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    Rising Star: Covington's Amanda Tuninetti

    Amanda Tuninetti of Covington & Burling LLP was instrumental in convincing courts in Washington, D.C., to deny Venezuela's bid to defeat enforcement of an arbitral award now worth some $670 million to Spanish affiliates of Mexican tortilla manufacturer Gruma SAB de CV, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Jalpit Amin

    Hogan Lovells LLP partner Jalpit Amin has successfully steered several multibillion-dollar deals in the technology sector, including Oracle's $28 billion purchase of Cerner Corp. and Marvell Technology Group's $10 billion acquisition of Inphi Corp., earning him a spot among the technology attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Latham's Aaron Chiu

    Aaron Chiu of Latham & Watkins LLP was on the legal team representing U.S. Soccer in its February antitrust jury verdict victory over an upstart pro league, and on the team representing the Atlantic Coast Conference in its $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement between the NCAA, the major conferences and college athletes, earning him a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Seyfarth's Erica Bakies

    Erica Bakies of Seyfarth Shaw LLP guided a foreign investor in securing regulatory approval to purchase a U.S. government contractor and litigated two bid protests before the Government Accountability Office that resulted in regulatory changes, earning her a spot among the government contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Michael J. Kahn

    Michael Kahn of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP planted the seed of a question that made its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court and won his client Slack Technologies Inc. reprieve from a shareholder class action, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jordan Cross

    Jordan Cross, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's funds formation practice group, has quickly made a name for himself by advising on significant transactions for some of the biggest players in the private equity world, including advising Blackstone and Silver Lake on their recent fund raises, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Sidley's Sue Wang

    Sue Wang of Sidley Austin LLP has amassed numerous wins for name brand biologics companies and drugmakers — including representing Amgen in multidistrict litigation and notching a multimillion-dollar verdict for Bayer — earning her a spot among the intellectual property practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Cleary's Blair Matthews

    Blair West Matthews of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP helped Tempur Sealy International Inc. beat a high-profile government merger challenge, earning her a spot among the antitrust law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Barnes & Thornburg Adds Leader Of FDA Practices At 2 Firms

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP has hired the former leader of both Husch Blackwell LLP and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP's U.S. Food and Drug Administration-focused practices who brings a perspective to its Washington, D.C., office that includes working at the agency for more than a decade.

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    Proskauer Welcomes Structured Credit Pro From Dechert

    Proskauer Rose LLP announced another addition to its structured credit team in New York on Monday, welcoming a former Dechert LLP attorney with a strong background in structured finance insurance solutions.

  • Ironclad Adds Google, Snowflake, Docusign Leaders To Team

    The contract lifecycle management platform Ironclad announced a major expansion of its leadership team Monday, three months after the company welcomed a new CEO.

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    Arnold & Porter Expands On West Coast With K&L Gates Team

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP is continuing to grow on the West Coast, announcing Monday that it has added seven lawyers from K&L Gates LLP to its newly launched Seattle office and one to its Los Angeles location.

  • Suffolk Law, Arbitration Body Launch Family Law Clinic

    Suffolk University Law School, together with the nonprofit American Arbitration Association, has launched an online dispute resolution clinic focused on family law matters, with John D. Casey, a former chief justice of the Massachusetts family and probate court, appointed to oversee the project.

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    Willkie Taps Chicago Leader For New Americas Chair Role

    Craig C. Martin, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's chief for its Americas operations, told Law360 on Friday that he is excited to serve in the newly created post to help steer the continued growth of the firm and ensure that the best services are being provided to clients.

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    BCLP's New Atlanta Leader On Leaning Into Office Strengths

    Amy Wilson is taking the helm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's Atlanta office with an eye on building on its strengths in mergers and acquisitions and litigation.

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    Ex-HUD GC On 'Running To The Fight' With New DC Boutique

    In a recent interview with Law360 Pulse, former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development general counsel Benjamin Klubes said he opted to launch his own practice after leaving the government, instead of joining a bigger firm, so he could more freely represent clients in cases challenging the Trump administration.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Epic Games Inc.'s 2023 antitrust jury trial win, along with an injunction requiring Google to open its Google Play Store to rivals.

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    Mintz Welcomes Longtime Fenwick & West IP Atty In NY

    Mintz said Wednesday that it has added a longtime Fenwick & West LLP lawyer who helped his former firm establish itself in New York to its intellectual property prosecution practice.

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    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Elina Coss

    Elina Coss of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC led a team that closed a massive $1.4 billion deal for two battery storage projects and was lead counsel to a clean energy provider in a record-setting $977.5 million securitization of solar leases and power purchase agreements, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Cleary's Chrishan Raja

    Last year, London-based Chrishan Raja of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP steered several companies through complicated changes in U.K. regulatory policy, advising on landmark deals that totaled more than €8 billion ($9.23 billion at the current exchange rate), including the listing of Canal+ on the London Stock Exchange as an independent company, earning him a spot among the capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Timothy Chen Saulsbury

    Timothy Chen Saulsbury of Morrison Foerster LLP helped defeat a $900 million trade secrets suit over wearable medical device technologies and won a favorable jury verdict for Epic Games on a patent infringement claim, earning him a spot among the intellectual property lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Bleichmar Fonti's George N. Bauer

    George Bauer of Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP helped a pension fund win a landmark settlement that returned more than $734 million to Tesla following allegations its directors awarded themselves excessive compensation, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Jones Day's Justin Martin

    Justin Martin of Jones Day has represented McDonald's and Google in high-profile litigation before the National Labor Relations Board in unfair labor practice cases that alleged the companies jointly employed workers with franchisees and contractors, earning him a spot among the employment practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Lindsey Henrikson

    Lindsey Henrikson of Paul Hastings LLP advised Colombian refinery Reficar in a high-stakes global restructuring that preserved a $1.3 billion arbitration award and secured equity in McDermott International, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Latham Adds Veteran Antitrust Litigator From Cravath

    A veteran Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP antitrust litigator has made the jump to Latham & Watkins LLP in New York, the firm announced Friday.

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Expert Analysis

  • Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting Author Photo

    To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills? Author Photo

    Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.

  • How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture Author Photo

    In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.

  • The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans Author Photo

    Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.

  • Opinion

    CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes Author Photo

    Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.

  • Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review Author Photo

    While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.

  • Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument Author Photo

    Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.

  • BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons Author Photo

    There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off? Author Photo

    David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.

  • Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms Author Photo

    The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.

  • Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking Author Photo

    The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.

  • How Women In Law Can Advance Toward Leadership Roles Author Photo

    Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.

  • The Case That Took Me From Prosecutor To Defense Attorney Author Photo

    Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.

  • The Importance Of Legal Macroeconomics Education For Attys Author Photo

    Most legal professionals lack understanding of the macroeconomic trends unique to the legal industry, like the rising cost of law school and legal services, which contributes to an unfair and inaccessible justice system, so law school courses and continuing legal education requirements in this area are essential, says Bob Glaves at the Chicago Bar Foundation.

  • What ABA Student Well-Being Standards Mean For Law Firms Author Photo

    While the American Bar Association's recent amendments to its law school accreditation standards around student well-being could have gone further, legal industry employers have much to learn from the ABA's move and the well-being movement that continues to gain traction in law schools, says David Jaffe at the American University Washington College of Law.

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