Lane Powell is proud to announce that 128 attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Lawyers of the Year Special recognition goes to our 2025 “Lawyers of the Year,” who received the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. This award is presented to only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
- Bruce Cahn, Portland “Lawyer of the Year” in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Kara Backus, Portland “Lawyer of the Year” in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Best Lawyers
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© is based on a rigorous national survey involving more than four million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Diane Babbitt, Magdalena Bragun, Garrett Crawshaw, Jeff Duncan, Rishi Puri, Gabi Sanchez, Christine Thelen, and Masa Yamaguchi are new additions to the Best Lawyers list this year.
Anchorage
- Mike Baylous, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
- Brewster Jamieson, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Insurance
- Michael Parise, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law
Portland
- Jeremy Babener, Tax Law
- Kara Backus, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Jeremy Bader, Real Estate Law
- Bruce Cahn, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Garrett Crawshaw, Real Estate Law
- David Criswell, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Ken Davis, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Jeff Duncan, Commercial Litigation
- Pilar French, Litigation - Banking and Finance
- John Gadon, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
- Paul George, Commercial Litigation
- Kenny Haglund, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- David Hosenpud, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Chip Hudson, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Brian Kiolbasa, Commercial Litigation
- Eric Kodesch, Tax Law
- Janet Larsen, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate
- Carter Mann, Commercial Litigation
- Lee Nusich, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Paul Ostroff, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Doug Parker, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Lisa Poplawski, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Bryan Powell, Real Estate Law
- Rishi Puri, Employment Law - Management
- Gabi Sanchez, Elder Law
- Mike Silvey, Real Estate Law
- Christine Thelen, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Jeff Wolfstone, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Masa Yamaguchi, Corporate Law
Seattle
- Diane Babbitt, Commercial Litigation
- Mark Beard, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
- Stan Beck, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, Real Estate Law
- Jennifer Beyerlein, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
- Steve Block, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation
- Katheryn Bradley, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Magdalena Bragun, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Callie Castillo, Commercial Litigation
- Tiffany Connors, Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Paige Davis, Tax Law
- Grant Degginger, Construction Law, Environmental Law
- Stephania Denton, Litigation - Insurance
- Barbara Duffy, Commercial Litigation, Elder Law, Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care
- Brett Durbin, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
- Scott Edwards, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
- Chuck Ekberg, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Rudy Englund, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Greg Fox, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Pat Franke, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Andrew Gabel, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
- Larry Gangnes, Antitrust Law
- Tom Grohman, Corporate Law
- Lewis Horowitz, Tax Law
- Charlie Huber, Commercial Litigation
- Sean Jackson, Employment Law - Management
- Jen Jewkes, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
- Beth Joffe, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Gary Kirk, Trusts and Estates
- Mike Kitson, Employment Law - Management
- Dan Kittle, Commercial Litigation
- Abe Lorber, Commercial Litigation
- Sarah MacLeod, Trusts and Estates
- Carin Marney, Commercial Litigation, Elder Law
- Katie Matison, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation
- Gail Mautner, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
- Ryan McBride, Commercial Litigation
- Qingqing Miao, Corporate Law
- Mike Morgan, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Mary Lee Moseley, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
- Mike Nesteroff, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
- Jeff Odom, Litigation – Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Paul Ohainle, Trusts and Estates
- Heidi Orr, Trusts and Estates
- Ellie Perka, Construction Law, Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Construction
- Bonnie Peterson, Health Care Law
- Mike Reilly, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - ERISA
- Chuck Riley, Trusts and Estates
- Joan Robinson, Banking and Finance Law
- David Schoeggl, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
- Julie Seidenstein, Banking and Finance Law
- Matthew Stoloff, Commercial Litigation
- Paul Swanson, Trademark Law
- Tim Wackerbarth, Railroad Law
- Taylor Washburn, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities
- Steve Winters, CleanTech Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Trademark Law
- Andrew Yates, Commercial Litigation, Railroad Law, Transportation Law
Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers, typically five to nine years of practice, for outstanding professional excellence. Recognition is based entirely on peer review and employs the Best Lawyers methodology. Angela Chen, A.C. Estacio-Heilich, Dailey Koga, Hari Kumar, Dan Miller, Dana Mydland, Ryan O'Hollaren, Ethan Picone, and Joe Ridgeway are new additions to the Ones to Watch list this year.
Anchorage
- Erika O'Sullivan, Commercial Litigation
Portland
- Joe Cerne, Corporate Law
- Liz Davis, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law
- A.C. Estacio-Heilich, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Andrew Geppert, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Diego Gutiérrez, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Brandon Mahrt, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Ryan O'Hollaren, Commercial Litigation
- Carlisle Pearson, Commercial Litigation
- Alexis Prado, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Heather St.Clair, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Mohammed Workicho, Commercial Litigation
Seattle
- Katie Bass, Commercial Litigation
- Angela Chen, Commercial Litigation
- Julia Clark, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
- Rachel Constantino-Wallace, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- John Coughlan, Corporate Law
- Alexander Fung, Corporate Law
- Dan Goodman, Corporate Law
- Lachlan Huck, Corporate Law
- Aaron Johnson, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
- Dailey Koga, Commercial Litigation
- Hari Kumar, Commercial Litigation
- Jamie Lanier, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
- Shirley Lou-Magnuson, Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Becky Mares, Corporate Law, Transportation Law
- Devon McCurdy, Commercial Litigation
- Aimee Miller, Tax Law
- Dan Miller, Commercial Litigation
- Dana Mydland, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Kellen Patterson, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, Transportation Law
- Ethan Picone, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Greg Pyle, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Elder Law
- Joe Ridgeway, Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Aaron Schaer, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation
- Sascha Schilbach, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Jonathan Schirmer, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction
- Kai Subic-Skattum, Trusts and Estates
- Jimmy Zack, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Parisa Zarelli, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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