Chambers USA Recognizes 27 Cooley Practice Areas
Palo Alto – May 29, 2015 – Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business recognized 67 Cooley attorneys as leaders in their respective fields. Thirteen attorneys received one or more Band 1 rankings. Seven Cooley practices received a Band 1 ranking, with twenty seven practices recognized as national or regional leaders.
The following is a complete list of Cooley's Chambers USA rankings for 2015:
Leading Practices
* Denotes Band 1 ranking
| Nationwide | Investment Funds: Venture Capital* Life Sciences* Privacy & Data Security Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Intellectual Property |
| California | Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital* Life Sciences* Capital Markets: Debt & Equity IT & Outsourcing: Transactions Intellectual Property Litigation: General Commercial Litigation: Securities Corporate/M&A: Northern California |
| Colorado | Intellectual Property Corporate/M&A |
| District of Columbia | Media & Entertainment: Mainly Regulatory Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite Antitrust Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
| Massachusetts | Corporate/M&A Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment |
| New York | Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Virginia | Corporate/M&A* Intellectual Property* Real Estate* |
| Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
Ranked Practitioners
* Denotes Band 1 ranking
| Jonathan Bach | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) |
| Celia Barenholtz | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| James Brogan | Intellectual Property (Colorado)* |
| Alfred Browne | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) |
| Antonio Calabrese | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Virginia)* |
| 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 (Nationwide) |
| Sonya Erickson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| Lester Fagen | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| John Feore | Media & Entertainment: Mainly Regulatory (District of Columbia) Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia) |
| Francis Fryscak | Antitrust (California) |
| Stephen Gardner | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)* |
| Wendy Goldstein | Healthcare (New York) |
| Kenneth Guernsey | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) |
| Eric Jensen | 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)* |
| John Lavoie | Real Estate (Virginia)* |
| Alan Levine | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| Betsy Lewis | Labor & Employment (Virginia) |
| Michael Lincoln | Corporate/M&A (Virginia)* |
| James Linfield | Corporate/M&A (Colorado)* |
| Douglas Lobel | Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia) |
| Mark Looney | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Virginia)* |
| Andrew Lustig | Corporate/M&A (Virginia) |
| Tom Mason | Government: Government Contracts (Nationwide) |
| Patrick Mitchell | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Ali Mojdehi | Bankruptcy/Restructuring (California) |
| Howard Morse | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| Fred Muto | Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (California) |
| Ryan Naftulin | Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia) |
| Stephen Neal | Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)* Litigation: General Commercial (California)* Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Ian O'Donnell | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) |
| Kathleen Pakenham | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide) |
| Anne Peck | Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (California) |
| 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) |
| Jordan Silber | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) |
| Brent Siler | Corporate/M&A (Virginia) |
| Colleen Gillis | Real Estate: Zoning/ Land Use (Virginia) |
| Myron Sugarman | Wealth Management: Western Region (Nationwide) |
| Anne Swanson | Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia) |
| Mark Tanoury | Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital* (California) Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) |
| Joseph Teja | Intellectual Property (Massachusetts) |
| Aaron Velli | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) |
| Mark Weeks | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Francis Wheeler | Corporate/M&A (Colorado)* |
Up and Comers
| Mischi a Marca | Banking & Finance (California)) |
| Jacqueline Grise | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| Nicole Peppe | Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts) |
| Marc Recht | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) |
| Andrew Williamson | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) |
Senior Statesmen
| Michael Stern | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
| Diane Savage | IT & Outsourcing (California) |
Eminent Practitioners
| Fred Muto | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) |
| Frank Pietrantonio | Intellectual Property (Virginia) |
Associates to Watch
| Huaying Daisy Qi | Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Nationwide) |
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