John Hale, Partner

John B. Hale is a partner in the Credit Finance practice group and a member of the Cooley Business department. He joined the Firm in 2005 and is resident in the Palo Alto office.

Mr. Hale's practice focuses on venture debt, involving secured and unsecured lending, credit workouts, and equipment leasing. He represents banks, asset-based lenders and debt funds on term and revolving facilities with technology companies. He has advised life science, software, and other emerging technology companies on credit agreements, warrants and equipment leases.

Prior to joining Cooley, Mr. Hale was a partner in DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, the successor to Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich. He began his legal career as an associate at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro and, before that, served as an aide to Representative William A. Steiger (R-Wisconsin).

Mr. Hale received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1982. He received his A.B. in Government from Georgetown University in 1979.

Mr. Hale is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School
    JD, 1982
  • Georgetown University
    AB Government, 1979

Admissions

  • California
  • Wisconsin
Palo Alto—Hanover Campus
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304-1130

Phone: +1 650 843 5420
Fax: +1 650 849 7400
jhale@cooley.com
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