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12.19.2023Laura Zagar Interviewed by the PBS NewsHour—The Barriers Women Still Face in the Legal Profession Decades After O’Connor’s AppointmentGeneral NewsLaura Zagar was interviewed for the PBS NewsHour for a segment discussing the barriers that women lawyers continue to face in the U.S. legal industry and how Perkins Coie's San Francisco office has achieved a majority of women partners. Laura also discussed the legacy of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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08.17.2023Best Lawyers® 2024 Recognizes 388 Perkins Coie LawyersPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 388 of its lawyers have been recognized by Best Lawyers® 2024. A total of 275 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 113 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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07.19.2023Laura Zagar Interviewed by Reuters—US Lowers Federal Hurdles in Latest Bid to Accelerate Wind, SolarGeneral NewsLaura Zagar was interviewed by Reuters and quoted in an article looking at how the U.S. Interior Department's proposed plan to end compulsory competitive leasing for renewable wind and solar energy projects could help to accelerate the take up and investments in such projects, and how the new proposals will impact developers.
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06.01.2023Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2023 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins 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.
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05.05.2023Perkins Coie Ranks #10 as a Leading 2023 Bay Area Best Place to Work by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business JournalPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has been named as a leading “Best Place to Work” in the Bay Area for 2023 by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal. The firm ranked 10 in the large company category in the annual list of prominent Bay Area employers and workplaces.
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12.01.2022Perkins Coie Strengthens National Patent Litigation Practice with Four Prominent PartnersPress ReleasesPerkins Coie announced today the addition of a prominent four-partner patent litigation group that further deepens the firm’s powerhouse capabilities for technology sector clients in California and nationally. Partners Stefani Shanberg, Nathan Sabri, Veronica Ascarrunz, and Robin Brewer have all joined Perkins Coie’s internationally recognized Intellectual Property (IP) litigation practice.
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11.18.2022Perkins Coie and Coalition of Private and Public Sector Environmental and Energy Lawyers Secure U.S. Government Approval for World’s Largest Dam Removal and Restoration ProjectPress ReleasesWorking with a coalition of environmental and energy lawyers from the public and private sectors, Perkins Coie is pleased to announce the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) proposal to start the world’s largest dam removal and restoration project.
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08.18.2022Best Lawyers® 2023 Recognizes 403 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 403 of its attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® 2023. A total of 279 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 124 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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06.01.2022Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2022 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins 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.
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05.13.2022Perkins Coie Recognized by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal as a 2022 Bay Area Best Place to WorkPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has ranked highly on the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2022 “Best Places to Work“ list for the Bay Area.
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08.26.2021Best Lawyers® 2022 Recognizes 367 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 367 of its attorneys were recognized by the 2022 Best Lawyers®. A total of 278 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 89 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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05.20.2021Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2021 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins 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.
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05.06.2021Laura Zagar Quoted in Law360—Federal Highway Guidance No Power Line Project PanaceaGeneral News
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Partner Laura Zagar was quoted in “Federal Highway Guidance No Power Line Project Panacea,” an article in Law360, regarding the guidance released by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration. -
01.14.2021Perkins Coie Recognized as the Leading 2021 Best Workplace in the Bay Area by Great Place to Work® and FortunePress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has been named as the Bay Area’s leading employer by research and consulting firm Great Place to Work® and Fortune for the first time.
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01.04.2021Perkins Coie Represents Clearway Energy, Inc. in 1.6 GW Renewable Energy DealPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented Clearway Energy, Inc. (CWEN), a leading publicly traded renewable energy infrastructure investor, in a multipart transaction in which it acquired from its parent company and renewable development partner, Clearway Energy Group LLC, equity interests in a geographically diverse 1.6 GW portfolio of wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
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08.20.2020Best Lawyers® 2021 Recognizes 358 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 358 of its attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers® 2021. A total of 290 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 68 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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08.17.2020Laura Zagar Quoted in Law360 - 4 Keys to Submitting Winning Clean Energy Project BidsGeneral News
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Laura Zagar was quoted in the Law360* article, "4 Keys to Submitting Winning Clean Energy Project Bids," regarding securing an appropriate project site.
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01.16.2020Perkins Coie Recognized as One of the 2020 Best Workplaces in the Bay Area by Great Place to Work® and FortunePress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has been named as one of the Bay Area’s top employers by research and consulting firm Great Place to Work® and Fortune for the third consecutive year.
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01.06.2020Perkins Coie Mentioned in Multiple Publications Regarding the Newly Appointed Office Managing PartnersGeneral NewsPerkins Coie was mentioned in multiple publications regarding the new appointed office managing partners in San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Diego, and Portland offices.
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01.03.2020Perkins Coie Appoints Four New Office Managing Partners for Bay Area, San Diego and PortlandPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has appointed four partners to manage its San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Diego and Portland offices.
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08.15.2019Best Lawyers® 2020 Recognizes 283 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 282 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
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08.20.2018Best Lawyers® 2019 Recognizes 277 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 277 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
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08.15.2017Best Lawyers® 2018 Recognizes 281 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 281 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®.
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04.06.2017Perkins Coie Attorneys Receive Prestigious Burton Award for Distinguished WritingPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that Washington, D.C. partner William G. Malley, San Diego partner Laura Godfrey Zagar and Boise associate Stephanie M. Regenold have been selected by the Burton Awards as recipients of the 2017 Law360 Distinguished Writing Award for their article "Environmental Streamlining Measures in Title 41 of the FAST Act: What Will They Mean for Infrastructure Project Developers?"
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08.15.2016Best Lawyers® 2017 Recognizes 252 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 252 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
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08.19.2015Partner Laura Godfrey Zagar Quoted in Law360General News
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Partner Laura Godfrey Zagar was quoted in a Law360 article titled, "In Clean Energy Crusade, Hard To Tell Friend From Foe," regarding possible tension between environmentalist, policy makers and the renewable industry. -
08.17.2015Best Lawyers® 2016 Recognizes 245 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 245 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession; a more than 10 percent increase over the 221 firm attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers in the 2015 edition.
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07.09.2015Perkins Coie Receives Recommendations In 2015 Legal 500 United StatesPress ReleasesPerkins 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; Litigation: Product Liability and mass tort - aerospace/aviation, and Real Estate and construction: Land use/zoning.
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05.05.2015Laura Godfrey Zagar Featured in About CareersGeneral News
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Laura Godfrey Zagar was featured in an About Careers article, "Attorney Finds Passion as an Environmental and Energy Law Advocate." -
03.31.2014Laura Godfrey Zagar Quoted in Law360General NewsPartner Laura Godfrey Zagar was quoted in a Law360 article, "Wind Project Challenges Over Bird Deaths Fail To Take Off," regarding the broad language of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and its implications for developers.
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02.25.2014Perkins Coie Continues National Expansion of Environmental PracticePress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Laura Godfrey Zagar has joined the firm’s San Diego office as a partner in the firm’s Environment, Energy & Resources (EER) practice. Before joining Perkins Coie, Godfrey Zagar was a partner with Latham & Watkins in San Diego.
