Thirty Perkins Coie Lawyers of the Year Named by Best Lawyers® for 2024
SEATTLE and NEW YORK (August 17, 2023)—Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 30 of its lawyers from 11 metropolitan areas have been named 2024 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®.
The Best Lawyers in America list is based on exhaustive peer-review assessments conducted with thousands of leading lawyers each year. Lawyers being honored as "Lawyer of the Year" are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages and high ratings received during the process for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
The Perkins Coie 2024 Lawyers of the Year are:
| Lawyer | Practicing in | Metropolitan Area |
| Michael E. Kreger** | Litigation - Construction | Anchorage |
| Stephanie Loomis-Price | Trusts and Estates | Austin |
| Dean W. Harvey* | Information Technology Law | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Nathaniel G. Ford | Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law | Denver |
| Charles G. Curtis, Jr. | Appellate Practice | Madison |
| Christopher G. Hanewicz | Litigation - Intellectual Property | Madison |
| John F. Delaney | Information Technology Law | New York City |
| H. Michael Clyde | Antitrust Law | Phoenix |
| Jean-Jacques Cabou | Criminal Defense: White-Collar | Phoenix |
| Joel W. Nomkin | Bet-the-Company Litigation | Phoenix |
| John R. Thomas | Securities / Capital Markets Law | Portland, OR |
| Roy W. Tucker | Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Portland, OR |
| Stephen F. English | Product Liability Litigation - Defendants | Portland, OR |
| Barbara J. Schussman** | Land Use and Zoning Law | San Francisco |
| Akane R. Suzuki* | Trusts and Estates | Seattle |
| Andrew Bor | Corporate Governance Law | Seattle |
| Bruce E. Dick | Technology Law | Seattle |
| Bryan S. Smith | Tax Law | Seattle |
| Christopher J. Daley-Watson | Patent Law | Seattle |
| David C. Clarke | Venture Capital Law | Seattle |
| Gregg D. Barton | Litigation and Controversy - Tax | Seattle |
| Kathleen M. O'Sullivan | Appellate Practice | Seattle |
| Kurt E. Linsenmayer | Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law | Seattle |
| Pamela J. Anderson | Energy Regulatory Law | Seattle |
| Ramsey M. Al-Salam | Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent | Seattle |
| Ronald L. Berenstain | Litigation - ERISA | Seattle |
| Steve Y. Koh | Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants | Seattle |
| Valerie L. Hughes | Education Law | Seattle |
*First time named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers
**Two Years in a row
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