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Michael G. Rhodes is a litigation partner in the Cooley Godward Kronish San Francisco and San Diego offices. Mr. Rhodes is Chair of the Firm's Litigation department. He has served on the Firm's Management Committee since 2004.
Mr. Rhodes was one of 16 lawyers named as an attorney of the year by The Recorder for high-profile achievements in court. He was also recognized individually, among others in Cooley's litigation department, in Benchmark Litigation Legal Guide, which noted that Cooley litigators "were incredibly strong and provided very insightful guidance." From 2007-2010, he was named to the Best Lawyers in America in the categories of Technology Law and Derivative Litigation for Los Angeles and San Diego and named to the Southern California Super Lawyers – San Diego list in the category of Business Litigation.
Mr. Rhodes represents technology and internet companies in matters involving patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks for clients such as eBay, PayPal, StubHub, Facebook, Google, NVIDIA, Synopsys, and "Second Life" (Linden Labs). E.g., Gentry v. eBay (2002) 99 Cal.App.4th 816). He is co-chair of the Firm's Internet Law practice group.
Mr. Rhodes has an extensive class action practice, handling many class actions involving securities, copyrights, consumer rights, privacy rights, internet payment processing, the California Auction Act, the California Credit Card Act, RICO, and antitrust. Representative clients include Google, Facebook, Provide Commerce and eBay.
He has handled corporate governance disputes for public companies in cases that involved both California and Delaware litigation. E.g., eBay v. craigslist, C.A. No. 3705-CC (Court of Chancery of Delaware 2009); in re eBay Inc. Shareholders Litigation, 2004 WL 253521 (Court of Chancery of Delaware 2004).
Mr. Rhodes also specializes in the representation of venture capital funds in all manner of disputes and litigation, serving as the Chair of the Firm's Venture Capital Litigation practice group and frequently speaking at Venture Capital trade groups on litigation trends affecting the industry.
Education- Loyola Law School
JD, 1984, With honors - University of California, Los Angeles
BA History, 1980
Court Admissions
- All California State Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Admissions
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- San Diego County Bar Association
Professional Affiliations
- Board of Editors of "The Internet Newsletter"
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