Fifty-nine Lane Powell attorneys were recently named in The Best Lawyers® in America 2018. Special congratulations go to our 2018 “Lawyers of the Year”: Rudy Englund, who was named for his work in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action — Defendants; Charles Hudson, who was named for his work in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Bruce Leaverton, who was named for his work in Banking and Finance Law; Michael Reilly, who was named for his work in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; and Thomas Sondag, who was named for his work in Appellate. This is the fourth time for Leaverton and Reilly, and the second time for Hudson and Sondag, to be recognized as “Lawyers of the Year.” They were recognized because they received a particularly high rating in Best Lawyers’® peer-review survey, signifying a high level of respect among peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity. The “Lawyer of the Year” award is presented to only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. Special recognition goes to Charles Ekberg and Michael Morgan who have been listed in Best Lawyers® for 30 years; and to Barry Abbott, Craig Bachman, Stanton Beck, Brian Bodine, Gordon Crim, Michael Dwyer, John Gadon, Thomas Grohman, Lewis Horowitz, David Hosenpud, Neil Kimmelfield, Bruce Leaverton, Robert Maloney, Andrew Morrow, Milo Petranovich, Bryan Powell, Charles Riley, Joan Robinson, Thomas Sondag and Katherine Spelman who have been listed for 10 or more years.
The Anchorage attorneys and their practice areas are:
- Brewster Jamieson, Litigation — Insurance
- Michael Parise, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
The Portland attorneys and their practice areas are:
- Craig Bachman, Litigation — Antitrust, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
- Jeffery Bird, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Bruce Cahn, Eminent Domain and Condemnation
- Gordon Crim, Banking and Finance
- David Criswell, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
- Kenneth Davis, Litigation — Intellectual Property
- Pilar French, Litigation — Banking & Finance
- John Gadon, Litigation & Controversy — Tax, Tax
- Kenneth Haglund, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Bruce Hamlin, Product Liability Litigation — Defendants
- David Hosenpud, Commercial Litigation, Employment — Management, Litigation — Labor & Employment, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions — Defendants
- Charles Hudson, Eminent Domain and Condemnation
- Neil Kimmelfield, Litigation & Controversy — Tax, Tax
- Jill Long, Land Use and Zoning
- Robert Maloney, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation
- Carter Mann, Commercial Litigation
- Parna Mehrbani, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Trademark
- Andrew Morrow, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Paul Ostroff, Employment — Management, Labor — Management, Litigation — Labor & Employment
- Milo Petranovich, Antitrust, Litigation — Securities, Commercial Litigation
- Bryan Powell, Real Estate
- Michael Silvey, Real Estate
- Vicki Smith, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation — Defendants, Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs
- Thomas Sondag, Appellate, Commercial Litigation
- Tony Summers, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization; Bankruptcy Litigation
- Jeffrey Wolfstone, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Seattle attorneys and their practice areas are:
- Barry Abbott, Banking and Finance, Corporate, Financial Services Regulation, Insurance
- Stanton Beck, Construction, Litigation — Construction
- Brian Bodine, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Patent, Trade Secrets
- Scott Campbell, Real Estate
- Paige Davis, Tax
- Brian DeFoe, Corporate
- Grant Degginger, Construction, Environmental
- Barbara Duffy, Commercial Litigation, Health Care, Senior Living and Long Term Care
- Michael Dwyer, Corporate, Real Estate
- Scott Edwards, Tax
- Charles Ekberg, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation — Bankruptcy
- Rudy Englund, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions — Defendants
- Gregory Fox, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
- Thomas Grohman, Corporate
- Lewis M. Horowitz, Tax
- Bruce Leaverton, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation — Banking and Finance, Litigation — Bankruptcy
- Malcolm Lindquist, Banking and Finance
- Sarah MacLeod, Trusts and Estates
- Gail Mautner, Employment — Management, Labor — Management, Trusts and Estates
- Michael Morgan, Corporate Governance, Corporate, Employment — Individuals, Employment — Management, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Heidi Orr, Trusts and Estates
- Michael Reilly, Employee Benefits (ERISA), Employment — Management, Labor — Management, Litigation — ERISA
- Jeffrey Reis, Patent
- Charles Riley, Trusts and Estates
- Joan Robinson, Banking and Finance
- Chuck Rullman, Employment Law — Management
- David Schoeggl, Insurance, Litigation — Insurance
- Kate Spelman, Copyright, Information Technology, Trademark
- Tim Wackerbarth, Railroad
- Gregory Wesner, Patent
- Steven Winters, CleanTech, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Trademark
Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America® is based on a rigorous national survey involving more than 4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. |
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