Mar 04, 2014

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Rothrock

Ricoy

Kobak

Fife

Bunker

Pacific Northwest regional law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt announced that Gillian Bunker, Christiane Fife, Sara Kobak, Peter Ricoy, Averil Rothrock and Kelly Walsh have been named shareholders of the firm. Bunker, Fife, Kobak and Ricoy are located in the firm's Portland office, Rothrock in the firm's Seattle office, and Walsh in the firm's office in Vancouver, Wash.

Walsh

Bunker is an experienced patent attorney whose practice focuses on the preparation, prosecution and commercialization of U.S. and foreign utility and design patents.

Fife focuses her practice on product liability litigation, representing businesses involved in automotive, pharmaceutical, and medical device cases in federal, state, and multi-district proceedings.

Kobak specializes in appellate litigation. She has significant experience before the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Oregon Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ricoy focuses his legal practice in health care law, data security and privacy, insurance regulation, and general corporate and business transactions.

Rothrock focuses her practice on appellate law and is responsible for the Appellate Practice Group in the firm's Seattle Office.

Walsh focuses her practice on the areas of commercial and business litigation, as well as construction law.

McMillen

McMillen announced that Kelly Tilford has joined its Boise office. Tilford brings 30 years' experience in hydro-related engineering and construction, including alternatives analysis, primary design, construction oversight, cost estimating, scheduling and financial analysis. As a member of McMillen's senior team, Kelly will manage new and existing projects to strengthen McMillen's growing presence in hydroelectric design and construction throughout the Western United States, Alaska, and Canada.

Crowley Maritime Corporation

Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that Scott Hoggarth has been promoted to vice president, West Coast harbor ship assist and tanker escort services. He has assumed new overall responsibilities for marine operations and engineering functions, as well as commercial results for Crowley's tug services offered in major U.S. West Coast ports.

Hoggarth will remain based in Seattle and continue to report to Rocky Smith, senior vice president and general manager, petroleum distribution and marine services.

Walsh Construction Co.

Michel

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Tracy Ann Michel to assistant project manager in the Seattle office. Michel has been with the company for four years, working as a project engineer and in the Extended Services department. Her new duties include estimating, value engineering, job costing and schedule monitoring.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Hafen

Matthew Hafen joined Adolfson & Peterson Construction's Pacific Northwest office as assistant project manager. Hafen has more than 10 years of industry experience and recently worked on large-scale projects in Hawaii. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Brigham Young University.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Roth

Law firm Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker hired Howard W. Roth as an of counsel attorney in its Seattle office. Roth, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, is focusing his practice on government contracts. He has more than 23 years of government contract law experience, and was legal counsel to the Army's Regional Support Command program manager in California overseeing construction of more than 50 buildings in seven states.

BNBuilders

De Yarza

David de Yarza, director of innovation at BNBuilders, is transitioning into the president's chair of the Seattle Revit User Group board of directors. Founded in 2007, SeaRUG is a local group that builds technical skills and exchanges ideas in the use of Autodesk Revit products. De Yarza has been on the board since 2010.

Bellingham Technical College

The American Welding Society accredited Bellingham Technical College's welding program as a certified test facility. The endorsement allows the school to perform many types of welding certifications above and beyond that of the Washington Association of Building Officials. BTC and Bates Technical College in Tacoma are the only schools in the state that are certified test facilities.