
Attanasio steps down from top Cooley litigation role
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Veteran trial lawyer Michael Attanasio has stepped down as Cooley’s chair of global litigation after over a decade in the senior role, but will remain at the firm as a partner in California. His successor tells CDR about his future plans for the litigation practice.
Cooley’s New York practice head Ian Shapiro has replaced Michael Attanasio as the firm’s global litigation practice chair. The changing of the guard was announced on 4 February.
Attanasio, who steered Cooley’s global li
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