Michael G Rhodes

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Michael G. Rhodes is the former Global Chair of Cooley LLP's cyber/data/privacy and internet practice groups, and was formerly the Global Chair of the Firm's Litigation Department and a member of the firm's Management Committee.

He is nationally recognized as a leading trial lawyer for innovators and disruptors, including Google, Facebook (Meta), the Kardashians, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Noom, Irving Azoff, Microsoft, Zoom, Plaid, Coinbase, the Golden State Warriors, Niantic (PokémonGo), and Turo. Mr. Rhodes has been lead trial counsel for Facebook in four jury trials (settling one during trial and obtaining winning verdicts in the other three). In April 2022, Mr. Rhodes was lead counsel for the Kardashian-Jenner family in the high profile celebrity trial involving claims of defamation brought by Angela White (aka Blac Chyna) - obtaining a complete jury win.