08.15.2017
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SEATTLE, Wash. (August 15, 2017) - Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 35 of its attorneys have been named 2018 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®.
According to Best Lawyers, “Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. Lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments we conduct with thousands of leading lawyers each year. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.”
The Perkins Coie attorneys named 2018 Lawyers of the Year are:
Attorney | Practicing in | Metropolitan Area |
Michael A. Barrett | Real Estate Law | Seattle |
David C. Clarke | Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Seattle |
Alexandra R. Cole | Construction Law | Chicago |
Christopher J. Daley-Watson | Patent Law | Seattle |
Thomas M. Daniel | Employment Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Anchorage |
Bruce E. Dick | Technology Law | Bellevue |
Marc E. Elias | Government Relations Practice | Washington, D.C. |
Nathaniel G. Ford | Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law | Denver |
Susan E. Foster | Antitrust Law | Seattle |
Patchen M. Haggerty | Trademark Law | Seattle |
Stephen C. Hardesty | Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Boise |
Valerie L. Hughes | Employment Law - Management | Seattle |
Jonathan M. James | Litigation - Patent | Phoenix |
Stephen L. Kostka | Land Use and Zoning Law | San Francisco |
Michael E. Kreger | Construction Law | Anchorage |
Robert L. Mahon | Tax Law | Seattle |
Joseph E. Mais | Bet-the-Company Litigation | Phoenix |
David S. Matheson | Corporate Law | Portland, OR |
J. Sue Morgan | Securities / Capital Markets Law | Seattle |
Ken H. Ohriner | Patent Law | Los Angeles |
Douglas R. Pahl | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Portland, OR |
Steven L. Pfeiffer | Litigation - Land Use and Zoning | Portland, OR |
Richard O. Prentke | Litigation - Construction | Seattle |
Sean T. Prosser | Litigation - Securities | San Diego |
William Cheever Rava | Litigation - Intellectual Property | Seattle |
Jerry A. Riedinger | Copyright Law | Seattle |
Barbara J. Schussman | Litigation - Land Use and Zoning | San Francisco |
Alan D. Smith | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Seattle |
Roy W. Tucker | Venture Capital Law | Portland, OR |
Michelle M. Umberger | Litigation - Intellectual Property | Madison |
Michael J. Wise | Biotechnology Law | Los Angeles |
V. L. Woolston | Product Liability Litigation - Defendants | Seattle |
Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm that is known for providing high-value, strategic solutions and extraordinary client service on matters vital to our clients’ success. With more than 1,200 lawyers in offices across the United States and Asia, we provide a full array of corporate, commercial litigation, intellectual property, and regulatory legal advice to a broad range of clients, including many of the world’s most innovative companies and industry leaders as well as public and not-for-profit organizations.
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