Legal 500 US 2020 Highlights Cooley
Palo Alto – June 24, 2020 –The Legal 500 United States 2020 recognized 23 Cooley practice areas and recommended Cooley as a #1 firm for capital markets: equity offerings, venture capital and emerging companies and technology transactions. Fourteen attorneys were recognized as leading lawyers in their respective fields and firm chairman emeritus Stephen Neal and partner Michael Rhodes were singled out as leading trial lawyers. M&A co-chairs Barbara Borden and Jamie Leigh and capital markets co-chairs Charlie Kim and David Peinsipp were also recognized. Partners Ben Beerle, Kate Hillier, Siana Lowrey, David Navetta, Boris Segalis and Adriana Lofaro Wirtz were recognized as next generation lawyers. In total, 70 lawyers were recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2020 editorial.
The following Cooley practices and lawyers were highlighted:
Recommended practice groups
Denotes tier 1 ranking
Leading lawyers
Keith Berets |
Technology transactions |
Heidi Keefe |
Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Charlie Kim |
Capital markets: equity offerings |
Alexander Lee |
US taxes: non-contentious |
Jamie Leigh |
M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
David Peinsipp |
Capital markets: equity offerings |
Mark Tanoury |
Venture capital and emerging companies |
Hall of Fame
Barbara Borden | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
John Crittenden | Trademarks: litigation |
Barbara Kosacz | Healthcare: life sciences |
Fred Muto | Venture capital and emerging companies |
Stephen Neal | Leading trial lawyers |
Michael Rhodes | Leading trial lawyers |
Adam Ruttenberg | Technology transactions |
Next generation partners
Ben Beerle | M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
Kate Hillier | Healthcare: life sciences |
Siana Lowrey | Capital markets: equity offerings |
David Navetta | Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
Adriana Lofaro Wirtz | US taxes: contentious |
Recommended Lawyers
Michael Attanasio |
General commercial disputes |
Michael Basile |
Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
Mark Beckett |
International arbitration |
Laura Berezin | Healthcare: life sciences |
Matthew Bartus | Venture capital and emerging companies |
Philip Bowman | General commercial disputes |
Matthew Brigham | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Matthew D. Brown |
Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
Alfred Browne | Fintech |
Kay Chandler | Healthcare: life sciences |
Adam Chase |
Technology transactions |
Reuben Chen | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
John Clendenin |
Private equity funds (including venture capital) |
William Corcoran | US taxes: non-contentious |
John Dado | Private equity funds (including venture capital) |
Joseph Drayton |
General commercial disputes Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Ivor Elrifi |
Healthcare: life sciences Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
John Feore | Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
Koji Fukumura | Securities litigation: defense |
Adam Gershenson | Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) |
Bobby Ghajar | Trademarks: litigation Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
Patrick Gibbs | Securities litigation: defense |
Colleen Gillis | Land use/zoning |
Shane Goudey | Private equity funds (including venture capital) |
TJ Graham | Technology transactions |
Jon Graves | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Div Gupta | Capital markets: equity offerings |
Lila Hope | Healthcare: life sciences |
Jack Lavoie | Land use/zoning |
Travis LeBlanc | Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
Alan Levine | General commercial disputes |
Mike Lincoln | Venture capital and emerging companies |
Mark Looney | Land use/zoning |
Mika Reiner Mayer |
Healthcare: life sciences Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
Robert McDowell | Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
Lowell Mead | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Kevin Mills |
Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
Patrick Mitchell | Venture capital and emerging companies |
Phillip Morton | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Kathleen Pakenham | US taxes: contentious |
Nicole Peppe |
Private equity funds (including venture capital) |
Adam Pivovar | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Marya Postner | Healthcare: life sciences |
Jason Rademacher | Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory |
Marc Recht | Healthcare: life sciences |
Michelle Rhyu | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Randy Sabett | Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
Ian Shapiro | Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) |
Michael Sheetz | Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) |
Jordan Silber | Private equity funds (including venture capital) |
Stephen Smith | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Marc Suskin |
International arbitration |
Rachel Thorn |
International arbitration |
Mark Weeks | Healthcare: life sciences |
Mark Weinstein | Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
Henry Wendel | Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
Dave Young |
Venture capital and emerging companies |
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