Professional Biography

Robert Giles Partner

Managing Partner Emeritus

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.8536

    F +1.206.359.9536

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.8536

    RGiles@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

News

  • 08.17.2023
    Best Lawyers® 2024 Recognizes 388 Perkins Coie Lawyers
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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.
  • 08.18.2022
    Best Lawyers® 2023 Recognizes 403 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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.
  • 08.26.2021
    Best Lawyers® 2022 Recognizes 367 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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.
  • 08.20.2020
    Best Lawyers® 2021 Recognizes 358 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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.
  • 08.15.2019
    Best Lawyers® 2020 Recognizes 283 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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®.
  • 08.20.2018
    Best Lawyers® 2019 Recognizes 277 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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®.
  • 08.15.2017
    Best Lawyers® 2018 Recognizes 281 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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®.
  • 08.15.2016
    Best Lawyers® 2017 Recognizes 252 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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.
  • 08.17.2015
    Best Lawyers® 2016 Recognizes 245 Perkins Coie Attorneys
    Press Releases
    Perkins 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.
  • 07.08.2014
    New Managing Partner for Perkins Coie
    Press Releases
    Perkins Coie announced today that John Devaney, age 56, has been elected the firm’s new Managing Partner, effective January 1, 2015.  John succeeds Bob Giles, who has served as the firm’s chairman since 1986 and announced three years ago his plans to step down at the end of 2014.

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Areas of Focus

Practices

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. Tax Court

Education

  • University of Washington School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1974
  • University of Washington, B.A., summa cum laude, 1971