Lane Powell is proud to announce that 91 attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Lawyers of the Year
Special recognition goes to our 2021 "Lawyers of the Year," who received the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. The award is presented to only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
- John Gadon: Portland “Lawyer of the Year” in Tax Litigation and Controversy
- Michael Parise: Alaska “Lawyer of the Year” in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
- Milo Petranovich: Portland “Lawyer of the Year” in Antitrust
- Mike Reilly: Seattle “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation and Employee Benefits (ERISA)
- Tom Sondag: Portland “Lawyer of the Year” in Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Steve Winters: Seattle “Lawyer of the Year” in CleanTech
Best Lawyers
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. Warren Babb, Jennifer Beyerlein, Tiffany Connors, Brett Durbin, Neil Evans, Holly Johnston, Brian Kiolbasa, Gary Kirk, Ryan McBride and Dawn Spratley are new additions to the Best Lawyers list this year.
Anchorage
- Brewster Jamieson: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance
- Michael Parise: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Corporate
- Peter Partnow: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Portland
- Jeremy Bader: Real Estate
- Jeff Bird: Mergers and Acquisitions
- Bruce Cahn: Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation
- David Criswell: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency Reorganization
- Ken Davis: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Neil Evans: Commercial Litigation
- Pilar French: Litigation – Banking and Finance
- John Gadon: Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax
- Paul George: Commercial Litigation
- Kenny Haglund: Mergers and Acquisitions
- Bruce Hamlin: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Peter Hawkes: Appellate Practice
- David Hosenpud: Commercial Litigation, Employment – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Chip Hudson: Eminent Domain and Condemnation
- Holly Johnston: Patent
- Brian Kiolbasa: Commercial Litigation
- Janet Larsen: Commercial Litigation
- Bob Maloney: Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Carter Mann: Commercial Litigation
- Lee Nusich: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
- Paul Ostroff: Employment – Management, Labor – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Milo Petranovich: Antitrust, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Securities
- Bryan Powell: Real Estate
- Mike Silvey: Real Estate
- Vicki Smith: Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Tom Sondag: Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
- Tony Summers: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Jeff Wolfstone: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate, International Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions
Seattle
- Barry Abbott: Banking and Finance, Corporate, Financial Services Regulation, Insurance
- Warren Babb: Insurance
- Mark Beard: Insurance
- Stan Beck: Construction, Litigation – Construction, Real Estate
- Randy Beighle: Commercial Litigation
- Jennifer Beyerlein: Litigation – Construction
- Stephania Denton: Litigation – Insurance
- Scott Campbell: Real Estate
- Tiffany Connors: Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Paige Davis: Tax
- Grant Degginger: Construction, Environmental
- Barb Duffy: Commercial Litigation, Elder, Health Care, Litigation – Health Care
- Brett Durbin: Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax
- Mike Dwyer: Corporate, Real Estate
- Scott Edwards: Tax
- Rudy Englund: Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Greg Fox: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
- Pat Franke: Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tom Grohman: Corporate
- Lewis Horowitz: Tax
- Gary Kirk: Trusts and Estates
- Sarah MacLeod: Trusts and Estates
- Gail Mautner: Employment – Management, Labor – Management, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
- Ryan McBride: Commercial Litigation
- Mike Morgan: Corporate Governance, Corporate, Employment – Individuals, Employment – Management, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mike Nesteroff: Litigation – Environmental
- Heidi Orr: Trusts and Estates
- Mike Reilly: Employee Benefits (ERISA), Employment – Management, Labor – Management, Litigation – ERISA
- Chuck Riley: Trusts and Estates
- Joan Robinson: Banking and Finance
- David Schoeggl: Insurance, Litigation – Insurance
- Julie Seidenstein: Banking and Finance
- Dawn Spratley: Trusts and Estates
- Paul Swanson: Trademark
- Tim Wackerbarth: Railroad
- Steve Winters: CleanTech, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trademark
Ones to Watch
New in 2021, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 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.
Anchorage
- Hans Huggler: Commercial Litigation, Transportation
Portland
- Liz Davis: Corporate
- Cassandra Mercer: Intellectual Property
- Ben Pirie: Corporate
- Lisa Poplawski: Corporate
- Kristen Price: Commercial Litigation
- Nick Stone: Commercial Litigation
- Cozette Tran-Caffee: Real Estate
- Mohammed Workicho: Commercial Litigation
- Masa Yamaguchi: Corporate
Seattle
- Joseph Adamson: Commercial Litigation
- Katie Bass: Commercial Litigation
- Will Brunnquell: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
- Bret Finkelstein: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities
- Per Jansen: Commercial Litigation
- Manpreet Kaur: Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
- Dan Kittle: Commercial Litigation
- Jamie Lanier: Nonprofit/Charities, Trusts and Estates
- Shirley Lou-Magnuson: Labor and Employment – Management
- Devon McCurdy: Commercial Litigation
- Qingqing Miao: Corporate
- Angie Nolet: Commercial Litigation
- Gregory Pyle: Elder
- Aaron Schaer: Commercial Litigation
- Jimmy Zack: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
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