Cooley’s Chicago Partners Moonlight in Cities Across the Midwest

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at how Cooley has sent its lawyers from Chicago across the Midwest in search of new business. Sign up to receive this column in your Inbox on Thursday mornings.

Cooley LLP launched a Chicago office three years ago during the height of a booming market for its emerging companies practice. Its lawyers there are tasked with carrying out a strategic mission to capture entrepreneurial business outside the well-worn corridors of Silicon Valley and the coastal northeast.

The nearly 20 partners based in the firm’s ...