Lane Powell PC

Firm Details

President: Barbara J. Duffy

Vice President: Thomas W. Sondag

Office Locations: Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Anchorage, Alaska

Number of partners in the US: 101

Number of other lawyers in the US: 64

Languages: Armenian, Chinese Mandarin, English, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Firm Overview

Lane Powell is a Pacific Northwest law firm with a national and international reach. The firm’s nearly 200 attorneys are trusted advisors, counsel and advocates for individuals, small and large businesses, including Fortune 50 companies. Since 1875, clients have relied on Lane Powell’s exceptional legal acumen and forward-thinking approach to resolve their most complex business, litigation and regulatory challenges.

Main Areas of Practice

Business: 

Lane Powell provides a full range of general business services to individuals, as well as local, regional, national and international companies. They have approximately 90 corporate attorneys that are widely recognized throughout the Northwest for their skill and experience representing clients in corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, and for advising innovative companies on strategic growth opportunities, risk management and cross-border business matters. Delivery of legal services is organized around one or more industry teams or areas of practice. Business services the firm provides include: aviation; banking and financial services; anti-trust; clean tech; construction; cooperative law; corporate finance and securities; dealers and manufacturer relations; electronic discovery, technology and strategy; environmental; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, bribery and international anti-corruption; food, beverage and hospitality; franchising; government; health care; immigration; intellectual property and technology; international business and investment; long term care; mergers and acquisitions; real estate and land use; retail; startups and emerging companies; taxation; and executive compensation and personal planning.

Labor & Employment: 

Lane Powell represents management in the entire range of labor and employment matters and issues. Serving clients in virtually every industry in both the private and public sectors, their approximately 30 employment attorneys advise in matters relating to: labor relations; class action defense; employment discrimination; wrongful discharge; unions; civil rights; employee benefits (ERISA, COBRA, etc.); workers’ compensation; OSHA/WISHA matters; immigration in state and federal courts; wage and hour audits; and before the NLRB, OFCCP, EEOC and all other state and federal agencies involved in employment matters. The firm frequently arbitrates or represents clients in employment-related jury trials.

Litigation: 

Lane Powell has extensive litigation experience, including consumer and wage and hour class-actions from regional to international levels. The firm's 110 litigators represent clients in all aspects of commercial litigation, including trials and appeals in all state and federal courts; federal, state and self-regulatory administrative proceedings; and arbitrations and mediations. Lane Powell’s broad range of litigation matters include: complex litigation (including class actions); securities; commercial disputes; virtually every type of litigation involving financial institutions; intellectual property; bankruptcy and creditors’ rights; antitrust; health care; intellectual property and technology; appellate; insurance premises liability; products liability; real estate and environmental; and architects, engineers and construction.