Firm History
- 1875: William D. Fenton establishes Portland office, McCain & Fenton
- 1889: William Peters of Pennsylvania joined the Seattle firm of Strudwick, Peters & Collins and John Powell arrived in Seattle to practice law with the firm of Stratton, Lewis & Gilman
- 1900: John Powell and William Peters establish Peters & Powell in Seattle
- 1906: University of Oregon honors William D. Fenton by naming a building after him - Fenton Hall, which eventually housed the School of Law
- 1918: McCain & Fenton becomes Dey, Hampson & Nelson after William Fenton's death
- 1929: W. Byron Lane joins the Seattle firm as an associate
- 1935: Seattle firm renamed, Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Beeks
- 1944: Portland firm renamed Hampson, Koerner, Young & Swett
- 1946: Frank Spears joins the Portland firm
- 1948: Portland firm renamed Koerner, Young, Swett & McColloch
- 1950: Portland firm renamed Koerner, Young, McColloch & Dezendorf
- 1951: William Lubersky joins the Portland firm as a partner and McCain & Fenton becomes Spears, Lubersky, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young & Hilliard
- 1959: Gordon Moss becomes a partner in the Seattle firm
- 1965: Portland firm renamed McColloch, Dezendorf & Spears
- 1966: Seattle firm renamed, Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller
- 1969: Portland firm renamed McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears & Lubersky
- 1972: Portland firm renamed Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky & Campbell
- 1979: The Seattle firm expands to Anchorage with the firm Ruskin, Barker & Hicks and the Portland firm is renamed Spears, Lubersky, Campbell & Bledsoe
- 1983: Portland firm renamed Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson & Young
- 1986: Office opens in Mt. Vernon, Washington
- 1987: Seattle firm merges with Cohen and Kaplan
- 1988: Olympia and London offices open and the Portland firm is renamed Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson, Young & Hilliard
- 1990: Seattle and Portland firms merge creating Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP
- 2005: The firm is known as Lane Powell PC
- 2011: Seventeen attorneys from Roberts Kaplan LLP join Lane Powell's Portland office
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