SEATTLE, Wash. (February 15, 2018) - Perkins Coie is proud to announce that it has been named among the 2018 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies To Work For® for the 16th consecutive year. This year the firm ranks 58 in this annual list, now in its 21st year.

“Perkins Coie is honored to once again to be among the distinguished companies FORTUNE recognizes as one of the best places to work in America,” said John Devaney, Firmwide Managing Partner. “Recognition of this caliber every year for the past 16 years is high praise and a testament to the commitment of everyone in the Perkins Coie family to providing an inclusive, caring environment for attorneys and staff.”

Perkins Coie has been recognized for excellence and innovation in the legal industry and is frequently honored for its commitment to fostering a culture where all employees have the opportunity to grow and thrive. In addition to its recognition by FORTUNE, the firm has been listed in Working Mother Media/Flex-Time Lawyers LLC’s “Best Law Firms for Women” seven times. The firm has also earned the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s top rating of 100 percent in the Corporate Equality Index (a national benchmarking survey on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality) ten years in a row. In 2016, Perkins Coie was recognized by Microsoft Corporation as one of the top three achieving law firms in Microsoft’s FY16 Law Firm Diversity Program. In 2017, FORTUNE named Perkins Coie among the “100 Best Workplaces for Women,” and the “30 Best Workplaces for Consulting & Professional Services.” Also in 2017, the firm’s Patent Prosecution Platform, “P4,” was recognized as the most innovative initiative in the Business of Law: Technology category as part of the 2017 Financial Times North American Innovative Lawyers Report. And Perkins Coie received the T-Mobile 2017 Diversity Excellence Award.

Each year FORTUNE partners with Great Place to Work to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. To identify the 2018 100 Best Companies to Work For®, this year’s list is based on survey responses from more than 310,000 employees rating their workplace culture on 50-plus elements of the workplace. These include trust in managers, compensation, fairness, camaraderie and workplace traits linked to innovation. The ranking accounted for the experiences of all employees including women, people of color, LGBT individuals, older team members, and disabled employees.

The full list and any related stories appear in the issue of FORTUNE magazine on newsstands on March 1, 2018 and at http://fortune.com/best-companies/ and https://www.greatplacetowork.com/.

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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