Thirty Perkins Coie Attorneys Designated "Rising Stars" by Washington Law & Politics

SEATTLE (December 16, 2002) – Thirty attorneys from the Bellevue, Olympia and Seattle offices of Perkins Coie have been selected as "Rising Stars" by Washington Law & Politics magazine. Rising Stars are attorneys in the state who are 40 or under or have been practicing 10 years or less. The attorneys designated as Super Lawyers earlier in the year by the magazine selected the Rising Stars for 2002. Named to the list from the firm's office in Bellevue are Kirstin Dodge, Kirk Soderquist and Christopher Stanton, and in the Olympia office, Greg Overstreet. Attorneys in the Seattle office named to the list are Steve Arnett, Colonel Betz, Patrick Devine, Sarah Dods, Kenneth Dyer, Bill Fisher, J. Dax Hansen, Rima Hartman, John Kaplan, Leigh Kilcline, Steve Koh, Kirstin Larson, Elizabeth McDougall, Karen McGaffey, David McShea, Andrew Moore, Cori Moore, John Morgan, Chun Ng, Kanoa Ostrem, Jacek Pawlicki, Jay Rossiter, Jessica Rossman, Brent Snyder, Katie Traverse, and John Wechkin.