Chambers USA 2019 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices
Palo Alto – April 30, 2019 – Chambers USA 2019 recognized 76 Cooley lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Eight lawyers received one or more Band 1 rankings. Nine Cooley practices received a Band 1 ranking, with 32 practices recognized as national or regional leaders.
The following is a complete list of Cooley's Chambers USA rankings for 2019:
Leading practices
Denotes Band 1 ranking
Nationwide
Cap Markets: Equity: Issuer
Cap Markets: Equity: Manager
Intellectual Property
International Arbitration
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Life Sciences
Privacy & Data Security
Startups & Emerging Companies
California
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Intellectual Property
IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
Life Sciences
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: Securities
Venture Capital
Colorado
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
District of Columbia
Antitrust
Corporate/Commercial
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Media & Entertainment: Regulatory
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Massachusetts
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Technology
New York
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Northern California
Corporate/M&A
Northern Virginia
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
Ranked practitioners
Denotes Band 1 ranking
| Orion Armon | Intellectual Property (Colorado) |
| Matthew Bartus | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Mark Beckett | International Arbitration (Nationwide) |
| Laura Berezin | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Alfred Browne | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Kay Chandler | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Carolyn Craig | IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California) |
| John Dado | Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) |
| John Dwyer | Litigation: General Commercial (California) Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Ivor Elrifi | Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (Nationwide) |
| Sonya Erickson | Corporate/Commercial (Washington) |
| John Feore | Media & Entertainment: Regulatory (District of Columbia) Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia) |
| Koji Fukumura | Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Patrick Gibbs | Litigation: Securities (California) |
| Colleen Gillis | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia) |
| Wendy Goldstein | Healthcare (New York) |
| Shane Goudey |
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) |
| Jacqueline Grise | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| Craig Jacoby | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Eric Jensen | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide) Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Barclay Kamb | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Heidi Keefe | Intellectual Property: Patent (California) |
| Charlie Kim | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide) |
| Barbara Kosacz | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) |
| John Lavoie |
Real Estate (Northern Virginia) |
| Randall Lee | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California) |
| Alexander Lee | Tax (Southern California) |
| Alan Levine | Litigation: General Commercial (New York) |
| Elizabeth Lewis | Labor & Employment (Virginia) |
| Jeffrey Libson | Corporate/M&A (New Jersey) |
| Mike Lincoln | Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Douglas Lobel | Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia) |
| Mark Looney | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern Virginia) |
| Andrew Lustig | Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia) |
| Blake Martell |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds) |
| Mika Reiner Mayer | Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (California) Life Sciences: IP/Patent Prosecution (California) |
| Robert McDowell |
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia) |
| Barbara Mirza | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Los Angeles & Surrounds) |
| Patrick Mitchell | Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts) |
| Howard Morse | Antitrust (District of Columbia) |
| David Navetta |
Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) |
| Stephen Neal | Litigation: General Commercial (California) Litigation: Securities (California) |
| William O'Connor | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation (Nationwide) |
| Kathleen Pakenham | Tax: Controversy (Nationwide) |
| David Peinsipp |
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Western United States (Nationwide) |
| Nicole Peppe |
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) |
| Frank Pietrantonio | Intellectual Property (Northern Virginia) |
| Michael Platt | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| Marc Recht | Corporate/M&A: Capital Markets (Massachusetts) |
| Michael Rhodes | Intellectual Property: Patent (California) Litigation: General Commercial (California) Privacy & Data Security: Litigation (Nationwide) |
| 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: Fund Formation (Nationwide) |
| Brent Siler | Corporate/M&A (Northern Virginia) |
| Mark Tanoury | Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Steve Tonsfeldt | Corporate/M&A (Northern California) |
| Miguel Vega | Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts) |
| Mark Weeks | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) |
| Drew Williamson | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide) |
| David Young | Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
Up and coming
| John Clendenin |
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) |
| Rachel Proffitt | Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Mark Suskin |
International Arbitration (Nationwide) |
Senior statespeople
| Craig Dauchy |
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide) Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California) |
| Stephen Gardner |
Tax Controversy (Nationwide) |
| Robert Jones |
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) |
| James Linfield |
Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
| Fred Muto | Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California) Venture Capital (California) Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
| Diane Savage | IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California) |
| Michael Stern | IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California) |
| Francis Wheeler | Corporate/M&A (Colorado) |
Recognized practitioners
| Ivor Elrifi |
Intellectual Property: Patent (New York) |
| Div Gupta | Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (Nationwide) |
| Sacha Ross |
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) |
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