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Introduction

Lane Powell PC is a pacific rim powerhouse, with nearly 200 attorneys across offices in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The firm’s areas of legal expertise include corporate finance, intellectual property, regulation and taxation, real estate, labor relations, and commercial litigation. Despite its physical concentration in the Pacific Northwest, Lane Powell is no stranger to national, big-name clients like Nordstrom, Starbucks, Bank of America, Safeway, Wells Fargo, Cigna, Aetna, and Chevron.

Firm Stats


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Total No. Attorneys (2020)

150 - 250

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Featured Rankings

Best Law Firms in the Pacific Northwest

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Base Salary

Seattle


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No. of U.S. Offices

3


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No. of International Offices

0


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Major Office Locations

Anchorage, AK

About the Firm

Lane Powell PC is a pacific rim powerhouse, with nearly 200 attorneys across offices in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The firm’s areas of legal expertise include corporate finance, intellectual property, regulation and taxation, real estate, labor relations, and commercial litigation.

Changes over a Century

Lane Powell’s story begins in 1875, when an attorney named William D. Fenton began practicing law at the Portland firm McCain and Fenton. Separately, in 1889, the firm’s Seattle presence was rooted when an attorney by the name of William A. Peters joined the firm Strudwick, Peter & Collins. These two firms ran parallel—each undergoing a laundry list of name changes—until 1990 when they merged. It wasn’t until 2005 that the firm finally adopted the Lane Powell name.&l...

Diversity at Lane Powell

"Lane Powell is incredibly proud of the strides the firm has taken in recent years. The firm's first woman President, Barbara Duffy, assumed the role in June 2019. One of her first acts was to launch a formal Women's Initiative with four women shareholders to lead the effort. The firm also hired a new full-time Director of Professional Development and Diversity in September 2019. She provides strategic direction to ensure the firm remains dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within our firm and in the legal industry as a..."