International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 13 lawyers in the Firm’s Seattle office were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018. These are among a total of 111 Dorsey lawyers in 14 offices selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018. In addition, a total of 14 Dorsey lawyers have been named Best Lawyers® 2018 Lawyers of the Year.
Listed below are the Dorsey Seattle lawyers named as 2018 Best Lawyers, the specialties in which they are named, and the first year they were listed.
The Best Lawyers in America 2018:
- Christopher J. Barry (2009)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law - Terrence I. Danysh (2011)
Land Use & Zoning Law - Elizabeth J. Deckman (2013)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law - Michael W. Droke (2007)
Employment Law–Management
Labor Law–Management - Gary R. Duvall (1995)
Franchise Law - Peter S. Ehrlichman (2007)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation–Intellectual Property
Litigation–Labor & Employment
Litigation–Real Estate
Litigation–Securities - Kimton N. Eng (2011)
Patent Law - Joseph M. Gaffney (1995)
Trusts & Estates - Aaron Goldstein (2018)
Employment Law–Management - John D. Hollinrake Jr. (2012)
Tax Law - Walter Impert (2018)
Trusts & Estates - J. Michael Keyes (2013)
Commercial Litigation
Copyright Law
Litigation–Intellectual Property
Litigation–Patent
Patent Law
Trademark Law -
Marianne O'Bara (2007)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review evaluation. Over 83,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers has received more than 13 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 7.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
The lawyers listed in Best Lawyers do not decide in which legal specialties they are listed. They are included in specialties as a result of the votes they receive from their peers. The specialties listed are based on information from a variety of sources. For more information, visit the Best Lawyers website.