2012 Chambers USA Recognizes 52 Cooley Attorneys and 23 Practice Areas
Palo Alto, Calif. – June 7, 2012 – Cooley LLP announced that the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business recognizes 52 Cooley attorneys as leaders in their respective fields, with 15 receiving one or more #1 rankings. Five Cooley practices received a #1 ranking and 23 overall were recognized as leaders either nationally or regionally.
Following is a complete list of Cooley's Chambers USA rankings for 2012.
Leading Practices
| Nationwide | Intellectual Property Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Ranked #1) Life Sciences (Ranked #1) Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy |
| California | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Corporate/M&A: Northern California Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (Ranked #1) Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Intellectual Property IT & Outsourcing Life Sciences (Ranked #1) Litigation: General Commercial |
| Colorado | Corporate/M&A Intellectual Property |
| District of Columbia | Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
| Massachusetts | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment |
| New York | Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Virginia | Corporate/M&A: Northern Virginia Intellectual Property: Northern Virginia Real Estate: Northern Virginia (Ranked #1) |
| Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
Ranked Practitioners
* Denotes Band 1 ranking or Star Individual
| R. Thomas Amis |
Projects: Renewables & Alt. Energy (Nationwide)* Projects (Nationwide) |
| Jonathan Bach | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Celia Goldwag Barenholtz | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| Connie Bertram | Labor & Employment (Virginia) |
| Barbara L. Borden | Corporate/M&A: Southern California (California) |
| James P. Brogan | Intellectual Property (Colorado)* |
| Antonio Calabrese | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Northern Virginia (Virginia)* |
| L. Kay Chandler | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Carolyn L. Craig | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
| Craig E. Dauchy | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide)* Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California)* |
| Wendy Davis | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California) |
| John C. Dwyer | Litigation: General Commercial (California) Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Sonya F. Erickson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| Lester J. Fagen | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Thomas J. Friel, Jr. | Intellectual Property: Patent (California) |
| Stephen D. Gardner | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)* |
| Eric C. Jensen | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) |
| Robert L. Jones | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)* Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)* |
| Barclay Kamb | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Barbara Kosacz | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)* Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)* Investment Funds: Venture Capital |
| John G. Lavoie | Real Estate: Northern Virginia (Virginia)* |
| Alan Levine | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| Elizabeth Lewis | Labor & Employment (Virginia) |
| Michael Lincoln | Corporate/M&A: Northern Virginia (Virginia)* Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia) |
| James C. T. Linfield | Corporate/M&A (Colorado)* |
| Douglas P. Lobel | Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia) |
| Mark Looney | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Patrick J. Mitchell | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Gary H. Moore | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
| Frederick T. Muto | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)* Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) |
| Stephen C. Neal | Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)* Litigation: General Commercial (California)* Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Kathleen Pakenham | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide) |
| Anne H. Peck | Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (California) |
| Frank Pietrantonio | Intellectual Property: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Michael L. Platt | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| John W. Robertson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| Diane Wilkins Savage | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
| Marc Schildkraut | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| William J. Schwartz | Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Brent B. Siler | Corporate/M&A: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Michael Stern | IT & Outsourcing (California)* |
| Myron G. Sugarman | Wealth Management: Western Region (Nationwide) |
| Scott Talbot | Intellectual Property: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Mark P. Tanoury | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide)* Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California)* |
| John H. Toole | Real Estate: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Francis R. Wheeler | Corporate/M&A (Colorado)* |
Up and Comers
| Brent Fassett | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| Nikesh R. Patel | Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (Nationwide) |
| Colleen Gillis Snow | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Northern Virginia (Northern Virginia) |
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