Sep 18, 2015

Schwabe

Ford

Stolowitz

Schwabe has joined forces with Stolowitz Ford Cowger, a seven-attorney Portland-based intellectual property/patent law firm, adding 32 IP attorneys and paralegals to the Schwabe IP department. The seven attorneys include Micah Stolowitz, Steve Ford, Graciela Cowger, Bryan Kirkpatrick, Michael Cofield, Jeffrey Marlink and Mark Meininger. StoFoCo has expertise in electrical engineering, optics and other technical disciplines. Schwabe's expertise is in software, e-commerce, telecom, semiconductor, media, biotech, medical devices and consumer products.

Plume21

The ports of Tacoma and Seattle have formally launched The Northwest Seaport Alliance, joining forces to create the third largest gateway in North America. Plume21, a strategy and creative firm with offices in Seattle and La Jolla, California, developed concepts and brand identity for the marine cargo partnership.

Sep 17, 2015

Marcus Whitman Hotel

Leeper

After being assistant general manager for 13 years, Dan Leeper is now general manager of the Marcus Whitman Hotel in Walla Walla.

Lane Powell

Miao

Qingqing Miao has joined Lane Powell as an attorney in the Business Practice Group, where she will focus on immigration and business law. Miao worked as of counsel at Ellis, Li & McKinstry. She is on the executive committee of the Washington Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and secretary of the Asian Bar Association of Washington.

Sep 16, 2015

Washington Defense Trial Lawyers

Campbell

Jennifer Campbell, a shareholder at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, is president-elect of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, starting in July 2016. She has been on the board since 2007, and has years of experience with product liability, personal injury and general commercial litigation.

Phillips Burgess

The Olympia law firm Phillips Burgess has moved its headquarters to a larger space in Market Place at 724 Columbia St. N.W. The firm still has an office in Tacoma. The founders are attorneys Richard “Mick” Phillips and Heather Burgess, and they focus on land use, environmental, real estate and natural resources law.

Sep 15, 2015

Hornall Anderson

Yoder

Eslami

Seattle branding and design firm Hornall Anderson hired Rahmin Eslami as a vice president of design. He will work with current VP of design Michael Connors, and oversee an inter-disciplinary team. Eslami was a creative director with Landor Associates in Chicago, and has worked on projects for Abbott, Bank of Nova Scotia, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Michelin and Procter & Gamble.

Associated Ministries

Michael Yoder joined Associated Ministries in Tacoma as executive director. He has 30 years of experience in nonprofits and worked for 12 years at World Vision where he launched a national program about AIDS in Africa.