SEATTLE (December 3, 2025)—Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 30 lawyers have been promoted to the firm's counsel position, effective January 1, 2026.
This year’s counsel class includes lawyers with experience across eight core practice areas and 11 offices.
Counsel is a partnership-track position for lawyers with at least six years of experience who are recognized for their high-quality legal work and client service, ability to supervise junior lawyers and business professionals, and collaborative efforts with partners on managing client matters.
Perkins Coie 2026 Counsel Class:
| Fareid Asphahani, Ph.D. | Patent Prosecution | San Diego |
| Juliana Lehua Bennington | Business Litigation | Seattle |
| Samantha J. Burke | Business Litigation | Phoenix |
| Gina Buschatzke | Securities Litigation | Chicago |
| Jane E. Carmody | Environment, Energy & Resources | Seattle |
| Maureen Chang | Private Client Services | San Francisco |
| Shaun K. Devereaux | Real Estate & Land Use | Phoenix |
| Emily Drinkwater | White Collar & Investigations | New York |
| Samuel Gelb | White Collar & Investigations | New York |
| Lara A. Grines | Labor & Employment | Los Angeles |
| Daniella M. Gutierrez | Product Liability | Los Angeles |
| Jonathan P. Hawley | Business Litigation | Seattle |
| Jennifer Huckleberry | Product Liability | San Diego |
| Marten King | Business Litigation | Seattle |
| Gillian C. Kuhlmann | Business Litigation | Los Angeles |
| Donald (DJ) Mills | Financial Transactions & Regulation | Phoenix |
| Michelle Nguyen | Emerging Companies & Venture Capital | New York |
| Elle Nicholson | Technology Transactions & Privacy | Austin |
| Anna Onley | Patent Prosecution | Chicago |
| Breanna (Bree) Philips | Business Litigation | Seattle |
| Torryn Rodgers | Business Litigation | San Francisco |
| Lin Ruan | Private Client Services | San Francisco |
| Natalie Sanders | Business Litigation | Los Angeles |
| Byron C. Starkey | Environment, Energy & Resources | Bellevue |
| Jonathan Tietz | Patent Litigation | Washington, D.C. |
| Stephanie Vancil de Oliveira | Insurance Recovery | Seattle |
| Jessica Vander Velde | Business Litigation | Portland |
| LaMarte Williams, Jr. | Business Litigation | New York |
| Maeve E. Wilson | Technology Transactions & Privacy | New York |
