06/15/2007
Cooley Godward Kronish Ranks Highly in Chambers USA 2007
31 Attorneys Listed as Leading Lawyers in the U.S.
June 15, 2007 – Cooley Godward Kronish LLP is pleased to announce that the fifth annual Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business will feature 31 of the Firm's lawyers. This continues our trend of increases in the number of Cooley lawyers who have been listed in previous years – last year 24 Cooley lawyers were recognized. In addition, 11 of the Firm's practice groups were singled out this year in the following Chambers categories: Antitrust, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, Corporate/ M&A, Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital, Intellectual Property, IT & IT Outsourcing, Life Sciences, General Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations Litigation, Tax and Tax Litigation.
The London-based Chambers is widely accepted as the standard for legal distinction around the world. The publication's selection process is based on interviews with in-house law departments and with other attorneys around the country. The rankings are based on qualities such as technical legal ability, professional conduct, commitment, client service and commercial awareness.
Cooley is honored to have received the following top rankings and individual recognitions:
- Our Life Sciences practice was ranked #1 nationally and in California.
- Our Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital practice was ranked #1 in California.
- Our Corporate/M&A practice was ranked #1 in Colorado.
- Antonio Calabrese ranked #1 in the Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use practice area category in Northern Virginia.
- Stephen Gardner ranked #1 in the Tax Litigation practice area category nationally.
- Robert Jones ranked #1 in the Commercial Life Sciences practice area category in California and nationally.
- Barbara Kosacz ranked #1 in the Commercial Life Sciences practice area category in California.
- Michael Lincoln ranked #1 in the Corporate/M&A practice area category in Northern Virginia.
- James Linfield ranked #1 in the Corporate/M&A practice area category in Colorado.
- Fred Muto ranked #1 in the Commercial Life Sciences practice area category in California.
- Stephen Neal ranked #1 in the Securities Litigation practice area category in California.
- Mark Tanoury ranked #1 in the Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital practice area category in California.
- Francis Wheeler ranked #1 in the Corporate/M&A practice area category in Colorado.
- John Brockland received an "Up and Coming" recognition in the IT & IT Outsourcing practice area category in California.
- Phillip Gall received an "Up and Coming" recognition in the Tax practice area category in New York.
The following Cooley partners were selected for leadership within their respective practice areas:
| Celia Goldwag Barenholtz |
Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| John Brockland |
IT & IT Outsourcing (California) |
| James Brogan |
Intellectual Property (Colorado) |
| Antonio Calabrese |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia - Virginia) |
| Richard Climan |
Corporate/M&A (Northern California - California) |
| Joseph Conroy |
Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia- Virginia) |
| Craig Dauchy |
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) |
| John Dwyer |
Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Keith Flaum |
Corporate/M&A (Northern California - California) |
| Phillip Gall |
Tax (New York) |
| Stephen Gardner |
Tax: Litigation (National) |
| Robert Jones |
Life Sciences: Commercial (California and National) |
| Barbara Kosacz |
Corporate/M&A (Northern California - California)
Life Sciences: Commercial (California) |
| Alan Levine |
Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Michael Lincoln |
Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia- Virginia)
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia) |
| James Linfield |
Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| Ann Mooney |
Insurance: Policy Holder (California) |
| Gary Moore |
IT & IT Outsourcing (California) |
| Bill Morrow |
Tax (California) |
| Fred Muto |
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California)
Life Sciences: Commercial (California) |
| Stephen Neal |
Intellectual Property: Patent (California)
Litigation: General Commercial (California)
Litigation: Securities (California)
Securities Litigation (National) |
| Susan Philpot |
Tax (California) |
| Frank Pietrantonio |
Intellectual Property (Northern Virginia - Virginia) |
| Diane Savage |
IT & IT Outsourcing (California) |
| William Schwartz |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Gregory Smith |
Government: Government Contracts (National) |
| Wayne Stacy |
Intellectual Property (Colorado) |
| Michael Stern |
IT & IT Outsourcing (California) |
| Myron Sugarman |
Wealth Management (Western Region - National) |
| Mark Tanoury |
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) |
| Francis Wheeler |
Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
For more information about Chambers and Partners please visit www.chambersandpartners.com. To view an online version of the guide, click here.
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