Professional Biography
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Sean C. Knowles Partner

Firmwide Chair, Securities Litigation Practice

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.6224

    F +1.206.359.7224

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.6224

    SKnowles@perkinscoie.com

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Experience

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.
  • 06.01.2023
    Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2023 Chambers USA
    Press Releases
    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.
  • 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.
  • 12.16.2020
    Perkins Coie Mentioned in Multiple Publications Regarding the Joining of 17 White Collar Attorneys
    General News
    Bill Malley, Keith Miller, and Marks Funk were quoted in multiple publications regarding the joining of 17 attorneys from New York boutique Richards Kibbe & Orbe, to join the firm’s White Collar & Investigations practice.
  • 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.

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 1999
  • Brown University, A.B., Psychology and Political Science, 1996