01.13.2021

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SEATTLE (January 13, 2021)—Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 62 attorneys have been promoted to the firm’s counsel position, effective January 1, 2021.

Fifty-two percent of this year’s counsel class is diverse, inclusive of women, lawyers of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

A counsel is a partnership-track position for attorneys with at least six years of experience who are recognized for their high-quality legal work, ability to supervise junior lawyers and staff, and collaborative efforts with partners on managing client matters.

Perkins Coie 2021 Counsel Class

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Eric Ashcroft

Tax, Benefits & Compensation
Seattle

 

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Derek J. Athey

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital
Boise

 

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Kristine J. Beaudoin

Business Litigation
Phoenix

 

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Steven R. Beigelmacher

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling
Seattle

 

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Kathryn Bilder Jackson

Real Estate & Land Use
San Francisco

 

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Samuel D. Boro

Technology Transactions & Privacy
Washington, D.C.

 

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Alletta Brenner

Product Liability
Portland

 

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Andrew Caridas

International Transactions & Trade
Washington, D.C.

 

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 Jeffery S. Clackley

Product Liability
Seattle

 

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Zachary E. Davison

Business Litigation
Seattle

 

 

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Merrick J. Doll

Mergers & Acquisitions
Chicago

 

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Andrea Driggs

Environment, Energy & Resources
Phoenix

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Colin M. Fowler

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling
Palo Alto

 

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Nicholas S. Franzen

Real Estate & Land Use
Bellevue

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Arian Galavis

Mergers & Acquisitions
Seattle

 

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Jonathan P. Goddard

Construction & Real Estate Litigation
Seattle

 

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Matthew L. Goldberg

Labor & Employment
San Francisco

 

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Michelle Han

Mergers & Acquisitions
Seattle

 

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Laura Hill

Product Liability
Seattle

 

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Stephanie Holstein

Labor & Employment
Seattle

 

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Sam Hong

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling
Seattle

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Ananth Iyengar

Technology Transactions & Privacy
Seattle

 

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Joey T. Kaempf

Trust & Estate Planning
Bellevue

 

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Nickolas Kajca

Financial Transactions
Seattle

 

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Nickolas Kajca

Financial Transactions
Seattle

 

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Andrew Klein

Patent Litigation
Palo Alto

 

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Chris Lepore

Labor & Employment
Chicago

 

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Anne Li

Real Estate & Land Use
San Francisco

 

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Reagan Lynch

White Collar & Investigations
Seattle

 

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David A. Martinez

Mergers & Acquisitions
Seattle

 

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Alicia Matusheski

Trademark, Copyright, Internet & Advertising
New York

 

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Katherine E. May

Securities Litigation
Dallas

 

 

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Elizabeth Mendoza

Technology Transactions & Privacy
Seattle

 

 

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Steven D. Merriman

Privacy & Data Security
Seattle

 

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Ali Mirsaidi

Technology Transactions & Privacy
New York

 

 

 

John Morris

Environment, Energy & Resources
San Francisco

 

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Reese Nguyen

Patent Litigation
Seattle

 

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Conor O'Hanlon

Technology Transactions & Privacy
Palo Alto

 

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Kaci Peterson

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital
Boise

 

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Lena Petrovic

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling
Palo Alto

 

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Andy T. Pettit

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling
Austin

 

 

 

 

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Sarah Langberg Schirack

Appeals, Issues, and Strategy
Anchorage

 

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Kevin Schock

Antitrust & Unfair Competition Litigation
Portland

 

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Jonathan S. Schulman

Corporate & Securities
Denver

 

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Scott D. Siekawitch

Construction & Real Estate Litigation
Seattle

 

Jillian Sommers

 

Jillian B. Sommers

Business Litigation
Chicago

 

 

Lauren Tsuji

Privacy & Data Security
Seattle

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Aaron J. Ver

Business Litigation
San Francisco

 
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Joseph A. Wyss

Corporate & Securities
Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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