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The firm of Lane Powell is among Seattle's oldest and largest law firms, a municipal leader, and a firm synonymous with the legal tradition of the Pacific Northwest. It stands among all of the companies that are listed as based in the greater Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest region.
The Seattle office of Lane Powell traces its roots back to 1889, when John Powell arrived in Seattle to practice law with the firm of Stratton, Lewis & Gilman.
The Portland office of Lane Powell traces its history in a direct line to 1875, the year William D. Fenton was admitted to the Oregon Bar and began practicing law.
No history of the Pacific Northwest is complete without inclusion of this landmark firm for more than 130 years. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Searchwriter ( talk • contribs) 04:25, 20 Jun 2007 (UTC)
Question. I want to add a history section about our firm. Can I post something here that I would like posted on the actual page? It is somewhat the same as the history page on Lane Powell.com but reworded so it isn't entirely the same and copyrighted. ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 16:16, 8 June 2016 (UTC))
Hi, I had a quick question. So I did some researcher and unfortunately there is not much alone about our firm history. However, I went through the library and found some books on our history. Is it possible to site a source using a book, or does it all have to be online? This information was from the 1890's-1980's etc. so the use of computer was a little out of the question :) (206.169.157.238 (talk) 16:30, 10 June 2016 (UTC))
What I mean by not much history, I meant that we don't have much online about our history, but have several books on them! Sorry for the mix-up. (206.169.157.238 (talk) 16:31, 10 June 2016 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LPWik97203 ( talk • contribs)
I was looking to add this to the awards and recognition Lane Powell has been Named as "One of the Top Patent law firms" in Washington by the IAM Patent 1000 (2016) [1] ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 20:35, 9 June 2016 (UTC))
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Hi, I had a quick question. So I did some researcher and unfortunately there is not much alone about our firm history. However, I went through the library and found some books on our history. Is it possible to site a source using a book, or does it all have to be online? This information was from the 1890's-1980's etc. so the use of computer was a little out of the question :) ( 206.169.157.238 ( talk) 16:30, 10 June 2016 (UTC))
What I mean by not much history, I meant that we don't have much online about our history, but have several books on them! Sorry for the mix-up. ( 206.169.157.238 ( talk) 16:31, 10 June 2016 (UTC))
Hi, I was wondering if I could use https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page when citing a source? ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 16:27, 22 June 2016 (UTC))
I wanted to see if you could review this section for me and see if it is up to Wiki's standards. I don't want this posted yet, but rather have you check it first and make sure it can be posted.
Over the years, the following lawyers were apart of Lane Powell, but have since left the firm, accepting positions on the Bench;
The Honorable Erik Price, Thurston County Superior Court https://ballotpedia.org/Erik_D._Price
The Honorable Janice Ellis, Snohomish County Superior Court http://snohomishcountywa.gov/directory.aspx?EID=527
The Honorable James Robart, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/judges/robart-bio
The Honorable Christopher Marshall, Multnomah County Circuit Court https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_J._Marshall
The Honorable Mark Rindner, Anchorage Superior Court https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Rindner
The Honorable Suzanne M. Barnett, Chief Copyright Royalty Judge, United States Copyright Royalty Board http://copyrightalliance.org/2012/04/in-case-you-missed-it-suzanne-barnett-named-head-of-the-copyright-royalty-board-2#.V2rG8LgrJaQ
The Honorable Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19871203&id=C-oTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3voDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5764,507258&hl=en
The Honorable Brian K. Clark, Anchorage District Court https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_K._Clark
The Honorable Richard W. Postma, Jr., Anchorage District Court https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_W._Postma,_Jr.
The Honorable William Beeks, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington http://www.intelius.com/people/William-Beeks/0c2q74p2q7j#work /info/en/?search=William_Trulock_Beeks
( LPWik97203 ( talk) 22:14, 22 June 2016 (UTC))
Sounds good, thanks for this source of info, I really appreciate it. I will see what I can come up with! ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 15:10, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
I wanted to get your opinion on another piece. I wrote up the history of the firm and wanted to see if it looked good and would be able to be posted when the time comes. (Just looking to see if I could post it in the future)
Established in 1875, Lane Powell’s history predominantly comes from the Portland and Seattle offices.
Portland:
Lane Powell’s Portland history dates back to 1875. William D. Fenton Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Leeson, Fred. "Building Legal Institutions." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 56-57. Print. was admitted to the Oregon Bar and began practicing law, as a partner at McCain and Fenton. After years of practice with the law firm, Mr. Fenton, chose to become a judge. Fenton donated his extensive home library to the University of Oregon, who in turn, built Fenton Hall, a building named after him for his work in the area of Law. Cite error: There are <ref>
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In 1918, Mr. Fenton passed away. McCain and Fenton was renamed to Hampson and Nelson Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Leeson, Fred. "The Progressive Era." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 98-99. Print. ,and moved to the Pacific Building in Portland. From 1918-1990, the firm went through several name changes Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. In 1944, the Firm was renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young, and Sweet. Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. In 1946, Frank Sparks and George Campbell joined the firm, but had no immediate impact on the new name change in 1948; Koerner, Young, Sweet and McColloch. Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print.
From 1948-1949, John Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?pid=152508617 , Herbert Anderson and Oglesby Young joined the firm. They came in time to see the newest name change; Koerner, Young, McColloch Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Leeson, Fred. "Post-War Growth." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 142-143. Print. , and Dezendorf Cite error: A <ref>
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http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?pid=152508617 , Dezendorf, and Spears. In 1969, William Lubersky was named a naming partner in the firm, changing the name to McColloch Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?pid=152508617 , Dezendorf, Spears and Lubersky. In 1972, Campbell was named a naming partner too, changing the name to Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky, and Campbell.
In 1979, John Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print joined as a naming partner, changing the firms name to Spears, Lubersky, Campbell and Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. Four years later, Anderson and Young were also added to the naming partner group, renaming the firm Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. , Anderson and Young. In 1988, the firm was renamed to Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard. Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Leeson, Fred. "Toward a New Century." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 224-25. Print.
In 1990, Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard agreed to merge with Seattle based law firm Cohen and Kaplan Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2010/12/03/lane-powell-roberts-kaplan-join-forces.html . They named the merged law firm Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. Cite error: There are <ref>
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Seattle:
The Seattle office of Lane Powell PC traces its history way back to 1889 Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1667 when William A. Peters of Pennsylvania joined Strudwick, Peters & Collins. Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/law/lane-powell-pc/company-overview.aspx In 1891, the firm changed to Strudwick, Peters & Van Wyck. Cite error: There are <ref>
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https://books.google.com/books?id=dTBHAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA287&lpg=RA1-PA287&dq=strudwick+peters+van+wyck&source=bl&ots=DOtdXCN-tG&sig=ehFxokWWqckr0DPSmeaz4uVAsx0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6rqqWnavNAhXBMSYKHSkADiQQ6AEIIjAC#v=onepage&q=strudwick%20peters%20van%20wyck&f=false , Cite error: There are <ref>
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https://books.google.com/books?id=jlByWYlr0toC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=stratton+lewis+gilman&source=bl&ots=Wy57S34Mxf&sig=YfpLJ12BJKdoq3Tqwvzoatt_KSE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg1rPmnavNAhXCZCYKHc08CzEQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=stratton%20lewis%20gilman&f=false In 1900, William and John entered into a partnership under the name Peters & Powell, located in the Dexter Horton Building.
In 1929, W. Bryon Lane Cite error: There are <ref>
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https://casetext.com/draft/v70a2wFhaT2hkuuBbEFWDQ?ref=documents%2Fmccarthy-v-ruddock This same year Mr. Peters passed away, and in 1930, Mr. Powell also passed away. In 1935, the firm changed its name to Evans & McLaren. The firm also welcomed George V. Powell, John Powell’s son, this same year. In 1939, the firm changed its name to Evans, McLaren & Lane. George Powell became a naming partner in 1946, changing the name to Evans, McLaren, Lane & Powell.
In 1948, William T. Becks, an admiralty specialist, joined the firm as a naming partner and the firm was changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Becks. Gordon Moss joined the firm in 1959, and in 1961 William Becks left the firm to accept an appointment as United States District Judge. The firm changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Moss. In 1966, Pendleton Miller and Wilbur J. Lawrence joined the firm as naming partners, changing the firm to Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1982/6441-1.html In 1986, an office in Mt. Vernon, Washington was also opened. Cohen and Kaplan, a firm of four attorneys specializing in business, probate and estate planning, and commercial litigation, merged with Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller in 1987 Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://www.liquisearch.com/lane_powell/firm_history The following year two more offices were opened; one in Olympia, Washington and the other in London.
The name Lane Powell Spears Lubersky resulted from the merger in 1990 with the Portland-based firm of Spears Lubersky Bledsoe Anderson Young & Hilliard Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Leeson, Fred. "Toward a New Century." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 224-25. Print. In 2005, the firm changed its name to Lane Powell PC.
( LPWik97203 ( talk) 16:18, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
OK, here's what you wrote, edited and translated into Wikitext. This took a while to do, so giuve me a chance to catch my breath and then I'll comment on it.
BMK ( talk) 17:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Established in 1875, Lane Powell originated primarily from law firms in Portland and Seattle.
Lane Powell’s Portland history dates back to 1875. William D. Fenton was admitted to the Oregon Bar and began practicing law as a partner at McCain and Fenton.
[1] After years of practice with the law firm, Mr. Fenton, chose to become a judge. Fenton donated his extensive home library to the University of Oregon, who in turn, built Fenton Hall, a building named after him for his work in the area of Law.
http://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/fenton.html
/info/en/?search=William_D._Fenton_House In 1918, Fenton died, and McCain and Fenton was renamed to Hampson and Nelson,
[2] and moved to the Pacific Building in Portland. From 1918 to 1990, the firm went through several name changes.
[3] In 1944, the firm was renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young, and Sweet.
[3] In 1946, Frank Sparks and George Campbell joined the firm, but had no immediate impact on the new name change in 1948, to Koerner, Young, Sweet and McColloch.
[3]
From 1948 to 1949, John Bledsoe, [4] Herbert Anderson and Oglesby Young joined the firm in time to see the newest name change to Koerner, Young, McColloch, and Dezendorf. [5] [3]
The following year, 1951, William Lubersky joined the firm. In 1965, the firm underwent another name change to McColloch, Dezendorf, and Spears. [4] In 1969, William Lubersky was made a named partner in the firm, changing the name to McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears and Lubersky. [4] In 1972, Campbell was made a named partner as well, changing the firm's name to Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky, and Campbell.
In 1979, John Bledsoe [3] joined as a naming partner, with the firm's name altered to Spears, Lubersky, Campbell and Bledsoe. [3] Four years later, Anderson and Young were also added, renaming the firm Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson and Young. [3] In 1988, the firm was renamed to Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard. [6]
In 1990, Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard agreed to merge with the Seattle-based law firm Cohen and Kaplan. [7] The merged law firm was named Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. [6] This led to the firm's departure from the Pacific Building in 1999. In 2005, the firm chose to rename itself Lane Powell PC.
The Seattle office of Lane Powell PC traces its history way back to 1889 [8] when William A. Peters of Pennsylvania joined Strudwick, Peters & Collins. [9] In 1891, the firm changed its name to Strudwick, Peters & Van Wyck. [10] [11]
In 1893, Van Wyck decided to leave for San Francisco, changing the name of the firm to Strudwick & Peters until 1900. John H. Powell [1] arrived in Seattle in 1889, and practiced in the firm of Stratton, Lewis & Gilman. [12]
In 1900, Peters and Powell entered into a partnership under the name Peters & Powell, located in the Dexter Horton Building.
In 1929, W. Bryon Lane [1] was brought in as an associate to the newly named firm, Peters, Powell, Evans & McLaren. [13] That same year Peters died, and in 1930, Powell also died. In 1935, the firm changed its name to Evans & McLaren. The firm also added George V. Powell, John Powell’s son, that year. In 1939, the firm changed its name to Evans, McLaren & Lane. George Powell became a named partner in 1946, changing the firm's name to Evans, McLaren, Lane & Powell.
In 1948, William T. Becks, an admiralty specialist, joined the firm as a named partner and the firm was changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Becks. Gordon Moss joined the firm in 1959, and in 1961 William Becks left the firm to accept an appointment as United States District Judge. The firm changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Moss. In 1966, Pendleton Miller and Wilbur J. Lawrence joined the firm as naming partners, changing the firm to Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller [14] [15]
In 1979, the firm expanded to Anchorage, Alaska [16] by merging with Ruskin, Barker & Hicks. [17] In 1986, an office in Mt. Vernon, Washington was also opened. Cohen and Kaplan, a firm of four attorneys specializing in business, probate and estate planning, and commercial litigation, merged with Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller in 1987. [18] The following year two more offices were opened, one in Olympia, Washington and the other in London.
The name Lane Powell Spears Lubersky resulted from the merger in 1990 with the Portland-based firm of Spears Lubersky Bledsoe Anderson Young & Hilliard [6] In 2005, the firm changed its name to Lane Powell PC.
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Let's get the technical stuff out of the way:
Now as to the content:
I'm afraid all of this really adds up to nothing interesting or encyclopedic. It's all much more geared towards a history of the firm for internal or PR use, and nothing that will interest out readers. True, most of it (not all) is sourced, but simply being sourced is no guarantee that information is appropriate for our encyclopedia. This stuff is sort of like the "begats" in the Bible, interesting to Biblical scholars, but eye-glazing to everyone else.
In other words, if I came across a section like this, I would quite possibly delete it, although the fact that it was sourced would make me think twice (or more) about doing so.
Now, about the fact that not everything is sourced. A citation from a source should explicitly support the information it is connected to. In a number of cases, you provided a source which showed the existence of a law firm of the name you specified, but without any corroborating information. So, a law firm's name on a court document shows that a firm of that name exists, but it does nothing to show that that name came about because so-and-so joined such-and-such a firm and it was renamed to this-and-that - so, in fact, nothing about the statement you made is supported, except the existence of the law firm of that name.
Finally, it looks like at least one of your sources, the one by Baun, is an internal document. Since we don't have access to it, we cannot verify that information, which we are required to be able to do.
I'm sorry that your hard work (and, frankly, mine) doesn't really add up to something that can be added to the article. Of course, others may differ in their opinion about that. Best, BMK ( talk) 17:35, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could take a look at this. I revised it down from a previous draft I sent, and narrowed the references better. i am not sure if I did it right, so if I did it wrong I apologize in advance. This is apart of the missing history section in the page. I dont want it posted yet, just want to know if it would be approved for posting. Thank you for your time.
Lane Powell’s Portland history dates back to 1875. William D. Fenton
[1] was admitted to the Oregon Bar and began practicing law, as a partner at McCain and Fenton. After years of practice with the law firm, Fenton, chose to become a judge. In 1918, Fenton passed away. This led McCain and Fenton to be renamed Hampson and Nelson
[2] , and move to the Pacific Building in Portland. The firm stayed in this building from 1918-1990.
In 1944, the Firm was renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young and Sweet. In 1946, Frank Sparks and George Campbell joined the firm, but had no immediate impact on the new name change in 1948; Koerner, Young, Sweet and McColloch. [3] In 1951, William Lubersky joined the firm, and by 1969, William Lubersky was named a naming partner in the firm, changing the name to McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears and Lubersky. [4]
In 1979, John Bledsoe joined as a naming partner, changing the firms name to Spears, Lubersky, Campbell and Bledsoe. [5] Four years later, Anderson and Young were also added to the naming partner group, renaming the firm Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson and Young. In 1988, the firm was renamed to Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard. [6]
In 1990, Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard agreed to merge with Seattle based law firm Cohen and Kaplan. They named the merged law firm Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. [7] This led to the departure from the Pacific Building in 1999 and in 2005, the firm chose to rename itself as just Lane Powell PC.
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( LPWik97203 ( talk) 22:08, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
This article needs further RS citing to establish notability of the subject. I tagged the article accordingly. K.e.coffman ( talk) 23:44, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Is this firm the same as Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, which was involved with the collapse of Capital Consultants? If so this should be mentioned in the article, as it was widely reported at the time. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris ( talk) 21:17, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello community,
I am a vice president with Nyhus Communications and Lane Powell is one of our clients. We believe that, per Wikipedia’s guidelines, this page merits a few changes. I would like to offer edits to this article to reflect updated information with citations from notable, secondary sources. Due to the conflict of interest that can often arise from situations such as this, I want to first create a conversation around the status of this page with the community. Please reach out with questions and/or comments for me. Thank you! Talking1200 ( talk) 20:50, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
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The firm of Lane Powell is among Seattle's oldest and largest law firms, a municipal leader, and a firm synonymous with the legal tradition of the Pacific Northwest. It stands among all of the companies that are listed as based in the greater Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest region.
The Seattle office of Lane Powell traces its roots back to 1889, when John Powell arrived in Seattle to practice law with the firm of Stratton, Lewis & Gilman.
The Portland office of Lane Powell traces its history in a direct line to 1875, the year William D. Fenton was admitted to the Oregon Bar and began practicing law.
No history of the Pacific Northwest is complete without inclusion of this landmark firm for more than 130 years. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Searchwriter ( talk • contribs) 04:25, 20 Jun 2007 (UTC)
Question. I want to add a history section about our firm. Can I post something here that I would like posted on the actual page? It is somewhat the same as the history page on Lane Powell.com but reworded so it isn't entirely the same and copyrighted. ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 16:16, 8 June 2016 (UTC))
Hi, I had a quick question. So I did some researcher and unfortunately there is not much alone about our firm history. However, I went through the library and found some books on our history. Is it possible to site a source using a book, or does it all have to be online? This information was from the 1890's-1980's etc. so the use of computer was a little out of the question :) (206.169.157.238 (talk) 16:30, 10 June 2016 (UTC))
What I mean by not much history, I meant that we don't have much online about our history, but have several books on them! Sorry for the mix-up. (206.169.157.238 (talk) 16:31, 10 June 2016 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LPWik97203 ( talk • contribs)
I was looking to add this to the awards and recognition Lane Powell has been Named as "One of the Top Patent law firms" in Washington by the IAM Patent 1000 (2016) [1] ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 20:35, 9 June 2016 (UTC))
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Hi, I had a quick question. So I did some researcher and unfortunately there is not much alone about our firm history. However, I went through the library and found some books on our history. Is it possible to site a source using a book, or does it all have to be online? This information was from the 1890's-1980's etc. so the use of computer was a little out of the question :) ( 206.169.157.238 ( talk) 16:30, 10 June 2016 (UTC))
What I mean by not much history, I meant that we don't have much online about our history, but have several books on them! Sorry for the mix-up. ( 206.169.157.238 ( talk) 16:31, 10 June 2016 (UTC))
Hi, I was wondering if I could use https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page when citing a source? ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 16:27, 22 June 2016 (UTC))
I wanted to see if you could review this section for me and see if it is up to Wiki's standards. I don't want this posted yet, but rather have you check it first and make sure it can be posted.
Over the years, the following lawyers were apart of Lane Powell, but have since left the firm, accepting positions on the Bench;
The Honorable Erik Price, Thurston County Superior Court https://ballotpedia.org/Erik_D._Price
The Honorable Janice Ellis, Snohomish County Superior Court http://snohomishcountywa.gov/directory.aspx?EID=527
The Honorable James Robart, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/judges/robart-bio
The Honorable Christopher Marshall, Multnomah County Circuit Court https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_J._Marshall
The Honorable Mark Rindner, Anchorage Superior Court https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Rindner
The Honorable Suzanne M. Barnett, Chief Copyright Royalty Judge, United States Copyright Royalty Board http://copyrightalliance.org/2012/04/in-case-you-missed-it-suzanne-barnett-named-head-of-the-copyright-royalty-board-2#.V2rG8LgrJaQ
The Honorable Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19871203&id=C-oTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3voDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5764,507258&hl=en
The Honorable Brian K. Clark, Anchorage District Court https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_K._Clark
The Honorable Richard W. Postma, Jr., Anchorage District Court https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_W._Postma,_Jr.
The Honorable William Beeks, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington http://www.intelius.com/people/William-Beeks/0c2q74p2q7j#work /info/en/?search=William_Trulock_Beeks
( LPWik97203 ( talk) 22:14, 22 June 2016 (UTC))
Sounds good, thanks for this source of info, I really appreciate it. I will see what I can come up with! ( LPWik97203 ( talk) 15:10, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
I wanted to get your opinion on another piece. I wrote up the history of the firm and wanted to see if it looked good and would be able to be posted when the time comes. (Just looking to see if I could post it in the future)
Established in 1875, Lane Powell’s history predominantly comes from the Portland and Seattle offices.
Portland:
Lane Powell’s Portland history dates back to 1875. William D. Fenton Cite error: There are <ref>
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In 1918, Mr. Fenton passed away. McCain and Fenton was renamed to Hampson and Nelson Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Leeson, Fred. "The Progressive Era." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 98-99. Print. ,and moved to the Pacific Building in Portland. From 1918-1990, the firm went through several name changes Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. In 1944, the Firm was renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young, and Sweet. Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. In 1946, Frank Sparks and George Campbell joined the firm, but had no immediate impact on the new name change in 1948; Koerner, Young, Sweet and McColloch. Cite error: There are <ref>
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From 1948-1949, John Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?pid=152508617 , Herbert Anderson and Oglesby Young joined the firm. They came in time to see the newest name change; Koerner, Young, McColloch Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Leeson, Fred. "Post-War Growth." Rose City Justice: A Legal History of Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, Published in Cooperation with the Oregon State Bar, 1998. 142-143. Print. , and Dezendorf Cite error: A <ref>
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http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?pid=152508617 , Dezendorf, Spears and Lubersky. In 1972, Campbell was named a naming partner too, changing the name to Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky, and Campbell.
In 1979, John Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print joined as a naming partner, changing the firms name to Spears, Lubersky, Campbell and Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. Four years later, Anderson and Young were also added to the naming partner group, renaming the firm Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe Cite error: There are <ref>
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help page). Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. , Anderson and Young. In 1988, the firm was renamed to Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard. Cite error: There are <ref>
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In 1990, Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard agreed to merge with Seattle based law firm Cohen and Kaplan Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2010/12/03/lane-powell-roberts-kaplan-join-forces.html . They named the merged law firm Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/law/lane-powell-pc/company-overview.aspx In 1891, the firm changed to Strudwick, Peters & Van Wyck. Cite error: There are <ref>
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In 1929, W. Bryon Lane Cite error: There are <ref>
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https://casetext.com/draft/v70a2wFhaT2hkuuBbEFWDQ?ref=documents%2Fmccarthy-v-ruddock This same year Mr. Peters passed away, and in 1930, Mr. Powell also passed away. In 1935, the firm changed its name to Evans & McLaren. The firm also welcomed George V. Powell, John Powell’s son, this same year. In 1939, the firm changed its name to Evans, McLaren & Lane. George Powell became a naming partner in 1946, changing the name to Evans, McLaren, Lane & Powell.
In 1948, William T. Becks, an admiralty specialist, joined the firm as a naming partner and the firm was changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Becks. Gordon Moss joined the firm in 1959, and in 1961 William Becks left the firm to accept an appointment as United States District Judge. The firm changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Moss. In 1966, Pendleton Miller and Wilbur J. Lawrence joined the firm as naming partners, changing the firm to Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1982/6441-1.html In 1986, an office in Mt. Vernon, Washington was also opened. Cohen and Kaplan, a firm of four attorneys specializing in business, probate and estate planning, and commercial litigation, merged with Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller in 1987 Cite error: There are <ref>
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http://www.liquisearch.com/lane_powell/firm_history The following year two more offices were opened; one in Olympia, Washington and the other in London.
The name Lane Powell Spears Lubersky resulted from the merger in 1990 with the Portland-based firm of Spears Lubersky Bledsoe Anderson Young & Hilliard Cite error: There are <ref>
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( LPWik97203 ( talk) 16:18, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
OK, here's what you wrote, edited and translated into Wikitext. This took a while to do, so giuve me a chance to catch my breath and then I'll comment on it.
BMK ( talk) 17:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Established in 1875, Lane Powell originated primarily from law firms in Portland and Seattle.
Lane Powell’s Portland history dates back to 1875. William D. Fenton was admitted to the Oregon Bar and began practicing law as a partner at McCain and Fenton.
[1] After years of practice with the law firm, Mr. Fenton, chose to become a judge. Fenton donated his extensive home library to the University of Oregon, who in turn, built Fenton Hall, a building named after him for his work in the area of Law.
http://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/fenton.html
/info/en/?search=William_D._Fenton_House In 1918, Fenton died, and McCain and Fenton was renamed to Hampson and Nelson,
[2] and moved to the Pacific Building in Portland. From 1918 to 1990, the firm went through several name changes.
[3] In 1944, the firm was renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young, and Sweet.
[3] In 1946, Frank Sparks and George Campbell joined the firm, but had no immediate impact on the new name change in 1948, to Koerner, Young, Sweet and McColloch.
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From 1948 to 1949, John Bledsoe, [4] Herbert Anderson and Oglesby Young joined the firm in time to see the newest name change to Koerner, Young, McColloch, and Dezendorf. [5] [3]
The following year, 1951, William Lubersky joined the firm. In 1965, the firm underwent another name change to McColloch, Dezendorf, and Spears. [4] In 1969, William Lubersky was made a named partner in the firm, changing the name to McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears and Lubersky. [4] In 1972, Campbell was made a named partner as well, changing the firm's name to Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky, and Campbell.
In 1979, John Bledsoe [3] joined as a naming partner, with the firm's name altered to Spears, Lubersky, Campbell and Bledsoe. [3] Four years later, Anderson and Young were also added, renaming the firm Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson and Young. [3] In 1988, the firm was renamed to Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard. [6]
In 1990, Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard agreed to merge with the Seattle-based law firm Cohen and Kaplan. [7] The merged law firm was named Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. [6] This led to the firm's departure from the Pacific Building in 1999. In 2005, the firm chose to rename itself Lane Powell PC.
The Seattle office of Lane Powell PC traces its history way back to 1889 [8] when William A. Peters of Pennsylvania joined Strudwick, Peters & Collins. [9] In 1891, the firm changed its name to Strudwick, Peters & Van Wyck. [10] [11]
In 1893, Van Wyck decided to leave for San Francisco, changing the name of the firm to Strudwick & Peters until 1900. John H. Powell [1] arrived in Seattle in 1889, and practiced in the firm of Stratton, Lewis & Gilman. [12]
In 1900, Peters and Powell entered into a partnership under the name Peters & Powell, located in the Dexter Horton Building.
In 1929, W. Bryon Lane [1] was brought in as an associate to the newly named firm, Peters, Powell, Evans & McLaren. [13] That same year Peters died, and in 1930, Powell also died. In 1935, the firm changed its name to Evans & McLaren. The firm also added George V. Powell, John Powell’s son, that year. In 1939, the firm changed its name to Evans, McLaren & Lane. George Powell became a named partner in 1946, changing the firm's name to Evans, McLaren, Lane & Powell.
In 1948, William T. Becks, an admiralty specialist, joined the firm as a named partner and the firm was changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Becks. Gordon Moss joined the firm in 1959, and in 1961 William Becks left the firm to accept an appointment as United States District Judge. The firm changed to Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Moss. In 1966, Pendleton Miller and Wilbur J. Lawrence joined the firm as naming partners, changing the firm to Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller [14] [15]
In 1979, the firm expanded to Anchorage, Alaska [16] by merging with Ruskin, Barker & Hicks. [17] In 1986, an office in Mt. Vernon, Washington was also opened. Cohen and Kaplan, a firm of four attorneys specializing in business, probate and estate planning, and commercial litigation, merged with Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller in 1987. [18] The following year two more offices were opened, one in Olympia, Washington and the other in London.
The name Lane Powell Spears Lubersky resulted from the merger in 1990 with the Portland-based firm of Spears Lubersky Bledsoe Anderson Young & Hilliard [6] In 2005, the firm changed its name to Lane Powell PC.
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Let's get the technical stuff out of the way:
Now as to the content:
I'm afraid all of this really adds up to nothing interesting or encyclopedic. It's all much more geared towards a history of the firm for internal or PR use, and nothing that will interest out readers. True, most of it (not all) is sourced, but simply being sourced is no guarantee that information is appropriate for our encyclopedia. This stuff is sort of like the "begats" in the Bible, interesting to Biblical scholars, but eye-glazing to everyone else.
In other words, if I came across a section like this, I would quite possibly delete it, although the fact that it was sourced would make me think twice (or more) about doing so.
Now, about the fact that not everything is sourced. A citation from a source should explicitly support the information it is connected to. In a number of cases, you provided a source which showed the existence of a law firm of the name you specified, but without any corroborating information. So, a law firm's name on a court document shows that a firm of that name exists, but it does nothing to show that that name came about because so-and-so joined such-and-such a firm and it was renamed to this-and-that - so, in fact, nothing about the statement you made is supported, except the existence of the law firm of that name.
Finally, it looks like at least one of your sources, the one by Baun, is an internal document. Since we don't have access to it, we cannot verify that information, which we are required to be able to do.
I'm sorry that your hard work (and, frankly, mine) doesn't really add up to something that can be added to the article. Of course, others may differ in their opinion about that. Best, BMK ( talk) 17:35, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could take a look at this. I revised it down from a previous draft I sent, and narrowed the references better. i am not sure if I did it right, so if I did it wrong I apologize in advance. This is apart of the missing history section in the page. I dont want it posted yet, just want to know if it would be approved for posting. Thank you for your time.
Lane Powell’s Portland history dates back to 1875. William D. Fenton
[1] was admitted to the Oregon Bar and began practicing law, as a partner at McCain and Fenton. After years of practice with the law firm, Fenton, chose to become a judge. In 1918, Fenton passed away. This led McCain and Fenton to be renamed Hampson and Nelson
[2] , and move to the Pacific Building in Portland. The firm stayed in this building from 1918-1990.
In 1944, the Firm was renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young and Sweet. In 1946, Frank Sparks and George Campbell joined the firm, but had no immediate impact on the new name change in 1948; Koerner, Young, Sweet and McColloch. [3] In 1951, William Lubersky joined the firm, and by 1969, William Lubersky was named a naming partner in the firm, changing the name to McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears and Lubersky. [4]
In 1979, John Bledsoe joined as a naming partner, changing the firms name to Spears, Lubersky, Campbell and Bledsoe. [5] Four years later, Anderson and Young were also added to the naming partner group, renaming the firm Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson and Young. In 1988, the firm was renamed to Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard. [6]
In 1990, Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young and Hilliard agreed to merge with Seattle based law firm Cohen and Kaplan. They named the merged law firm Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. [7] This led to the departure from the Pacific Building in 1999 and in 2005, the firm chose to rename itself as just Lane Powell PC.
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( LPWik97203 ( talk) 22:08, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
This article needs further RS citing to establish notability of the subject. I tagged the article accordingly. K.e.coffman ( talk) 23:44, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Is this firm the same as Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, which was involved with the collapse of Capital Consultants? If so this should be mentioned in the article, as it was widely reported at the time. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris ( talk) 21:17, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello community,
I am a vice president with Nyhus Communications and Lane Powell is one of our clients. We believe that, per Wikipedia’s guidelines, this page merits a few changes. I would like to offer edits to this article to reflect updated information with citations from notable, secondary sources. Due to the conflict of interest that can often arise from situations such as this, I want to first create a conversation around the status of this page with the community. Please reach out with questions and/or comments for me. Thank you! Talking1200 ( talk) 20:50, 4 April 2019 (UTC)