07.09.2015
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SEATTLE, Wash. (July 9, 2015) - Perkins Coie is pleased to announce it has been recommended in the 2015 edition of The Legal 500 United States as a Top-Tier Firm in two national practice areas:
- Litigation: Product Liability and mass tort - aerospace/aviation
- Real Estate and construction: Land use/zoning
In addition to the Top-Tier rankings, Perkins Coie was recommended in:
- Industry Focus: Environmental - transactional and regulatory
- Industry Focus: Insurance - advice to policy holders
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A - middle market (sub-$500m)
Among the firm’s attorneys named in The Legal 500’s guide to outstanding lawyers nationwide, five appeared in the elite “Leading Lawyers” list:
| Lorelie Masters | Insurance: Advise to policyholders (Washington D.C.) |
| Timothy Burns | Insurance: Advise to policyholders (Madison) |
| John Dillow | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Steve Bell | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Stewart Landefeld | M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m) (Seattle) |
Perkins Coie lawyers Recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2015 in specific practice groups included:
| John Pierce | Industry Focus: Environmental - transactional and regulatory (Bellevue, WA) |
| Kelly Moser | Industry Focus: Environmental - transactional and regulatory (Seattle) |
| Laura Zagar | Industry Focus: Environmental - transactional and regulatory (San Diego) |
| Michael Dunning | Industry Focus: Environmental - transactional and regulatory (Seattle) |
| Tom Lindley | Industry Focus: Environmental - transactional and regulatory (Portland, OR) |
| Donald Friedman | Industry Focus: Insurance - advice to policy holders (Washington D.C.) |
| Lorelie Masters | Industry Focus: Insurance - advice to policy holders (Washington D.C.) |
| Michael Sharkey | Industry Focus: Insurance - advice to policy holders (Washington D.C.) |
| Selena Linde | Industry Focus: Insurance - advice to policy holders (Washington D.C.) |
| Timothy Burns | Industry Focus: Insurance - advice to policy holders (Madison) |
| Brendan Murphy | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Bruce Campbell | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Christian Moller | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Joe Silvernale | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| John Dillow | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Richard Coyle | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation |
| Steve Bell | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Steve Koh | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Tom McLaughlin | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| VL Woolston | Litigation: product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Seattle) |
| Andrew Moore | M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m) (Seattle) |
| Eric Bjorkman | M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m) (Boise) |
| Fiona Brophy | M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m) (Palo Alto) |
| Jesse Kanach | M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m) (Washington D.C.) |
| Joyce Mazero | M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m) (Dallas) |
| Stewart Landefeld | M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: middle market (sub-$500m) (Seattle) |
| Cecily Barclay | Real Estate and construction: Land use/zoning (San Francisco) |
| Christopher Criglow | Real Estate and construction: Land use/zoning (Portland, OR) |
| Laura Godfrey Zagar | Real Estate and construction: Land use/zoning (San Diego) |
| Steven Pfeiffer | Real Estate and construction: Land use/zoning (Portland, OR) |
The Legal 500 and The Legal 500 United States analyze the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research program revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in 106 jurisdictions. The rankings are based on practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Research is based on feedback from 250,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers and researchers - journalists and lawyers - with experience in the legal market.
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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