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Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Main Office1, 2 101 California Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5800
Website: http://www.cooley.com
Main Contact: Ms. Amie La Prise (Office Admin.)
Email: alaprise@cwclaw.com
Phone: 415-693-2000
Fax: 415-693-2222

Facts3
Year of Establishment 1920
Number of Offices 9
Number of Attorneys 600 (approx.)

About the Firm4, 5
This firm specializes in providing service to both new and established information-technology and life-sciences companies as well as venture capital and other financial companies. More than 600 lawyers at the firm provide counsel in areas of business law that include trade regulation, employment and labor, investment banking, securities litigation, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, patent enforcement, and venture-capital funding. A full-service law firm, it has offices located in most of the major technology centers in the U.S. In addition, the firm is committed to providing pro bono services to the needy sector of the society.

Hiring Criteria6, 7
The firm looks for candidates with solid academic achievement, involvement in extracurricular activities, work experience, and evidence of team work. Law journal participation and moot court/ advocacy experience is also considered.

Summer Associate Program
The firm hires second- and first-year students.

Salary8, 9
Firm location 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year 6th Year 7th Year 8th Year Summer Associate
All Offices $160,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $3,077/week

Benefits/Package/Supplemental Compensation10, 11
The firm considers associate bonuses annually, in January, based on the associates’ contributions to the firm in the previous year. Other benefits include:
  • 401(k)/IRA/O ther Retirement Plan
  • Bar Association Fees
  • Business-Casual Dress Code
  • Child-Care Subsidy
  • CLE
  • Dental Insurance
  • Domestic-Partner Benefits
  • Family-/Dependent-Care Leave
  • Flexible Spending Account/Pre-Tax Option
  • Life/AD&D
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Maternity Leave
  • Medical Insurance
  • Medical Spending Account
  • Parental Leave
  • Relocation Expenses
  • Sick Leave
  • Vacation Leave
  • Vision Insurance

Areas of Practice12
  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation
  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring
  • Clean Technologies
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Complex Contract & Commercial Litigation
  • Credit Finance
  • Debt Securities Transactions
  • Emerging Companies
  • Employment & Labor
  • Environmental
  • Estate Planning & Personal Representations
  • Government Contracts
  • Government-Contracts Litigation
  • Health Litigation
  • High-Yield Bonds
  • Immigration
  • Insureds’ Rights
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual-Property Litigation
  • International
  • Internet Law
  • Investment Banking
  • Life Sciences
  • Mass Tort, Toxic Tort, and Asbestos Bankruptcy
  • Medical Device
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Outsourcing
  • Patent Counseling & Prosecution
  • Privacy
  • Public Offerings
  • Public Securities
  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Retail & Consumer Products
  • Securities Litigation
  • Semiconductor
  • Sports
  • Tax
  • Technology Transactions
  • Trade-Secret Litigation & Dispute Counseling
  • Trademark, Copyright, and Advertising
  • Venture Capital
  • Venture-Capital Financing
  • Venture-Capital Litigation & Dispute Counseling
  • Venture Lending & Leasing
  • White-Collar & Regulatory Defense

Other Offices13
Firm Location Address
Boston The Prudential Tower
800 Boylston St., 46th Floor
Boston, MA 02199
Phone: 617-937-2300
Fax: 703-456-8100
Broomfield 380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900
Broomfield, CO 80021-8023
Phone: 720-566-4000
Fax: 720-566-4099
Palo Alto 3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130
Phone: 650-843-5000
Fax: 650-849-7400
Palo Alto Five Square
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155
Phone: 650-843-5000
Fax: 650-857-0663
Reston One Freedom Square
Town Center
11951 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190-5656
Phone: 703-456-8000
Fax: 703-456-8100
New York The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10036-7798
Phone: 212-479-6000
Fax: 212-479-6275
San Diego 4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121-1909
Phone: 858-550-6000
Fax: 858-550-6420
Washington, DC 777 6th Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-842-7800
Fax: 202-842-7899

References
1. http://www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp?fscid=F010701&yr=2007&orgtypeid=F
2. http://www.cooley.com/about/offices.aspx
3. http://www.cooley.com/about/about_history.aspx
4. http://www.cooley.com/about/about.aspx
5. http://www.cooley.com/practices/detail.aspx?practiceid=000037411920
6. http://www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp?fscid=F010701&yr=2007&orgtypeid=F
7. http://www.cooley.com/careers/general.aspx?sectionid=000000044003&careerid=000037715420
8. http://www.cooley.com/careers/general.aspx?sectionid=000000045003&careerid=000000058003
9. http://www.cooley.com/careers/general.aspx?sectionid=000000044003&careerid=000037715420
10. http://www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp?fscid=F010701&yr=2007&orgtypeid=F
11. http://www.cooley.com/careers/general.aspx?sectionid=000000045003&careerid=000000058003
12. http://www.cooley.com/practices/practices.aspx?departmentid=1
13. http://www.cooley.com/about/offices.aspx

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