Lane Powell PC

In 1875, William D. Fenton began practicing law as a partner at Portland law firm McCain and Fenton. Upon his death, Fenton's home library was donated to the University of Oregon, which built Fenton Hall in his name.[https://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/fenton Architecture - Fenton Hall] University of Oregon. Retrieved April 25, 2019. His home, the William D. Fenton House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=49252 Fenton, Judge William D Sr, House] Oregon Historic Sites Database. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

After Fenton's passing in 1918, McCain and Fenton was renamed to Hampson and Nelson, and moved to the Pacific Building in Portland.University of Michigan Alumnus Association. 1929. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tvHhAAAAMAAJ&dq=Hampson+and+Nelson%2C+and+moved+to+the+Pacific+Building+in+Portland&pg=PA498 The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 36] Google Books. page 498. Retrieved April 19, 2019. From 1918 to 1979, the firm went through several leadership and name changes with the addition of partners like Herbert Anderson, Oglesby Young and William Lubersky. In 1979, John Bledsoe joined as a naming partner, changing the firm’s name to Spears, Lubersky, Campbell and Bledsoe.(July 12, 2011). [http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?pid=152508617 John Perry Bledsoe Obituary] The Oregonian. Retrieved April 19, 2019. Anderson and Young were also added to the naming partner group, renaming the firm in 1988 to Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard.

Lane Powell's Seattle office began in 1889 when John H. Powell arrived in Seattle and practiced law in the firm Stratton, Lewis & Gilman.(September 14, 1990). [http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1667 Law and Lawyers in Seattle’s History] HistoryLink. Retrieved April 16, 2019. In 1900, William A. Peters and Powell entered into a partnership under the name Peters & Powell, located in the Dexter Horton Building.Hubbell, J.H. 1902. [https://books.google.com/books?id=S3Y8AAAAIAAJ&dq=Peters+%26+Powell%2C+located+in+the+Dexter+Horton+Building.&pg=PA1290 Hubbell’s Legal Directory for Lawyers and Businessmen] J.H. Hubbell & Company. Page 1290. Retrieved April 27, 2019. The addition of partners such as W. Bryon Lane and Gordon Moss in 1959 led the firm to be named Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Moss. In 1966, Pendleton Miller joined the firm as naming partner, changing the firm to Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller.(July 28, 2014). [http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/litigation_news/lane-powell-moss-miller.authcheckdam.pdf Home Indem. Co. v. Lane Powell Moss & Miller] American Bar Association. Retrieved April 29, 2019. During this time, the firm expanded to Anchorage by merging with Ruskin, Barker & Hicks.Ragsdale, Rose. "Law Firm Makes Critical Legal Connection." AKWA Connection, Exploring Alaska-Washington Connection (n.d.): 34-35. Petroleum News. 28 Aug. 2011. Print.

In 1990, the Portland firm Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young & Hilliard merged with Seattle-based firm Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, leading to the name Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP.Leeson, Fred. "Toward a New Century." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 224-25. Print. {{ISBN|9780875952697}} In 2002, when the firm was called "Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP", it was part of a court settlement regarding the collapse of the Portland-based investment firm Capital Consultants LLC, for which the law firm was the primary outside consultant. The settlements, amounting to $25 million, came from the law firm's insurance coverage.Staff (July 21, 2002) [http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/07/22/newscolumn5.html "Local firms part of Capital Consultants settlement"] Puget Sound Business Journal The company renamed to Lane Powell PC in 2005. In September 2024, Lane Powell agreed to merge with Ballard Spahr as of 2025, with the combined firm to operate under the Ballard Spahr name.{{cite web |last1=Tribe |first1=Meghan |last2=Strom |first2=Roy |title=Ballard Spahr to Merge With Pacific Northwest’s Lane Powell |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/ballard-spahr-to-merge-with-pacific-northwest-firm-lane-powell |publisher=Bloomberg Law |access-date=10 September 2024 |date=9 September 2024}}

In partnership with the University of Washington School of Law, Lane Powell annually supports the school through the Ronald E. Beard Scholarship, Gregoire Fellows program and Lane Powell & D. Wayne Gittinger Endowed Professorship.[https://www.law.uw.edu/alumni/give/why-i-give/lane-powell Lane Powell Spearheads Support to Honor Influential Double Dawgs] University of Washington School of Law – Alumni. Retrieved April 15, 2019.(November 15, 2018) [https://www.law.uw.edu/news-events/news/2018/gregoire-fellows-2018 Announcing the 2018 Gregoire Fellows] The University of Washington School of Law – News. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

Other beneficiaries include the American Heart Association, Basic Rights Oregon, Campaign for Equal Justice, Food Lifeline, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Start Making A Reader Today (SMART), and the United Way.(May 24, 2018) [https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/subscriber-only/2018/05/24/corporate-philanthropists-midsize.html Corporate Philanthropists - Midsize] Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved April 19, 2019.(July 25, 2018) [http://www.basicrights.org/featured/victory-federal-judge-upholds-protections-for-oregons-rural-transgender-students/ Victory! Federal Judge Upholds Protections for Oregon’s Rural Transgender Students] Basic Rights Oregon. Retrieved April 15, 2019.[https://www.getsmartoregon.org/about-smart/local-offices/metro-area/business-partners/ Business Partners] SMART Oregon. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

In 2019, Barbara Duffy was named president of the company.Stewart, Ashley. June 4, 2019.

[https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/06/04/large-seattle-law-firm-names-new-president.html Large Seattle law firm names new president] Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

• William T. Beeks[https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377671 Beeks, William Trulock] Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
• Thomas Samuel Zilly, federal district court judge(June 2014) [https://www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/BView.aspx?Month=06&Year=2014&AID=article11.htm WILLIAM L. DWYER OUTSTANDING JURIST: Judge Thomas Zilly] King County Bar Association. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
• James RobartLuthy, Dana. 2004. [http://www.fba-wdwash.org/newsletters/FBASummer04.pdf Profile of Judge James L. Robart] Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington News, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 11 & 13.

• 2019 – Received 100 percent score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Annual Corporate Equality IndexRomano, Benjamin. (March 29,

2019) [https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-other-washington-companies-get-perfect-scores-for-lgbtq-policies-but-some-advocates-ask-for-more/ Amazon, other Washington companies, get perfect scores for LGBTQ policies, but some advocates ask for more] The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

• 2018 – Named One of the Nation's Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality by The Human Rights Campaign Foundation(2018) [https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/CEI-2018-FullReport.pdf?_ga=2.31983742.1342649310.1551997103-916336971.1480523598 Corporate Equality Index 2018]

Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Page 47. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

• 2018 – Named in Puget Sound Business Journal "Top 75 Corporate Philanthropists" listCrowe,

Melissa. (April 9, 2018) [https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/04/09/biggest-corporate-philanthropists-washington-state.html Revealed: The 75 biggest corporate philanthropists in Washington] Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

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