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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