Chambers USA Recognizes 25 Leading Cooley Practice Areas
Palo Alto, Calif. – May 23, 2014 – Cooley LLP announced today that 59 Cooley attorneys were recognized as leaders in their respective fields by the 2014 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Thirteen attorneys received one or more Band 1 rankings. Five Cooley practices received a Band 1 ranking, with 25 overall recognized as leading practices either nationally or regionally.
The following is a complete list of Cooley's Chambers USA rankings for 2014.
Leading Practices
* Denotes Band 1 ranking
| Nationwide | Intellectual Property Investment Funds: Venture Capital* Life Sciences* Capital Markets: Debt & Equity |
| California | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Corporate/M&A: Northern California Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital* Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Intellectual Property IT & Outsourcing Life Sciences* Litigation: General Commercial |
| Colorado | Corporate/M&A Intellectual Property |
| District of Columbia | Corporate/M&A & Private Equity Media & Entertainment: Mainly Regulatory Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite |
| Massachusetts | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment Corporate/M&A |
| 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* |
| Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
Ranked Practitioners
* Denotes Band 1 ranking
| Jonathan Bach | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Celia Goldwag Barenholtz | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| Barbara Borden | Corporate/M&A: Southern California (California) |
| James Brogan | Intellectual Property (Colorado)* |
| Nicole Brookshire | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) |
| Antonio Calabrese | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| L. Kay Chandler | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Carolyn Craig | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
| Craig Dauchy | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide)* Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California)* |
| John Dwyer | Litigation: General Commercial (California) Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Ivor Elrifi | Intellectual Property (Massachusetts) Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (Massachusetts) |
| Sonya Erickson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| Lester Fagen | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Brent Fassett | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| John Feore | Media & Entertainment: Mainly Regulatory (District of Columbia) Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia) |
| Thomas Friel | Intellectual Property: Patent (California) |
| Francis Fryscak | Antitrust (California) |
| Stephen Gardner | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)* |
| Wendy Goldstein | Healthcare (New York) |
| Eric Jensen | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) |
| Robert 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 (Nationwide) |
| John Lavoie | Real Estate: Northern Virginia (Virginia)* |
| Alan Levine | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| Betsy Lewis | Labor & Employment (Virginia) |
| Michael Lincoln | Corporate/M&A: Northern Virginia (Virginia)* |
| James Linfield | Corporate/M&A (Colorado)* |
| Douglas Lobel | Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia) |
| Mark Looney | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Andrew Lustig | Corporate/M&A: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Patrick Mitchell | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Ali Mojdehi | Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California) |
| Howard Morse | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| Fred Muto | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)* Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) |
| Stephen Neal | Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)* Litigation: General Commercial (California)* Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Kathleen Pakenham | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide) |
| Anne Peck | Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (California) |
| Frank Pietrantonio | Intellectual Property: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Michael Platt | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| Michael Rhodes | Intellectual Property: Patent (California) Litigation: General Commercial (California) |
| John Robertson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| Randy Sabett | Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) |
| Marc Schildkraut | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| William Schwartz | Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Brent Siler | Corporate/M&A: Northern Virginia (Virginia) |
| Myron Sugarman | Wealth Management: Western Region (Nationwide) |
| M. Anne Swanson | Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia) |
| Mark Tanoury | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide)* Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California)* |
| Mark Weeks | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Francis Wheeler | Corporate/M&A (Colorado)* |
Up and Comers
| Ryan Naftulin | Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia) |
| Nicole Peppe | Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts) |
| Marc Recht | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) |
Senior Statesmen
| Michael Stern | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
| Diane Savage | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
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