103 Stoel Rives Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America Directory
10/10/2007

CONTACT: Kristen Leis, Business Development Manager, (503) 294-9343

PORTLAND- Stoel Rives LLP, a full-service U.S. business law firm, is proud to announce that 103 of its attorneys have been named to the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Thirteen of those named are newly listed attorneys. The honorees include attorneys from six of the firm's offices.

Stoel Rives ranks second among U.S. law firms for the number of attorneys listed in the Water Law category, and third for Advertising Law, Communications Law, Employee Benefits Law and Environmental Law. The firm ties for rank 22 nationwide for the number of attorneys listed. In Oregon, where the firm's largest office is located, Stoel Rives garnered more Best Lawyers listings than any other law firm.

Below are highlights of the firm's office rankings in Best Lawyers 2008:

• Fifty-five attorneys from the firm's Portland office are listed a total of 85 times in Best Lawyers 2008. The firm ranks first in Oregon for the number of lawyers listed in 27categories including Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labor and Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law, Securities Law, and Trusts and Estates.

• In the firm's Salt Lake office, twenty-two attorneys are listed a total of 31 times. The firm ranks first in Utah for the number of attorneys listed in Communications Law and Corporate Law, and second in nine categories including Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law, Securities Law and Trusts and Estates.
• Seven attorneys from the firm's Boise office are listed a total of ten times. The firm ranks first in Idaho for the number of attorneys listed in Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. It ranks second for lawyers listed in Environmental Law, Labor and Employment Law and Water Law.
• In the firm's Seattle office, seventeen attorneys are listed a total of 18 times. The firm ranks first in Washington for the number of attorneys listed in Construction Law and second for Banking Law, Communications Law, Native American Law and White-Collar Criminal Defense.
• Two attorneys from the firm's California offices are listed in the categories of Water Law, and Land Use & Zoning Law. Stoel Rives has offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego and Tahoe City.

This is the 14th edition and 24th year of publication of Best Lawyers, which is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Stoel Rives lawyers included in the 2008 edition are listed below. Parenthetical notes indicate which attorneys have been listed in Best Lawyers for more than 10 or 20 consecutive years, and asterisks indicate newly listed attorneys.

Boise

Kevin J. Beaton - Environmental Law, Water Law
Paul M. Boyd - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
James C. Dale - Labor and Employment Law
Mark S. Geston - Commercial Litigation*
Krista K. McIntyre - Environmental Law
Kris J. Ormseth - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
J. Walter Sinclair - Commercial Litigation

California

Sacramento
Craig M. Wilson - Water Law

Tahoe City
Michael B. Brown - Land Use & Zoning Law

Portland

Steven W. Abel - Land Use & Zoning Law
Richard E. Alexander - Construction Law
Paul S. Angello (10 years) - Intellectual Property Law
Todd A. Bauman - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law
Ruth A. Beyer - Corporate Governance & Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Paul O. Buchanan - Labor and Employment Law
Michael R. Campbell - Environmental Law, Water Law
Stuart Chestler - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Nancy L. Cowgill (20 years) - Trusts and Estates
E. Joseph Dean - Intellectual Property Law
Barnes H. Ellis (20 years) - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Edward L. Epstein (20 years) - Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Howard M. Feuerstein (20 years) - Real Estate Law
David E. Filippi - Natural Resources Law, Water Law
Jerry R. Fish (10 years) - Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law
Randolph C. Foster - Commercial Litigation*
Eugene Al Frassetto - Real Estate Law*
Gary W. Glisson - Information Technology Law
Eric A. Grasberger - Construction Law
David W. Green (10 years) - Real Estate Law
Dan Grinfas - Labor and Employment Law*
Ronald S. Grossmann (10 years) - Employee Benefits Law
John J. Halle - Securities Law
Christopher R. Hermann - Environmental Law
Christopher K. Heuer - Tax Law
Henry H. Hewitt (20 years) - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law
Charles F. Hinkle (10 years) - Appellate Law, First Amendment Law
William H. Holmes - Energy Law, Environmental Law
Karen E. Jones - Energy Law
Emily V. Karr - Trusts and Estates
Victor J. Kisch - Labor and Employment Law
Christine Kitchel (10 years) - Labor and Employment Law
Margaret B. Kushner - Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Dennis Leybold - Employee Benefits Law
Gregory H. Macpherson (10 years) - Employee Benefits Law
Robert T. Manicke - Tax Law
Robert J. Moorman - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
J. Mark Morford (10 years) - Environmental Law
Gregory R. Mowe - Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Joel A. Mullin - Commercial Litigation*
Barbara L. Nay - Health Care Law
Mark A. Norby (10 years) - Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Timber Law
Margaret Hill Noto (10 years) - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
Thomas R. Page (10 years) - Real Estate Law
Terrence R. Pancoast - Non-Profit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
Per A. Ramfjord - Commercial Litigation*
Guy A. Randles - Construction Law
Edward J. Reeves - Labor and Employment Law
Lois O. Rosenbaum - Commercial Litigation
Pendleton Hamlet Serrurier - Non-Profit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
Joan P. Snyder - Environmental Law
E. Walter Van Valkenburg - Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property
Jere M. Webb (10 years) - Advertising Law, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law
James N. Westwood (10 years) - Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation
Marcus Wood (10 years) - Energy Law
Thomas R. Wood - Environmental Law*

Salt Lake City

J. Keith Adams (10 years) - Trusts and Estates
John A. Anderson - Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Martin K. Banks - Environmental Law*
Kenneth B. Black - Commercial Litigation*
Matthew M. Durham - Labor and Employment Law*
Thomas A. Ellison (10 years) - Real Estate Law
Brent J. Giauque - Corporate Law
Ervin R. Holmes - Real Estate Law
Richard H. Johnson II (10 years) - Trusts and Estates
Nathan W. Jones - Securities Law
David J. Jordan - Commercial Litigation
Danny C. Kelly (10 years) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
John S. Kirkham (10 years) - Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
Guy P. Kroesche - Real Estate Law
Kevin B. Laurence - Intellectual Property Law
Michael E. Mangelson - Intellectual Property Law
Ronald G. Moffitt - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Gregory B. Monson (10 years) - Communications Law, Energy Law
Ted D. Smith - Communications Law
Reed W. Topham - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities Law
James F. Wood - Trusts and Estates*
Steven D. Woodland - Employee Benefits Law

Seattle

Margaret L. Barbier - Labor and Employment Law
Beth S. Ginsberg - Environmental Law
Richard L. Goldfarb - Banking Law
Richard A. Hopp (20 years) - Employee Benefits Law
Eric S. Laschever - Land Use & Zoning Law
Jeffrey W. Leppo - Environmental Law
Charles S. Lewis, III - Tax Law
Alan R. Merkle - Construction Law*
Michael P. O'Connell - Native American Law
Timothy J. O'Connell - Communications Law, Labor and Employment Law
David H. Rockwell (10 years) - Real Estate Law
Jerome L. Rubin (10 years) - Labor and Employment Law
Barbara C. Sherland (10 years) - Trusts and Estates
J. Ronald Sim - White-Collar Criminal Defense*
Gordon W. Tanner - Real Estate Law
Mimi G. Warner - Employee Benefits Law
W. Scott Wert - Banking Law

About The Best Lawyers in America®: Best Lawyers lists are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the United States confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2008 edition is based on more than 2 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. For more details on the rankings, visit www.bestlawyers.com.

About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing counseling and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. The firm has more than 350 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in energy, natural resources, environmental, litigation, corporate and intellectual property law. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.