05.19.2015
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Press Releases
SEATTLE, Wash. (May 19, 2015) – Perkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States. For 2015, the firm is recognized in 40 practice areas and increased individual attorney recognition to 131 attorneys from 128 attorneys.
Highlights from the firm’s 2015 Chambers rankings include:
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- 131 Perkins Coie attorneys were individually recognized by Chambers as leaders in their field, with 36 attorneys earning the Band 1 ranking within their practice areas.
- Of the 40 practice areas recognized, 20 were ranked Band 1.
- District of Columbia partner Lee Curtis was included (as in 2014) in the “Spotlight Table.”
- Alaska partner Eric Fjelstad (for the second time) and Oregon partners Roy Tucker (for the seventh consecutive year ) and Stephen English (for the fifth consecutive year) were recognized as “Star Individuals” (considered above a Band 1 ranking).
- Seven Perkins Coie attorneys were ranked as “Senior Statesmen”: John Aslin, Charles Blumenfeld, Bruce Michael Cross, Ellen Dial, Paul Eckstein (for the first time) Jordan Green and Nancy Williams.
- Four Perkins Coie attorneys were recognized as “Up and Coming”: Christopher Criglow (for the second time), Ryan McBrayer (for the first time), Eric Miller and Bart J Page (for the second time).
- Two Perkins Coie attorneys were noted as “Associates to Watch”: Priscilla Hampton (for the second time) and Sarah Jane Shine (for the second time).
National Practice Rankings
The firm ranked nationally in:
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- Environment (Band 3)
- Franchising (Band 4)
- Government: Government Contracts (Band 4)
- Government: Political Law (Band 1)
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder (Band 4)
- Intellectual Property (Band 4)
- Investment Funds: Venture Capital (Band 3)
- Leisure & Hospitality (Band 2)
- Native American Law (Band 3)
- Privacy & Data Security (Band 2)
- Product Liability & Mass Torts (Band 4)
- Retail (Band 1)
- Transportation: Aviation: Litigation (Band 1)
Regional Practice Rankings
Regionally, the following practices were ranked Band 1:
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- Alaska
- Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries
- Labor & Employment
- Arizona
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Idaho
- Corporate/Commercial
- Natural Resources & Environment
- Oregon
- Corporate/M&A
- Environment
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Washington
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/Commercial
- Environment
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Real Estate
- Alaska
Individual Attorney Rankings
Among the 131 Perkins Coie attorneys individually recognized are:
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Eric Miller |
Nationwide |
Appellate Law |
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Joyce G Mazero |
Nationwide |
Franchising |
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Leonard MacPhee |
Nationwide |
Franchising |
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Jeff Eisenstein |
Nationwide |
Government: Government Contracts |
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Lee Curtis |
Nationwide |
Government: Government Contracts |
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Lee Curtis |
Nationwide |
Government: Government Contracts: Bid Protests |
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Marc Erik Elias |
Nationwide |
Government: Political Law |
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Rebecca Gordon |
Nationwide |
Government: Political Law |
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Robert F Bauer |
Nationwide |
Government: Political Law |
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Robert P. Jacobs* |
Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
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Leon B Kellner |
Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
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Lorelie S Masters |
Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
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Timothy W Burns |
Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
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David S Christy Jr |
Nationwide |
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy |
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Alexandra Cole |
Nationwide |
Leisure & Hospitality |
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Daniel GM Marre |
Nationwide |
Leisure & Hospitality |
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David M Neff |
Nationwide |
Leisure & Hospitality |
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Phillip Gordon |
Nationwide |
Leisure & Hospitality |
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Michael Wise |
Nationwide |
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation |
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Albert Gidari |
Nationwide |
Privacy & Data Security |
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John Dillow |
Nationwide |
Product Liability & Mass Torts |
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Bruce Campbell |
Nationwide |
Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
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Grant Silvernale III |
Nationwide |
Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
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John Dillow |
Nationwide |
Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
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Steven Bell |
Nationwide |
Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
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Thomas J McLaughlin |
Nationwide |
Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
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Cameron Leonard |
Alaska |
Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries |
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Eric B Fjelstad |
Alaska |
Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries |
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Sarah Jane Shine |
Alaska |
Labor & Employment |
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Thomas M Daniel |
Alaska |
Labor & Employment |
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Michael E Kreger |
Alaska |
Litigation: Construction |
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James N Leik |
Alaska |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Judith K Weiss |
Arizona |
Corporate/M&A |
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Raj N Gangadean |
Arizona |
Corporate/M&A |
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Howard Ross Cabot |
Arizona |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Joseph E Mais |
Arizona |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Paul F Eckstein |
Arizona |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Jean-Jacques Cabou |
Arizona |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
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Jordan Green |
Arizona |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
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Bart J Page |
Arizona |
Real Estate |
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Kyle Hettinger |
Arizona |
Real Estate |
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Ronald E Lowe |
Arizona |
Real Estate |
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Ralph Arnheim* |
California |
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital |
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Michael Glaser |
California |
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital |
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Barbara J Schussman |
California |
Environment |
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Michael Wise |
California |
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation |
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Barbara J Schussman |
California |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
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Cecily Talbert Barclay |
California |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
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Nathaniel G Ford |
Colorado |
Corporate/M&A |
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Sonny Allison |
Colorado |
Corporate/M&A |
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Peter J Kinsella |
Colorado |
Intellectual Property |
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Robert N Miller |
Colorado |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Markus T Funk |
Colorado |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
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Donald Baur |
District of Columbia |
Environment |
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Albert M Ferlo* |
District of Columbia |
Environment |
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LeAnn Johnson-Koch* |
District of Columbia |
Environment |
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William Malley* |
District of Columbia |
Environment |
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Leon B Kellner |
District of Columbia |
Insurance: Policyholder |
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Lorelie S Masters |
District of Columbia |
Insurance: Policyholder |
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Robert P Jacobs |
District of Columbia |
Insurance: Policyholder |
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Koorosh Talieh |
District of Columbia |
Insurance: Policyholder |
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Marc S Martin |
District of Columbia |
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite |
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Eric Bjorkman |
Idaho |
Corporate/Commercial |
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Melanie G Rubocki |
Idaho |
Corporate/Commercial |
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Stephen Hardesty |
Idaho |
Corporate/Commercial |
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Erika Malmen |
Idaho |
Natural Resources & Environment |
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Daniel A Zazove |
Illinois |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
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David M Neff |
Illinois |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
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Alexandra Cole |
Illinois |
Construction |
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James R Cruger |
Illinois |
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
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Teri Lindquist |
Illinois |
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
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Michael O Warnecke |
Illinois |
Intellectual Property |
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Craig Boggs |
Illinois |
Labor & Employment |
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Susan J Daley |
Illinois |
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
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Patrick Collins |
Illinois |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
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Pravin B. Rao |
Illinois |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
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Marcelo Halpern |
Illinois |
Technology & Outsourcing |
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John Squires* |
New York |
Intellectual Property: Patent |
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Brentley Bullock |
Oregon |
Corporate/M&A |
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David S Matheson |
Oregon |
Corporate/M&A |
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John R Thomas |
Oregon |
Corporate/M&A |
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Roy Tucker |
Oregon |
Corporate/M&A |
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Christopher W Rich |
Oregon |
Environment |
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David Bledsoe |
Oregon |
Environment |
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Priscilla Hampton |
Oregon |
Environment |
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Tom Lindley |
Oregon |
Environment |
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Scott Eads |
Oregon |
Intellectual Property |
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Stephen Feldman |
Oregon |
Intellectual Property |
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Calvin L Keith |
Oregon |
Labor & Employment |
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James Gidley |
Oregon |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Stephen English |
Oregon |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Thomas Johnson |
Oregon |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Andrew Solomon |
Oregon |
Real Estate |
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Christopher Criglow |
Oregon |
Real Estate |
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Mark Whitlow |
Oregon |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
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Michael C Robinson |
Oregon |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
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Steven L Pfeiffer |
Oregon |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
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Ann Marie Painter |
Texas |
Labor & Employment |
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Dean William Harvey |
Texas |
Technology: Outsourcing |
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Alan Smith |
Washington |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
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Andrew Bor |
Washington |
Corporate/Commercial |
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Andrew Moore |
Washington |
Corporate/Commercial |
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David Clarke |
Washington |
Corporate/Commercial |
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David F McShea |
Washington |
Corporate/Commercial |
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Evelyn Cruz Sroufe |
Washington |
Corporate/Commercial |
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Stewart Landefeld |
Washington |
Corporate/Commercial |
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Carl Crow |
Washington |
Corporate/Commercial: Tax |
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Charles Blumenfeld |
Washington |
Environment |
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John Iani |
Washington |
Environment |
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Karen McGaffey |
Washington |
Environment |
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Mark Schneider |
Washington |
Environment |
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Gregory McCall |
Washington |
Immigration |
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Ramsey Al-Salam |
Washington |
Intellectual Property |
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Ryan McBrayer* |
Washington |
Intellectual Property |
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Paul T Parker |
Washington |
Intellectual Property |
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Jerry Riedinger |
Washington |
Intellectual Property |
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Bruce Michael Cross |
Washington |
Labor & Employment |
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Jeff Hollingsworth |
Washington |
Labor & Employment |
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John Aslin |
Washington |
Labor & Employment |
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Kevin J. Hamilton |
Washington |
Labor & Employment |
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Nancy Williams |
Washington |
Labor & Employment |
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Kurt Linsenmayer |
Washington |
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
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Sue Morgan |
Washington |
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
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David J Burman |
Washington |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Harry H Schneider Jr |
Washington |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Ronald L Berenstain |
Washington |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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Thomas Boeder |
Washington |
Litigation: General Commercial |
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David F Taylor |
Washington |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
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Craig H Shrontz |
Washington |
Real Estate |
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Ellen Dial |
Washington |
Real Estate |
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Michael A Barrett |
Washington |
Real Estate |
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William Green |
Washington |
Real Estate |
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Christopher G Hanewicz |
Wisconsin |
Intellectual Property |
*denotes first time appearance in Chambers USA
London-based Chambers & Partners publishes directories that assess and rank the world’s leading lawyers. Chambers USA was first introduced in 2003. The Chambers rankings are the result of extensive surveys and interviews of in-house counsel and leading law firm partners.
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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