Wilson Elser Continues to Strengthen Pacific Northwest Presence with Seventeen Lateral Hire Attorneys in Seattle, Including Eight New Partners

NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on recent growth in the Pacific Northwest, national law firm Wilson Elser has today welcomed seventeen accomplished attorneys to its Seattle, Washington, office, including eight new partners.

 "The Pacific Northwest is the fastest-growing region for the firm," explains Daniel J. McMahon, Chair of Wilson Elser. "Since 2023, Wilson Elser has steadily added headcount and expanded the defense services for clients with work in Washington and Oregon. In fact, including this new team, we have hired 30 lateral attorneys in our Seattle and Portland offices in 2025."

Mary Butler , Lorianne Hanson, Nicole Jackson, Dan Mooney, Daniel Park, John Versnel, Evelyn Winters, and Steven Wraith join as partners. Penn Gheen joins as of counsel, and Fatima Al-Rikabi, Alec Anderson, Natasha Fingar, Maryam Nayibova, Rachel O'Hanlon, Corinna Pilat,  Tim Rosewell, and Sara Shapland as associates. The new attorneys specialize in litigating matters across various practice areas, including toxic tort, construction, aviation, medical malpractice, product liability, and admiralty and marine law.

"These lateral attorneys are a good fit for the Seattle office because their experience reinforces our existing capabilities defending product liability and toxic tort matters," added Rachel Tallon Reynolds, regional managing partner of the Seattle office. "I'm especially excited to bolster our national trial team experience and offer additional services to our medical malpractice, aviation, and admiralty and marine clients."

"We are excited about the growth of the Seattle office and the opportunity to be part of the firm's national platform," noted new partner Lorianne Hanson. "There is great energy in being part of it."

The new attorneys were previously with litigation firms in the region.

About Wilson Elser
Wilson Elser is the preeminent defense litigation firm in the United States. At any given time, our more than 1,300 attorneys are engaged in some 100,000 defense and coverage matters, with many defending clients in various local, state, and federal courts. Indeed, over more than four decades, our litigation, coverage, and trial lawyers have gained a reputation for taking on and prevailing in the most challenging and technical cases, frequently "parachuting in" to assume unresolved matters from other law firms. Our success also derives from winning on our clients' terms and rigorously adhering to their guidelines. We are ranked 95 in the Am Law 100 and 36 in the National Law Journal's NLJ 500. For more information, go to www.wilsonelser.com.

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