About

Provided by Stoel Rives LLP

Stoel Rives' Litigation Department in Washington is known for its trial and appellate experience in complex disputes and its consistent success in achieving clients' goals and preserving their assets in governmental investigations, tax disputes, and administrative proceedings.

The team resolves disputes for companies, nonprofits, and government agencies across the region's legacy and emerging industries, including natural resources, ports and shipping, agribusiness, real estate, construction, consumer products, food and beverages, healthcare, telecommunications, environmental sciences, and energy. We have a track record of securing significant verdicts and settlements in Washington's most complex commercial disputes.

Beyond jury and bench trials, appeals, administrative hearings, arbitrations, and mediations, our litigators handle regulatory compliance and permitting matters under federal and state statutes, including citizen suits and environmental and natural resource cases. We also handle matters involving antitrust, class action defense, M&A, creditor claims, white-collar allegations, insurance claims, property tax, securities and enforcement actions, and state attorney general investigations.

The team has secured successful outcomes in major regional infrastructure litigation, including aviation, hydroelectric, navigation, and water resource projects, as well as traditional and renewable energy and industrial facilities navigating emerging regulatory landscapes.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Litigation: General Commercial - Washington

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Stoel Rives LLP has a well-regarded team with substantial experience in trial and appellate courts and notable expertise in class action defense. The team excels in a broad range of industry sectors, including transportation and logistics, technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals. It is regularly retained to represent significant government entities and major corporations in various disputes, including product liability, environmental, IP and insurance matters.

Work Highlights

  • Stoel Rives LLP represented the Washington State Department of Transportation in a multi-party infrastructure dispute concerning costs and delay damages in plans to modernize and reduce congestion along the I-405 corridor.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Notable Practitioners

Provided by Chambers

Vanessa Power
2
Vanessa Power
2
Band 2

Vanessa Power is recognized for her expertise in complex business litigation, including contentious intellectual property and contract disputes. She has experience representing her clients at trial and on appeal, with particular expertise in the healthcare sector.

Vanessa is certainly a star at Stoel Rives. She's very active, well thought of and judges like her.

David Goodnight
3
David Goodnight
3
Band 3

David Goodnight is particularly well regarded for his handling of complex commercial disputes arising in the technology sector. He also has experience advising on contractor and insurance coverage disputes.

David is a well known litigator.

Maren Norton
4
Maren Norton
4
Band 4
Maren Norton is well versed in advising clients on environmental and healthcare litigation, as part of a broad commercial disputes practice. She is the Seattle office managing partner at Stoel Rives.

Ranked Lawyers at
Stoel Rives LLP

Provided by Chambers
Filter by
Band

Washington

Litigation: General Commercial

Vanessa Power
2
Vanessa Power
2
Band 2
David Goodnight
3
David Goodnight
3
Band 3
Maren Norton
4
Maren Norton
4
Band 4

Members

Provided by Stoel Rives LLP

Alissa Harris

Anne Dorshimer

Aric Jarrett

Harrison Owens

J Scott Pritchard

James Kilcup

Javier Perez

Jenna Poligo

Jill Bowman

Maren Norton

Maren Norton

Head of Department

Michael Rubin

Rachel Groshong

Rita Latsinova

Sara Wadsworth

Sean James

William Dempsey

Clients

Provided by Stoel Rives LLP

California High-Speed Rail Authority

Cambia Health Solutions

Coordinated Care Corporation

Crescent Silver, LLC

Dan Roth

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

Lyft

National Church Residences

Planned Parenthood of Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands

Port of Everett

Port of Seattle

Washington State Department of Transportation

Industries

Provided by Stoel Rives LLP

Agribusiness

Construction

Consumer Products

Energy

Food & Beverage

Healthcare

Life Sciences & Technology

Manufacturing

Natural Resources

Real Estate