Shannon Eagan is a partner in the Securities Litigation, White Collar & Regulatory Defense and Commercial Litigation practice groups and a member of the Cooley Litigation department. She joined the Firm in 2007 and is resident in the Palo Alto office.

Ms. Eagan has substantial experience in representing corporations in Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and internal corporate investigations. Ms. Eagan also served on the trial team for Kent Roberts, the former general counsel of McAfee, Inc. who was the first defendant to obtain an acquittal in a stock options backdating prosecution.

She also has handled a wide variety of other complex litigation matters, including securities litigation, civil RICO, contract litigation, antitrust, employment-related litigation, health care, environmental and other general commercial disputes. Ms. Eagan's clients have included companies in the following industries: hardware, software, semiconductor, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, health care and public utility.