2012 Chambers USA Recognizes 52 Cooley Attorneys and 23 Practice Areas

June 11, 2012

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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