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'''Perkins Coie''' is an international law firm headquartered in [[Seattle, Washington]] and founded in 1912. ==History== Perkins Coie is an international law firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington and 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. Additionally, Chambers regularly ranks Perkins Coie's Political Law practice first in the United States.<ref>[[United States]]</ref> 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.<ref name="politico.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clintons-power-players-116874.html#ixzz3abek1A2Y|title=The power players behind Hillary Clinton's campaign|publisher=}}</ref> Living alumni of the firm include the 16th [[Lieutenant Governor of Washington]] [[Cyrus Habib]], former Attorney General of Washington State [[Rob McKenna]], 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judges [[Margaret McKeown]] and [[Ronald M. Gould]], and Oregon State Representative [[Chris Garrett (politician)|Chris Garrett]]. 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,<ref>[[Robert Bauer]]</ref> and is now chaired by Marc Elias.<ref name="politico.com"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twincities.com/2009/09/18/overtime-the-2008-u-s-senate-race-chapter-3-how-frankens-attorneys-outmaneuvered-colemans-team-to-secure-the-senate-seat/|title=Overtime: The 2008 U.S. Senate Race, Chapter 3: How Franken’s attorneys outmaneuvered Coleman’s team to secure the Senate seat. – Twin Cities|publisher=}}</ref> 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]]'',<ref>[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]</ref> in which the Court ruled that the Bush Administration's use of military commissions to try terrorism suspects was unconstitutional.<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-184.ZS.html</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/experience/doe-1-et-al-v-reed-et-al.html|title=Doe #1, et al. v. Reed, et al. - Perkins Coie|publisher=}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{official|http://www.perkinscoie.com }} [[Category:Law firms established in 1912]] [[Category:Law firms based in Seattle]] [[Category:Intellectual property law firms]] [[Category:1912 establishments in Washington (state)]]