Five Perkins Coie Partners Named to Lawyers of Color 2020 Power List

SEATTLE (February 27, 2020) - Perkins Coie is proud to announce that five of the firm's partners, Steve Koh, Julia Markley, Pravin Rao, Bruce Spiva, and Bobbie Wilson, have been named to the Lawyers of Color 2020 Power List. Lawyers of Color is a nonprofit focused on promoting diversity in the legal profession and advancing democracy and equality in marginalized communities. Its annual list recognizes the most influential minority and non-minority attorneys from across the country.

Steve Koh is a Seattle-based partner and member of Perkins Coie's firmwide Executive Committee who focuses his practice on product liability and civil fraud matters. Julia Markley is a Portland-based partner who focuses her practice on civil litigation and recently completed a term on the Executive Committee. Pravin Rao is a Chicago-based partner in the White Collar & Investigations practice and a member of the Executive Committee. Bruce Spiva is the Washington, D.C., office managing partner, a political law trial attorney, and a member of the Executive Committee. Bobbie Wilson is a San Francisco-based partner in the firm's Intellectual Property practice, co-chair of the firmwide Strategic Diversity Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee.

"Perkins Coie is honored to receive this recognition from Lawyers of Color. Each of our five award winners and our broader firm leadership is deeply committed to accelerating diversity and inclusion within the legal industry," said Perkins Coie's Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Genhi Givings Bailey. "Advancements in diversity and inclusion improve the quality and range of the legal counsel we provide to clients around the world, as well as our workplace culture of collaboration and respect for a range of perspectives and backgrounds."

Lawyers of Color initiatives include an education program focused on conducting and commissioning research on the intersection of the legal profession and social justice. Its programs aim to motivate business and community leaders to effect change and advance equality.

Perkins Coie ranks among Fortune's Best Workplaces for Diversity™, which focuses on the experiences of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, workers who are baby boomers or older, and people who have disabilities. Perkins Coie has also earned the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's top rating of 100 percent in the Corporate Equality Index (a national benchmarking survey on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality) 12 years in a row. The firm has also been named one of the "Best Law Firms for Women" by Working Mother magazine in collaboration with the ABA Journal, and has been recognized as a leading law firm by Diversity Lab in a new industry standard that scores law firms and sets specific targets for diversity and inclusion.