135 Stoel Rives Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for 2020

Press Release

08.15.2019

Portland, Ore. — Stoel Rives LLP is pleased to announce that 135 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^© directory. Best Lawyers^® compiles its lists of attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

New to the directory for 2020 are B. John Casey, Litigation – Insurance; Sean C. Gay, Construction Law; Dana L. Krawczuk, Land Use and Zoning Law; Jennifer H. Martin, Energy Law; and David T. Quinby, Energy Law.

Stoel Rives lawyers received rankings in 62 legal practice areas, including construction, corporate, employee benefits, energy, environmental, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and zoning, mergers & acquisitions, natural resources, real estate, securities, tax, timber, trusts and estates, venture capital, water law; and litigation.

In addition to inclusion in the directory, Best Lawyers^® selects a single lawyer in each practice area and specific geographic region surveyed as a “Lawyer of the Year.” For 2020, 19 Stoel Rives attorneys were named a “Lawyer of the Year”:

Lawyer	Practice Area	Location
Joseph J. Perkins, Jr.	Natural Resources Law	Anchorage
James E. Torgerson	Litigation – Environmental	Anchorage
Kevin J. Beaton	Environmental Law	Boise
Kevin J. Beaton	Water Law	Boise
Paul M. Boyd	Mergers and Acquisitions Law	Boise
Todd A. Bauman	Corporate Law	Portland
Greg D. Corbin	Timber Law	Portland
David E. Filippi	Environmental Law	Portland
Randolph C. Foster	Litigation – Patent	Portland
Joel A. Mullin	Litigation – Mergers and Acquisition	Portland
Karen L. O’Connor	Labor Law - Management	Portland
Amy Joseph Pedersen	Litigation – Labor and Employment	Portland
Penny H. Serrurier	Nonprofit / Charities Law	Portland
Bradley F. Tellam	Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law	Portland
Tamara L. Boeck	Construction	Sacramento
Matthew M. Durham	Employment Law – Management	Salt Lake City
Nathan W. Jones	Securities Regulation	Salt Lake City
Reed Topham	Corporate Law	Salt Lake City
Steven D. Woodland	Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law	Salt Lake City
W. Scott Wert	Banking and Finance Law	Seattle

About Best Lawyers^®: First published in 1983, Best Lawyers’ publications have earned the respect of the legal profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Best Lawyers’ peer-reviewed listings are now published in more than 70 countries around the world, and the 25^th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America^© (2019) includes 57,551 attorneys in 142 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.