Rodger R. Cole

As managing partner of Fenwick & West, Rodger Cole is responsible for leading the firm’s operations across its six offices with more than 400 lawyers.

Rodger is widely haile​d as a go-to litigator for prominent Silicon Valley companies. For more than 20 years, he has been helping technology and consumer product companies achieve their goals in complex commercial and intellectual property disputes. He has defended technology companies in more than 100 class actions, including many published decisions from both district courts and courts of appeal.

Rodger is widely sought for his ability to quickly understand his clients’ key business drivers and work with them to develop an early strategy to win or resolve a dispute within budget so they can get back to the important business of running their companies.

Fenwick clients also benefit from Rodger’s ability to navigate issues related to new technologies. For example, he has defended Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class actions filed across the United States involving a wide range of text message and in-app message issues. He has both defeated and settled these cases on class and individual bases. Rodger also regularly helps companies reduce risk by providing TCPA compliance advice. He has been published on the topic and his work has been profiled in the Daily Journal.

Rodger has been consistently recognized as a Northern California "Super Lawyer" every year since 2005. In 2014, Rodger was recognized by BTI Consulting as a Client Service All-Star. He was one of only 21 IP lawyers selected by in-house corporate counsel for the award.

While in law school, Rodger was an executive editor of the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal. Rodger has been recognized by Santa Clara Law School in its distinguished category of Lawyers Who Lead.

Rodger serves on the Board of Directors of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, the largest provider of pro bono legal services in the Silicon Valley.