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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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Related Contacts
Orion Armon  Partner Colorado
Matthew Bartus  Partner San Francisco, Singapore, Palo Alto
Laura Berezin  Partner Palo Alto
Alfred Browne  Partner Boston
Kay Chandler  Partner San Diego
John Clendenin  Partner Palo Alto
John Dado  Partner San Francisco
John C. Dwyer  Partner Palo Alto
Ivor Elrifi  Partner New York, Boston
Sonya Erickson  Partner Seattle
John Feore  Senior Counsel Washington, DC
Koji Fukumura  Partner San Diego
Patrick Gibbs  Partner Palo Alto
Colleen Gillis  Partner Reston
Shane Goudey  Partner Palo Alto
Jacqueline Grise  Partner Washington, DC
Div Gupta  Partner New York
Craig Jacoby  Partner San Francisco
Eric Jensen  Partner Palo Alto, San Francisco
Robert L. Jones  Partner Palo Alto
Barclay Kamb  Senior Counsel Palo Alto
Heidi Keefe  Partner Palo Alto
Charlie Kim  Partner San Diego, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Barbara Kosacz  Senior Counsel Palo Alto
John Lavoie  Partner in Charge – Reston Reston
Randall R. Lee  Of Counsel Los Angeles – Downtown, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Xander Lee  Partner Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles – Downtown
Alan Levine  Senior Counsel New York
Elizabeth Lewis  Senior Counsel Washington, DC, Reston
Mike Lincoln  Vice Chair Reston, Washington, DC
James Linfield  Senior Counsel Colorado
Mark Looney  Partner Reston
Andrew Lustig  Partner Reston
Blake Martell  Partner San Francisco
Mika Reiner Mayer  Partner Palo Alto
Robert M. McDowell  Partner Washington, DC
Barbara Mirza  Partner Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles – Downtown
Pat Mitchell  Partner Boston, New York
Howard Morse  Partner Washington, DC
David Navetta  Partner Colorado
Stephen Neal  Chairman Emeritus Palo Alto
William O'Connor  Partner San Diego
David Peinsipp  Partner San Francisco, Palo Alto
Nicole Peppe  Partner Boston
Frank Pietrantonio  Senior Counsel Reston
Michael Platt  Partner in Charge – Colorado Colorado
Rachel Proffitt  Partner San Francisco
Marc Recht  Partner Boston
Michael Rhodes  Partner San Francisco, Los Angeles – Downtown
John Robertson  Partner in Charge – Seattle Seattle
Sacha Ross  Partner New York
Randy Sabett  Special Counsel Washington, DC
William Schwartz  Senior Counsel New York
Jordan Silber  Partner San Francisco, Shanghai
Brent Siler  Senior Counsel Washington, DC, Reston
Marc Suskin  Partner New York
Mark Tanoury  Partner Palo Alto
Steve Tonsfeldt  Partner Palo Alto
Miguel J. Vega  Partner Boston
Mark Weeks  Partner Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler  Partner Colorado
Drew Williamson  Partner San Francisco
Dave Young  Partner Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles – Downtown