Chambers USA Recognizes Stoel Rives with High Local and National Rankings for 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. – Stoel Rives LLP is proud to announce today that it has achieved strong results in the 2018 survey of law firms by Chambers USA, with 94 lawyers and 27 national and statewide practice areas receiving recognition, while 26 attorneys and 15 practices received Band 1 or Nationwide placement.

The annual Chambers USA rankings are compiled by independent legal researcher Chambers and Partners. Rankings are based on assessment of a firm’s recent work and thousands of in–depth interviews of clients and other lawyers with whom law firm personnel have worked.

Rankings for individual attorneys and practice areas are based on analysis of factors including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by a client.

Chambers USA rated Stoel Rives among the best in the nation for its legal practices in the areas of Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy and Food & Beverages: Alcohol. Five attorneys received Nationwide rankings in those practice areas.

Stoel Rives practice areas selected for the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business include:

Nationwide
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (band 3)
Food & Beverages: Alcohol (band 3)

State Specific:
Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries (AK – band 1, UT – band 2)
Environment (OR & WA – band 1)
Litigation: General Commercial (AK – band 1, ID – band 2, OR – band 1, UT – band 1, WA – band 3)
Corporate/Commercial (ID – band 1, WA – band 3)
Corporate/M&A (OR – band 1, UT – band 1, AK – recognized practitioner)
Labor & Employment (ID – band 1, OR – band 1, UT – band 3, WA – band 2)
Natural Resources & Environment (ID – band 1)
Intellectual Property (OR – band 2, UT – band 1)
Real Estate (ID – band 2, OR – band 2, UT – band 2, WA – band 2)

Stoel Rives attorneys by area of practice as listed in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business are:

Food & Beverages: Alcohol
Susan M. Johnson (Nationwide – band 3)
Christopher R. Hermann (Nationwide – band 3)  

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy 
Alan Merkle (Nationwide – band 3) 
Edward Einowski (Nationwide – band 3)
Brian Nese (Nationwide – Up and Coming)  

Corporate/Commercial 
Brian Larsen (ID – band 3)
Kris J. Ormseth (ID – band 1)
Paul Boyd (ID – band 1)
Duff Bryant (WA – band 3)

Corporate/M&A
John Kauffman (AK – band 1)
Kevin D. Burnett (OR – band 3)
Brendan O’Scannlain (OR – band 3)
Margaret B. Kushner (OR – band 3) 
Margaret Hill Noto (OR – band 2) 
Robert Moorman (OR – band 1) 
Steven H. Hull (OR – band 3) 
Todd Bauman (OR – band 1)
Nathan W. Jones (UT – band 3)
Reed W. Topham (UT – band 1)
Ronald G. Moffitt (UT – band 2)
Samuel P. Gardiner (UT – band 2)
Scott F. Young (UT – band 3)

Environment 
Barbara Craig (OR – band 3) 
David E. Filippi (OR – band 2) 
J. Mark Morford (OR – band 1) 
Joan P. Snyder (OR – band 1)
Michael R. Campbell (OR – band 2)
Thomas R. Wood (OR – band 1)
Kirk Maag (OR – Up and Coming)
Geoffrey Tichenor (OR – Up and Coming)
Laura Kerr (OR – Associates to watch)
Beth S. Ginsberg (WA – band 1)
Jeffrey W. Leppo (WA – Senior Statesmen)
Matthew Cohen (WA – band 1)
Thomas A. Newlon (WA – band 2)
Ryan P. Steen (WA – band 3)

Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries
Tina M. Grovier (AK – band 1)
Jonathan Iversen (AK – band 2)
Joseph J. Perkins Jr. (AK – band 1)
Martin K. Banks (UT – band 2)
Richard R. Hall (UT – band 3)

Intellectual Property 
Anne W. Glazer (OR – band 2) 
Kassim Ferris (OR – band 3) 
Paul Angello (OR – band 2) 
Randolph Foster (OR – band 2)
Steven T. Lovett (OR – band 3)
Barton Giddings (UT – band 1)
Matthew Bethards (UT – band 2)
Joshua Gigger (UT – Up and Coming)*
R. Whitney Johnson (UT – band 3)
Brian C. Park (WA – band 3)   

Labor & Employment 
James C. Dale (ID – 1)
Amy Joseph Pedersen (OR – band 1)
Brenda K. Baumgart (OR – band 3)
Carolyn Walker (OR – band 4) 
Karen L. O'Connor (OR – band 2) 
Victor J. Kisch (OR – band 1)
Justin Palmer (UT – band 3)
Matthew M. Durham (UT – band 1)
Adam Belzberg (WA – band 4)
James M. Shore (WA – band 2)
Keelin A. Curran (WA – band 4)
Timothy J. O'Connell (WA – band 2)

Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Mimi Warner (WA – band 1)

Labor & Employment: ERISA
Steven D. Woodland (UT – Spotlight Table)

Litigation: General Commercial 
James Torgerson (AK – band 1)
Kevin Cuddy (AK – Up and Coming)
S. Lane Tucker (AK – band 2)  
Nicole C. Hancock (ID – band 2)
Christopher Pooser (ID – Recognized Practitioner)
Elijah M. Watkins (ID – Associates to watch)*
Joel A. Mullin  (OR – band 1)
Lois O. Rosenbaum  (OR – Senior Statespersons)
Randolph Foster (OR – band 3)
Timothy W. Snider  (OR – band 3)
D. Matthew Moscon (UT – band 2)
David Mortensen (UT – band 4)
David J. Jordan (UT – band 2)
John A. Anderson (UT – band 2)
Kenneth B. Black (UT – band 1)
Lauren Shurman (UT – Up and Coming)
David R. Goodnight (WA – band 2)
Vanessa Soriano Power (WA – band 4)*

Natural Resources & Environment 
Kevin Beaton (ID – band 1)
Krista K. McIntyre (ID – band 1)
Richard R. Hall (ID – band 3)

Real Estate
Quentin M. Knipe (ID – Star Individuals)
Ervin R. Holmes (UT – band 3)
Guy P. Kroesche (UT – band 2)
Thomas A. Ellison (UT – Senior Statesmen)
Christopher Criglow (OR – band 3)
Andrew Solomon (OR – band 2)
Gordon W. Tanner (WA – band 3)
Virginia M. Pedreira (WA – band 2)
Joseph P. McCarthy (WA – band 3)

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Dana Krawczuk (OR – band 2)

*First–time listing in 2018