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American lawyer
Stephen C. Neal is an American attorney who 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]
Career
Neal graduated from
Harvard University with an AB in 1970 and from
Stanford Law School with a JD in 1973.
[3]
In 1988, Neal successfully argued Grobow v. Perot , in which the
Delaware Supreme Court upheld
General Motors ' buy-out of
Ross Perot under the
business judgment rule .
[4]
Neal joined Cooley in 1995, having previously been a partner at
Kirkland and Ellis in Chicago.
[5] He was named chairman and CEO in 2001;
[5] he stepped down as CEO in 2007, but continues to hold the chairman position.
[6]
[7]
In 1998, Neal joined the
board of trustees of the
Monterey Bay Aquarium .
[8] He became vice chairman in 2005 and chairman in 2013.
[8]
In 2006 Stephen Neal was named by
The National Law Journal as one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America".
[7] In September 2009, he was named in The
Los Angeles Daily Journal ' s Top 100 Lawyers in California list.
[9]
In 2006, Neal joined the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as a member of the board, and became its chairman in 2015.
[10]
Neal joined the
board of directors for
Levi Strauss & Co. in 2007,
[11] and was named chairman of the board in September 2011.
[12]
Since 2021, he has been chair of the Board of Trustees overseeing the
Oversight Board of Meta, which oversees the activities of
Facebook and
Instagram .
[13]
References
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"Stephen Neal" . Cooley . Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
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"Executive Profile: Stephen C. Neal" . bloomberg.com . Bloomberg LP. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
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"Stephen C. Neal" .
^ Grobow v. Perot ,
539 A.2d 180 (Del. 1988).
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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 .
^ 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 .
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a
b
"The 100 most influential lawyers in America" . National Law Journal . June 19, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
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"Los Altos Attorney Stephen C. Neal Elected Chair of Monterey Bay Aquarium Board of Trustees" . Presspoint . July 31, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
^ Author unknown www.bingham.com/Media.aspx?MediaID=9782 Retrieved 2010-03-28
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"Stephen C. Neal Named Board Chair of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation" . Hewlett Foundation . July 15, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
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"Stephen C. Neal" . Levi Strauss . Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
^ Chronicle News Services (September 3, 2011).
"Stephen Neal chosen as Levi Strauss chairman" . San Francisco Chronicle . SFGate. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
^ Cohen, David (July 22, 2022).
"Meta Makes 3-Year, $150M Commitment to Its Oversight Board" . www.adweek.com .
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