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Cooley Godward Llp

Company Information

3175 Hanover St
Palo Alto, CA
United States
Phone: 1 650 843 5000
Fax: 1 650 857 0663

Joe Conroy

www.cooley.com

Industry: Professional Services


Overview

Cooley Godward Kronish has long been recognized as a national leader for its comprehensive representation of high-growth companies across a wide variety of industries and in all major technology fields, and the venture capital firms and financial institutions that fund them. Our Business practice is structured to meet the complex legal needs of our clients within the context of their business objectives in a truly seamless and efficient manner. To this end, we have established practice groups that provide our clients with a full range of legal services relevant to the growth and success of their companies both nationally and internationally. Our diverse client base ranges from the life sciences industry to the retail industry and spans the Fortune 500 to startups and family businesses. Our Business practice covers all areas of financing and securities, including angel, venture capital, credit and other forms of private financing and public offerings; mergers and acquisitions; and venture and corporate fund formation. We also assist our clients with corporate governance, director and officer compliance issues, and real estate and tax matters, as well as the development of human resources programs, including compensation and benefits. We focus on requirements specific to each company's stage of growth, whether they are emerging or established, public or private. We are equally adept at representing the largest corporations in complex, billion-dollar, multi-national...

Corporate Structure

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Joe Conroy

TOP EXECUTIVES

Meredith Coleman     
Anna Pope      partner
Michael Dowling      member
Claudia Launer-Campos      associate
Mary Jane Poklar     
Mark Looney     
Brandee Fernandez      associate
Erin O'Brien      member
Craig Daniel      associate
Paul Churchill      partner
Jordan Silber      member
Edward Van Gieson      member
Kelly Nelle     
Alex Driggs      member
Heather Faltin     
Eve Gornall      member
Summa cum     
Johanna Calabria      associate
Kris Tamashiro      member
Robert Jones      Partner
Aaron Arnzen      associate and member
Peter Burns      member
Whitty Somvichian      partner
Diane Savage     
Sandy Tatum      retired partner
Janet Cullum      Partner and Member of Management Committee
Jodie Bourdet      partner
Drue Koons      member
Christian J Scognamillo     
Robert McHenry      associate
Wei Chen      associate
John Alden     
Bernard Hatcher      partner
John Dado      Partner
Stephen Valois     
Reuben Chen      associate
Erik Edwards      member
Paul Yoo     
Patrick Gunn      partner
Paul E Gross      associate
Shane Albright      member
Carl N Grant      Vice President, Business Development
Jessica Valenzuela     
Nancy Wojtas      partner
Daniel Zimmermann      Associate
Kenneth R Backus      member
Tamika Cummings     
Paul Haase     
Jennifer Fonner      partner
Oliver Breme     
Bonnie Weiss     
Richard North      member
Thomas Friel      partner
Lowell D Mead      member
Timothy Patterson      Partner
Adam Salassi      member
Daniel Bennett      member
Carolyn Craig      partner
Curtis Renoe     
Diana Sanchez      member
Jason Kent      member
Susan Ruebush      associate
Kasia Biernacki     
Geoffrey M Karny      counsel
John Clendenin      member
Glen Y Sato      member
John Winn      associate
Antonio Calabrese     
Gretchen Stroud      Special Counsel
Michelle Lara      member
Jennifer King      associate
Mark R Goldberg      member
Nicole Deiger      associate
Myron Sugarman      Partner
Jayme Huleatt     
Noah Pittard     
Brent Fassett      Partner
Helen Sedwick      member
Ben Damstedt      associate
Eric Steiner      specialist
Timothy Moore      Partner
Jeremy Nelson      associate
Cathy Hongola     
Erving Sodos      retired partner
Kent M Walker     
David Steiner      associate
Jeannine Douglas      senior paralegal
David Walsh      partner
John H. Toole      Partner
Elizabeth Lewis      member
Scott Devereaux      Partner
Christopher Bailey-Gates      member
Francis M Fryscak      member
Heather Boussios     
Sean Clayton      associate
Dennis Crovella      associate
Tanya de la Fuente      member
Andrew Lustig      associate
Joseph Giammona      member
James Kitch      partner
Mark P Tanoury      Partner
Craig Guthery     
Mike Klisch     
Eric Doherty      member
Dennis Childs      member
Sandra B Price     
Mehdi Khodadad      associate
Rebecca Peters      associate
John Hale      member
Linda Callison      member
John McKenna      member
Laura Smith      associate
Chad Nitta      member
Erin Brown Sher      member
Eric Jensen      Partner
Joseph Scherer      partner
Mark B Pitchford      Chief Operating Officer
Charles Kim      associate
Geoff Karny      Special Counsel
Casey Schulte      member
Ann Mooney      Partner
Mary Kathryn Kelley      associate
Gavin Klein      member
C Bradford Jeffries      retired partner
Jenny Riegel      associate
Kenneth Rollins      associate
Jay H Reddien      member
Brian Chandler     
Satya S Narayan      member
Sarah Guske      associate
Kay Chandler      Partner
Ryan Naftulin      partner
Neal Stephens      partner
Eric M Reifschneider     
Robyn Zorea      counsel
Jane Ross      member
Philip Tencer      partner
Peter Szymanski      member
Eric Anderson      associate
Erich Veitenheimer     
Michelle Galloway      Counsel
Thomas Reicher      partner
Kate Rorrer      paralegal specialist
Dawn Roelofs      member
Christine Wichrowski      member
Rachel Goddard      associate
Carolyn Juarez     
Gregory Tenhoff      member
Alisa Martin      associate
Lisa Dumaw      associate
Dick Bradshaw      Executive Director
Karl Knoll      associate
Maricel Mojares-Moore      member
Misha Weidman      member
Jeff Kaban      associate
Shawn Conway      member
Mark Spoto      partner
William Grauer      Partner
Anthony Stenger     
Darren DeStefano      partner
Benjamin Chapman      associate
Nadya Bodansky      member
Peter Werner      associate
John Mills      member
Einat Sandman      member
Amy Hallman      associate
Tom Kennedy      associate
Jennifer Ashley      member
Phillip Morton     
Sarah Barnes      associate
Darcie Tilly      associate
Todd Hamblet      associate
Terri Forman      member
Julie Wicklund      senior associate
Diana Sanchez Bentz      member
Brad Peck      partner
Welly Tantono      associate
Mischi a Marca      member
Ricardo Rodriguez      partner
Tara Pennington     
Denise Zack      member
Peter Gielniak      member
John Moy      member
Patrick Loofbourrow      associate
Sean Arend      associate
Tarak Shah      associate
Craig Waldman      member
Paul Laveroni      retired partner
Eric Grossman      associate
Ethan Christensen      associate
Cliff Z Liu      member
Michael Tuscan      member
Hyung-Gon Paul Yoo     
Aaron Olsen      associate
Scott Johnson      associate
Emily F Burns      associate
Grant P Fondo     
Robert Brigham      partner
James Donato      Partner
Jason Conger      associate
Monique Sherman      member
Scott Talbot      partner
Christopher Hutter      member
Koji Fukumura      partner
Kenneth Guernsey      partner
Nikki Pope      associate
Trevor Dutcher      associate
Julie Pietrantoni      member
Edward Amaya      member
Wendy Brenner      member
Ron Metzger      paralegal specialist
Florence Jao      associate
Andrea Bitar      member
Frank Pietrantonio     
Hong Liu     
Marya A Postner     
Lois Voelz      Partner
Jeffrey Nein      Senior Land Use Planner
John Crittenden      partner
Michelle S Rhyu      patent agent
Barry Graynor     
Dan Espinoza      member
Susan Berney      member
Michael Tenta      associate
Allen Hildebrandt      senior paralegal
Frank Goldberg     
Sherman Souther      associate
Kelly Rocco     
Steven M Przesmicki      partner
Brian Leaf      associate
Molly Harcos      associate
Frederick Dorey     
Kirk Dizon      partner
Angela Lee      member
Brian Mitchell      member
Michelle Sonu     
Brian Cunningham     
Nicole Kostrzak      member
Dan Meehan      member
Gordon Atkinson      Partner
Keith Flaum      Partner
Rose Standifer      associate
Steven Friedlander      Partner
Beatriz Mejia      associate
Susan Mullen      member
Charles Schaible      counsel
Anne Peck      Partner
Hildy DeFrisco      Vice President, Marketing Strategy
Susan Mobley      member
Maureen Alger      Partner
Jim Fulton      partner
Audrey Scott      associate
Craig S Knox      Vice President, Business Development
Cici Vu     
Lori Ploeger      Partner
Mike Lincoln     
Amy Hartman     
Aaron Velli      partner
Christina Novak      associate
Angela Dunning      member
Thomas Welk     
Kim Merritt      paralegal specialist
Joseph Leventhal      associate
Kyle Pendergrass      member
Ian O'Donnell     
Brandon Kimura      member
Timothy D Ford      member
Richard Climan      partner
Matthew D Brown      Partner
Brent Smyth      member
Heather Dunn Navarro      associate
Ruth Hauswirth      counsel
Dina Kanaya      specialist paralegal
Erik Milch      member
Jennifer Kemerer      member
Craig Dauchy      Partner
Tim Teter      Partner
Jane Adams      partner
Catherine Koh      member
Mark M Hrenya      member
Gina Edwards      associate
Paul Schneider      associate
Natalie Hyman      associate
Kathleen Treiber      member
Margaret Branick      member
Charles Bair      associate
Soo Kim      member
Sally Kay      member
Michael Attanasio      partner
Kathleen Goodhart      Partner
Thomas Jeon      member
David Stepp      associate
Sherwin Chen     
Lauren Cyran      associate
Alex Sears      member
Kelly Tanisawa      senior paralegal
J Michael Kelly      Partner
Tim Levy      associate
Susan Philpot      Partner
Deborah Cravets      senior paralegal
Daniel W Frank      Partner
Donald Brosnan      member
Sanjay Beri      member
Matthew Hemington      partner
Lila W Hope      member
Daniel Howard      paralegal specialist
Meghan Spieker      associate
Samuel Coates      member
Cynthia Deatrick     
Jason Patel      associate
Todd Harris      member
Joseph Russoniello     
Lisa Raffetto      associate
David Lipkin      member
James Pennington      associate
Fred Muto      Partner
Eileen O'Brien      member
Kevin Zimmer      Partner
Barbara Borden      Partner
Jason Doren      associate
Matt Voss      associate
Karla Galvez      associate
Janice Phillips      member
Adam Ruttenberg      Partner
Amy Wood      associate
Patricia Lamm     
Pat Nollenberger      member
Christopher Sundermeier      member
William S Galliani     
Molly Brown Forstall      member
Jeramie Perez      member
Gary Moore      partner
Orion Armon     
Peter Willsey      member
Marty Schenker      partner
Daniel Kaleba      associate
Michael Marinelli      member
Thomas Blinka     
Samantha Shiraishi     
John Cardoza      retired partner
Nancy Vashaw      member
Tom Owen      associate
Barclay Kamb      Partner
Julie Rogers      senior paralegal
John Geschke      member
Christopher Westover      Partner
William W Godward      retired partner
Julie Robinson      partner
Andrew Levinson      member
Pam Aboud      senior paralegal
Deborah M Hussey      member
Kara Hagen      associate
Michael Stack      member
Laura Berezin      Partner
Chadwick Mills      member
Guillermo Alvarez      senior paralegal
Seth Rafkin      associate
Robin K Lee      paralegal specialist
Robert Cahill      partner
Michael Rhodes      litigation partner
Paul Schwartz      partner
Joshua Pearson     
Gregg Kleiner      counsel
Denise Stark     
Steven Strauss      partner
Brett White      Partner
Jeffrey Karr      partner
Michelle Doolin     
Edward Van      member
Robert H Buff     
Anthony C Gilbert      Counsel
Jeffrey Norberg      member
John Young      Partner
John C Dwyer      partner
Rebecca Teterud      member
M Wainwright Fishburn      partner
John Brockland      member
Craig Venable      member
Britt L Anderson      member
David Y Oh      member
Paul Renne      Senior Counsel
Chrystal Jensen      associate
Joshua Mates      member
Robin J Lee      member
Magdalena Wilkinson      member
Ellen Taverner      Chief Marketing Officer
Jon Graves      partner
Christian V Kuhlen      associate
Ann Polus      member
Anthony L Pessino      associate
Thomas Bates      associate
William Freeman      Partner
James Lewerenz     
Barbara Kosacz      Partner
Heather Gaede      member
Cara Franklin      associate
Diane James      senior corporate
Deborah Lockwood     
Samantha Everett      associate
Micaela H Mart     
Greg Clark      Senior Vice President, Business Development
Dana Melton      paralegal specialist
Craig Jacoby      partner
Lisette Sell     
Bill Boyle      member
Matthew Brigham     
Vince Pangrazio      partner
Andrea Irvin      associate
Lisa St John      Director of Administration
Tami Howie      member
Gordon Ho     
Melina Patterson      member
Valerie Hopkins      member
Adam Barea      member
Danielle Reed      member
Deidre L Sparks      counsel
James Nesland      partner
Tom Croft      member
Thomas Salley      partner
Guillermo Cabrera      member
Stefanie Raue      associate
Courtney Nguyen      member
Colleen Gillis      member
Anita F Stork      member
Kenneth Krisko      associate
Iain Cunningham      member
Michael Stern      partner
Chris Jensen      associate
Thomas Coll      partner
Susan Sher      member
Todd Bontemps      counsel
Andrew Hartman     
Gillian M Green      member
Leslie Cancel      member
Leo Norton      member
Tara Lee     
Cooley Godward     
Suzanne Sawochka      partner
Kenneth Adelson      Senior Counsel
Theresa Fuentes      associate
Shane Goudey      member
Traci Dreher      member
Lisa Koenig      member
James Penning      associate
Nathan Cummings      member
Emily Foley      Vice President, Marketing Communications
Nonie McMahon      Senior Paralegal
Lawrence Gottlieb      Partner
Michael Traynor      Partner
Jay Indyke      Partner
Sandy Price      Special Counsel
Bill Morrow      Partner
Alan Levine      Partner
Frederick T. Muto      Partner
Eric Loumeau      Partner
Celia Goldwag Barenholtz      Partner
Tom Tovar      Lawyer
Michael L Platt      Partner
Vincent P Pangrazio      Partner Business Department
Jim Brogan      partner
Laura Medina      Attorney
Anthony Stiegler      partner
Jeff Gutkin      associate
Miya Nazzaro      associate
Michael Young      member
Lance Bridges      partner
Matthew T Browne      member
Randy V Sabett     
Matthias Alder      partner
Francis Wheeler      partner
Sean R O'Dowd      member
Richard H Frank      Partner In the Cooley Godward Kronish Litigation Department
Jeffrey L Smith      associate
James Linfield      Partner
Robert Eisenbach      Partner In the Cooley Godward Kronish Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group
Frederick D Baron      Litigation partner
Samuel Livermore      Partner
Susan Newberry      Director
Eric Larson      Director
JOHN HESSION     
Zvi Hahn      Partner and Co-Headnew York, Ny
Jo Anne Larson      Director of Human Resources and Attorney Recruiting
Roel Campos      Partner
Frank D Tatum JR      Partner
Scott L Kaufman      Partner
Ron Jacobson      Partner
Raymond Wulk     
Suzanne Hooper      Partner and Member of Management Committee
Keith D McLemore     
Lee Benton      Senior Counsel
Keith Berets      member