Law360 Names Stephanie Noble a 2025 Rising Star in Energy Law

Law360 has named Vinson & Elkins partner Stephanie Noble a Rising Star, an award that recognizes the nation’s most promising lawyers age 40 and under.

Law360’s 2025 Rising Stars were selected from more than 1,100 nationwide submissions. Winners were selected by Law360 editors on the basis of their career accomplishments in their respective disciplines.

Noble maintains a national trial practice and regularly represents clients in jury and bench trials across the country. Her work spans a range of industries, with particular experience in the energy, power and construction sectors. She also advises companies on disputes in the upstream and midstream energy space, including matters involving royalty payment practices, supply contracts, natural gas pricing and transportation rights.

Below is an excerpt of Law360’s profile of Noble:

Why she became an energy litigator:

“When you’re presenting an energy case to a judge or jury, you’re distilling a pretty complicated, technical issue and trying to work that into a case presentation that makes sense,” Noble said. “That’s fascinating work. It’s also difficult and challenging, and that’s what makes it so rewarding.”

Her most challenging case:

Noble was part of a V&E team that successfully represented oil and gas driller Aera Energy in a dispute over development of oil and gas properties near Bakersfield, California. Vaquero Partners and Madison Energy sought as much as $100 million in damages from Aera, and over the course of a 2 ½ month jury trial in 2023, Noble examined several witnesses, including Aera’s most senior executives.

“I had a 6-month-old when I left for trial; he was almost 9 months old when I finally was able to come home,” Noble said. “When you’re making that kind of personal sacrifice as well, that makes the ultimate result even more rewarding.”

Read more about Noble’s work in the Aera Energy trial here.