Jan 12, 2021

Lasher Holzapfel

Bianchi

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson has appointed Mario Bianchi as its new managing principal, replacing Karl Weiss. Bianchi chaired the firm's litigation practice group from 2009 through 2013. Lasher Holzapfel was founded 47 years ago in Seattle.

Arcimoto

Arcimoto, makers of electric vehicles for everyday commuters and fleets, has named Galileo Russell to its board of directors. Russell is the founder and CEO of HyperChange, a startup financial media company with more than 130,000 YouTube subscribers. He co-founded the software-as-a-service financial visualization platform HyperCharts and is the founder of the venture capital firm HyperGuap. Every Arcimoto vehicle is built at its manufacturing plant in Eugene, Oregon.

Covestic

Milestone Technologies, a Silicon Valley based global IT managed services firm, announced the acquisition of Covestic, a ServiceNow Elite Partner and IT Managed Services firm, based in Kirkland. The acquisition extends Milestone's footprint to the Pacific Northwest. Covestic brings fifteen years of experience in IT Service Management and IT Operations across many industries. Milestone Technologies has been providing services since 1997, and currently operates in 36 different countries.

Jan 08, 2021

Liberty Bank

Liberty Bank has named Andy Leikin as its new chief credit officer, overseeing credit operations at the bank's locations in Poulsbo and Bellevue. Leikin has served in multiple roles, including bank vice president, senior vice president, credit administrator and relationship/portfolio manager with HomeStreet Bank, Fortune Bank, First Sound Bank, and PNC Bank.

Mobile Tech

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Mobile Tech (MTI), a provider of retail security, smart retail and global services, announced the promotion of Mary Jesse to serve on MTI's Board of Directors and as the company's chief executive officer. Jesse is the first woman to serve on the company's Board of Directors, and has been chief operations officer since February 2020.

Alpine Immune Sciences

Alpine Immune Sciences, a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on developing treatments for cancer and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, announced the appointment of Pamela Holland, Ph.D., as senior vice president, research. Holland is an experienced cancer biologist, and most recently served as vice president, cancer biology at Surface Oncology. In addition, Remy Durand, Ph.D., currently senior vice president of business development and corporate strategy, has been promoted to chief business officer.

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives announced nine of its attorneys were promoted to the partnership effective January 1, 2021, including three in the firm's Seattle office. The new partners in Seattle are Rachel Groshong, Sallie Lin and Christopher Wall. Groshong serves as chair of the firm's transportation subgroup of the consumer products, manufacturing, and transportation industry group. Lin is an attorney in the real estate group advising clients on a wide range of matters, including financing, leasing, acquisitions, and partnerships. Wall manages all aspects of employment litigation, with a focus on class actions, wage cases, and pay equity matters. Stoel Rives operates in seven states and the District of Columbia.

Jan 07, 2021

Lane Powell

Lane Powell has elected seven new shareholders and promoted three attorneys as counsel to the firm's Portland and Seattle offices. The new shareholders in the Seattle office are Callie Castillo, Brett Durbin, Qingqing Miao. Julie Seidenstein and Taylor Washburn. New shareholders in the Portland office are Christine Thelen and Cozette Tran-Caffee. New counsel to the firm are Bret Finkelstein and Paul Spatafore in Seattle and Rishi Puri in Portland.

Amazon

Amazon announced that it is expanding its fleet with the first-ever purchase of eleven Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The purchases include seven aircraft from Delta and four aircraft from WestJet. The four aircraft purchased from WestJet are undergoing passenger to cargo conversion and will join Amazon Air's network in 2021, and the seven aircraft from Delta will enter the air cargo network in 2022. The company will continue to rely on third-party carriers to operate these new aircraft. Amazon Air was launched in 2016.

Cigna

Seattle resident Dr. Gjanje Smith has been selected to represent Cigna by participating in the CEO Action for Racial Equity fellowship – working alongside 500 fellows from companies and business organizations from around the world to address racial injustice at national, state and local levels. In this one-year, full-time fellowship, Smith will work together with other fellows to identify, develop and promote scalable and sustainable public policies and corporate engagement to address societal systemic racism and social injustice, and improve societal well-being. Smith is a medical director of urology supporting Cigna's clinical performance and quality team.