle valuable assets, earning him a spot among the complex financial instruments attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Mansfield Participants Grow Despite Industry DEI Threats
Even as law firms have faced legal threats in the past year over their diversity, equity and inclusion programming, the number of firms that have committed to embracing diversity via Mansfield certification continues to grow, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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Winston & Strawn Adds McDermott Transaction Pros In Texas
Winston & Strawn LLP has expanded its offerings in Texas with the addition of two transactional attorneys as partners in its Houston office, the firm said in a Wednesday statement.
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Calif. Bar Officially Inks $8M Deal With Kaplan For New Exam
The State Bar of California has officially entered into an $8.25 million agreement with Kaplan Exam Services LLC to replace the National Conference of Bar Examiners' exam after four decades of using the NCBE's Multistate Bar Examination, according to an announcement made Tuesday.
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Rising Star: Skadden's Laura Salvati
Complex financial instrument law may not be fine art, but if you ask Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Laura Salvati, creativity is important, and her artistic nature has helped her build novel financing structures for her clients' billion-dollar deals. That creativity, in part, has made her one of the attorneys under age 40 practicing complex financial instrument law selected by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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Cahill Gordon Adds WilmerHale Partner As DC Office Co-Head
After a career helping to handle terrorism-related cases as a federal prosecutor, Edward O'Callaghan has joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, where he will serve as co-leader of the firm's Washington, D.C., office and chair of its congressional investigations practice.
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Former Va. Labor Commissioner Joins McGuireWoods
Former Virginia labor department head Courtney M. Malveaux has joined McGuireWoods LLP, the firm announced Tuesday, with the seasoned U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration expert saying he hopes to draw on his experience to help employers going through crisis and incident responses.
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Contractor Can't DQ Maynard Nexsen From Bias Case
An Alabama federal judge won't disqualify Maynard Nexsen PC from representing a former Parsons Corp. engineer in his discrimination suit against the company for allegedly representing both parties at the same time, saying Parsons' disqualification motion was "unmeritorious."
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Winston & Strawn Adds Squire Patton Litigator In DC
Winston & Strawn LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in a Squire Patton Boggs LLP trial attorney as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.
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AI, Vendor Consolidation Reshape Law Firm Profitability
As more law firms track data to achieve profitability, vendor consolidation and the rise of generative artificial intelligence are forcing some to change how they protect profitability, a panel of law firm leaders said this week.
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Davis Polk Lands 3 Fund Management Pros From Debevoise
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Tuesday that it is adding three partners who specialize in fund formation matters to bolster its investment management practice in New York.
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BCLP Adds EX-FTC Attorney To Antitrust Team In DC
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Tuesday that a senior attorney at the Federal Trade Commission had joined its Washington office as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice.
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Food Law Atty Rejoins Thompson Coburn From Davis Wright
Thompson Coburn LLP said this week that a former partner who focuses on agriculture and food law has rejoined the firm's St. Louis office after a stint with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
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ABA's President-Elect On Navigating Changing Legal Industry
Law360 Pulse caught up with Michelle Behnke, the American Bar Association's new president-elect, to discuss the challenge of keeping up with changes in the legal profession.
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Buchalter Adds Real Estate Trio From Nashville Boutique
Three attorneys from a Tennessee real estate boutique, including the firm's founder, have joined Buchalter PC's Nashville office.
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Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Christodoulos Kaoutzanis
Christodoulos Kaoutzanis of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has led multibillion-dollar offerings, including Savers Value Village's $461.4 million and Rocket Cos.' $2 billion initial public offerings, earning him a spot among the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Matthew Clark
Hogan Lovells' Matthew Clark is helping to chart new regulatory pathways for commercially deploying unmanned aircraft systems in the U.S., earning him a spot among transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Andrew Kaufman
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's Andrew Kaufman has helped lead cases in multidistrict litigation against Juul Labs Inc. over its marketing of vapes and Uber Technologies Inc. over allegations of sexual assault of passengers, earning him a spot among product liability attorneys under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.