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Cooley Team Earns Recognitions for Representing the Pac-12 Conference

Law.com, Law360
May 2, 2025

A Cooley team, led by partners Whitty Somvichian and Mark Lambert, earned a shoutout on The American Lawyer’s Litigation Daily Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs list for their representation of the Pac-12 Conference – knocking out claims brought on behalf of 16 former college basketball players related to using their name, image and likeness in advertisements and for other commercial purposes. The team also included special counsel Ashley Corkery and associate Greg Merchant.

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The Cooley team also secured a mention on Law360’s Legal Lions of the Week column for their representation of the Pac-12 Conference.

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