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Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2021 Chambers USA
SEATTLE (May 20, 2021)—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 2021, the firm is recognized for 67 practice areas and 170 individual attorneys, marking an increase from the 55 practice areas and 141 recognized attorneys a year ago.
Highlights From the Firm's 2021 Chambers Rankings
- Of the 67 practice areas recognized, 25 were ranked Band 1
- 13 practice areas were recognized for the first time
- Six practice areas moved up in band rankings
- 170 Perkins Coie attorneys were individually recognized by Chambers as leaders in their fields, with 43 attorneys earning the Band 1 ranking within their practice areas
- 33 Perkins Coie attorneys were recognized for the first time
- Alaska partner Eric B. Fjelstad (for the eighth time) and Oregon partners Stephen F. English (for the 11th consecutive year) and Roy W. Tucker (for the 12th consecutive year) were recognized as "Star Individuals" (considered above a Band 1 ranking)
- Nine Perkins Coie attorneys were ranked as "Senior Statespeople": Richard Prentke, Michael Warnecke, Bruce Michael Cross, Paul Eckstein, Jordan Green, Carl Frischling, Steven Bell, and John Dillow
- Nine Perkins Coie attorneys were recognized as "Up and Coming": Garrett Colli, Lauren Kulpa, Eric Walker, and Brandon White for the first time, and Thomas Ryerson, Caryn Trombino, and Meredith Weinberg for the second time
National Practice Rankings
Nationally, the following practices were recognized:
- Environment
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation
- Government Contracts
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- 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:
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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 Biderman | Nationwide | Food and Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation |
| Lee P. Curtis | Nationwide | Government Contracts |
| David Fletcher | Nationwide | Government Contracts |
| Seth Locke | Nationwide | Government Contracts |
| Lee P. Curtis | Nationwide | Government Contracts: Bid Protests |
| Alexandra Cole | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| Phillip Gordon | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| Daniel G.M. Marre | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| David M. Neff | Nationwide | Leisure & Hospitality |
| Donald Baur | Nationwide | Native American Law |
| Charles G. Curtis, Jr. | Nationwide | Native American Law |
| Jena A. MacLean | Nationwide | Native American Law |
| Marc E. Elias | Nationwide | Political Law |
| Rebecca H. Gordon | Nationwide | Political Law |
| Ezra W. Reese | Nationwide | Political Law |
| Janis Claire Kestenbaum | Nationwide | Privacy & Data Security |
| Carl Frischling | Nationwide | Registered Funds |
| Michael Glaser | Nationwide | Startups & Emerging Companies |
| John F. Delaney | Nationwide | Technology |
| Marcelo Halpern | Nationwide | Technology |
| Steven Bell | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| John Dillow | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| Mack H. Shultz, Jr. | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| Steve Koh | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| V. L. Woolston | Nationwide | Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
| Dax Hansen | USA (FinTech 2021) | Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies |
| Lowell D. Ness | USA (FinTech 2021) | Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies |
| Michael E. Kreger | Alaska | Construction |
| Kevin Feldis | Alaska | Litigation: General Commercial |
| James N. Leik | Alaska | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Eric B. Fjelstad | Alaska | Natural Resources & Environment |
| Cameron Leonard | Alaska | Natural Resources & Environment |
| Raj N. Gangadean | Arizona | Corporate/M&A |
| Eliot Kaplan | Arizona | Corporate/M&A |
| Shane R. Swindle | Arizona | Environment |
| Christopher D. Thomas | Arizona | Environment |
| Matthew L. Rojas | Arizona | Environment: Water Rights |
| Karin Scherner Aldama | Arizona | Insurance |
| Joel W. Nomkin | Arizona | Litigation: Appellate |
| Paul F. Eckstein | Arizona | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Jessica L. Everett-Garcia | Arizona | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Joseph E. Mais | Arizona | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Jean-Jacques Cabou | Arizona | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Jordan Green | Arizona | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Alexis E. Danneman | Arizona | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Thomas D. 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 Jones-McKeown | California | Construction |
| Marc Bruner | California | Environment |
| Julie Jones | California | Environment |
| Barbara J. Schussman | California | Environment |
| Laura Godfrey Zagar | California | Environment |
| Viola T. Kung | California | Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation |
| Michael J. Wise | California | Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation |
| Cecily T. 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 |
| Camarin Madigan | California | Real Estate |
| Michael Glaser | California | Venture Capital |
| Caitlin Carey | California (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Paula Leibovitz Goodwin | California (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Sonny Allison | Colorado | Corporate/M&A |
| Jason Day | Colorado | Corporate/M&A |
| Nathaniel Ford | Colorado | Corporate/M&A |
| Peter J. Kinsella | Colorado | Intellectual Property |
| David St. John-Larkin | Colorado | Intellectual Property |
| Amanda Tessar | Colorado | Intellectual Property |
| T. Markus Funk | Colorado | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Wendy L. Moore | District of Columbia | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation |
| Donald Baur | District of Columbia | Environment |
| Alix Bromer | District of Columbia | Environment |
| LeAnn Johnson Koch | District of Columbia | Environment |
| William G. Malley | District of Columbia | Environment |
| Shannon M. Bloodworth | District of Columbia | Intellectual Property: Litigation |
| Brandon White | District of Columbia | Intellectual Property: Litigation |
| Eric Dodson Greenberg | District of Columbia | Media & Entertainment |
| Eric Dodson Greenberg | District of Columbia | Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite |
| Marc S. Martin | District of Columbia | Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite |
| Stephen Hardesty | Idaho | Corporate/Commercial |
| Melanie G. Rubocki | Idaho | Corporate/Commercial |
| Erika Eaton Malmen | Idaho | Natural Resources & Environment |
| David M. Neff | Illinois | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Eric Walker | Illinois | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Daniel Zazove | Illinois | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Alexandra Cole | Illinois | Construction |
| Kevin Kolton | Illinois | Construction |
| James Cruger | Illinois | Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
| Teri A. Lindquist | Illinois | Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
| James M. Davis | Illinois | Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
| Michael O. Warnecke | Illinois | Intellectual Property |
| Susan J. Daley | Illinois | Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
| Pravin Rao | Illinois | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Caryn L. Trombino | Illinois | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Alexandra Cole | Illinois | Real Estate |
| Marcelo Halpern | Illinois | Technology & Outsourcing |
| Sandra Newman | Illinois (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Domingo Such | Illinois (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Shari Brandt | New York | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| David Massey | New York | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Lee S. Richards III | New York | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Lee S. Richards III | New York | Securities: Regulation: Enforcement |
| John F. Delaney | New York | Technology |
| Brentley Bullock | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| Christopher Hall | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| David S. Matheson | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| John R. Thomas | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| Roy W. Tucker | Oregon | Corporate/M&A |
| Priscilla Hampton | Oregon | Environment |
| Jeffrey L. Hunter | Oregon | Environment |
| Christopher W. Rich | Oregon | Environment |
| Stephen Feldman | Oregon | Intellectual Property |
| Julia E. Markley | Oregon | Intellectual Property |
| Calvin Keith | Oregon | Labor & Employment |
| Robert L. Aldisert | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Sarah Crooks | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Stephen F. English | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Thomas Johnson | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Renee Rothauge | Oregon | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Cody M. Weston | 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 |
| Richard Hankins | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Lauren Kulpa | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Ann Marie Painter | Texas | Labor & Employment |
| Dean W. Harvey | Texas | Technology: Outsourcing |
| James Gradel | Washington | Banking & Finance |
| Alan D. Smith | Washington | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Andrew L. Greene | Washington | Construction |
| Richard Prentke | Washington | Construction |
| Graehm C. Wallace | Washington | Construction |
| Andrew Bor | Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
| David C. Clarke | Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
| Eric A. DeJong | Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
| Stewart M. Landefeld | Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
| David F. McShea | Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
| Andrew B. Moore | Washington | Corporate/Commercial |
| Kurt E. Linsenmayer | Washington | Employee Benefits & Compensation |
| Donald Kari | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Jason T. Kuzma | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| John Pierce | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Pamela J. Anderson | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Sheree Strom Carson | Washington | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Michael Dunning | Washington | Environment |
| L. John Iani | Washington | Environment |
| Karen M. McGaffey | Washington | Environment |
| Meredith Weinberg | Washington | Environment |
| Anne Redman | Washington | Healthcare |
| David B. Robbins | Washington | Healthcare |
| KoKo Huang | Washington | Immigration |
| Ramsey M. Al-Salam | Washington | Intellectual Property |
| Paul T. Parker | Washington | Intellectual Property |
| Bruce Michael Cross | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| Kevin J. Hamilton | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| Jeffrey Hollingsworth | Washington | Labor & Employment |
| Ronald L. Berenstain | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| David J. Burman | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Kathleen M. O'Sullivan | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Harry H. Schneider, Jr. | Washington | Litigation: General Commercial |
| David F. Taylor | Washington | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
| Serena S. Carlsen | Washington | Real Estate |
| Craig S. Gilbert | Washington | Real Estate |
| Devin P. McComb | Washington | Real Estate |
| Carl T. Crow | Washington | Tax |
| Bryan S. Smith | Washington | Tax |
| Colonel Betz | Washington (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Janis Cunningham | Washington (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Bruce Flynn | Washington (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Tom Gores | Washington (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Steven Schindler | Washington (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Akane Suzuki | Washington (HNW 2020) | Private Wealth Law |
| Christopher G. Hanewicz | Wisconsin | Intellectual Property |
| David Anstaett | Wisconsin | Intellectual Property: Litigation |
| Christopher G. Hanewicz | 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 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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