Announcement: December 2018: Quinn Emanuel Partners Named 2018 “Rising Stars” by Law360

Drew Holmes, Maaren Shah, and Alex Spiro have been recognized by Law360 as “Rising Stars” in this year’s rankings for Intellectual Property, Energy, and White Collar respectively. The annual list highlights top litigators under 40 years old for their outstanding success and levels of expertise typically expected from veteran attorneys. Mr. Holmes, Ms.Shah, and Mr. Spiro were three of only 168 attorneys chosen this year among more than 1,200 submissions. Ms. Shah was cited for her representation of Mercuria Energy Trading Inc. in several disputes, most recently winning a complete dismissal in Miller v. Mercuria Energy Trading, Inc., as well as her representations for FirstEnergy Generation Corp. Mr. Spiro was chosen for his incredible trial victories, most recently being USA v. Ross Shapiro et al. and USA v. David Demos, as well as his work to dismiss the charges against Charles Oakley. Mr. Holmes was recognized for his work representing high-profile clients such as Samsung, HTC, and Google against Smartflash, as well as his representation of Netflix against Affinity.