Stoel Rives Named One of 30 Best Law Firms in Nation for Client Service
11/17/2009
CONTACT: Rita M. Alli, Business Development Director, (206) 386-7658
PORTLAND- Stoel Rives LLP, a full-service U.S. business law firm, has been named one of the 30 top law firms in the country for providing exceptional service to its clients, according to independent research conducted by The BTI Consulting Group, a leading provider of strategic research to law firms and corporate general counsel.
The survey is based on the evaluation of more than 500 law firms by in-house counsel at Fortune 1000 and other large companies. Only 30 law firms nationally were chosen as the best providers of client service for 2009.
"This is great recognition for Stoel Rives. Client satisfaction is essential to our success and we are deeply committed to understanding our client's business objectives and providing them with advice they need to move forward," said Stoel Rives Managing Partner Bob Van Brocklin. "We recognize that every client interaction is important. It is an ongoing goal of Stoel Rives to ensure that every person at our firm consistently provides exceptional client service. This ranking is particularly valuable because it comes from surveying the clients themselves. We appreciate their confidence in us."
The top 30 firms on the BTI list received the highest overall client service scores, based on in-house counsel ranking of 17 client relationship factors. These attributes include high level legal expertise, client focus, anticipating client needs, providing value, dealing with unexpected changes, providing a breadth of legal services, and providing counsel on business issues.
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 11 offices in seven states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, project development and real estate law. The firm has offices in Anchorage, Alaska; Boise, Idaho; Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Portland, Ore.; Sacramento, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Diego, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; and Vancouver, Wash. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.