Mar 09, 2016

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie named four Seattle-based partners to leadership positions. David McShea is chair of the Executive Committee, succeeding Laura Neebling, who recently retired. Katie O'Sullivan leads the Commercial Litigation practice in Seattle, succeeding Tom Boeder. Colonel Betz is chair of the Trust & Estate Planning practice, succeeding Janis Cunningham. Amy Tucker is personnel chair of Trust & Estate Planning. The firm has 1,000 lawyers in 19 offices.

Corr Cronin Michelson

Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner Fogg & Moore hired Eric Lindberg as an associate focusing on civil and intellectual property litigation. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Betty Binns Fletcher on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Ann Schindler on Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One.

Mar 08, 2016

Coldstream Wealth Management

Coldstream Wealth Management is merging with George R. Pierce & Associates, an independent wealth management firm based in Seattle, and opening an office on Lake Union. Coldstream advises over 600 households and $1.57 billion in assets, and now adds 300 households and $325 million in assets with the addition of GP, which will take Coldstream's name. GP's office on Westlake now is Coldstream's Seattle office. Coldstream is maintaining its office in Bellevue. George R. Pierce & Associates was established in 1988 by George R. Pierce.

Rover.com

Rover.com, a Seattle-based national network of pet sitters and dog walkers, hired John Lapham as general counsel. He was senior vice president and general counsel at Getty Images, where he developed partnerships with Pinterest, Microsoft and other companies. Rover lets people arrange pet sitting, dog walking, boarding and day care, and says more than 40,000 people have listed services.

Mar 04, 2016

Lane Powell

Fox

Greg Fox has been elected a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Fox chairs Lane Powell's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. Malcolm Lindquist, co-chair of the Financial Institutions Industry Team, was also named a fellow.

JayRay

Stickland

Kristi Stickland has joined JayRay with experience in public relations, marketing and business management. She managed marketing and staff training for a dental practice and before that was on the team that helped launch the Affordable Care Act in Washington state. The branding, advertising and communication firm is based in Tacoma.

Mar 03, 2016

Helsell Fetterman

Spence

Kirkevold

Kameron Kirkevold and Michael Spence have joined the partnership at Helsell Fetterman. Kirkevold has been practicing law for seven years and has been with Helsell Fetterman since 2010. He represents professional and lay fiduciaries. Spence has been practicing in Seattle for 30 years and with Helsell Fetterman since 2012, focusing on real estate transactions, zoning and land use, code enforcement defense, government relations and corporate issues.

Flying House Productions

Flying House Productions, the parent organization for Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus, named Paul Caldwell artistic director, effective Aug. 1. Dennis Coleman, who has led the group for 35 years, is retiring. Caldwell will move here from Chicago, where he was artistic director for Youth Choral Theatre of Chicago, Windy City Gay Chorus and Windy City Treble Quire.

Cruise Planners

Steve Williams and Justin Yamada have opened a Vancouver office of Cruise Planners, a home-based travel agent franchise network that offers travel packages and other services. Franklin Reed has joined the travel agency franchise on Capitol Hill in Seattle. He specializes in river cruises, LGBT travel and the French Riviera.