Lane Powell

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Lane Powell
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, USA
No. of offices 5 (2013)
No. of attorneys over 200 (2013)
Major practice areas Corporate law
Date founded 1875 (1875)
Company type Professional corporation
Slogan Your Pacific Northwest Law Firm®. We Know the Landscape®.
Website
http://www.lanepowell.com

Lane Powell is a United States law firm based in Seattle, Wash.[1] Established in 1875, Lane Powell employs more than 200 attorneys with offices in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Ore.; Anchorage, Alaska; Tacoma, Wash.; and London, England.[1] Prominent clients include Nordstrom, Home Depot and Wells Fargo.[1]

Lane Powell is a multi-specialty law firm with a broad range of practice areas. It is noted for its work in labor and employment, in which the firm represents management in labor relations, employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, civil rights, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, OSHA/WISHA matters, immigration in state and federal courts,[2] and before government agencies involved in employment matters.

Lane Powell's attorneys maintain blogs in six different areas, including the Sustainability and Climate Change Practice Group writes and maintains a blog titled "Sustainability and Climate Change Reporter";[3] Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group's "Patent Practice Professional Liability Reporter."[4] and the “Beyond IP Law” blog;[5] Securities Regulation Practice Group’s “D&O Discourse” blog;[6] Labor and Employment Practice Group’s “Boom: The ERISA Law Blog”;[7] Immigration Practice Group’s “Immigration Edge” blog;[8] and the Food, Beverage and Hospitality Practice Group’s “Earth and Table Law Reporter.” [9]

Each year, Lane Powell is named one of the “Go-To Law Firms of Top U.S. Companies” in a survey of General Counsels of Fortune 500 companies conducted by Corporate Counsel magazine.[10]

Firm awards and recognition

  • Benchmark Litigation named Lane Powell “Washington Firm of the Year” for 2013. Each year, several Lane Powell Shareholders are named “local litigation stars,” and several attorneys are recognized as “future stars.”
  • Lane Powell is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News and Best Lawyers.
  • Lane Powell is named on BTI Consulting’s Client Recommendations Honor Roll in “The BTI Brand Elite: Client Perceptions of the Best-Branded Law Firm” report, which is based solely on in-depth interviews with corporate counsel at more than 3,400 of the world’s largest and most influential companies.
  • Several Lane Powell attorneys past and present have been named as "Washington Super Lawyers" and "Washington Rising Stars" by Super Lawyers magazine.[11]
  • Several Lane Powell attorneys past and present have been named as "Oregon Super Lawyers" and "Oregon Rising Stars" by Super Lawyers magazine.[12]
  • Lane Powell has been one of the "100 Best Workplaces in Washington" since 2007 by Puget Sound Business Journal. [13]
  • Lane Powell has been one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon" since 2008 by Oregon Business magazine.[14]
  • Several Lane Powell attorneys in various practice groups are recommended in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business each year.[15]
  • Several Lane Powell attorneys in various practice groups are named in The Best Lawyers in America each year.[16]
  • Lane Powell ranks #1 in Oregon in Tax Law with three attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.[16]
  • Individual awards won by Lane Powell attorneys in various practice groups include: “Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the Nation ” by Human Resource Executive® and Lawdragon; Up & Coming Lawyer by Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce; Association of Transportation Law Professionals’ Presidential Award; Honorable James M. Burns Federal Practice Award; The Municipal League Of King County Public Official Of The Year Award; The Bellevue Downtown Association’s Place Making Award for Leadership; Oregon State Bar’s Pro Bono Award; NAIOP’s Developing Leaders Award; Portland Business Journal’s CEO of the Year; and “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers®.
  • Several female Lane Powell attorneys have been named among the “Top 250 Women in Litigation” by Benchmark Litigation.
  • Lane Powell was named a “Top Law Firm” by Portland Business Journal and Puget Sound Business Journal.
  • Lane Powell has been named by Martindale-Hubbell® to its “Top Ranked Law Firms™" list since 2011.
  • In a survey conducted by ALM Media and published in Marketing the Law Firm newsletter, Lane Powell ranked 14th among the Top 50 Law Firms Nationwide in Marketing and Business Development.
  • Lane Powell was named a Top Corporate Philanthropist in the large company category by Portland Business Journal and Puget Sound Business Journal for their philanthropic efforts through strategic and innovative giving.
  • Lane Powell was awarded a “Communicator Award of Excellence” by Wells Fargo for its integrated and interactive 401(k) communication campaign.
  • Lane Powell won an award in the Community Relations category of the Legal Marketing Association’s “Your Honor Award” for their continued commitment to diversifying the legal community.
  • Lane Powell received the United Way of King County’s “Chairman Award” for their efforts and leadership in the Workplace Giving Campaign.
  • Lane Powell won the Campaign for Equal Justice Award in 2013 for the greatest dollar increase in contributions over the previous year from the large law firms in Portland.

Firm history

  • 1875: William D. Fenton establishes Portland office, McCain & Fenton
  • 1889: William Peters of Pennsylvania joined the Seattle firm of Strudwick, Peters & Collins and John Powell arrived in Seattle to practice law with the firm of Stratton, Lewis & Gilman
  • 1900: John Powell and William Peters establish Peters & Powell in Seattle
  • 1906: University of Oregon honors William D. Fenton by naming a building after him - Fenton Hall, which eventually housed the School of Law
  • 1918: McCain & Fenton becomes Dey, Hampson & Nelson after William Fenton's death
  • 1929: W. Byron Lane joins the Seattle firm as an associate
  • 1935: Seattle firm renamed, Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Beeks
  • 1944: Portland firm renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young & Swett
  • 1946: Frank Spears joins the Portland firm
  • 1948: Portland firm renamed Koerner, Young, Swett & McColloch
  • 1950: Portland firm renamed Koerner, Young, McColloch & Dezendorf
  • 1951: William Lubersky joins the Portland firm as a partner and McCain & Fenton becomes Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young & Hilliard
  • 1959: Gordon Moss becomes a partner in the Seattle firm
  • 1965: Portland firm renamed McColloch, Dezendorf & Spears
  • 1966: Seattle firm renamed, Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller
  • 1969: Portland firm renamed McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears & Lubersky
  • 1972: Portland firm renamed Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky & Campbell
  • 1979: The Seattle firm expands to Anchorage with the firm Ruskin, Barker & Hicks and the Portland firm is renamed Spears, Lubersky, Campbell & Bledsoe
  • 1983: Portland firm renamed Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson & Young
  • 1986: Office opens in Mt. Vernon, Washington
  • 1987: Seattle firm merges with Cohen and Kaplan
  • 1988: Olympia and London offices open and the Portland firm is renamed Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young & Hilliard
  • 1990: Seattle and Portland firms merge creating Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP
  • 2005: The firm is known as Lane Powell PC
  • 2011: Seventeen attorneys from Roberts Kaplan LLP join Lane Powell's Portland office

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Martindale.com". Retrieved 2007-06-27. 
  2. ↑ "Chambers and Partners". 
  3. ↑ http://www.sustainabilityclimatechangereporter.com
  4. ↑ http://www.patentpracticeliability.com
  5. ↑ http://www.beyondiplaw.com
  6. ↑ http://www.dandodiscourse.com
  7. ↑ http://www.boomerisablog.com
  8. ↑ http://www.immigrationedge.com
  9. ↑ http://www.earthandtablelawreporter.com
  10. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-06-27. 
  11. ↑ Washington Rising Stars Retrieved 2010-05-12
  12. ↑ Oregon Rising Stars Retrieved 2010-05-12
  13. ↑ Puget Sound Business Journal Retrieved 2010-05-12
  14. ↑ Oregon Business magazine Retrieved 2010-05-12
  15. ↑ Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business Retrieved 2010-05-12
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 The Best Lawyers in America Retrieved 2010-05-12

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