November 7, 2025

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives has elected nine attorneys to the firm's partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2026. The new partners are located in five offices spanning the firm's geographic footprint — Anchorage, Boise, Minneapolis Seattle and Portland.

Stoel's new partners in Northwest offices are: Shannon Bleicher (Anchorage) – Bleicher is a natural resources attorney in the firm's Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources practice group. She represents natural resource developers and regulated utilities on land, mineral, and regulatory matters. She earned her J.D. from Creighton University School of Law.

David Brandon (Boise) – Brandon is a tax attorney in Stoel's Corporate practice with broad experience in domestic and international transactional tax matters. He earned his J.D. and LL.M, Taxation, from the University of Washington School of Law.

Whitney Brown (Anchorage) – Brown is an attorney in Stoel's Litigation practice and chairs the firm's Appellate Critical Motions Group. She returned to Stoel Rives after serving as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court. Brown received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law.

Alex Pearson (Seattle) – Pearson is an attorney in Stoel's Corporate practice group and a member of the Energy Industry Group. He advises renewable energy sponsors and developers in project finance matters for the financing of renewable energy projects across the country. Pearson earned his J.D. from University of Washington School of Law, and served as editor-in chief of Washington Law Review.

Bradley Prowant (Minneapolis/Boise) – Prowant is a commercial litigator in the firm's litigation practice group, representing a range of clients in complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy across the country. Prowant received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Connor Smith (Anchorage) – Smith is a trial attorney in the firm's Litigation practice group. He represents clients in the commercial fishing, energy, mining, and oil and gas industries and works frequently with Alaska Native Corporations. Smith received his J.D. from Seattle University School of Law.

Ariel Stavitsky (Portland) – Stavitsky is an energy and environmental attorney in the Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources practice group. She represents clients across multiple industries, including energy development, natural resource production, and manufacturing, with focuses in environmental and natural resource-related litigation and energy facility permitting. Stavitsky received her J.D. from University of Oregon School of Law.

Michael Such (Portland) – Such is a tax attorney in the Corporate practice group. In his practice, he primarily represents renewable energy clients in all tax matters related to project development nationwide. Such received his J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.