Foster Pepper is pleased to welcome Kurt Peterson and Andy King to its Real Estate & Land Use practice where they will focus on environmental matters, including an emphasis on hazardous waste cleanup matters. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Andy Culbert has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner in the Seattle office. Andy was most recently Microsoft’s Associate General Counsel for Worldwide Intellectual Property Litigation. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Serena S. Carlsen has joined the firm’s Real Estate & Land Use practice as a partner in the Seattle office. Serena, whose practice focuses on commercial property and development matters, was previously a partner at Stoel Rives LLP. More >>

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP is pleased to announce that Geoffrey M. Godfrey has joined its Seattle office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. More >>

BakerHostetler today announced the addition of Curt Roy Hineline to the firm as a partner in the Seattle office. He comes to the firm from Bracewell, where he chaired that firm’s Seattle litigation practice. BakerHostetler established its Seattle office in 2014 through a strategic combination with intellectual property boutique firm Woodcock Washburn, which first opened the office in 2000. More >>

Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, announces its expansion into Seattle. Davis C. Bae, a respected immigration attorney with a national practice, will lead the office as its Managing Partner. Joining him are Partners Nick Beermann and Catharine Morisset and Of Counsel Robert Neale. Clarence Belnavis, a Fisher & Phillips Partner in Portland, Oregon, and a Washington resident, will split his time between the Seattle and Portland offices.

Bae focuses his practice on providing effective immigration solutions for companies in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the United States. Bae’s clients are leaders in fields such as software, design, construction, manufacturing, utilities, fine arts, sports, international trade, and engineering. He is a frequent speaker before business and employer associations, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the National Association of General Contractors, and the Society of Human Resource Management. Before joining Fisher & Phillips, Bae was a partner at Jackson Lewis. More >>

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Elizabeth Deckman has joined the Benefits & Compensation Group in the Firm’s Seattle office as a Partner More >>

Karr Tuttle Campbell is pleased to welcome Kathy Feldman and Alex Modelski to our firm as shareholders. Kathy and Alex both come to KTC from the Seattle office of Ater Wynne. Ms. Feldman, who is consistently recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America by US News & World Report, joins our Employment Relations and Litigation practice group, while Mr. Modelski joins the Intellectual Property and Technology area to advise technology-sector and other high-growth clients in a range of business matters. More >>

The Seattle office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Rachel Tausend as a partner in the e-Discovery Analysis and Technology (e-DAT) practice. Tausend joins K&L Gates from the Washington, D.C., office of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, where she was a co-founder and chair of the firm’s e-discovery team. More >>