10/28/2009
97 Cooley Godward Kronish Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2009
October 28, 2009 – Law & Politics magazine recognized 97 Cooley Godward Kronish attorneys in its 2009 Super Lawyers publications. Only five percent of the lawyers in the each state or region are honored by Super Lawyers.
Most notable among the distinctions was the naming of Alan Levine and Stephen Neal to lists of the "Top 100 Super Lawyers" in the New York and Northern California regions, respectively. Additionally, Koji Fukumura, William Grauer, Frederick Muto and Steven Strauss were named to the list of the "Top 50 Super Lawyers" in San Diego, and Celia Goldwag Barenholtz was listed among the "Top 50 Female New York Super Lawyers."
The complete list of Cooley "Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars" includes:
COLORADO
James Brogan – Intellectual Property Litigation
James Linfield – Securities & Corporate Finance
James Nesland – Securities Litigation
Francis Wheeler – Securities & Corporate Finance
MASSACHUSETTS
Alfred Browne – Business/Corporate
Lester Fagen – Business/Corporate
John Hession – Business/CorporateMark Johnson – Securities & Corporate Finance
Donald Stern – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Miguel Vega – Business/Corporate
NEW YORK
Jonathan Bach – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Celia Goldwag Barenholtz – General Litigation
Alan Cohen – Real Estate
James Eustice – Tax
Stephen Gardner – Tax
Lawrence Gottlieb – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Cathy Hershcopf – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Jay Indyke – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Richard Kanowitz – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Shira Levin – Real Estate
Alan Levine – Business Litigation
Richard Lieb – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Richard Rothberg – Estate Planning and Probate
William Schwartz – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Ronald Sussman – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
David Warren – Estate Planning & Probate
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Gordon Atkinson – Business Litigation
Frederick Baron – Employment & Labor
Lee Benton – Securities & Corporate Finance
Laura Berezin – Business/Corporate
Matthew Brigham – Intellectual Property Litigation
Craig Dauchy – Business/Corporate
Renee Deming – Securities & Corporate Finance
John Dwyer – Securities Litigation
Robert Eisenbach III – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
William Freeman – Securities Litigation
Steven Friedlander – Employment & Labor
Thomas Friel, Jr. – Intellectual Property Litigation
James Fulton, Jr. – Securities & Corporate Finance
Suzanne Hooper – Securities & Corporate Finance
Craig Jacoby – Business/Corporate
Eric Jensen – Securities & Corporate Finance
Robert Jones – Business/Corporate
J. Michael Kelly – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Barbara Kosacz – Business/Corporate
Mark Medearis – Securities & Corporate Finance
Robert Miller – Tax
Ann Mooney – Insurance Coverage
Gary Moore – Intellectual Property
Stephen Neal – Business Litigation
Susan Philpot – Tax
Anna Pope – Real Estate
Sandra Price – Estate Planning & Probate
Paul Renne – Civil Litigation Defense
Martin Schenker – Business Litigation
Joseph Scherer – Securities & Corporate Finance
Michael Stern – Intellectual Property
Myron Sugarman – Estate Planning & Probate
Mark Tanoury – Business/Corporate
Mark Weeks – Securities & Corporate Finance
Christopher Westover – Business/Corporate
Mark Winfeld-Hansen – Tax
SAN DIEGO
Michael Attanasio – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Barbara Borden – Mergers & Acquisitions
Kay Chandler – Securities & Corporate Finance
Dennis Childs – Employment & Labor
Thomas Coll – Business/Corporate
Koji Fukumura – Securities Litigation
William Grauer – Securities Litigation
Frederick Muto – Securities & Corporate Finance
Michael Rhodes – Business Litigation
Anthony Stiegler – Intellectual Property Litigation
Steven Strauss – Business Litigation
Thomas Welk – Employee Benefits/ERISA
VIRGINIA
Antonio Calabrese – Land Use/Zoning
Joe Conroy – Business/Corporate
Michael Lincoln – Mergers & Acquisitions
John Toole – Real Estate
WASHINGTON
Sonya Erickson – Securities & Corporate Finance
Kevin Kelly – Intellectual Property
John Robertson– Securities & Corporate Finance
RISING STARS
Paul Bagley – Mergers & Acquisitions
Shannon Eagan – Securities Litigation
Brian Finrow – Securities & Corporate Finance
Heather Harrington – Mergers & Acquisitions
Blake Ilstrup – Business/Corporate
Christopher Kiyan – Mergers & Acquisitions
Mark Looney – Land Use/Zoning
Michael McGrail – Business/Corporate
Ian O'Donnell – Business/Corporate
Nicole Peppe – Business/Corporate
Audrey Scott – Estate Planning & Probate
Colleen Gillis Snow – Real Estate
Wayne Stacy – Intellectual Property Litigation
Jennifer Stewart – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Scott Weston – Intellectual Property
Peyton Worley – Business/Corporate
Super Lawyers identifies the top five percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. Super Lawyers is published in 48 states and reaches more than 10 million readers annually. For more information, visit www.superlawyers.com.