Stoel Rives Anchorage Attorneys Receive High Marks from Chambers USA
7/1/2010
CONTACT: Kathleen A. Sebastian, Business Development Manager, (206) 386-7513
ANCHORAGE- Stoel Rives LLP, a U.S. business law firm, is pleased to announce that
James E. Torgerson,
Joseph J. Perkins, Jr. and
Andrew F. Behrend of the firm's Anchorage office have been selected as leading U.S. lawyers by independent legal research team Chambers and Partners.
Torgerson, managing partner of the Anchorage office, is a trial attorney whose clients expressed confidence in his "high quality work on any sort of commercial litigation matter." Perkins maintains a transaction-driven practice, and sources call him "one of Alaska's best" in the area of mineral title work. Behrend practices in the Labor and Employment group with a focus on litigation. Clients interviewed called him "a trusted name: smart, hard-working and easy to deal with."
Nationally, Chambers rated Stoel Rives among the best U.S. law firms for both its Renewables and Alternative Energy practice and its Food and Beverages practice, noting that clients "are impressed by the level of partner attention they receive," and citing the firm's attorneys as "extremely efficient, thorough, creative and responsive." The firm also received recognition for many of its practice groups, including Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources and Real Estate.
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 Alaska, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, Utah and Washington. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.
About Chambers and Partners: Chambers and Partners is a leading provider of client-led intelligence on the legal profession. Through thousands of client and lawyer interviews nationwide, the Chambers research team ranks law firms and individual attorneys according to technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by their clients.
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