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| | Address | | 1899 Wynkoop, Suite 700 | | Denver, Colorado 80202-1043 | | (Denver Co.) | | | |
| | | Reviser of the Washington Law Digest for this Directory. | Perkins Coie LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in Federal and State Courts and before various Federal and State Administrative Tribunals. Administrative; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Aviation and Aerospace; Banks and Banking; Bankruptcy; Biotechnology; Business Law; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits; Energy; Environmental; Estate Planning; Federal Indian Law; Franchising; General Litigation; Government Contracts; Government Relations; Immigration; Intellectual Property; International Trade; International Law; Internet and Electronic Commerce; Labor and Employment; Land Use; Life Sciences; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Municipal/Public Finance; Natural Resources; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Probate; Patents; Product Liability; Project Finance; Political Law; Public Utility; Real Estate; School Law; Securities Law and Litigation; Taxation; Technology; Telecommunications; Toxic Torts; Trademarks and Copyrights; Venture Capital and Investment Funds; Water Rights; White-Collar Criminal Representation; Workers' Compensation. | Firm Profile:
Perkins Coie LLP is a leading, full-service international law firm. With more than 600 lawyers in 15 offices across the United States and China. The firm represents clients that range in size from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups, and has historically represented market leaders in traditional and cutting-edge technology industries. | | Firm Size: 600 |
Other Office Locations of Perkins Coie LLP
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A.
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
| | PARTNERS | | Garland W. ("Sonny") Allison (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, New York; 2000, Colorado. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., high honors, 1995); University of Michigan (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities; Venture Capital. Email: Garland W. ("Sonny") Allison | | Jeffrey J. Cowman (Partner) born Lemmon, South Dakota, April 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Colorado. Education: Moorhead State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Colorado (J.D., 1981). Member: Denver, Colorado (Member: Board of Governors; Sections on: Litigation; Construction; Business) and American Bar Associations; Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors; President, 1996-1997); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Franchise; Construction; Insurance; Workers' Compensation; Product Liability. Email: Jeffrey J. Cowman | | Stephanie E. Dunn (Partner) born Denver, Colorado, August 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1990); University of Denver (J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations; Colorado Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Stephanie E. Dunn | | Karen Samuels Jones (Partner) born Kansas City, Missouri, November 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Colorado. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with honors, 1984); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1990). Listed in Chambers USA Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Lending. Email: Karen Samuels Jones | | Leonard H. MacPhee (Partner) born Farmington, Maine; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania; 1996, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Messiah College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1994). Member, Dickinson School of Law Law Review. Member, Woolsack Honor Society. Author: "The Comparative Negligence Defense in Pennsylvania Dram Shop Suits: Personal Responsibility for all Patrons," 98 Dickinson Law Review, No.2, 1994. Member: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Franchises and Franchising; Franchise Litigation. Email: Leonard H. MacPhee | | Kim I. McCullough (Partner) born Longview, Washington, May 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Colorado. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1977); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1981). Member, International Franchise Association, Forum Committee on Franchising. Practice Areas: Franchise Law; Distribution Law; Trademark Law. Email: Kim I. McCullough | | Robert N. Miller (Partner) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Colorado. Education: Cornell College (B.A., 1962); University of Colorado (J.D., 1965). Member: Weld County and Colorado Bar Associations; Colorado Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert N. Miller | | Michele Rowland (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 25, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, New York; 2000, Colorado. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1995); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Finance; Corporate Finance. Email: Michele Rowland | | John Ruppert (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, Colorado; 1979, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1975); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 1978). Order of St. Ives. Editor In Chief, University of Denver College of Law Review, 1977-1978. Student Editor, Tax Law Review, 1978-1979. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Corporate Income Tax; Commercial Finance; Financial Restructuring. Email: John Ruppert | | Bruce D. Stocks (Partner) born April 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Colorado. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1984). Note and Comment Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section, Committee on Uniform Commercial Code and Subcommittee on Secured Transactions). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Bruce D. Stocks | | Christopher J. Sutton (Partner) born New York, New York, April 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1990, Colorado. Education: Purdue University; Colorado State University (B.S., 1976); University of Colorado (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Environmental Law; Labor Law; Occupational Safety and Health; Mine Safety. Email: Christopher J. Sutton | | Mary L. Will (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Colorado. Education: University of Denver (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 1985; J.D., 1990). Order of Saint Ives. Reported Cases: Simon v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Health Care Plan, 107 F.Supp.2d 1263 (D.Colo. 2000); CF&I Steel, L.P. v. United Steel Workers of America, 990 P.2d 1124 (Colo. App. 1999); Middlemist v. BDO Seidman, LLP, 958 P.2d 486 (Colo. 1993). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Mary L. Will | | OF COUNSEL | | Norton Cutler (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., May 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, District of Columbia; 2002, Colorado. Education: Stanford University (A.B., cum laude, 1973; J.D., 1977); Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England (B.A., 1975). Member, Advisory Board, Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program, University of Colorado. Practice Areas: Telecommunications Law; Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Norton Cutler | | Lynne M. Hanson (Of Counsel) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Colorado. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 1981); University of Colorado (J.D., 1988). Member: Denver, Colorado (Member, Business Law Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section and Forum Committee on Franchising) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Franchise Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law. Email: Lynne M. Hanson | | Garrett M. Tuttle (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., September 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Colorado. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1981); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1984) University of Colorado at Denver (M.B.A., 1992). Law Clerk for the Hon. Karen S. Metzger, 1985-1986. Member: Denver, Colorado and American (Member: Business and Intellectual Property Sections; Forum on Franchising) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Franchise Law; Corporate Law; Trademark Law. Email: Garrett M. Tuttle | | ASSOCIATES | | Jess Dance (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Colorado. Education: Truman State University (B.A., History, summa cum laude, 2001); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jess Dance | | Timothy J. Fete, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia. (Not admitted in Colorado). Education: Fairfield University (B.S., 1997); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. Email: Timothy J. Fete, Jr. | | William H. Fronczak (Associate) born Boulder, Colorado, 1969; admitted to bar, 2003, Colorado; 2005, Georgia; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Colorado School of Mines (B.S., 1991; M.S., 1995); University of Denver (J.D., 2003). Recipient, Award of Scholastic Excellence, Tax Law, 2001. Member, University of Denver Water Law Review, 2000-2003. Professional Engineer, Georgia, Colorado and Wyoming. Co-Author: "Fundamentals of Water Law: A General Look Into the Law, Policy and Use of Water Within the State of Georgia," Fundamentals of Water Law Conference, NBI, 2007. Author: "Designated Ground Water: Colorado's Unique Way of Administering its Underground Resources," University of Denver Water Law Review, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Spring 2004. Speaker: "Fundamentals of Water Law: A General Look Into the Law, Policy and Use of Water Within the State of Georgia," Fundamentals of Water Law Conference, NBI, 2007; "Designated Ground Water: Different Legal and Conceptual Frameworks," Ground Water Conference, The Colorado Bar Association, 2004. Practice Areas: Environment and Natural Resources; Permitting, Compliance and Environmental Audits. Email: William H. Fronczak | | Craig J. Knobbe (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Colorado. Education: University of Arizona (B.S.B.A. in Finance and Economics, 1995); University of Denver (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Franchise Law; Distribution; Real Estate; General Business. Email: Craig J. Knobbe | | Zachary A. Lange (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Colorado. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S., 2000); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Commercial Liability; Commercial Transactions. Email: Zachary A. Lange | | Joanna Monk Thies (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: Oberlin College (B.A., Environmental Studies, 2001); University of Colorado School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Joanna Monk Thies | | Douglas Lawrence Sawyer (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, February 9, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. (Not admitted in Colorado). Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1996); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation; Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Douglas Lawrence Sawyer | | Michael Sink (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Colorado. Education: University of South Florida (B.S., 2001); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael Sink | | Megan Wesley (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas; 2006, Colorado. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business. Email: Megan Wesley | | Kathrin Weston Walsh (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Colorado. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 2001); Duke University (M.A., 2005); Duke Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kathrin Weston Walsh | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Other Offices: Anchorage, Alaska; Bellevue, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Menlo Park, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington, Washington, D.C.; Beijing and Shanghai, China.
| (For biographical data on other Perkins Coie personnel, see Professional Biographies for those offices) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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