Stoel Rives Seattle Office Receives High Marks in Chambers USA
6/21/2011

CONTACT: Kathleen A. Sebastian, Business Development Manager, (206) 386-7513

SEATTLE- Stoel Rives LLP, a U.S. business law firm, is pleased to announce that 19 of its lawyers in the Seattle office have been selected as leading U.S. lawyers by independent legal research team Chambers and Partners. The Seattle office also received recognition as being among the best in Washington in the areas of corporate/commercial, environmental, general commercial litigation, labor and employment, and real estate law. In these areas, Stoel Rives clients described the Seattle office's attorneys as being "practical and forward-thinking," lawyers who "truly have their client's interest at heart."

Nationally, the firm was rated among the best U.S. law firms in the Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy and Food & Beverage: Alcohol categories, noting its recognition as "one of the leading project development firms in the field" and its "solid reputation in the wine industry." Chambers also nominated Stoel Rives for the prestigious Chambers USA Award for Excellence in the Energy Projects: Power Including Renewables category.

The Chambers-rated Stoel Rives Seattle attorneys and their areas of practice are listed below.

Duff Bryant	Corporate/Commercial
Matthew Cohen	Environment
Melanie K. Curtice	Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits and Compensation
Leonard J. Feldman	Litigation: General Commercial
Beth S. Ginsberg	Environment
David R. Goodnight	Litigation: General Commercial
Jeffrey W. Leppo	Environment
Charles S. Lewis, III	Corporate/Commercial: Tax
Thomas A. Newlon	Environment
Timothy J. O'Connell	Labor and Employment
Virginia M. Pedreira	Real Estate
David H. Rockwell	Real Estate
Jerome L. Rubin	Labor and Employment
James M. Shore	Labor and Employment
J. Ronald Sim	Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations
Gordon W. Tanner	Real Estate
Steven J. Thiele	Environment
Christopher J. Voss	Corporate/Commercial
Mimi G. Warner	Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits and Compensation

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.