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Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2022 Chambers USA
SEATTLE (June 1, 2022)—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. For 2022, the firm is recognized for 72 practice areas and 177 individual attorneys, marking an increase from last year's 67 practice areas and 170 recognized attorneys.
Highlights From the Firm's 2022 Chambers Rankings
- Of the 72 practice areas recognized, 27 were ranked Band 1.
- Five practice areas were recognized for the first time.
- Five practice areas moved up in band rankings.
- One hundred seventy-seven Perkins Coie attorneys were individually recognized by Chambers as leaders in their fields, with 42 attorneys earning the Band 1 ranking within their practice areas.
- Twenty-one Perkins Coie attorneys were recognized for the first time.
- Firmwide managing Partner William Malley was ranked as an "Eminent Practitioner" for the first time.
- Alaska Partner Eric B. Fjelstad (for the ninth time), Oregon Partner Stephen F. English (for the 12th consecutive year), and Partner Roy W. Tucker (for the 13th consecutive year) were recognized as "Star Individuals" (considered above a Band 1 ranking).
- Twelve Perkins Coie attorneys were ranked as "Senior Statespeople": Daniel Zazove (for the first time), Richard Prentke, Michael Warnecke, Bruce Michael Cross, Paul Eckstein, Jordan Green, Carl Frischling, Steven Bell, and John Dillow.
- Ten Perkins Coie attorneys were recognized as "Up and Coming": Mica Klein (for the first time); Garrett Colli, Lauren Kulpa, and Eric Walker (for the second time); and Thomas Ryerson, Caryn Trombino, and Meredith Weinberg.
- Washington, D.C., Partner Meredith Halama was ranked "Spotlight Table" for the first time.
National Practice Rankings
Nationally, the following practices were recognized:
- Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory
- Environment
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Government Contracts: The Elite
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Leisure & Hospitality
- Native American Law: Non-Tribal Counsel
- Political Law
- Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
- Privacy & Data Security: The Elite
- Product Liability & Mass Torts: Highly Regarded
- Registered Funds
- Retail
- Startups & Emerging Companies
- Technology
- Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
Regional Practice Rankings
Regionally, the following practices were recognized:
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Individual Attorney Rankings
The following Perkins Coie attorneys were individually recognized:
| Jason Howell | Nationwide | Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory |
| Barak Cohen | Nationwide | Cannabis Law: Eastern United States |
| T. Markus Funk | Nationwide | FCPA |
| David T. Biderman | Nationwide | Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation |
| Lee Curtis | Nationwide | Government Contracts |
| Kelley Doran | Nationwide | Government Contracts |
| Seth Locke | Nationwide | Government Contracts |
| Alexandra Cole | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| Daniel G.M. Marre | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| David M. Neff | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| Phillip Gordon | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| Charles G. Curtis Jr. | Nationwide | Native American Law: Non-Tribal Counsel |
| Donald Baur | Nationwide | Native American Law: Non-Tribal Counsel |
| Jena MacLean | Nationwide | Native American Law: Non-Tribal Counsel |
| Rebecca Gordon | Nationwide | Political Law |
| Janis Claire Kestenbaum | Nationwide | Privacy & Data Security |
| Meredith Halama | Nationwide | Privacy & Data Security |
| Meredith Halama | Nationwide | Privacy & Data Security: Adtech |
| James Snell | Nationwide | Privacy & Data Security: Litigation |
| Carl Frischling | Nationwide | Registered Funds |
| Lee S. Richards III | Nationwide | Securities: Regulation: Enforcement |
| Fiona Brophy | Nationwide | Startups & Emerging Companies |
| John Delaney | Nationwide | Technology |
| Marcelo Halpern | Nationwide | Technology |
| John Dillow | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| Mack Shultz | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| Steve Koh | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| Steven Bell | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| V. Woolston | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| Dax Hansen | USA (FinTech 2022) | FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies |
| Joe Cutler | USA (FinTech 2022) | FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies |
| Lowell D. Ness | USA (FinTech 2022) | FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies |
| Michael E. Kreger | Alaska | Construction |
| James N. Leik | Alaska | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Kevin Feldis | Alaska | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Cameron Leonard | Alaska | Natural Resources & Environment |
| Eric B. Fjelstad | Alaska | Natural Resources & Environment |
| Christopher D. Thomas | Arizona | Environment |
| Shane Swindle | Arizona | Environment |
| Matthew L. Rojas | Arizona | Environment: Water Rights |
| Karin Scherner Aldama | Arizona | Insurance |
| Joel W. Nomkin | Arizona | Litigation: Appellate |
| Jessica Everett-Garcia | Arizona | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Joseph E. Mais | Arizona | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Paul F. Eckstein | Arizona | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Alexis E. Danneman | Arizona | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Jean-Jacques Cabou | Arizona | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Jordan Green | Arizona | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Thomas Ryerson | Arizona | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Ronald E. Lowe | Arizona | Real Estate |
| Eliot L. Kaplan | Arizona | Tax |
| Sara L. Chenetz | California | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Meredith A. Jones-McKeown | California | Construction |
| Barbara J. Schussman | California | Environment |
| Julie Jones | California | Environment |
| Laura Godfrey Zagar | California | Environment |
| Marc R. Bruner | California | Environment |
| Sarah Piepmeier | California | Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation |
| Bing Ai | California | Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution |
| Michael Wise | California | Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation |
| Viola Kung | California | Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation |
| Cecily Talbert Barclay | California | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
| Garrett Colli | California | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
| Matthew S. Gray | California | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
| Michelle Chan | California | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
| Caitlin Carey | California: Northern | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Paula Leibovitz Goodwin | California: Northern | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Camarin Madigan | California: Northern | Real Estate |
| Jason Day | Colorado | Corporate/M&A |
| Nathaniel G Ford | Colorado | Corporate/M&A |
| Sonny Allison | Colorado | Corporate/M&A |
| Amanda Tessar | Colorado | Intellectual Property |
| David St. John-Larkin | Colorado | Intellectual Property |
| Peter J Kinsella | Colorado | Intellectual Property |
| T. Markus Funk | Colorado | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Wendy Moore | District of Columbia | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation |
| Alexandra Bromer | District of Columbia | Environment |
| Donald Baur | District of Columbia | Environment |
| LeAnn Johnson-Koch | District of Columbia | Environment |
| William G. Malley | District of Columbia | Environment |
| Sloane Wildman | District of Columbia | Environment: Mainly Transactional |
| Vivek Chopra | District of Columbia | Insurance: Policyholder |
| Brandon White | District of Columbia | Intellectual Property: Litigation |
| Shannon M. Bloodworth | District of Columbia | Intellectual Property: Litigation |
| Barak Cohen | District of Columbia | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Marc S. Martin | District of Columbia | Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite |
| Melanie G. Rubocki | Idaho | Corporate/Commercial |
| Stephen Hardesty | Idaho | Corporate/Commercial |
| Erika Malmen | Idaho | Natural Resources & Environment |
| Daniel A. Zazove | Illinois | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| David M. Neff | Illinois | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Eric Walker | Illinois | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Alexandra Cole | Illinois | Construction |
| Kevin Kolton | Illinois | Construction |
| Michael Hanahan | Illinois | Construction |
| James R. Cruger | Illinois | Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
| Teri Lindquist | Illinois | Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
| Susan J. Daley | Illinois | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation |
| Domingo Such | Illinois | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Lucy Park | Illinois | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Sandra Newman | Illinois | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| James M. Davis | Illinois | Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
| David Fournier | Illinois | Intellectual Property |
| Michael O. Warnecke | Illinois | Intellectual Property |
| Caryn Trombino | Illinois | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Pravin B. Rao | Illinois | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Alexandra Cole | Illinois | Real Estate |
| Marcelo Halpern | Illinois | Technology & Outsourcing |
| David Massey | New York | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Lee S. Richards III | New York | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Shari Brandt | New York | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| John Delaney | New York | Outsourcing |
| John Delaney | New York | Technology |
| Douglas R. Pahl | Oregon | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Brentley Bullock | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| Christopher Hall | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| David S. Matheson | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| Gina K. Eiben | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| John R. Thomas | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| Roy Tucker | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| Christopher W. Rich | Oregon | Environment |
| Jeff Hunter | Oregon | Environment |
| Priscilla Hampton | Oregon | Environment |
| Julia Markley | Oregon | Intellectual Property |
| Stephen Feldman | Oregon | Intellectual Property |
| Calvin L. Keith | Oregon | Labor & Employment |
| Renée Rothauge | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Sarah Crooks | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Stephen English | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Thomas Johnson | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Seth J. King | Oregon | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
| Steven L. Pfeiffer | Oregon | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
| John D. Penn | Texas | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Ann Marie Painter | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Lauren Kulpa | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Richard B. Hankins | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Dean William Harvey | Texas | Technology: Outsourcing |
| Shylah Alfonso | Washington | Antitrust |
| Susan Foster | Washington | Antitrust |
| James Gradel | Washington | Banking & Finance |
| Alan Smith | Washington | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Andrew Greene | Washington | Construction |
| Brendan J. Peters | Washington | Construction |
| Graehm C. Wallace | Washington | Construction |
| Mica Klein | Washington | Construction |
| Richard Prentke | Washington | Construction |
| Andrew Bor | Washington | Corporate/M&A |
| Andrew Moore | Washington | Corporate/M&A |
| David Clarke | Washington | Corporate/M&A |
| Eric DeJong | Washington | Corporate/M&A |
| Stewart Landefeld | Washington | Corporate/M&A |
| Kurt Linsenmayer | Washington | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation |
| Donald Kari | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Pamela J. Anderson | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Sheree Strom Carson | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| John Iani | Washington | Environment |
| Karen McGaffey | Washington | Environment |
| Meredith Weinberg | Washington | Environment |
| Michael Dunning | Washington | Environment |
| Anne Redman | Washington | Healthcare |
| David Robbins | Washington | Healthcare |
| Akane Suzuki | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Bruce Flynn | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Colonel Betz | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Janis Cunningham | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Mark McBride | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Scott Wallace | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Steven Schindler | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| Tom Gores | Washington | Private Wealth Law HNW 2022 |
| KoKo Huang | Washington | Immigration |
| Paul T. Parker | Washington | Intellectual Property |
| Ramsey Al-Salam | Washington | Intellectual Property |
| Bruce Michael Cross | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| James Sanders | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| Jeff Hollingsworth | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| Julie Lucht | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| Kevin J. Hamilton | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| David J. Burman | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Harry H. Schneider Jr | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Kathleen O'Sullivan | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Ronald L. Berenstain | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| David F. Taylor | Washington | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Craig Gilbert | Washington | Real Estate |
| Devin McComb | Washington | Real Estate |
| Serena Carlsen | Washington | Real Estate |
| Kristine Wilson | Washington | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
| Bryan S. Smith | Washington | Tax |
| Carl Crow | Washington | Tax |
| Christopher G. Hanewicz | Wisconsin | Intellectual Property |
| Christopher G. Hanewicz | Wisconsin | Intellectual Property: Litigation |
| David L Anstaett | Wisconsin | Intellectual Property: Litigation |
| Charles G. Curtis Jr. | Wisconsin | Litigation: General Commercial |
London-based Chambers & Partners publishes directories that assess and rank the world's leading attorneys. Chambers USA was first introduced in 2003. The Chambers rankings result from extensive surveys and interviews of in-house counsel and leading law firm partners.
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