Pacific Northwest law firm Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP welcomes Seth Row to the firm’s leading litigation and insurance coverage practice teams. Row, well known throughout the industry, brings over 16 years of experience representing commercial policyholders, including banks, manufacturers, developers, and public entities, in litigation and negotiation of insurance disputes. He is a frequent author and speaker and is the founder and editor of The Northwest Policyholder, a blog that covers insurance coverage legal issues in the Pacific Northwest More >>

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Shareholder Eric J. Uhl to its Portland, Maine office. Uhl brings with him significant employment litigation experience, and his arrival follows Littler’s recent expansion into Portland with the addition of Shareholders Jonathan Shapiro, Melinda J. Caterine and David Strock. More >>

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues to expand its Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety practice area with the arrival of Portland partner Román D. Hernández. Hernández joins K&L Gates from Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

With a focus on employment law, labor law, and business litigation, Hernández represents employers in the defense of such areas as discrimination, unfair labor practices, harassment, and wage abuse allegations, and on international matters involving multinational contracts. He also acts as lead counsel in class action disputes at the state and federal level, in addition to arguing before the National Labor Relations Board. More >>

Kathy Dent, a highly experienced employment attorney and former assistant general counsel for PacifiCorp, has joined the Portland office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

Dent was previously a partner in DWT’s employment practice, and returns after a decade of experience working in-house. More >>