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Michael

Michael D. Dwyer

Counsel to the Firm

With more than 40 years of experience, Mike Dwyer understands the importance of listening to clients, determining their needs and wants, and providing practical legal and business advice to help clients launch, grow and protect their businesses.

He regularly counsels clients on:

Entity selection and organization,
Borrowing and lending,
Private equity,
Contracting,
Dispute resolution and risk mitigation,
Mergers and acquisitions,
Commercial and office leasing,
Equipment and personal property leasing,
Land assembly and real estate transactions, and
Secured transactions and tax.

Mike has worked with a broad spectrum of individual business owners and entrepreneurs, large and small organizations, and nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations in a variety of industries including:

Agriculture,
Cancer research,
Healthcare,
Investment banking,
Timber and forest products,
Manufacturing,
Shipbuilding,
Equipment leasing,
Office leasing,
Real estate development, and
Technology.

Experience

Formation of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Sale of 137 Acres
WSY, Inc.
Sale of Manufacturing and Vessel-Sales Facilities
PSA Composites LLC
Sale of PSA Composites LLC to Weyerhaeuser Company
$94.7M Sale of Sawmills
Diamond Technology Innovations, Inc.
Sale of Industrial Diamond Technology for Waterjet Cutting Tools to Bourn & Koch, Inc.
Olympic Medical Corporation
Sale of Olympic Medical Corporation to Natus Medical Incorporated

Professional Experience

Lane Powell PC

Counsel to the Firm (2016-2018)
Shareholder (1978-2016)
Co-Managing Partner (1998-2002)
Partner in Charge (1994-2002)
Joined the Firm (January 2, 1973)

Community Involvement

General Counsel and Trustee, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Former Secretary (1999-2014)

United States Law Firm Group, Past President (2004)

American Bar Association, Business Section

Washington State Bar Association, Business Section and Real Estate Section

Thought Leadership

August 20, 2020News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
August 15, 2019News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Recognizes 63 Lane Powell Attorneys
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August 15, 2018News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Recognizes 62 Lane Powell Attorneys
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June 18, 2018News
Thirty-two Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 14 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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August 15, 2017News
Fifty-nine Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers® in America 2018
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June 9, 2017News
Thirty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 16 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
Awards & Honors
August 17, 2016News
Fifty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017
Awards & Honors
August 17, 2015News
Forty-eight Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016
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June 12, 2015News
Thirty-two Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 11 Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
Awards & Honors
August 18, 2014News
Fifty-One Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015
Awards & Honors
June 13, 2014News
Thirty-five Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Fifteen Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
Awards & Honors
June 14, 2013News
Thirty-Six Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Sixteen Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
Awards & Honors
June 13, 2012News
28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers;’ 12 Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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August 9, 2011News
Thirty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
Awards & Honors
June 20, 2011News
Twenty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers;’ Ten Lane Powell Attorneys Named As ‘Washington Rising Stars’
Awards & Honors
July 20, 2010News
58 Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
Awards & Honors
June 6, 2010News
28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 2010
Awards & Honors

Practices & Industries

Corporate, Securities and M&A
Real Estate

Education

George Washington University, J.D., 1972
- Order of the Coif
- George Washington University Law Review, Notes Editor (1971-1972)
University of Washington, B.A., cum laude, 1969

Admissions

Washington
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Honors

“Washington Super Lawyer,” Thomson Reuters, Business/Corporate (1999, 2002-2018)

“Top Business Lawyers,” Seattle Business magazine (2008)

“Best Lawyers,” survey published by Seattle Metropolitan (2006-2007)

AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™

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