Perkins Coie
International law firm based in Seattle
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| 2025 | Plans to move Seattle headquarters to the Russell Investments Center, having previously occupied 1201 Third Avenue since 1988. |
| March 8 2025 | The law firm was targeted by the Donald Trump administration as part of an effort to punish law firms that worked for his political opponents. |
| March 6 2025 | President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring the federal government from using Perkins Coie's services and suspending the security clearances of lawyers working for the firm, as part of a broader campaign targeting law firms associated with his political opponents. |
| 2024 | Pro bono team successfully secured asylum for a former Afghan Air Force Pilot. |
| September 2024 | Confirmed the process of closing its Beijing office and shifting strategic focus to Shenzhen. Subsequently, Loeb & Loeb announced taking over Perkins Coie's Shenzhen IP firm and Beijing team of 17 lawyers. |
| May 2024 | Launched a new London office with a technology-focused corporate practice, led by corporate lawyer Ian Bagshaw. |
| March 2024 | Announced the closure of its Shanghai, China office. |
| 2023 | Advised Microsoft on its growing partnership with OpenAI, the research and development company behind ChatGPT. |
| 2023 | Represented Amazon in patent litigation before the International Trade Commission. |
| 2022 | Guided YouTube TV in negotiating and securing the Sunday Ticket broadcast agreement with the National Football League. |
| May 2022 | Michael Sussmann was unanimously acquitted by a jury after his trial related to the indictment. |
| 2021 | Filed suits challenging new election procedure laws passed by Republican-dominated state legislatures, often within hours of the bills being signed. |
| September 2021 | Michael Sussmann was indicted by the John Durham Special Counsel for allegedly making a false statement to the FBI. He subsequently resigned from Perkins Coie following the indictment. |
| 2020 | Handled legal responses to dozens of lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign seeking to overturn Joe Biden's election win, prevailing in 64 out of 65 court cases. |
| 2019 | Launched the Perkins Coie Tech Venture index to measure the health and trajectory of emerging growth technology and venture capital ecosystem. |
| 2019 | Became a signatory to the Mansfield Rule, aiming to diversify leadership by broadening candidate pools for senior management positions. |
| 2018 | Joined the American Bar Association's campaign addressing substance-use disorders and mental health issues among lawyers. |
| October 24 2017 | Released Fusion GPS from client confidentiality obligation. |
| September 2016 | Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer at Perkins Coie, allegedly made a false statement to the FBI related to the Trump-Russia investigation. |
| April 2016 | Retained Fusion GPS for opposition research services for the Clinton campaign, which produced the Steele dossier about alleged Russian involvement in the Trump campaign. |
| 2015 | Hired as counsel for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. |
| April 28 2010 | Argued the Doe v. Reed case concerning petition signatures in state ballot initiative campaigns before the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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