97 Davis Wright Tremaine Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers In America  

SEATTLE, OCT. 3, 2006—Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is pleased to announce that 97 of its attorneys were recently selectedby their peers for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers of America (copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.).

Well known for its media representation, DWT secured a #1 national ranking in the areas of Media Law and First Amendment. In Washington state, where the firm is headquartered, the firm secured #1 rankings in the areas of Appellate, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights, Communications, First Amendment, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Non-Profit/Charities and Real Estate and White-Collar Criminal Defense Law.

Best Lawyers does not charge a fee for listing and is regarded as one of the preeminent legal counsel referral guides. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

The list below depicts DWT lawyers new to the list this year as well as others that have been recognized as Best Lawyers for 10 or 20 consecutive years.

Anchorage

Jon S. Dawson, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Parry E. Grover (20), Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor and Employment Law
Barbara Simpson Kraft, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
David W. Oesting (20), Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Commercial Litigation
Joseph Reece, Real Estate Law

Bellevue, Wash.

Jeff Belfiglio, Employee Benefits Law
Mark W. Berry, Labor and Employment Law
Richard W. Elliott (*), Environmental Law
Henry E. Farber, Labor and Employment Law
Richard A. Klobucher (10), Trusts and Estates
Warren E. Koons (*), Real Estate Law
David V. Marshall, White-Collar Criminal Defense

Los Angeles

Steven K. Hazen (*), Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law
Kelli L. Sager (10), First Amendment Law, Media Law
Henry J. Tashman (*), Entertainment Law
Alonzo Wickers IV (*), Media Law

New York

Laura R. Handman (10), First Amendment Law
Victor A. Kovner (10), First Amendment Law
Elizabeth A. McNamara (*) Entertainment Law, Media Law
Marcia B. Paul (*), Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Media Law

Portland, Ore.

James F. Ambrose, Employee Benefits Law
Carol J. Bernick (*), Labor and Employment Law
Ingrid Brydolf, Health Care Law
John A. Cameron, Jr. (*), Energy Law
Richard M. Glick, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
Eugene L. Grant, Real Estate Law
Patrick J. Green, Trusts and Estates
Stuart C. Harris, Employee Benefits Law
John F. McGrory (*), Antitrust Law
William R. Miller, Jr., Banking Law
Robert D. Newell, Commercial Litigation
Daniel E. O'Leary (20), Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
Mark Trinchero (*), Administrative Law
James C. Waggoner, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

San Francisco

Thomas R. Burke, First Amendment Law
Steven F. Greenwald (*), Energy Law
Gerald M. Hinkley (*), Health Care Law
Judith Droz Keyes, Labor and Employment Law
M. Steven Lipton, Health Care Law
Edward W. O'Neill, Administrative Law, Energy Law
Suzanne K. Toller, Communications Law

Seattle

Greg F. Adams (10), Corporate Law
C. Keith Allred (10), Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Robert H. Alsdorf (*), Appellate Law
Steven W. Andreasen (10), Trusts and Estates
Keith G. Baldwin, Corporate Law
Robert A. Blackstone (10), Labor and Employment Law
Brian G. Bodine (*), Intellectual Property Law
Mary Elizabeth Drobka, Labor and Employment Law
Susan G. Duffy (10), Health Care Law
Stuart R. Dunwoody, Intellectual Property Law
Michelle L. Earl-Hubbard (*), First Amendment Law
Clifton L. Elliott (20), Labor and Employment Law
Stephen C. Ellis, Corporate Law
Jeffrey L. Fisher (*), Appellate Law
James A. Flaggert, Trusts and Estates
Craig A. Gannett, Energy Law
Thomas A. Goeltz (10), Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Peter N. Grant (10), Health Care Law
Marvin L. Gray, Jr., Commercial Litigation
Ralph L. Hawkins, Jr. (10), Employee Benefits Law
Robert G. Homchick, Health Care Law
Lawton Humphrey, Labor and Employment Law
Mark A. Hutcheson (20), Labor and Employment Law
Bruce E. H. Johnson (10), First Amendment Law
C. James Judson (20) Tax Law
John E. Keegan, Real Estate Law
Michael J. Killeen (*), Labor and Employment Law
Gregory J. Kopta (*), Communications Law
Thomas A. Lemly (20), Labor and Employment Law
Dennis E. McLean (20), Real Estate Law
Craig Miller, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Malcolm A. Moore (20), Trusts and Estates
Martin R. Morfeld, Tax Law
Peter J. Mucklestone, Banking Law
Marshall J. Nelson (10), First Amendment Law, Intellectual Property Law
Anne L. Northrup (20), Employee Benefits Law
Norman B. Page, Banking Law
Ragan L. Powers, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
William G. Pusch (20), Corporate Law
John A. Reed (10), Corporate Law
Michael Reiss (10), Labor and Employment Law
Daniel B. Ritter (10), Banking Law, Corporate Law
George C. Rondeau, Jr. (*), Intellectual Property Law
Douglas C. Ross, Health Care Law
Stephen M. Rummage, Commercial Litigation
Kimbrough Street (20), Trusts and Estates
David W. Thorne (10), Real Estate Law
Daniel M. Waggoner (10), Communications Law, First Amendment Law
William L. Weigand III (10), Corporate Law
Joseph D. Weinstein, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Joseph P. Whitford (*), Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Rebecca L. Williams, Health Care Law
LaVerne Woods, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law
James E. Wreggelsworth, Tax Law

Washington, D.C.

Robert Corn-Revere (*), Media Law
James B. Vasile, Energy Law

(*) Denotes First Year Listed
(10) Denotes Listed for at least 10 Years
(20) Denotes Listed for at least 20 Years

About Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

DWT is a national business and litigation law firm with more than 400 attorneys in nine offices located throughout the Pacific Northwest, in Anchorage, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C. and Shanghai, China.

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