102 Stoel Rives Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers In America
9/12/2006

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

PORTLAND- Stoel Rives LLP is proud to announce that 102 of its attorneys are named in the new 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.  That figure includes 37 newly listed lawyers, a substantial increase since last year.  Some of the firm's lawyers are named in multiple categories, bringing the total number of Stoel Rives mentions in the new edition to 139.  The honorees include attorneys from seven of the firm's nine offices.

Stoel Rives ranks second among U.S. law firms for the number of attorneys listed in the Water Law category, and third for Communications Law, Energy Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law, all of which are strong growth areas for the firm.  Stoel Rives ranks 18th nationwide for the total number of attorneys listed, jumping up three spots from last year.  That figure is particularly impressive considering that the firm's size ranks 122nd nationwide based on number of lawyers, according to The National Law Journal's 2005 NLJ 250 rankings.  In Oregon, where the firm's main office is located, Stoel Rives garnered more Best Lawyers listings than any other law firm.

This is the 13th edition and 23rd 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 2007 edition are listed below.  Parenthetical notes indicate which attorneys have been listed in Best Lawyers for more than 10 or 20 consecutive years.

Boise

California

Sacramento

San Francisco Tahoe City Portland Salt Lake City Seattle

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 2007 edition is based on more than 1.8 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 western United States.  The firm's 350 attorneys operate out of nine offices in five states.  Stoel Rives is regarded as a regional leader in energy, natural resources, environmental, litigation, corporate and intellectual property law. For more information about Stoel Rives, please visit www.stoel.com.





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