Perkins Coie Welcomes 2007 Class of Associates

SEATTLE (November 5, 2007) – Perkins Coie is pleased to welcome 46 associates to its offices across the country this fall. The associates will practice in the firm's Bellevue, Chicago, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle and Washington, D.C. offices.

This year's class of associates is a diverse group that includes two U.S. Supreme Court clerks. Forty-three percent are women and nearly 30 percent are minorities. They graduated from 24 different law schools from across the country.

"We are pleased to have such a talented and energetic group joining us this year," said Office Managing Partner Robert E. Giles.

Fall associates being welcomed into the firm include:

Bellevue – Nichole Abbotts, Seattle University School of Law; and Matthew Baker, University of Washington School of Law.

Chicago – Britnee Cole, University of Chicago Law School; Jade Lambert, Northwestern University School of Law; Regina Ori, University of Iowa College of Law; Matthew Wernz, Northwestern University School of Law; and Brandy McMillion, The George Washington University Law School.

Los Angeles – Jeffrey Goodfried, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Menlo Park – Payal Goel, University of Virginia School of Law; Kristopher Kastens, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Hannah Lee, Northwestern University School of Law; Daniel Rube, Stanford Law School; Jason Yoo, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; and Ziv Yoash, Radzyner School of Law.

Phoenix – Kristin Baughman, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School; Tyler Bowen, Harvard Law School; Elizabeth Kruschek, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law; and Derek Petersen, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

Portland – Candice Brown, University of Chicago Law School; and Ellen Sheedy, Northwestern University School of Law.

Seattle – Gaurab Bansal, University of Washington School of Law; Matthew Beebe, New York University School of Law; Lindsay Dickston, Lewis & Clark Law School; Elizabeth Dietrich, The George Washington University Law School; Matthew Dodge, Tulane University Law School; Laura Ewbank, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall); Travis Exstrom, University of Washington School of Law; Ryan Glant, Seattle University School of Law; Hugh Handeyside, University of Michigan Law School; Amy Hughes, Northwestern University School of Law; Scott Husbands, Gonzaga University School of Law; Anthony Johnson, New York University School of Law; Elizabeth Lee, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Nicholas Manheim, Columbia University School of Law; Lisa Marshall Manheim, Yale Law School; Brett Miller, Northwestern University School of Law; Chip Mulaney, Northwestern University School of Law; Martha Sandoval, University of Washington School of Law; Steven Schindler, Duke Law School; James Sfekas, University of Washington School of Law; V. Ajay Singh, Duke Law School; Ben Stafford, University of Washington School of Law; Sarah Taylor, Seattle University School of Law; and Chian Wu, University of Minnesota Law School.

Washington, D.C. – Kate Andrias, Yale Law School; and Leota Bates, University of Virginia School of Law.