SUPER LAW YERS / WASHINGTON 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER STORY
16 THE COMPETITOR
Rebecca Ringer’s crusade for justice began
with a Sadie Hawkins dance.
BY ADRIENNE SCHOFHAUSER
FEATURES
20 JAMES LOBSENZ
REWRITES THE RULES
How a Seattle appellate lawyer helped end
‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’
BY ERIK LUNDEGAARD
26 BATTLE IN THE BAYOU
Brad Marten and Billy Plauché tackle the
Gulf oil crisis—from Seattle.
BY GEOV PARRISH
30 THE STRATEGIST
Stephen Graham takes battlefield strategy
from board game to boardroom.
BY BOB GEBALLE
DEPARTMENTS
7 WORD FOR WORD
Five attorneys on the best piece of advice
they’ve ever received.
AS TOLD TO BETSY GRACA
8 BRIEFS
Spotlight on Geoff Grindeland and Simeon
Osborn.
BY AMY KATES AND REBEKAH DENN
THE ANNUAL LIST
33 SELECTION PROCESS
SUPER LAWYERS
34 THE TOP LISTS
37 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
RISING STARS
69
LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
10 Q&A: JOHN
HEMPELMANN
Land use lawyer John Hempelmann was
a Camelot insider, nearly became a U.S.
congressman, and is shaping public policy—
and the Northwest landscape—every day.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AND EDITED
BY BETH TAYLOR
COVER AND CON TEN TS PHO TOGRAPH Y BY RICK DAHMS
(RINGER, LOBSENZ)
LAW YERS DID NO T PAY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EDI TORIAL
FEATURES, DEPARTMEN TS OR SUPER LAW YERS LIS TS
PRESEN TED ON THIS TABLE OF CON TEN TS PAGE.
82 BY THE NUMBERS
Some details in the numbers from the
Annual List.
