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Chambers USA 2016 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices

Written by mojotech | Jun 4, 2016 4:00:00 AM
Palo Alto – May 27, 2016 – Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business recognized 71 Cooley lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Twelve lawyers received one or more Band 1 rankings. Eight Cooley practices received a Band 1 ranking, with 29 practices recognized as national or regional leaders. The following is a complete list of Cooley's Chambers USA rankings for 2016:

Leading Practices

* Denotes Band 1 ranking
Nationwide Investment Funds: Venture Capital* Life Sciences* Startups & Emerging Companies* Intellectual Property Privacy & Data Security Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
California Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital* Life Sciences* Capital Markets: Debt & Equity IT & Outsourcing: Transactions Intellectual Property Litigation: General Commercial Litigation: Securities Corporate/M&A
Colorado Corporate/M&A Intellectual Property
District of Columbia Media & Entertainment: Regulatory Corporate/M&A & Private Equity Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite Antitrust
Massachusetts Corporate/M&A Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment Intellectual Property
New York Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Virginia Corporate/M&A* Intellectual Property* Real Estate*
Washington Corporate/Commercial
 

Ranked Practitioners

* Denotes Band 1 ranking
Jonathan Bach Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Celia Barenholtz Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
James Brogan Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Alfred Browne Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
Antonio Calabrese Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Virginia)*
Kay Chandler Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Carolyn Craig IT & Outsourcing (California)
Craig Dauchy Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide)* Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California)*
John Dwyer Litigation: General Commercial (California) Litigation: Securities (California)
Ivor Elrifi Intellectual Property (Massachusetts) Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (Nationwide)
Sonya Erickson Corporate/Commercial (Washington)
Lester Fagen Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)
John Feore Media & Entertainment: Regulatory (District of Columbia) Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
Thomas Friel Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
Francis Fryscak Antitrust (California)
Koji Fukumura Litigation: Securities (California)
Stephen Gardner Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)*
Colleen Gillis Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia)
Wendy Goldstein Healthcare (New York)
Kenneth Guernsey Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Craig Jacoby Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Eric Jensen Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Robert Jones Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)* Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)*
Barclay Kamb Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Kimberley Kaplan-Gross Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts)
Heidi Keefe Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
Charlie Kim Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Barbara Kosacz Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)* Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)*
John Lavoie Real Estate (Northern Virginia)*
Alan Levine Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Elizabeth Lewis Labor & Employment (Virginia)
Michael Lincoln Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia)*
James Linfield Corporate/M&A (Colorado)*
Douglas Lobel Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia)
Mark Looney Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia)*
Andrew Lustig Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia)
Tom Mason Government: Government Contracts (Nationwide)
Patrick Mitchell Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)
Ali Mojdehi Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California)
Howard Morse Antitrust (District of Columbia)
Fred Muto Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Stephen Neal Litigation: General Commercial (California)* Litigation: Securities (California) Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)*
Ian O'Donnell Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide)
Kathleen Pakenham Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
Michael Platt Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
Marc Recht Corporate/M&A: Capital Markets (Massachusetts)
Michael Rhodes Intellectual Property: Patent (California) Litigation: General Commercial (California)
John Robertson Corporate/Commercial (Washington)
Randy Sabett Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
Marc Schildkraut Antitrust (District of Columbia)
William Schwartz Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Jordan Silber Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide)
Brent Siler Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia)
Wayne Stacy Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Anne Swanson Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
Mark Tanoury Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California)* Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)*
Joseph Teja Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
Steven Tonsfeldt Corporate/M&A (Northern California)
Mark Weeks Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Francis Wheeler Corporate/M&A (Colorado)*
Drew Williamson Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
David Young Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
 

Up and Comers

Mischi a Marca   Banking & Finance (California)
Orion Armon Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Jacqueline Grise Antitrust (District of Columbia)
 

Senior Statesmen

Michael Stern IT & Outsourcing (California)
Diane Savage IT & Outsourcing (California)
 

Eminent Practitioners

Fred Muto Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)
Frank Pietrantonio Intellectual Property (Northern Virginia)

Recognized Practitioners

Patrick Gibbs Litigation: Securities (California)
Cathy Hershcopf Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)
Michael Rhodes Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
Andy Roth Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
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