Contact: Mark Fefer, Marketing Communications, 206.757.8583 or markfefer@dwt.com
AUGUST 20, 2020 – Twelve Davis Wright Tremaine partners have been named 2021 "Lawyers of the Year" based on surveys conducted by the peer-review publication Best Lawyers.
The annual Best Lawyers list is drawn from detailed, confidential evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Based on those surveys, Best Lawyers compiles its list of the country's best lawyers and designates a single Lawyer of the Year in each of several high-profile practice areas in major legal markets.
Firmwide, 186 Davis Wright Tremaine lawyers across eight offices were included in the 2021 Best Lawyers list.
The firm's twelve Lawyers of the Year are:
| Name | Practice Area |
City |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas R. Burke |
First Amendment Litigation |
San Francisco |
| Robert Corn-Revere |
First Amendment Litigation |
Washington, D.C. |
| Jon Dawson |
Real Estate Litigation |
Anchorage |
| Patrick Green |
Nonprofit/Charities | Portland |
| Steven Greenwald |
Energy Regulatory |
San Francisco |
| Phillip Grillo |
Land Use/Zoning Litigation |
Portland |
| Stuart Harris |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) |
Portland |
| Jenna Mooney |
Employment & Labor Litigation |
Portland |
| Sheila Fox Morrison |
Trademark | Portland |
| Warren Rheaume |
Trade Secrets |
Seattle |
| Douglass Ross |
Antitrust | Seattle |
| Eric Stahl |
Communications | Seattle |
This is the fourth time in five years that Ross has received this honor, and the fifth time in ten years for Green. Burke, Corn-Revere, Dawson, Morrison, Rheaume, and Stahl are also multi-year winners.
In addition to the attorneys recognized above, Best Lawyers designated 31 early-career Davis Wright Tremaine lawyers as Ones to Watch. They are:
| Name | Practice Area |
City |
|---|---|---|
| MaryAnn Almeida | Commercial Litigation | Seattle |
| Kevin Badgley |
Banking and Finance |
Seattle |
| Emily Borich | Intellectual Property | New York |
| Jack Chang | Intellectual Property | Seattle |
| Sarah Cox | Commercial Litigation | Seattle |
| Lauren Dorsett | Bankruptcy and Reorganization Law | Seattle |
| Marissa Franco | Labor and Employment | Los Angeles |
| William Friedman | Energy | Washington, D.C. |
| Valerie Gallo | Labor and Employment | Los Angeles |
| Danielle Gerson | Labor and Employment Litigation | Los Angeles |
| Jordann Hallstrom | Labor and Employment | Seattle |
| Christine Hawkins | Employee Benefits (ERISA) | Bellevue |
| William Holtzman | Intellectual Property | New York |
| Lauren Johnson | Real Estate | Portland |
| Christine Johnson | Health Care | Los Angeles |
| Adam Lazier | Intellectual Property | New York |
| Kristina Markosova | Labor and Employment | Seattle |
| Alyssa Petroff | Corporate | Portland |
| Jibraun Riaz | Labor and Employment | Los Angeles |
| Nathan Rouse | Commercial Litigation | Seattle |
| Michelle Salter | Immigration | Seattle |
| Meredith Santana | Intellectual Property | New York |
| Caitlin Shin | Commercial Litigation; Land Use & Zoning | Portland |
| Arthur Simpson | Labor and Employment | Seattle |
| Victoria Slade |
Labor and Employment |
Seattle |
| Tahiya Sultan |
Energy |
San Francisco |
| Landes Taylor |
Corporate |
Portland |
| Danielle Toaltoan |
Intellectual Property |
New York |
| Laura Turczanski |
Labor and Employment |
Seattle |
| Jaime Walter |
Labor and Employment |
San Francisco |
| Cheryl Wei |
Entertainment and Sports |
Los Angeles |
About Davis Wright Tremaine
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