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Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2020 Chambers USA

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Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2020 Chambers USA

SEATTLE (April 27, 2020) – Perkins Coie LLP 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 2020, the firm is recognized for 55 practice areas and 141 individual attorneys, marking an increase from the 52 practices areas and 139 recognized attorneys a year ago.

Highlights from the firm's 2020 Chambers rankings include:

  • Of the 55 practice areas recognized, 23 were ranked Band 1
  • 4 practice areas were recognized for the first time: District of Columbia: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite, Washington: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Washington: Tax, and Wisconsin: Natural Resources & Environment
  • 5 practice areas moved up in band rankings: Nationwide: Intellectual Property, Nationwide: Startups & Emerging Companies, Arizona: Environment, California: Labor & Employment, and Illinois: Intellectual Property
  • 141 Perkins Coie attorneys were individually recognized by Chambers as leaders in their fields, with 41 attorneys earning the Band 1 ranking within their practice areas
  • 9 Perkins Coie attorneys were recognized for the first time: Caryn L. Trombino, David B. Robbins, Joel W. Nomkin, Jessica L. Everett-Garcia, Thomas D. Ryerson, Mack H. Shultz, Steve Koh, and Meredith Weinberg
  • Alaska partner Eric B. Fjelstad (for the seventh time) and Oregon partners Stephen F. English (for the 10th consecutive year) and Roy W. Tucker (for the 11th consecutive year) were recognized as "Star Individuals" (considered above a Band 1 ranking)
  • 8 Perkins Coie attorneys were ranked as "Senior Statespeople": Charles Blumenfeld, Bruce Michael Cross, John Dillow, Paul F. Eckstein, Carl Frischling, Jordan Green, Tom Lindley and Michael O. Warnecke
  • 7 Perkins Coie attorneys were recognized as "Up and Coming": Seth Locke (for the second time), Devin P. McComb (for the third time), Matthew L. Rojas (for the second time), Thomas Ryerson (for the first time), Caryn Trombino (for the first time), and Meredith Weinberg (for the first time)

National Practice Rankings

Nationally, the following practices were recognized:

  • Environment
  • Government Contracts
  • Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
  • Intellectual Property
  • Leisure & Hospitality
  • Native American Law: Non-Tribal Representation
  • Political Law
  • Privacy & Data Security
  • Product Liability & Mass Torts
  • Retail
  • Startups & Emerging Companies
  • Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
  • USA: FinTech Legal

Regional Practice Rankings

Regionally, the following practices were recognized:

  • Alaska
    • Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries
    • Labor & Employment
    • Litigation: General Commercial
  • Arizona
    • Corporate/M&A
    • Environment
    • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    • Real Estate
  • California
    • Environment
    • Labor & Employment
    • Life Sciences
    • Private Wealth Law (HNW)
    • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
    • Venture Capital
  • Colorado
    • Corporate/M&A
    • Intellectual Property
    • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
  • District of Columbia
    • Environment
    • Insurance: Policyholder
    • Telecom, Broadcast, & Satellite
  • Idaho
    • Corporate/Commercial
    • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Natural Resources & Environment
  • Illinois
    • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
    • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
    • Intellectual Property
    • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
    • Private Wealth Law (HNW)
    • Technology & Outsourcing
  • Oregon
    • Corporate/M&A
    • Environment
    • Intellectual Property
    • Litigation: General Commercial
  • Washington
    • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
    • Construction
    • Corporate/Commercial
    • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    • Environment
    • Intellectual Property
    • Labor & Employment
    • Litigation: General Commercial
    • Private Wealth Law (HNW)
    • Real Estate
    • Tax
  • Wisconsin
    • Intellectual Property
    • Natural Resources & Environment

Individual Attorney Rankings

Among the 141 Perkins Coie attorneys individually recognized are:

Lee P. CurtisNationwideGovernment Contracts
Seth LockeNationwideGovernment Contracts
Lee P. CurtisNationwideGovernment Contracts: Bid Protests
Carl FrischlingNationwideInvestment Funds: Registered Funds
Alexandra ColeNationwideLeisure & Hospitality
Phillip GordonNationwideLeisure & Hospitality
Daniel G.M. MarreNationwideLeisure & Hospitality
David M. NeffNationwideLeisure & Hospitality
Donald BaurNationwideNative American Law
Charles G. Curtis, Jr.NationwideNative American Law
Jena A. MacLeanNationwideNative American Law
John F. DelaneyNationwideOutsourcing
Marc E. EliasNationwidePolitical Law
Rebecca H. GordonNationwidePolitical Law
Ezra W. ReeseNationwidePolitical Law
Janis Claire KestenbaumNationwidePrivacy & Data Security
Ralph L. ArnheimNationwideStartups & Emerging Companies
Michael GlaserNationwideStartups & Emerging Companies
Steven BellNationwideTransportation: Aviation: Litigation
John DillowNationwideTransportation: Aviation: Litigation
Mack H. ShultzNationwideTransportation: Aviation: Litigation
Steve KohNationwideTransportation: Aviation: Litigation
V. WoolstonNationwideTransportation: Aviation: Litigation
Dax HansenUSA (FinTech)Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Lowell D. NessUSA (FinTech)Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Eric B. FjelstadAlaskaEnvironment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries
Cameron LeonardAlaskaEnvironment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries
Michael E. KregerAlaskaLitigation: Construction
James N. LeikAlaskaLitigation: General Commercial
Raj N. GangadeanArizonaCorporate/M&A
Shane R. SwindleArizonaEnvironment
Christopher D. ThomasArizonaEnvironment
Matthew L. RojasArizonaEnvironment: Water Rights
Joel W. NomkinArizonaLitigation: Appellate
Paul F. EcksteinArizonaLitigation: General Commercial
Jessica L. Everett-GarciaArizonaLitigation: General Commercial
Joseph E. MaisArizonaLitigation: General Commercial
Jean-Jacques CabouArizonaLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Jordan GreenArizonaLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Alexis E. DannemanArizonaLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Thomas D. RyersonArizonaLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Ronald E. LoweArizonaReal Estate
Eliot L. KaplanArizonaTax
Sara L. ChenetzCaliforniaBankruptcy/Restructuring
Julie JonesCaliforniaEnvironment
Barbara J. SchussmanCaliforniaEnvironment
Wendy L. MooreCaliforniaEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Viola T. KungCaliforniaLife Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Michael J. WiseCaliforniaLife Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Cecily T. BarclayCaliforniaReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Ralph L. ArnheimCaliforniaVenture Capital
Michael GlaserCaliforniaVenture Capital
Paula Leibovitz GoodwinCalifornia (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Sonny AllisonColoradoCorporate/M&A
Jason DayColoradoCorporate/M&A
Nathaniel FordColoradoCorporate/M&A
Peter J. KinsellaColoradoIntellectual Property
Amanda TessarColoradoIntellectual Property
T. Markus FunkColoradoLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Donald BaurDistrict of ColumbiaEnvironment
LeAnn Johnson KochDistrict of ColumbiaEnvironment
William G. MalleyDistrict of ColumbiaEnvironment
Robert P. JacobsDistrict of ColumbiaInsurance: Policyholder
Koorosh TaliehDistrict of ColumbiaInsurance: Policyholder
Shannon M. BloodworthDistrict of ColumbiaIntellectual Property: Litigation
Eric Dodson GreenbergDistrict of ColumbiaMedia & Entertainment
Eric Dodson GreenbergDistrict of ColumbiaTelecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Marc S. MartinDistrict of ColumbiaTelecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Stephen HardestyIdahoCorporate/Commercial
Melanie G. RubockiIdahoCorporate/Commercial
Christine M. SalmiIdahoLitigation: General Commercial
Erika Eaton MalmenIdahoNatural Resources & Environment
David M. NeffIllinoisBankruptcy/Restructuring
Daniel ZazoveIllinoisBankruptcy/Restructuring
Alexandra ColeIllinoisConstruction
James CrugerIllinoisCorporate/M&A: Private Equity
Teri A. LindquistIllinoisCorporate/M&A: Private Equity
James M. DavisIllinoisInsurance: Dispute Resolution
Michael O. WarneckeIllinoisIntellectual Property
Susan J. DaleyIllinoisLabor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Pravin RaoIllinoisLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Caryn L. TrombinoIllinoisLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Alexandra ColeIllinoisReal Estate
Marcelo HalpernIllinoisTechnology & Outsourcing
Sandra NewmanIllinois (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Domingo SuchIllinois (HNW)Private Wealth Law
John F. DelaneyNew YorkTechnology & Outsourcing
Brentley BullockOregonCorporate/M&A
Christopher HallOregonCorporate/M&A
David S. MathesonOregonCorporate/M&A
John R. ThomasOregonCorporate/M&A
Roy W. TuckerOregonCorporate/M&A
David BledsoeOregonEnvironment
Jeffrey L. HunterOregonEnvironment
Tom LindleyOregonEnvironment
Christopher W. RichOregonEnvironment
Stephen FeldmanOregonIntellectual Property
Julia E. MarkleyOregonIntellectual Property
Calvin KeithOregonLabor & Employment
Robert L. AldisertOregonLitigation: General Commercial
Sarah CrooksOregonLitigation: General Commercial
Stephen F. EnglishOregonLitigation: General Commercial
Thomas JohnsonOregonLitigation: General Commercial
Renee RothaugeOregonLitigation: General Commercial
Cody M. WestonOregonLitigation: General Commercial
Seth J. KingOregonReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Steven L. PfeifferOregonReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use
John D. PennTexasBankruptcy/Restructuring
Richard HankinsTexasLabor & Employment
Ann Marie PainterTexasLabor & Employment
Dean W. HarveyTexasTechnology: Outsourcing
Alan D. SmithWashingtonBankruptcy/Restructuring
Andrew L. GreeneWashingtonConstruction
Richard PrentkeWashingtonConstruction
Graehm C. WallaceWashingtonConstruction
Andrew BorWashingtonCorporate/Commercial
David C. ClarkeWashingtonCorporate/Commercial
Eric A. DeJongWashingtonCorporate/Commercial
Stewart M. LandefeldWashingtonCorporate/Commercial
David F. McSheaWashingtonCorporate/Commercial
Andrew B. MooreWashingtonCorporate/Commercial
Charles BlumenfeldWashingtonEnvironment
L. John IaniWashingtonEnvironment
Karen M. McGaffeyWashingtonEnvironment
Meredith WeinbergWashingtonEnvironment
David B. RobbinsWashingtonHealthcare
Ramsey M. Al-SalamWashingtonIntellectual Property
Paul T. ParkerWashingtonIntellectual Property
Bruce Michael CrossWashingtonLabor & Employment
Kevin J. HamiltonWashingtonLabor & Employment
Jeffrey HollingsworthWashingtonLabor & Employment
Kurt E. LinsenmayerWashingtonLabor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Ronald L. BerenstainWashingtonLitigation: General Commercial
David J. BurmanWashingtonLitigation: General Commercial
Kathleen M. O'SullivanWashingtonLitigation: General Commercial
Harry H. Schneider, Jr.WashingtonLitigation: General Commercial
David F. TaylorWashingtonLitigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Serena S. CarlsenWashingtonReal Estate
Craig S. GilbertWashingtonReal Estate
Devin P. McCombWashingtonReal Estate
Carl T. CrowWashingtonTax
Bryan S. SmithWashingtonTax
Colonel BetzWashington (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Janis CunninghamWashington (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Bruce FlynnWashington (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Tom GoresWashington (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Steven SchindlerWashington (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Akane SuzukiWashington (HNW)Private Wealth Law
Christopher G. HanewiczWisconsinIntellectual Property
Christopher G. HanewiczWisconsinIntellectual Property: Litigation
Charles G. Curtis, Jr.WisconsinLitigation: General Commercial

London-based Chambers & Partners publishes directories that assess and rank the world's leading lawyers. Chambers USA was first introduced in 2003. The Chambers rankings are the result of extensive surveys and interviews of in-house counsel and leading law firm partners.

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