| Stoel Rives LLP | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon |
| No. of offices | 11 |
| No. of attorneys | 391 (2010)[1] |
| No. of employees | 856 (2010)[1] |
| Major practice areas | Business law and litigation |
| Key people | Robert D. Van Brocklin, Managing Partner[2], Alan Merkle, Firm Chair[3] |
| Revenue | $191M (2009)[4] |
| Date founded | 1907 |
| Founder | Charles H. Carey, James B. Kerr[5] |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | |
| www.stoel.com | |
Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. business law firm with 11 office locations in seven U.S. states. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon in the Standard Insurance Center,[1] it is the 134th largest law firm in the United States, making it the largest law firm in the state of Oregon, and one of the largest in the Northwestern United States.
With 391 attorneys and a total staff of 856 as of 2010.[1] Stoel Rives is considered a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources and renewable energy law.[6][7][8] Representative clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusiness, telecommunications and software companies, and charitable foundations. The firm represents business at all stages of growth, from start-ups to internationally known public companies.
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Stoel Rives traces its lineage back to the Portland-based firm of Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel and Boley, which was founded in 1907. In 1979, this firm merged with another large Portland firm, Rives, Bonyhadi and Smith, which had been founded in 1935. In 1987, the firm acquired the Seattle-based Jones, Grey and Bayley (founded 1912). The firm expanded into Boise, Idaho in 1991, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1992, and in 2001 established a California presence in Sacramento, San Francisco and Lake Tahoe with the acquisition of Washburn, Briscoe & McCarthy. The firm's geographic footprint expanded further with the opening of offices in San Diego, California (2006), Minneapolis, Minnesota (2007) and Anchorage, Alaska (2008).[5]
Stoel Rives publishes a series of “Law of” handbooks, intended to provide a general overview of the legal and business issues involved in specific emerging or rapidly developing areas of law. The series include The Law of Wind—A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Lava Law—Legal Issues in Geothermal Energy Development, The Law of Building Green—Business and Legal Issues of Sustainable Real Estate Development, The Law of Ocean and Tidal Energy—A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Lex Helius: The Law of Solar Energy—A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, The Law of Biofuels, The Law of Biomass, The Law of Algae—Business and Legal Issues of Producing Algae Biofuels, and Show Me the Money—The Law of the Stimulus Package.[12]
Stoel Rives attorneys also actively maintain a variety of practice specific blogs, including Oregon Patent Tracker, Alcoholic Beverages Law Blog, Renewable + Law Blog, LLC Law Monitor Blog, Food Liability Law, Ahead of Schedule (construction law), Stoel Rives World of Employment, and Essential Nutrition Law Blog.