The Legal 500 2017 Recognizes Cooley
Palo Alto – June 7, 2017 – The Legal 500 United States 2017 recognized 22 Cooley practice areas and recommended Cooley as a #1 firm for venture capital and emerging companies and technology transactions. Eight attorneys were recognized as leading lawyers in their respective fields and firm chairman Stephen Neal and partner Michael Rhodes were singled out as leading trial lawyers. Partner Adam Chase and associate David Bartholomew were recognized as next generation lawyers in the venture capital and emerging companies and technology transactions practice areas, respectively. In total, 85 lawyers were recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2017 editorial.
The following Cooley practices and lawyers were highlighted:
Recommended practice groups
Denotes Band 1 ranking
Antitrust – Merger control
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings – advice to issuers
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings – advice to underwriters
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
Industry focus – Sport
Intellectual property – Patent litigation: full coverage
Intellectual property – Patent: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Intellectual property – Patents: licensing
Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation
Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy) – Data protection and data breach response
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
Real estate – Land use/zoning
Tax – US taxes: contentious
Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
In May 2017, Cooley also received a national band 1 ranking by Chambers USA for its venture capital and startups and emerging companies practice groups.
Leading lawyers
| Barbara Borden |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| John Crittenden |
Intellectual Property – Trademarks: litigation |
| Jim Fulton |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Barbara Kosacz |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Fred Muto |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Stephen Neal |
Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyer |
| Michael Rhodes |
Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyer |
| Adam Ruttenberg |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
| Randy Sabett |
Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy) |
| Mark Tanoury |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
Next generation lawyers
| David Bartholomew |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Adam Chase |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
Recommended lawyers
| Orion Armon |
Intellectual property – Patent litigation: full coverage |
| Michael Attanasio |
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Jonathan Bach |
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Celia Goldwag Barenholtz |
Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes |
| David Bartholomew |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Matt Bartus |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Michael Basile |
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| Keith Berets |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
| Laura Berezin |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Barbara Borden |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Jim Brogan |
Intellectual property – Patent litigation: full coverage |
| Matthew Brown |
Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy) |
| Alfred Browne |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Peter Burns |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
| Antonio Calabrese |
Real estate – Land use/zoning |
| Adam Chase |
Industry focus – Sport Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
| Carolyn Craig |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
| John Crittenden |
Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Janet Cullum |
Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| John Dado |
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds |
| Craig Dauchy |
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds |
| John Dwyer |
Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense |
| Ivor Elrifi |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences Intellectual property – Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings) Intellectual property – Patents: licensing |
| John Feore |
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| Francis Fryscak |
Antitrust – Merger control |
| Jim Fulton |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Stephen Gardner |
Tax – US taxes: contentious |
| Bobby Ghajar |
Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation |
| Todd Gluth |
Tax – US taxes: contentious |
| Wendy Goldstein |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Jacqueline Grise |
Antitrust – Merger control |
| Thomas Hopkins |
Industry focus – Sport M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Ron Hopkinson |
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Eric Jensen |
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Charlie Kim |
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Barbara Kosacz |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Robin Lee |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
| Jamie Leigh |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Alan Levine |
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes |
| Jeffrey Libson |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Mike Lincoln |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Mark Looney |
Real estate – Land use/zoning |
| Mika Reiner Mayer |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences Intellectual property – Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings) Intellectual property – Patents: licensing |
| Robert McDowell |
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| John McKenna |
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Laura Medina |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Craig Menden |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kevin Mills |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| Pat Mitchell |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Howard Morse |
Antitrust – Merger control |
| Fred Muto |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Jeremy Naylor |
Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| Stephen Neal |
Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyers Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense |
| Ian O’Donnell |
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds |
| Garth Osterman |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Rama Padmanabhan |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kathleen Pakenham |
Tax – US taxes: contentious Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| David Peinsipp |
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Nicole Peppe |
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds |
| Michael Rhodes |
Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes Industry focus – Sport Intellectual property – Patent litigation: full coverage Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy) |
| Lyle Roberts |
Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense |
| Adam Ruttenberg |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions |
| Randy Sabett |
Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy) |
| Marc Schildkraut |
Antitrust – Merger control |
| William Schwartz |
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Ian Shapiro |
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes |
| Michael Sheetz |
Industry focus – Sport |
| Jordan Silber | Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds |
| Geoffrey Starr |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Steve Strauss |
Industry focus – Sport |
| Scott Talbot |
Intellectual property – Patents: licensing |
| Mark Tanoury |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Joe Teja |
Intellectual property – Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Steven Tonsfeldt |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Michael Tuscan |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Andrew Williamson |
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Peter Willsey |
Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Mark Winfeld-Hansen |
Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| David Wittenstein |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| Nan Wu |
Intellectual property – Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings) Intellectual property – Patents: licensing |
| Dave Young |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
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