Oct 30, 2019

Fisher Phillips

Prange

Bailey

Labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips added attorneys Nate Bailey and Scott Prange to its Seattle office. Bailey is of counsel and Prange is an associate. Bailey has over 10 years of experience representing companies in a wide range of employment law. He comes from Winterbauer & Diamond, a Seattle practice specializing in labor and employment law. Prange advises companies on all stages of litigation, including unfair labor practices, wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, and occupational health and safety violations. He comes from the Honolulu office of Dentons, an international law firm. Fisher Phillips has more than 400 attorneys in over 30 offices across the U.S.

The Standard

Taylor-Rodriguez

Rita Taylor-Rodriguez returned to Portland-based Standard Insurance Co. (The Standard) as third-party administrator sales director for retirement plan services. Taylor-Rodriguez has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, including a 10-year stint with The Standard as a regional sales director that ended in 2017. Most recently, she was a sales executive with Malcolm Thompson & Associates in Houston. She is based in Magnolia, Texas.

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Frazier Healthcare Partners promoted Ben Magnano to managing partner and Phil Zaorski to principal, and added Christina Miller Reszka as a principal. Magnano joined Frazier in 2006 and became a general partner in 2013. Zaorski joined the company in 2012 and has played key roles with the firm's investments in AppianRx, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Northfield Medical and Vein Clinics of America. Prior to that, he was an analyst with RBC Capital Markets. Miller Reszka spent 10 years at Norwest Equity Partners, most recently as a principal. Frazier invests in health care companies. It has offices in Seattle and Menlo Park, California.

American Lending Center

In Seattle, American Lending Center won the I-829 Approval Award from industry association Invest in the USA. American Lending Center is an EB-5 regional center that helps investors navigate the EB-5 investment and immigration program to achieve green card status. It has completed funding for 75 EB-5 projects in 19 states.

Rogue Creamery

Rogue Creamery's Rogue River Blue Cheese was named World's Best Cheese at the 2019 World Cheese Awards in Italy. The cheese was picked by a panel of 260 jurors as the best from a field of 3,800 cheeses from 42 countries. The cave-aged blue cheese is wrapped in Syrah grape leaves that are soaked in pear spirits. Central Point, Oregon-based Rogue Creamery says this is the first time that an American-made cheese has won the top honor.

Oct 29, 2019

Summit Law Group

Mitchell

Nesbitt

Hill

Davis

Curtis

Truong

Taylor

Sutton

Seattle-based Summit Law Group added eight lawyers: Rachael A. Curtis, Laura Davis, Angela A. Hill, Tanya Nesbitt, Jessica Mitchell, Ian T. Sutton, Jesse Taylor and Alice Truong. Curtis represents private and public entities in labor and employment matters. Davis works with public and private clients on litigation matters. Hill was in-house counsel for a Pacific Northwest homebuilder, and has land acquisition and development expertise. Nesbitt was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and focuses on environmental, antitrust and business-related law. Mitchell is experienced in leasing, acquisition and deposition, and development law. Sutton specializes in environmental land use issues including zoning, land division, shoreline development and conditional use permitting. Taylor practices in civil litigation matters such as design and construction defect claims, commercial contract disputes, intellectual property and breach of fiduciary duty. Truong's practice covers real estate, focusing on leases, administration of existing real estate holdings, multi-party easement development, and acquisition and disposition of properties.

Adaptiva

Doug Kennedy is the new chief growth officer at Adaptiva, where he is leading business development, strategic relationships and channel programs. Kennedy was an executive at Oracle, Microsoft and NetSuite. He has three decades of enterprise technology experience. Adaptiva is a Kirkland-based developer of IT security solutions.

UBS Financial Services

Forbes named Michael S. Matthews of UBS Financial Services to its list of America's Top 100 Wealth Advisors for 2019. Matthews is a managing director and financial advisor in the firm's Bellevue office.

Assurance IQ

Prudential Financial earlier this month completed its acquisition of Assurance IQ, a Bellevue-based data analytics provider of insurance services. Assurance is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Smart Foodservice

Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores on Saturday will open a 20,300-square-foot store at 1240 Lindsay Blvd. in Idaho Falls, its fifth in Idaho. Portland-based Smart Foodservice is a chain of 69 warehouse-format stores in the western U.S. catering to the food service industry. It used to be called Cash & Carry.