Professional Biography

Donald G. Kari Of Counsel

  • Bellevue

    D +1.425.635.1406

    F +1.425.635.2406

    Bellevue

    10885 N.E. Fourth Street, Suite 700

    Bellevue, WA 98004-5579

    +1.425.635.1406

    DKari@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Don Kari has successfully represented the firm's energy and utility clients for more than 30 years. He focuses on state and federal public utility regulation, energy power marketing, energy regulation and policy, contract and administrative law, commercial transactions and energy law.

Professional Recognition

  • Ranked by Chambers USA, as “America’s Leading Lawyers" for Energy & Natural Resource,  2021 – 2023
  • Ranked by Chambers USA, as a "Senior Statespeople," 2022 – 2023
  • Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Washington's Super Lawyers", 2012 – 2014
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Energy Law, 1993 – 2024
  • Listed in Super Lawyers, 2007 – 2014
  • Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
    (AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)

Professional Leadership

  • Edison Electric Institute Legal Committee
  • Stanford Alumni Association, Puget Sound Chapter

Experience

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Education

  • Stanford Law School, J.D., 1972
  • Stanford University, M.B.A., 1972
  • Stanford University, B.S., Engineering, with great distinction, Tau Beta Pi, 1967