seattle washington no . of offices 19 no . of attorneys 1000 major practice areas general practice revenue us 710 million 2014 1 date founded 1912 seattle company type llp website www.perkinscoie.com perkins coie is an international law firm headquartered in seattle washington and founded in 1912 . history edit perkins coie is an international law firm headquartered in seattle washington . it has been listed on the fortune magazine 100 best places at which to work in america for the past 19 years 2 and is ranked number 42 on the amlaw 100 list . 3 perkins coie is the oldest and largest law firm headquartered in the pacific northwest and has a total of 19 offices across the united states and asia . it works in intellectual property venture capital emerging companies labor & employment corporate governance and securities investigations and white collar defense and products liability practices . perkins coie provides corporate commercial litigation and intellectual property legal services to clients who range from fortune 100 corporations to small independent startups as well as public and not for profit organizations . additionally chambers regularly ranks perkins coie s political law practice first in the united states . 4 the firm is counsel of record for the democratic national committee and other political clients include nearly all democratic members of the united states congress as well as several presidential campaigns including those of john kerry and barack obama . in 2009 president obama appointed robert bauer the chair of the firm s political law practice to become his white house counsel . bauer returned to private practice with perkins coie in 2011 . in 2015 hillary clinton named marc elias as general counsel to her campaign . 5 living alumni of the firm include former attorney general of washington state rob mckenna 9th circuit court of appeals judges margaret mckeown and ronald m. gould washington state senator cyrus habib and oregon state representative chris garrett . mandates and representations the firm was founded in 1912 and has represented the boeing company since the founding of the aerospace company in 1916 . other clients include microsoft amazon.com starbucks costco craigslist google facebook intel twitter at & t zillow rei intellectual ventures ups barack obama expedia safeco t mobile dale chihuly quora and nintendo . perkins coie also serves as counsel of record for the democratic party and its candidates ; its political law group was for many years headed by campaign lawyer bob bauer 6 and is now chaired by marc elias . 7 perkins coie represented john kerry s presidential campaign and the presidential campaign of barack obama and continues to represent president obama . the firm represented christine gregoire in the prolonged litigation surrounding her 2004 washington gubernatorial election and a team of perkins lawyers headed by marc elias successfully represented al franken in his legal battle over the 2008 senatorial election in minnesota . 8 the firm also represents the democratic leadership council the democratic senatorial campaign committee and the democratic congressional campaign committee . in 2006 perkins coie led by partner harry schneider represented salim ahmed hamdan the alleged driver and bodyguard of osama bin laden . the case made its way to the u.s. supreme court in hamdan v. rumsfeld 9 in which the court ruled that the bush administration s use of military commissions to try terrorism suspects was unconstitutional . 10 perkins worked in the doe v. reed case concerning petition signatures in state ballot initiative campaigns which was argued successfully before the u.s. supreme court on april 28 2010 . 11 recognition and rankings ranked 19 among the top 25 corporate law firms by nyse governance services 2015 12 ranked 42 on the american lawyer 100 list 2015 13 listed on fortune magazine s 100 best companies to work for for 13 consecutive years 2003 2015 ; 14 ranked by fortune as third best female friendly company in u.s. 2015 15 ranked as a leading firm in chambers usa with 128 attorneys listed in 10 key markets across the country . the firm received band 1 rankings 2015 in 20 practice areas . 16 207 lawyers named among the best lawyers in america 2014 17 14th largest law firm by attorney headcount in the u.s. law360 2015 18 earned the human rights campaign foundation s top rating of 100 percent in the corporate equality index 2009 2015 19 gold standard certificate from women in law empowerment forum 2011 2014 20 received aba s inaugural champions for disability inclusion in the legal profession award 2014 21 references edit http www.law.com jsp tal pubarticletal.jsp id 1202430111960 am law 100 gross revenue https www.perkinscoie.com en news insights a lucky 13 years for perkins coie on fortune s best companies to.html http www.americanlawyer.com law firm profiles result firmname perkins coie llp united states http www.politico.com story 2015 04 hillary clintons power players 116874.html ixzz3abek1a2y robert bauer http www.politico.com story 2015 04 hillary clintons power players 116874.html ixzz3abek1a2y http www.twincities.com ci 13358944 hamdan v. rumsfeld http www.law.cornell.edu supct html 05 184.zs.html https www.perkinscoie.com en experience doe 1 et al v reed et al.html http www.businesswire.com news home 20150513005024 en nyse governance services fti consulting announce results . vvykyplvhbc http www.americanlawyer.com id 1202489912232 the 2015 am law 100 rich and richer http fortune.com best companies http fortune.com 2015 03 05 best companies for women https www.perkinscoie.com en news insights perkins coie named among top firms in 2015 chambers usa 1.html http www.bestlawyers.com firms perkins coie llp 9936 us http www.law360.com articles 631981 law360 reveals 400 largest us firms http hrc assets.s3 website us east 1 . amazonaws.com files documents cei 2015 rev.pdf http blogs.findlaw.com greedy associates 2014 06 women in law empowerment forum 2014 gold sandard firms announced.html http www.americanbar.org groups disabilityrights initiatives awards champions perkins coie.html external links edit perkins coie web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perkins coie & oldid 742973152 categories law firms established in 1912law firms based in seattleintellectual property law firms1912 establishments in washington state navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 00 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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