Talk:Lane Powell PC

message: 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)
replies: text: That's all fine and good.  However, you'll still need to provide verifiable secondary sources that meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for corporations.  I'm sure you understand the need for policies to be applied in all cases.  Also, please excuse me if I'm incorrect, but something about your tone makes me suspect you might want to review Wikipedia's policy on possible conflicts of interest.  Thanks!  --Iknowyourider (t c) 04:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Appreciate the due diligence, but a profile of Lane Powell, the Pacific Northwest's largest law firm brandished with the blanket assertion that it is patently self-promotion or blatant advertising overlooks the historical narrative of the entry, or consideration of the subject matter on its merits. Indeed, contemporary legal firms, such as Perkins Coie, Davis Wright Tremaine and several other leading firms referenced in Wikipedia, who are of either of lesser size, stature or age, have not been subjected to such scrutiny. Why rule out this Northwest landmark institution? Searchwriter 04:40, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  You haven't been ruled out by any means.  Create an article that provides verifiable sources (even just one!) and sounds like it was written from a neutral point of view.  If the firm is as well-known as you say, I doubt you'll have any trouble finding sources.  Also, if you want to reply, do so here -- this page is on my watchlist, so I'll see any reply you make.  Iknowyourider (t c) 04:49, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry for the delays - new version is up, I hope this one's properly formatted. Thank you for your feedback.  Searchwriter (talk • contribs) 11:22, 19 Sept 2007 (UTC)</small>
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)

text: Please see your Talk page - we are almost done there, and you will get your answer there too. Jytdog (talk) 16:38, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
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message: 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)http://www.iam-media.com/patent1000/rankings/Detail.aspx?g=4929a958-f4ef-4ea5-a2ed-d93728458745 (LPWik97203 (talk) 20:35, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: BMK (talk) 21:56, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! (LPWik97203 (talk) 22:24, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

text: books are good, as long as it is an actual book with an ISBN and not some internal documentation. Jytdog (talk) 16:41, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

text: An interesting question.  Although the site does not say it's a user-contriubution site, and has a staff of "60+ professionals", it certainly has the look-and-feel of one, which would make it ineligible.  I'm going to ask the question at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard and see what they say, so you might want to look at the thread I'll start there, at WP:RSN. BMK (talk) 16:42, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I didn't start a new thread, just checked old threads about the site, and the answer seems to be "it depends". That is, if you're planning on using it in an article about a living person, it's probably not reliable enough to use as a source within the article, although it might be OK to include it as an External Link.  If you were going to use it for this article, I would think that would apply also.  Perhaps you might start a discussion on WP:RSN saying exactly what you planned on using Ballotpedia for and see what they say. BMK (talk) 16:50, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the reply, I just posted my request on there. The intention for using this source was to give credibility that the lawyers who left the Firm for positions on the Bench, actually worked at Lane Powell. (LPWik97203 (talk) 17:07, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Requests

message: 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)
replies: text: books are good, as long as it is an actual book with an ISBN and not some internal documentation. Jytdog (talk) 16:41, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Books

message: 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)
replies: text: An interesting question.  Although the site does not say it's a user-contriubution site, and has a staff of "60+ professionals", it certainly has the look-and-feel of one, which would make it ineligible.  I'm going to ask the question at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard and see what they say, so you might want to look at the thread I'll start there, at WP:RSN. BMK (talk) 16:42, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I didn't start a new thread, just checked old threads about the site, and the answer seems to be "it depends". That is, if you're planning on using it in an article about a living person, it's probably not reliable enough to use as a source within the article, although it might be OK to include it as an External Link.  If you were going to use it for this article, I would think that would apply also.  Perhaps you might start a discussion on WP:RSN saying exactly what you planned on using Ballotpedia for and see what they say. BMK (talk) 16:50, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the reply, I just posted my request on there. The intention for using this source was to give credibility that the lawyers who left the Firm for positions on the Bench, actually worked at Lane Powell. (LPWik97203 (talk) 17:07, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Ballotpedia

message: 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  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.  http://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/fenton.html
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Fenton_House
  
In 1918, Mr. Fenton passed away. McCain and Fenton was renamed to Hampson and Nelson  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  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.  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.  Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. 
 
From 1948-1949, John Bledsoe  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  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 </ref Buan, Carolyn M. "The Early History of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky." Oral History Notes (n.d.): 6. Print. The following year, 1951, William Lubersky joined the firm. In 1965, the Firm underwent another name change, McColloch <ref> 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  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  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  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  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.  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  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.  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. 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. 
Seattle:
The Seattle office of Lane Powell PC traces its history way back to 1889  http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1667 when William A. Peters of Pennsylvania joined Strudwick, Peters & Collins.  http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/law/lane-powell-pc/company-overview.aspx In 1891, the firm changed to Strudwick, Peters & Van Wyck.  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 ,  https://books.google.com/books?id=mkhFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=strudwick+peters+van+wyck&source=bl&ots=9YRNkrQ4WZ&sig=O-M17nTt6DJuBcjH4zGjUJNaMhE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6rqqWnavNAhXBMSYKHSkADiQQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=strudwick%20peters%20van%20wyck&f=false In 1893, Van Wyck decided to leave for San Francisco, changing the name of the firm to Strudwick & Peters until 1900. John H. Powell  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. arrived in Seattle in 1889, and practiced in the firm of Stratton, Lewis & Gilman  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  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 brought in as an associate to the newly named firm, Peters, Powell, Evans & McLaren  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  http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1064407.html   http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/litigation_news/lane-powell-moss-miller.authcheckdam.pdf . In 1979, the firm expanded to Anchorage, Alaska  Ragsdale, Rose. "Law Firm Makes Critical Legal Connection." AKWA Connection, Exploring Alaska-Washington Connection (n.d.): 34-35. Petroleum News. 28 Aug. 2011. Web.  by merging with Ruskin, Barker & Hicks.  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  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  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)
thread_title:  Proposed content v2 

message: 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)
replies: text: I've removed the stuff I did to help you, as you plain don't deserve it.  is a patient soul, and I'm sure he'll be glad to assist you, but I don't appreciate doing difficult shit I don't have to do in order to help a newbie with a COI and getting unwarranted whining complaints about it on my talk page. Screw that, I'm outta here. As I said on my talk page, if I see you editing the article directly, I will revert it and report you to admins for COI editing. BMK (talk) 18:55, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You have been told once not to remove other people's comments from talk pages, and yet you went ahead and did it again.  Do not touch my comment again, ofr I will report your behavior to an admin.  Your removal violated WP:TPO. BMK (talk) 22:17, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed content v2  comments by BMK

message: 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)
replies: text: If you believe the firm is not notable, take it to AfD. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:08, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: 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)
replies: text: yes, same firm, shortened name. BMK (talk) 04:32, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Capital Consultants involvement

message: 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)
replies: text: Hi all – I have not received any notices or responses discouraging me to pursue the next steps about updating this page. I am looking to upload content early this week. Please reach out if you have any questions. Thanks. Talking1200 (talk) 21:20, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update Content