Stephen C. Neal is an American attorney who is the chairman[1] and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Cooley LLP, and former chairman of the board of directors of Levi Strauss & Co.[2] Neal graduated from Harvard University with an AB in 1970 and from Stanford Law School with a JD in 1973.
[4] Neal joined Cooley in 1995, having previously been a partner at Kirkland and Ellis in Chicago.
[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.