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Chambers USA 2019 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices
3 May, 2019
Palo Alto – April 30, 2019 – Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 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/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
Washington, DC Corporate/Commercial
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) |
| Boris Segalis | Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) |
| 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) |
