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Litigation: General Commercial - California: San Diego

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What the Team is Known For

Cooley offers a deep bench of skilled litigators with strong substantive knowledge in securities and commercial litigation. The law firm is particularly adept at representing pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in major class actions, as well as excellent skills in intellectual property disputes.

Work Highlights

  • Cooley defended NVIDIA in a long-running securities class action which reached the Supreme Court of the United States which seeks to resolve a split in the necessary allegations to plead falsity and scienter under the PSLRA.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Koji F. Fukumura
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Koji Fukumura routinely handles big-ticket securities actions for major corporates and their executives. He has experience in defending class actions across the whole range of potential securities law violations and has expertise in defending clients in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors.

He's got a ton of integrity, is very smart and tough but is a pleasure to litigate against.

 If you have Koji you are in good shape.

He knows how to manage the cases and the relationships with the other side.

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Michael Attanasio
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Michael Attanasio is the former chair of the firm's global litigation department. He is an experienced trial lawyer with notable expertise in commercial disputes.

He is one of the go-to attorneys in San Diego.

He is an outstanding litigator.

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Michelle Doolin
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As chair of Cooley's class action practice, Michelle Doolin has a considerable depth of experience handling class actions concerning alleged breaches of consumer, privacy and advertising laws.

She's incredibly knowledgeable, she understands the law, strategic trends and where are plaintiff counsel trying to push these issues.

She is very experienced and has been doing this for a long time.

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John Dwyer
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John Dwyer is well versed in handling class actions and derivative suits for clients in the healthcare and energy sectors. He has a deep level of experience litigating cases in federal court, including in various levels of appellate courts.

He's great at crisis management, he's calm and reasonable to deal with.

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Mazda Antia
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Mazda Antia regularly acts for technology and life sciences clients to handle a broad spectrum of commercial litigation matters, including defending class actions.
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Patrick Gibbs
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Patrick Gibbs advises clients in the tech and life sciences sectors on significant class action concerns, as well as derivative suits.
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Steve Strauss
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Steve Strauss is vastly experienced in resolving complex commercial disputes.

He is a very solid lawyer who is well known in this market.

Benedict Y Hur
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Benedict Y Hur
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Benedict Y Hur leads Wilkie Farr & Gallagher's San Francisco office. He regularly handles high profile commercial and privacy disputes for clients in the technology sector.

He is an excellent writer and is also able to dig into the weeds of an issue.

He has a calming ability and can keep everyone focused on the matter at hand regardless of how nerve wracking these disputes can become.

We feel very comfortable in trusting him with high profile, complex cases that are of great importance to us.

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Whitty Somvichian
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Whitty Somvichian is held in high esteem by clients in the technology sector, who he represents in a broad array of commercial litigation and class action defense. He offers notable expertise in privacy disputes.

He is easy to work with, knowledgeable and wildly responsive.

He has done a good job at distilling issues and making them digestible for our board.

Peter Adams
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Peter Adams
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Peter Adams has experience in handling various securities class actions in both California and Delaware. He regularly defends corporate clients and executives in the technology and healthcare industries.

He has a top notch reputation and his research and analytical skills are great.

He is diligent in defending his client but is a reasonable litigator to work with on the other side.

Peter is an excellent lawyer and trusted adviser.

Shannon Eagan
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Shannon Eagan
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Shannon Eagan is the partner in charge and head of the business litigation practice for Cooley's Palo Alto office. She boasts experience in litigating securities cases across the United States in securities class actions for financial institutions, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

She goes above and beyond in her advocacy.

She's really good on her feet and has terrific poise with clients.

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California

Litigation: General Commercial

Benedict Y Hur
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Benedict Y Hur
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Whitty Somvichian
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Litigation: Securities

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Koji F. Fukumura
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John Dwyer
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Patrick Gibbs
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Peter Adams
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Peter Adams
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Shannon Eagan
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Shannon Eagan
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California: San Diego

Litigation: General Commercial

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Michael Attanasio
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Michelle Doolin
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Mazda Antia
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Steve Strauss
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