Press Release

Chambers USA 2019 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices

April 30, 2019

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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