AUGUST 15, 2024 - More than 180 attorneys at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP have been included in the newest edition of the peer-review publication Best Lawyers. Ten of those lawyers received the 2025 Lawyer of the Year accolade in their city and practice.
Davis Wright's growing base of up-and-coming talent was also recognized by Best Lawyers, which named over 120 early-career attorneys at the firm as Ones to Watch—a jump of nearly one-third from last year.
The annual Best Lawyers list is drawn from detailed, confidential evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Based on those surveys, Best Lawyers compiles its list of the country's best lawyers and designates a single Lawyer of the Year in each of several high-profile practice areas in major legal markets.
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Lawyer Name |
Practice Area |
Location |
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Brad Fisher |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) |
Seattle |
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Dana M. Reid |
Nonprofit / Charities Law |
Seattle |
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Fred B. Burnside |
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants |
Seattle |
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Hope R. Levy-Biehl |
Health Care Law |
Los Angeles |
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James E. Wreggelsworth |
Tax Law |
Seattle |
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Laura R. Handman |
Media Law |
New York |
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Ragan L. Powers |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Richard J. Birmingham |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Seattle |
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Scott W. MacCormack |
Energy Law |
Seattle |
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Thomas R. Burke |
Litigation - First Amendment |
San Francisco |
Best Lawyers also designated the following as Ones to Watch:
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Lawyer Name |
Practice Area |
Location |
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Sancho Accorsi |
Commercial Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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Anastasia Alen |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Los Angeles |
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MaryAnn Almeida |
Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law |
Seattle |
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Yasmin Amin-Reimer |
Technology Law |
San Francisco |
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Linda Atkins |
Land Use and Zoning Law |
Bellevue |
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Kevin Badgley |
Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law |
Seattle |
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Michaela Bantilan Andrawis |
Health Care Law |
Los Angeles |
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Ella Beres |
Banking and Finance Law |
Richmond |
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Rachel I. Block |
Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law |
Seattle |
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Ian Brereton |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Los Angeles |
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John Browning |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
New York |
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Margaret A. Burnham |
Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Bellevue |
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Heather Canner |
Appellate Practice |
Los Angeles |
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Jack Chang |
Entertainment and Sports Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law |
Seattle |
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Jennifer K. Chung |
Litigation - Patent |
Seattle |
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Caitlyn G. Cowan |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Grant M. Damon-Feng |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Chad Darcy |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Richmond |
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Haldane Davies |
Energy Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Tiffanie De la Riva |
Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment |
San Francisco |
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Thomas DeFranco |
Securities Regulation |
Washington, D.C. |
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Apurva Dharia |
Health Care Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Nic Doherty |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Seattle |
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Hannah Donahue |
Communications Law |
Los Angeles |
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Daisy Dong |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Rachel Douglas |
Administrative / Regulatory Law |
Los Angeles |
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Brent Droze |
Land Use and Zoning Law |
Seattle |
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Lukas Dudkowski |
Litigation - Intellectual Property, Technology Law |
Seattle |
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Nellie Dunderdale |
Banking and Finance Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Abigail Everdell |
Entertainment and Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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Anna Fero |
Energy Law |
San Francisco |
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Marissa Franco |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Los Angeles |
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Eric Franz |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Cydney Freeman |
Entertainment and Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law |
Los Angeles |
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Valerie N. Gallo |
Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Los Angeles |
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Scottland Glenn |
Real Estate Law |
Seattle |
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Drake J. Glesmann |
Coporate Law |
Seattle |
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Rachel R. Goldberg |
Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property |
Los Angeles |
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Kristal Graham |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Anchorage |
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Derek D. Green |
Energy Law |
Portland |
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Maya Harel |
Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment |
San Francisco |
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Bethany K. Hatef |
Administrative / Regulatory Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Christine C. Hawkins |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Bellevue |
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Rachel Herd |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Darrah N. Hinton |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Seattle |
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Raphael Holoszyc-Pimentel |
Litigation - Intellectual Property |
New York |
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William Lewis Holtzman |
Entertainment and Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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David Huang |
Communications Law |
San Francisco |
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Jevan Hutson |
Privacy and Data Security Law |
Seattle |
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Christopher Im |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Los Angeles |
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Macaulay W. Ivory |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Olivier Jamin |
Energy Law, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law |
Portland |
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Jessica Jandura |
Communications Law, Technology Law |
San Francisco |
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Matt Jedreski |
Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Seattle |
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Michael D. Jefferson |
Real Estate Law |
Seattle |
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Brandon Johnson |
Communications Law, Technology Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Lauren E. Johnson |
Real Estate Law |
Portland |
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Katie E. Jorrie |
Energy Law |
San Francisco |
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Caesar Kalinowski |
Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property |
Seattle |
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Chelsea Kelly |
Intellectual Property Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Monder Khoury |
Commercial Litigation |
San Francisco |
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Richard Kim |
Real Estate Law |
Seattle |
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Thomas Kost |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Antonija Krizanac |
Construction Law |
Portland |
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Edlira Kuka |
Communications Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Megan Leonard |
Health Care Law |
Portland |
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Theo Lesczynski |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Amanda Levine |
Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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Andrew M. Lewis |
Commercial Litigation |
San Francisco |
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Xiang Li |
Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property |
Seattle |
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Claudia Lin |
Technology Law |
Seattle |
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Katie Loberstein |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Seattle |
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Michael Leone Lynch |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
New York |
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Kara Maddalena |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
San Francisco |
| Tyler Maffia | Labor and Employment Law - Management | Seattle |
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Rachel Marshall |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Bellevue |
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Erik D. Mass |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
New York |
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Billy Matthews |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Connor McCune |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Seattle |
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Carissa Meade |
Health Care Law |
Seattle |
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Heather Moelter |
Communications Law |
Portland |
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Soraya Mohamed |
Communications Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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James H. Moon |
Commercial Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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John C., Jr. Nelson |
Communications Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Beatrice Nuñez-Bellamy |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Los Angeles |
| Mackenzie Olson | Labor and Employment Law - Management | Anchorage |
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Shannon E. O'Neil |
Energy Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Christine Parkins Johnson |
Administrative / Regulatory Law, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Los Angeles |
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Mohammad B. Pathan |
Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust |
New York |
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Samin Peirovi |
Energy Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Scott Prange |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Seattle |
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Kristen L. Price |
Commercial Litigation |
Portland |
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Greg Raburn |
Patent Law |
Seattle |
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Megan Raymond |
Land Use and Zoning Law |
Seattle |
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Jibraun Riaz |
Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Los Angeles |
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Blake Robinson |
Real Estate Law |
Portland |
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Lindsay M. Samuel |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Los Angeles |
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Victoria Samuels |
Technology Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Adam Sgro |
Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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Adam M. Shapiro |
Technology Law |
Los Angeles |
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Rebecca Shelton |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Seattle |
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Katherine Sheriff |
Technology Law, Transportation Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Adam Sieff |
Commercial Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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James R. Sigel |
Appellate Practice |
San Francisco |
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Arthur A. Simpson |
Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Seattle |
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Raina Singer |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Los Angeles |
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Andy So |
Technology Law |
Seattle |
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Arielle Spinner |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Los Angeles |
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Walker Stanovsky |
Energy Law |
Seattle |
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Miriam Ricanne Swedlow |
Health Care Law |
Seattle |
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Chris Swift |
Commercial Litigation |
Portland |
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Gaurav Talwar |
Commercial Litigation |
New York |
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Seth Tangman |
Commercial Litigation |
Portland |
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Michael Tarantino |
Real Estate Law |
Seattle |
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Grace Thompson |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Seattle |
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L. Danielle Toaltoan |
Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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Rodrigo Tranamil |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
New York |
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Ashley L. Watkins Vulin |
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants |
Portland |
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Christopher Weathers |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Portland |
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Nick Wegley |
Environmental Law |
Bellevue |
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Cheryl Wei |
Entertainment and Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law |
Los Angeles |
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Conrad Wilton |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Los Angeles |
The full list of Davis Wright's recognized lawyers is below:
Anchorage
Scott Broadwell - Environmental Law
Barbara Simpson Kraft - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
Anne Marie Tavella - Construction Law
Bellevue
Mark W. Berry - Employment Law - Management
Crissa Cugini - Real Estate Law
Marco de Sa e Silva - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Rhys M. Farren - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Gregory A. Hendershott - Employment Law - Management
Richard A. Klobucher - Trusts and Estates
Paula L. Lehmann - Labor Law - Management
Lynn T. Manolopoulos - Environmental Law
Missy Mordy - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Kelsey M. Sheldon - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Devin Smith - Litigation - Labor and Employment
David J. Ubaldi - Environmental Law
Angela Vogel - Employment Law - Management
Chicago
Harris L. Kay - Litigation - Securities
Los Angeles
Peter Anderson - Entertainment Law - Music, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Media Law
Kathleen H. Drummy - Health Care Law
Mary Haas - Commercial Litigation
Jacob M. Harper - Food and Beverage Law
Nicolas A. Jampol - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Terri D. Keville - Health Care Law
Dan Laidman - Media Law
John P. LeCrone - Employment Law - Management
Hope R. Levy-Biehl - Health Care Law
Stacie K. Neroni - Health Care Law
Dayna Nicholson - Health Care Law
Alex Porter - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Kelli L. Sager - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, First Amendment Law, Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Rochelle B. Spandorf - Franchise Law
Tiffany Switzer - Real Estate Law
Suzanne K. Toller - Communications Law, Utilities Law
Robert A. Wyman - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
New York
Robert D. Balin - Media Law
Katherine M. Bolger - Copyright Law, Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Carolyn J. Casselman - Entertainment Law - Theater
M. Graham Coleman - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Entertainment Law - Theater, Media Law
Stephen J. Crimmins - Litigation - Securities, Securities Regulation
Lisa E. Dayan - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Robert J. Driscoll - Advertising Law
G. Roxanne Elings - Trademark Law
Nancy J. Felsten - Advertising Law
Nicholas A. Giannasca - Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law
Laura R. Handman - First Amendment Law, Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Victor A. Kovner - Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Elizabeth A. McNamara - Copyright Law, Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, First Amendment Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Media Law
Laura Sack - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Sharon Schneier - Media Law
Linda Steinman - Copyright Law, Media Law
Rachel Strom - Media Law
Lyle Zuckerman - Labor Law - Management
Portland, Ore.
Elaine R. Albrich - Energy Law, Land Use and Zoning Law
Sarah Ames Benedict - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Lawrence B. Burke - Environmental Law
Tim Cunningham - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
John A., Jr. DiLorenzo - Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
Marcus Eyth - Construction Law
Kaley L. Fendall - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Stuart C. Harris - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Thomas S. Hillier - Real Estate Law
Everett W., Jr. Jack - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
Kevin H. Kono - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - First Amendment
Jesse D. Lyon - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Andrew McStay - Commercial Litigation
Marisa Meltebeke - Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law
William D. Miner - Commercial Litigation
Jenna L. Mooney - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Sheila Fox Morrison - Copyright Law, Trademark Law
Matt Mues - Construction Law
Carol A. Noonan - Employment Law - Management
Michael C. Phillips - Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
Christie Totten - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mark P. Trinchero - Administrative / Regulatory Law, Communications Law, Utilities Law
Joseph M. VanLeuven - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Michael Zahn - Real Estate Law
Richmond
Cameron S. Matheson - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
San Francisco
Jeffrey S. Bosley - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Thomas Burke - Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Martin L. Fineman - Commercial Litigation
Steven F. Greenwald - Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law
Judith Droz Keyes - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Vidhya Prabhakaran - Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Utilities Law
Lisette Sell - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - ERISA
Kerry E. Shea - Environmental Law
Seattle
Scott Adams - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law
Darby Allen - Health Care Law
Kraig L. Marini Baker - Advertising Law, Technology Law
Louisa Barash - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Technology Law
Mark N. Bartlett - Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Health Care
Richard J. Birmingham - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - ERISA
Zana Z. Bugaighis - Commercial Litigation
Fred B. Burnside - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Diane M. Butler - Immigration Law
Benjamin J. Byer - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Cindy L. Caditz - Copyright Law, Trademark Law
Stuart C. Campbell - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Steven Caplow - Commercial Litigation
Anthony T. Caso - Real Estate Law
Pamela M. Charles - Tax Law
Jonathan DeMella - Construction Law
Matthew Diggs - Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Health Care
Michael Donohue - Patent Law, Technology Law, Trade Secrets Law
Lauren A. Dorsett - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jaime Drozd - Commercial Litigation
Jane Eckels - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Technology Law
Brent R. Eller - Health Care Law
Jason A. Farber - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Brad Fisher - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Health Care
James A. Flaggert - Trusts and Estates
Jason T. Froggatt - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Craig A. Gannett - Energy Law, Environmental Law
David W. Gee - Health Care Law
Pamela Genise - Immigration Law
Dirk Giseburt - Tax Law
John A. Goldmark - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Clayton Graham - Land Use and Zoning Law
James C. Grant - Advertising Law, Commercial Litigation
James A. Greenfield - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Robert G. Homchick - Health Care Law
James E. Howard - Commercial Litigation
Brian D. Hulse - Banking and Finance Law
Amy Hwang - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Bruce E. H. Johnson - Advertising Law, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, First Amendment Law, Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Wendy Kearns - Communications Law, Privacy and Data Security Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
Harry J. F. Korrell - Civil Rights Law, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Ambika Kumar - Litigation - First Amendment, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Matthew D. LeMaster - Corporate Law, Leisure and Hospitality Law
Scott W. MacCormack - Corporate Law, Energy Law
Traeger Machetanz - Construction Law
Bonnie MacNaughton - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Robert J. Maguire - Commercial Litigation
Brendan T. Mangan - Commercial Litigation
Sean McCann - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Hugh McCullough - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Jonathan Michaels - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Portia R. Moore - Employment Law - Management
Peter J. Mucklestone - Banking and Finance Law
Ruben Bolivar Pagán - Technology Law
Kenneth E. Payson - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
Lisa Peterson - Real Estate Law
Ragan L. Powers - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Michele Radosevich - Government Relations Practice, Tax Law
Lauren B. Rainwater - Commercial Litigation
Dana M. Reid - Nonprofit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
Adam D. Romney - Health Care Law
George C. Rondeau Jr. - Patent Law, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law
Kathryn S. Rosen - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Stephen M. Rummage - Advertising Law, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Andrew J. Schultheis - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Victoria Slade - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Eric M. Stahl - Communications Law, Copyright Law, First Amendment Law, Media Law
Dipa N. Sudra - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - ERISA
Sheehan Sullivan - Employment Law - Management
Brian J. Todd - Tax Law
Sarah English Tune - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Megan Vogel - Immigration Law
Daniel M. Waggoner - Communications Law, First Amendment Law, Technology Law
William L. Weigand III - Commercial Litigation
Joseph D. Weinstein - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Rebecca L. Williams - Health Care Law
LaVerne Woods - Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law
James E. Wreggelsworth - Tax Law
Jeffrey Youmans - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Washington, D.C.
Sean A. Atkins - Energy Law
Michael T. Borgia - Media Law
Eric Feder - Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Christopher D. Ford - Information Technology Law, Technology Law
Adam H. Greene - Health Care Law
K.C. Halm - Communications Law
Laura R. Handman - First Amendment Law, Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Paul B. Hudson - Communications Law
Nancy C. Libin - Privacy and Data Security Law
Thomas J. McGonigle - Litigation - Securities, Securities Regulation
Brian Nixon - Advertising Law
Christopher W. Savage - Communications Law
Robert G., Jr. Scott - Communications Law
John D. Seiver - Communications Law
Nathan Siegel - Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law
Robert Stankey - Communications Law
Jonathan P. Trotta - Energy Law
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