Chambers USA 2020 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices
Palo Alto – May 13, 2020 – Chambers USA 2020 recognized 75 Cooley lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. 11 Cooley practices received a Band 1 ranking, with 34 practices recognized as national or regional leaders. Nine lawyers received one or more Band 1 rankings.
The following is a complete list of Cooley's Chambers USA rankings for 2020:
Leading practices
Denotes Band 1 ranking
US Nationwide
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer
Capital Markets: Equity: Manager
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Intellectual Property
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Life Sciences
Privacy & Data Security
Startups & Emerging Companies
Securities Litigation
California
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Intellectual Property
IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
Life Sciences
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: Securities
Venture Capital
California: San Diego
Corporate/M&A
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
Corporate/M&A
Colorado
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
District of Columbia
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Media & Entertainment: Regulatory
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Massachusetts
Capital Markets
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Technology
New York
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Northern Virginia
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Washington
Corporate/Commercial
Ranked Practitioners
Denotes Band 1 ranking
| Orion Armon | Intellectual Property (Colorado) |
| Michael Attanasio | Litigation: General Commercial (California: San Diego) |
| Matthew Bartus | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Eric Blanchard | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (Nationwide) |
| Mark Beckett | International Arbitration (Nationwide) |
| Laura Berezin | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Alfred Browne | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Kay Chandler | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| John Clendenin | Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) |
| Tom Coll | Corporate/M&A (California: San Diego) |
| John Dado | Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) |
| John Dwyer | Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Sonya Erickson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| Koji Fukumura | Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Patrick Gibbs | Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Colleen Gillis | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia) |
| Shane Goudey |
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) |
| Jacqueline Grise | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| Div Gupta | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Eastern United States (Nationwide) |
| Lila Hope | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Craig Jacoby | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Eric Jensen | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide) Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Heidi Keefe | Intellectual Property: Patent (California) |
| Charlie Kim | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide) |
| Kevin King | International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide) |
| Barbara Kosacz | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) |
| Jack Lavoie |
Real Estate (Northern Virginia) |
| Alexander Lee | Tax: (Southern California) |
| Randall Lee | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California) |
| Alan Levine | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| Elizabeth Lewis | Labor & Employment (Virginia) |
| Jeffrey Libson | Corporate/M&A (New Jersey) |
| Mike Lincoln | Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Douglas Lobel | Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia) |
| Mark Looney | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia) |
| Andrew Lustig | Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia) |
| Blake Martell |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds) |
| Mika Reiner Mayer | Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (California) Life Sciences: IP/Patent Prosecution (California) |
| Robert McDowell |
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia) |
| Barbara Mirza | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: Los Angeles & Surrounds) |
| Patrick Mitchell | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Howard Morse | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| David Navetta |
Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) |
| Stephen Neal | Litigation: General Commercial (California) |
| William O'Connor | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation (Nationwide) |
| Kathleen Pakenham | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide) |
| David Peinsipp |
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Western United States (Nationwide) |
| Nicole Peppe |
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) |
| Frank Pietrantonio | Intellectual Property (Northern Virginia) |
| Michael Platt | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| Marya Postner | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Rachel Proffitt | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) Venture Capital (California) |
| Marc Recht | Capital Markets (Massachusetts) |
| Michael Rhodes | Litigation: General Commercial (California: San Francisco) Intellectual Property: Patent (California) Litigation: General Commercial (California) Privacy & Data Security: Litigation (Nationwide) |
| John Robertson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| Sacha Ross | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Randy Sabett | Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) |
| William Schwartz | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Jordan Silber | Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) |
| Brent Siler | Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia) |
| Mark Tanoury | Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Steve Tonsfeldt | Corporate/M&A (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds) |
| Miguel Vega | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) |
| Mark Weeks | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Drew Williamson | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide) |
| Dave Young | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
Up and coming
| Marc Suskin |
International Arbitration (Nationwide) |
Senior statespeople
| Craig Dauchy |
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) |
| John Feore | Media & Entertainment: Regulatory (District of Columbia) Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite Capital: (District of Columbia) |
| Stephen Gardner |
Tax: Controversy (Nationwide) |
| Robert Jones |
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) |
| James Linfield |
Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| Fred Muto | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Diane Savage | IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California) |
| Francis Wheeler | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
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