PORTLAND, Ore. – Stoel Rives LLP is proud to announce today that it has once again achieved strong results in the 2019 survey of law firms by Chambers USA, with 98 lawyers and 27 national and statewide practice areas receiving recognition, while 27 attorneys and 16 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 an 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. Four attorneys received Nationwide rankings in those practice areas.
Stoel Rives practice areas selected for the 2019 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, CA* – recognized practitioner)
Litigation: General Commercial (AK – band 1, ID – band 2, OR – band 1, UT – band 1, WA – band 3)
Construction (WA* – band 2)
Corporate/Commercial (ID – band 1)
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, WA* – recognized practitioner)
Real Estate (ID – band 2, OR – band 2, UT – band 2, WA – band 1)
*First–time listing in 2019
Stoel Rives attorneys by area of practice as listed in the 2019 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
Alexandra Mertens (Nationwide – Up and Coming)*
Brian Nese (Nationwide – Up and Coming)
Construction
Karl Oles (WA – band 1)*
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)
Brendan O’Scannlain (OR – band 3)
Kevin D. Burnett (OR – band 3)
Robert Moorman (OR – Senior Statesmen)
Steven H. Hull (OR – band 3)
Todd Bauman (OR – Senior Statesmen)
Nathan G. Hurlbut (UT- Associates to watch)*
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
Aaron Courtney (OR – band 3)*
Barbara Craig (OR – band 3)
David E. Filippi (OR – band 2)
J. Mark Morford (OR – Senior Statesmen)
Joan P. Snyder (OR – band 1)
Laura Kerr (OR – Associates to watch)
Michael R. Campbell (OR – band 2)
Thomas R. Wood (OR – band 1)
Kirk Maag (OR – Up and Coming)
Geoffrey Tichenor (OR – band 3)
Beth S. Ginsberg (WA – band 1)
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)
Monroe, Ramona (AK – recognized practitioner)*
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)
Matthew Wilmot (OR – Up and Coming)*
Paul Angello (OR – band 3)
Randolph Foster (OR – band 3)
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)
Alex Oh (WA – recognized practitioner)*
Brian C. Park (WA – band 3)
Labor & Employment
James C. Dale (ID – band 1)
Amy Joseph Pedersen (OR – band 1)
Brenda K. Baumgart (OR – band 3)
Karen L. O’Connor (OR – band 2)
Todd Hanchett (OR – band 4)*
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)
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 1)
Christopher Pooser (ID – 3)
Elijah M. Watkins (ID – Up and Coming)
Jeremy Sacks (OR – band 3)*
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 – band 4)
David R. Goodnight (WA – band 3)
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 2)
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)
Beth Clark (WA – band 3)
Joseph E. Delaney (WA – band 3)
Joseph P. McCarthy (WA – band 2)
Michael Kuntz (WA – band 1)
Virginia M. Pedreira (WA – band 2)
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Dana Krawczuk (OR – band 2)
*First–time listing in 2019