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Steven C Neal

Stephen C. Neal is the chairman[1] and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Cooley LLP, and the chairman of the board of directors of Levi Strauss & Co.[2]

Neal joined Cooley in 1995, having previously been a partner at Kirkland and Ellis in Chicago.[3] He was named chairman and CEO in 2001;[3] he stepped down as CEO in 2007, but continues to hold the chairman position.[4][5]

Neal joined the board of directors for Levi Strauss & Co. in 2007,[6] and was named chairman of the board in September 2011.[7]

In 2006, Neal joined the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as a member of the board, and became its chairman in 2015.[8]

In 1998, Neal joined the board of trustees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.[9] He became vice chairman in 2005 and chairman in 2013.[9]

Neal successfully argued the case before the Delaware Supreme Court in which the Supreme Court upheld General Motors' buy-out of Ross Perot under the business judgment rule.[10]

In 2006 Stephen Neal was named by The National Law Journal as one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America".[5]

In September 2009, he was named in The Los Angeles Daily Journal's Top 100 Lawyers in California list.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Stephan Neal". Cooley. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Executive Profile: Stephen C. Neal". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg LP. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Lashinsky, Adam (May 27, 2002). "Silicon Valley: The Lawyers Got Screwed Too; Law firm Cooley Godward fattened up by demanding equity stakes in tech startups. Oops". Fortune. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Kanigher, Ashle y (November 8, 2007). "Cooley Godward Kronish Names Joe Conroy Chief Executive Officer; Stephen C. Neal to Remain Chairman". Marketwire. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "The 100 most influential lawyers in America". National Law Journal. June 19, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "Stephen C. Neal". Levi Strauss. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  7. ^ Chronicle News Services (September 3, 2011). "Stephen Neal chosen as Levi Strauss chairman". San Francisco Chronicle. SFGate. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  8. ^ "Stephen C. Neal Named Board Chair of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation". Hewlett Foundation. July 15, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Los Altos Attorney Stephen C. Neal Elected Chair of Monterey Bay Aquarium Board of Trustees". Presspoint. July 31, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  10. ^ http://content.lawyerlinks.com/default.htm#http://content.lawyerlinks.com/library/sec/cases/539_a2d_180.htm LawyerLinks Retrieved 2010-03-30
  11. ^ Author unknown www.bingham.com/Media.aspx?MediaID=9782 Retrieved 2010-03-28
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