09/27/2010
87 Cooley Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America
Palo Alto, Calif. – Sept. 27, 2010 – Cooley LLP announced that 87 firm attorneys are recognized in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, a leading peer-review survey. Cooley ranked #1 in 58 national, statewide and regional categories for the number of attorneys listed, including #1 U.S. rankings for Biotechnology Law, Technology Law and Venture Capital Law.
The Cooley lawyers recognized in the survey are listed below, along with the areas of law for which they were selected. This information is also available at www.bestlawyers.com.
BUSINESS
Jane K. Adams – Biotechnology Law
Lee F. Benton – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Laura A. Berezin – Biotechnology Law; Securities Law
Barbara L. Borden– Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law; Securities Law
Matt T. Browne – Corporate Law
Antonio J. Calabrese– Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Lesse Castleberry– Tax Law
L. Kay Chandler– Biotechnology Law
Thomas A. Coll– Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
Jennifer B. Coplan– Technology Law
John A. Dado– Private Funds Law
Craig E. Dauchy– Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds Law; Venture Capital Law
Renee R. Deming – Employee Benefits Law
Daniel W. Frank– Private Funds Law
Sonya F. Erickson– Venture Capital Law
Lester J. Fagen– Venture Capital Law
James F. Fulton, Jr. – Corporate Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
Stephen D. Gardner– Tax Law
Barry A. Graynor– Equipment Finance Law
Kenneth Guernsey– Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
Matthew B. Hemington– Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
John Hession– Venture Capital Law
Suzanne Sawochka Hooper– Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law
Blake A. Ilstrup– Venture Capital Law
Eric C. Jensen– Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
Robert L. Jones– Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law
Kevin F. Kelly– Biotechnology Law
Barbara Kosacz – Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law
John G. Lavoie – Construction Law; Real Estate Law
Michael Lincoln– Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
James C.T. Linfield– Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
Mark W. Lipschutz– Real Estate Law
Samuel M. Livermore – Corporate Law
Mark A. Medearis– Venture Capital Law
Robert H. "Buff" Miller– Tax Law
Patrick J. Mitchell– Venture Capital Law
Timothy J. Moore– Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
Frederick T. Muto– Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
Ryan Naftulin– Venture Capital Law
Susan Cooper Philpot – Tax Law
Michael L. Platt – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
Marya A. Postner – Biotechnology Law
Steven M. Przesmicki– Corporate Law
Thomas Z. Reicher– Employee Benefits Law
John W. Robertson– Corporate Law
Richard S. Rothberg– Trusts and Estates
Adam Ruttenberg – Technology Law
Glen Y. Sato – Biotechnology Law
Joseph A. Scherer – Banking Law; Structured Finance Law
Michael D. Stern – Information Technology Law; Technology Law
Myron G. Sugarman – Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Mark P. Tanoury– Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
John H. Toole – Real Estate Law
Miguel J. Vega – Corporate Law
Mark B. Weeks – Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
Francis Wheeler – Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law
Nancy H. Wojtas – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
LITIGATION
Gordon C. Atkinson – Commercial Litigation
Michael Attanasio – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Celia Goldwag Barenholtz – Commercial Litigation
Frederick D. Baron – Labor and Employment Law
James P. Brogan – Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law
John W. Crittenden– Technology Law
Janet Cullum – Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law
John C. Dwyer – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Robert L. Eisenbach III – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Thomas J. Friel, Jr. – Intellectual Property Law
Koji Fukumura– Commercial Litigation; Securities Law
Lawrence C. Gottlieb – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
William E. Grauer – Commercial Litigation; Derivatives Law; Securities Law
J. Michael Kelly– Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Alan Levine– Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Elizabeth Lewis– Labor and Employment Law
Ann M. Mooney– Insurance Law
Stephen C. Neal– Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Paul A. Renne– Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Michael G. Rhodes– Derivatives Law; Securities Law
Martin S. Schenker– Energy Law
William J. Schwartz– Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Donald K. Stern– Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Anthony M. Stiegler– Commercial Litigation
Steven M. Strauss– Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate Law
Gregory Tenhoff– Labor and Employment Law
Michael S. Tuscan– Technology Law
Erich E. Veitenheimer III– Technology Law
Robert Vieth– Commercial Litigation
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