Thomas Page Named 2009 Oregon Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
3/4/2009

Stoel Rives LLP, a full-service U.S. business law firm, is pleased to announce that Thomas R. Page is named 2009 Oregon Real Estate Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America.

Thomas Page is a member of the firm in the Real Estate group. He works extensively with developers and owners of shopping centers, office buildings, apartment buildings, and industrial property on various real estate transactions. Page has particular expertise in the areas of real estate ownership entities, real estate finance, real estate development and management, real estate purchases and sales, and commercial landlord-tenant law. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon Law School (J.D., Order of the Coif, 1978) and the University of Kansas (B.A., with highest distinction, 1973) and is admitted to the state bar of Oregon.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of leading attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2009) is based on more than 2.5 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. According to Best Lawyers, the attorneys being honored as "Lawyers of the Year" have received particularly high ratings from their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

"Tom truly deserves this important recognition," said Stoel Rives Managing Partner, Robert D. Van Brocklin. "Our real estate clients rely on Tom to handle very sophisticated work and he has represented a large number of the most successful and dynamic companies in the Pacific Northwest. This award simply recognizes the high regard in which Tom is held by the clients for whom he works and lawyers throughout Oregon."

About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing corporate and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. The firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 12 offices in eight states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in energy, real estate, project development, land use and construction, natural resources, environmental, labor and employment, litigation, corporate and intellectual property law. The firm has offices in Anchorage, Alaska; Boise, Idaho; Denver, Colo.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Portland, Ore.; Sacramento, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Diego, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; Tahoe City, Calif.; and Vancouver, Wash. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.