Press Release

The Legal 500 2017 Recognizes Cooley

June 7, 2017

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