Amanda L. Liverzani

Cooley defeated an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, affirming a jury verdict finding white nationalist leaders and organizations liable to plaintiffs for egregious and hateful conduct at the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Cooley pro bono team was led Alan Levine and David Mills.

Cooley advised MindMed, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders, on its successful proxy contest against FCM MM Holdings.

Nine plaintiffs, who were victims of a coordinated attack by white supremacists during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, won a historic victory in the landmark federal lawsuit Sines v. Kessler. A Cooley team led by Alan Levine, David Mills and Bob Cahill acted pro bono on behalf of the plaintiffs alongside Kaplan Hecker & Fink, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Woods Rogers.