Cooley CEO and leadership

Joe Conroy is the chief executive officer of Cooley and leads its management committee. As partner and CEO - a role he has held since 2008 - he sets and executes the firm’s strategy.

Lisanne Morales is a Global Chief Operating and Financial Officer at Cooley and Chief Financial Officer at Cooley. She has worked as Chief Financial Officer at Arnold & Porter LLP. Lisanne studied at Mary Washington College.

Carrie Wagner is a Chief Legal Talent Officer at Cooley and is based in d.c.. She has worked as Director:Legal Talent at Cooley. Carrie works or has worked as MEMBER at National Association for Law Placement, MEMBER at The Professional Development Consortium, and MEMBER at Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association. She attended Punahou School between 1989 and 1991; University of Virginia Curry School of Education Foundation, Inc. between 1997 and 1998; and University of Virginia between 1993 and 1997.

Lynn Kirk is a Chief Marketing Officer at Cooley and is based in Palo Alto, California. She has worked as Chief Marketing Officer (US Offices) at DLA Piper, Chief Marketing Officer at Heller Ehrman LLP, and Chief Marketing Officer at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich. Lynn attended University of Southern California.

Robert Kerr is a Chief Information Officer at Cooley.

Shannon Gallagher is a Chief Human Resources Officer at Cooley and is based in Broomfield, Colorado. She works or has worked as MEMBER at Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), MEMBER at Boulder Area Human Resource Association, and MEMBER at Society for Human Resources Management. Shannon studied at Chaminade University of Honolulu between 1989 and 1989 and SJSU between 1990 and 1994.