Lane Tucker Joins Perkins Coie's Litigation Team

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (March 24, 2008) – Perkins Coie announced that S. Lane Tucker has joined the firm as an attorney in its Anchorage office. Lane's practice will focus on government contracts, construction law, and governmental investigations.

Previously, Tucker served as Civil Chief with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Alaska where she supervised the Civil Division and was responsible for overseeing all civil litigation. She also served as the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Coordinator and the Health Care Fraud Coordinator. In these roles she handled or coordinated all civil fraud, government contract fraud, health care fraud and qui tam matters from investigation through resolution.

Prior to working with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Tucker served as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and before that as Assistant General Counsel with the U.S. General Services Administration. In those capacities, Lane specialized in bid protests and government contracts counseling and litigation before federal agencies and the courts.

"We are delighted that Lane has joined the firm," said Eric Fjelstad, Anchorage managing partner. "We are bullish on Alaska, and Lane's extensive federal counseling and litigation experience is a great addition to our growing construction and government contract practices."

Tucker joins a team up of more than 300 litigators who represent clients across a spectrum of disputes, from relatively simple contract matters to highly complex cases in such technical areas as class action, product liability, antitrust, intellectual property, securities and employment.

She earned her law degree from the University of Utah College of Law, where she was a William H. Leary Scholar, and her undergraduate degree, with honors, from Mary Baldwin College.