Perkins Coie Welcomes New Class of Associates

SEATTLE (September 29, 2006) – Perkins Coie is pleased to welcome 42 first-year associates to its offices across the country this fall. The associates will practice in the Bellevue, Wash., Boise, Idaho, Chicago, Denver, Menlo Park, Calif., Olympia, Wash., Phoenix, Portland, Ore., Seattle and San Francisco offices.

The associates graduated from 24 different law schools across the country including the University of Washington, Arizona State University, Duke University, Pepperdine and Harvard. Nearly 55 percent of the group is comprised of women and about 21 percent of minorities.

This year's first-year associates include:

Bellevue – Tammy Sittnick, University of Washington; Nate Veranth, Seattle University.

Boise – Charina A. Neville, University of Idaho.

Chicago – Nicholas Frost, University of Michigan; Peter Neumer, Northwestern University.

Denver – Joanna P. Monk, University of Colorado School of Law; Zachary A. Lange, University of Colorado School of Law.

Menlo Park – Chris Cheng, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Shane Glynn, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Zhuanjia Gu, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Meghna Suryakumar, Columbia University.

Olympia – Joseph H. Rehberger, University of Washington.

Phoenix – James E. Barton, Arizona State University; Amelia Gerlicher, Arizona State University; Christine A. Hammerle, University of Michigan; Bradley J. Palmer, Arizona State University; Jill L. Ripke, University of Iowa; Jacob C. Robertson, University of Utah; Aaron S. Welling, University of Chicago.

Portland – Brent Barton, Harvard University; Stephen Higgs, University of Michigan; Edwardeen Willson, Lewis & Clark College; Nicholle Winters, Columbia University.

San Francisco – Jim Nickovich, University of California, Berkeley.

Seattle – Christopher Baird, Duke University; Sara Baynard-Cooke, Vermont University; Joe Brennan, University of Michigan; Jennifer Carter, University of Michigan; Maralee Downey, Pepperdine University; Penny Fields, University of Washington; Javier Garcia, Gonzaga University; Stephanie Hirano, Boston College; Angela Martinez, Seattle University; Jessica Meyers, Georgetown University; Radhika Moolgavkar, University of Washington; Betsy Oliphant, Northwestern University; Cameron Pilling, Seattle University; Kristen Arden Rowell, University of Chicago; Lisa Schaures, University of Oregon; Matthew Senechal, University of Washington; Shasta Smith, University of Southern California; Kate Vaughan, University of Washington.