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Chambers USA 2018 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices

Written by mojotech | May 4, 2018 4:00:00 AM
Palo Alto – May 03, 2018 – Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business recognized 72 Cooley lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Ten lawyers received one or more Band 1 rankings. Nine 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 2018:

Leading practices

Denotes Band 1 ranking
Nationwide Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Intellectual Property Investment Funds: Venture Capital Life Sciences Privacy & Data Security Startups & Emerging Companies
California Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Corporate/M&A Intellectual Property IT & Outsourcing: Transactions Life Sciences Litigation: General Commercial Litigation: Securities Venture Capital
Colorado Corporate/M&A Intellectual Property
District of Columbia Antitrust Corporate/M&A & Private Equity Media & Entertainment: Regulatory Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Massachusetts Corporate/M&A Intellectual Property Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment Technology
New York Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
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)
Matthew Bartus Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Mark Beckett International Arbitration (Nationwide)
Laura Berezin Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Alfred Browne Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
Antonio Calabrese Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia)
Kay Chandler Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
John Clendenin Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California)
Carolyn Craig IT & Outsourcing (California)
Craig Dauchy Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
John Dwyer Litigation: General Commercial (California) Litigation: Securities (California)
Ivor Elrifi 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)
Francis Fryscak Antitrust (California)
Koji Fukumura Litigation: Securities (California)
Stephen Gardner Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
Patrick Gibbs Litigation: Securities (California)
Colleen Gillis Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia)
Wendy Goldstein Healthcare (New York)
Jacqueline Grise Antitrust (District of Columbia)
Kenneth Guernsey Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Craig Jacoby Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Eric Jensen Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) 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)
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)
Jeffrey Libson Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Pennsylvania)
Michael Lincoln Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
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)
Mika Reiner Mayer Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (California) Life Sciences: IP/Patent Prosecution (California)
Patrick Mitchell Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)
Howard Morse Antitrust (District of Columbia)
Stephen Neal Litigation: General Commercial (California) Litigation: Securities (California) Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)
William O'Connor Transportation: Aviation: Litigation (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) Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
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)
Boris Segalis Privacy & Date Security (Nationwide)
Jordan Silber Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Brent Siler Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia)
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)
Miguel Vega Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
Mark Weeks Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Drew Williamson Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
David Young Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
 

Up and Comers

Orion Armon Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Dave Peinsipp Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Rachel Proffitt Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
 

Senior Statesmen

Fred Muto Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Diane Savage IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California)
Michael Stern IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California)
Francis Wheeler Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
 

Eminent Practitioners

Fred Muto Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Frank Pietrantonio Intellectual Property (Northern Virginia)

Recognized Practitioners

Cathy Hershcopf Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)
Barbara Mirza Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California)
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