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About
Provided by Michael Rhodes
Practice Areas
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.
Chambers Review
USA
Michael Rhodes regularly advocates for innovative technology companies, handling high-profile class actions involving sophisticated elements such as augmented reality and biometrics.
Michael Rhodes assists clients in the tech sector with a range of contentious matters, including particular expertise in acting for businesses facing privacy and data security litigation.
Michael Rhodes has a substantial base of internet and technology sector clients and frequently handles patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation, where he draws upon significant expertise in data and privacy matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michael is top-notch."
"Michael is great class actions lawyer."
"He's a prominent litigator in this space."
"Mike is a top-notch lawyer."
"Michael is top-notch."
"Michael is great class actions lawyer."
"He's a prominent litigator in this space."
"Mike is a top-notch lawyer."