Stoel Rives Receives National and Regional Recognition for Service Quality in 2017 Chambers Rankings

PORTLAND, Ore. - Stoel Rives LLP is pleased to announce today that it achieved strong results in the 2017 Chambers USA law firm survey, with 92 lawyers and 27 national and statewide practice areas receiving recognition. Twenty-nine attorneys and 16 practices received Band 1 or Nationwide placement.

The annual Chambers USA rankings are compiled by independent legal researcher Chambers & Partners, and rankings are based on: (1) thousands of in-depth interviews of clients and other lawyers with whom law firm personnel have worked and (2) assessment of recent work done.

Individual lawyers are ranked on the basis of their legal knowledge and experience, ability, effectiveness and client service.

Local practice areas are ranked on the qualities of their lawyers, as well as the effectiveness and capability of the practice as a whole – its strength and depth. 

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.

The list of Stoel Rives practice areas selected for the 2017 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business is below, by location:

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)
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 1, WA - band 2)

Stoel Rives attorneys by area of practice as listed in the 2017 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 2)
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 2)
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 - Recognized Practitioner)
Geoffrey Tichenor (OR - Recognized Practitioner)*
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 2) 
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 3)
R. Whitney Johnson (UT - Up and Coming)*
Brian C. Park (WA - band 3)   

Labor & Employment
Renea Saade (AK - band 3)
James C. Dale (ID - Star Individuals)
Amy Joseph Pedersen (OR - band 1)
Brenda K. Baumgart (OR - band 3)
Carolyn Walker (OR - band 4)* 
Chris Kitchel (OR - Senior Statesmen) 
Edward Reeves (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 3)
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 3)  
Nicole C. Hancock (ID - band 2)
Christopher Pooser (ID - Recognized Practitioner)*
Joel A. Mullin  (OR - band 1)
Lois O. Rosenbaum  (OR - band 1)
Randolph Foster (OR - band 3)
Timothy W. Snider  (OR - Up and Coming)
D. Matthew Moscon (UT - band 2)
David Mortensen (UT - band 4)*
David J. Jordan (UT - band 3)*
John A. Anderson (UT - band 2)
Kenneth B. Black (UT - band 1)
Lauren Shurman (UT - Up and Coming)*
David R. Goodnight (WA - band 2)

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)
David W. Green (OR - Senior Statesmen)
Ervin R. Holmes (UT - band 3)
Guy P. Kroesche (UT - band 2)
Thomas A. Ellison (UT - Senior Statesmen)
Gordon W. Tanner (WA - band 2)
Virginia M. Pedreira (WA - band 2)
Joseph P. McCarthy (WA - band 3)

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Steven W. Abel (OR - band 1)

*First-time listing in 2017

About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a leading U.S. corporate and litigation law firm. One of the largest national firms focused on energy, natural resources, environment and climate change, Stoel Rives also serves the agribusiness, food and beverage, health care, life sciences and technology industries. With more than 350 attorneys operating out of 10 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia, Stoel Rives is a leader in regulatory and compliance matters, and business,  labor and employment, intellectual property, land use, and  real estate development and construction law. For more information, follow us @stoelrives or visit www.stoel.com.