10/09/2007
71 Cooley Godward Kronish Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America
Palo Alto, Calif. – October 9, 2007 – The 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America selected 71 attorneys from Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.
Cooley was ranked first among U.S. and California law firms for the number of attorneys listed in the Biotechnology Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, and Venture Capital Law categories; first in the U.S. for number of attorneys listed in the Technology Law category and first in California for the number of attorneys listed in the Corporate Law category.
At a regional level, Cooley ranked first for the number of attorneys listed in Broomfield, CO, and Reston, VA; first in Palo Alto, CA, for the number of attorneys listed in Biotechnology Law and Corporate Law and first in San Diego, CA, for the number of attorneys listed in Commercial Litigation.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than two million detailed evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."
The 25th anniversary edition of Best Lawyers lists more Cooley attorneys than any previous edition. The Cooley lawyers included are listed below, along with the areas of law for which they were selected. This information is also available at www.bestlawyers.com.
Colorado
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James Linfield – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law
- James E. Nesland* – Commercial Litigation
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Michael L. Platt – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
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New York
Palo Alto
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Lee F. Benton (10) – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
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Laura A. Berezin – Biotechnology Law
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Richard E. Climan – Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
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Craig E. Dauchy (10) – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds Law; Venture Capital Law
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Keith Flaum – Mergers & Acquisitions Law
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Suzanne S. Hooper – Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law
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Timothy J. Moore – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
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Stephen C. Neal (10) – Commercial Litigation; White-Collar Criminal Defense
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Eric Reifschneider* – Technology Law
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Mark P. Tanoury – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds Law; Venture Capital Law
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Reston
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Michael Lincoln – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
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San Diego
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Thomas A. Coll – Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law ; Venture Capital Law
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Frederick T. Muto (10) – Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
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Steven Strauss* – Commercial Litigation Law; Construction Law; Real Estate Law
San Francisco
Washington, DC
* Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.
(10) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years.
(20) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years.