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86 Cooley Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America

Palo Alto, Calif. – August 19, 2009 – Cooley Godward Kronish LLP announced today that 86 firm attorneys are recognized in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Cooley also ranked #1 in 54 national, statewide and regional categories for the number of attorneys listed, including #1 U.S. rankings for Biotechnology Law, Technology Law and Venture Capital Law. Twelve Cooley attorneys have been listed as Best Lawyers for at least 10 years.

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. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

Business

• Jane K. Adams* - Biotechnology Law
• Lee F. Benton (10) - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Laura A. Berezin - Biotechnology Law; Securities Law
• Barbara L. Borden* - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law
• Antonio J. Calabrese - Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
• L. Kay Chandler - Biotechnology Law
• Thomas A. Coll - Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
• Jennifer B. Coplan - Technology Law
• John A. Dado - Private Funds Law
• Craig E. Dauchy (10) - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds Law; Venture Capital Law
• Renee R. Deming - Employee Benefits Law
• Sonya F. Erickson - Venture Capital Law
• James S. Eustice (25) - Tax Law
• Lester J. Fagen - Venture Capital Law
• Daniel W. Frank - Private Funds Law
• James F. Fulton, Jr. - Corporate Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
• Stephen D. Gardner (10) - Tax Law
• John M. Geschke - Corporate Law; Securities Law
• Kenneth Guernsey - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
• Matthew B. Hemington* - Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
• John Hession - Venture Capital Law
• Suzanne Sawochka Hooper - Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law
• Blake Ilstrup* - Venture Capital Law
• Eric C. Jensen - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
• Robert L. Jones - Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law
• Kevin F. Kelly - Biotechnology Law
• Barbara Kosacz - Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law
• John G. Lavoie - Real Estate Law
• Michael Lincoln - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
• James Linfield - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
• Mark W. Lipschutz - Real Estate Law
• Samuel M. Livermore - Corporate Law
• Mark A. Medearis - Venture Capital Law
• Robert H. Miller - Tax Law
• Patrick J. Mitchell* - Venture Capital Law
• Timothy J. Moore - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
• Frederick T. Muto (10) - Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
• Ryan Naftulin - Venture Capital Law
• Susan C. Philpot (10) - Tax Law
• Michael L. Platt - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
• Marya A. Postner* - Biotechnology Law
• Thomas Z. Reicher - Employee Benefits Law
• John W. Robertson - Corporate Law
• Richard S. Rothberg (10) - Trusts and Estates
• Adam Ruttenberg - Technology Law
• Glen Y. Sato - Biotechnology Law
• Joseph A. Scherer - Banking Law; Structured Finance Law
• Michael D. Stern - Information Technology Law; Technology Law
• Myron G. Sugarman (20) - Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Mark P. Tanoury - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law
• John H. Toole - Real Estate Law
• Mark B. Weeks - Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
• Francis Wheeler - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law
• Nancy H. Wojtas - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

Litigation

• Gordon C. Atkinson (10) - Commercial Litigation
• Michael Attanasio - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Celia Goldwag Barenholtz - Commercial Litigation
• Frederick D. Baron - Labor and Employment Law
• James P. Brogan - Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law
• John W. Crittenden - Technology Law
• Janet Cullum - Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law
• John C. Dwyer - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• Robert L. Eisenbach III - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
• William S. Freeman - Derivatives Law; Securities Law
• Thomas J. Friel, Jr. - Intellectual Property Law
• Koji Fukumura - Commercial Litigation; Securities Law
• Lawrence C. Gottlieb - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
• William E. Grauer - Commercial Litigation; Derivatives Law; Securities Law
• Barry A. Graynor - Equipment Finance Law
• J. Michael Kelly - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
• Alan Levine (10) - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Elizabeth Lewis - Labor and Employment Law
• Ann M. Mooney - Insurance Law
• Stephen C. Neal (10) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Paul A. Renne (20) - Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Michael G. Rhodes - Derivatives Law; Securities Law
• Richard S. Sanders - Technology Law
• Martin S. Schenker - Energy Law
• William J. Schwartz - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Donald K. Stern - Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Anthony M. Stiegler - Commercial Litigation
• Steven M. Strauss - Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate Law
• Gregory Tenhoff - Labor and Employment Law
• Michael S. Tuscan - Technology Law
• Erich E. Veitenheimer III - Technology Law
• Robert Vieth* - Commercial Litigation

* 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.
(25) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 25 years.

About Best Lawyers

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 20,000 leading attorneys cast more than 2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
About Cooley Godward Kronish

About Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 

Cooley Godward Kronish's 650+ attorneys have an entrepreneurial spirit and deep, substantive experience, and are committed to solving clients' most challenging legal matters.   From small companies with big ideas to international enterprises with diverse legal needs, Cooley has the breadth of legal resources to enable companies of all sizes to seize opportunities in today's global marketplace.  The Firm represents clients across a broad array of dynamic industry sectors, including technology, life sciences, clean technology, real estate, financial services, retail and energy.

The Firm has full-service offices in major business and technology centers nationwide: Palo Alto, CA, New York, NY, San Diego, CA, San Francisco, CA, Reston, VA, Broomfield, CO, Washington, DC, Boston, MA and Seattle, WA.