7 November 2024 – Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®, regionally in 10 practice areas.

Firms included in the 2025 Best Law Firms® list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be considered for this milestone achievement, at least one lawyer in the law firm must be recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Achieving a ranking in Best Law Firms signifies high-quality legal practice and a depth of legal proficiency. Recognized firms, categorized into three tiers, receive acclaim on both national and metropolitan levels, reflecting the extent of their practice and geographic reach. Receiving a tier designation represents an elite status, reflecting the integrity and reputation earned by law firms.

The 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® includes rankings in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan-based practice areas. The transparent, collaborative research process employs qualitative and quantitative data from peer and client reviews, supported by proprietary algorithmic technology, to produce a tiered system of industry-led rankings of the top 4% of the industry.

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC received the following rankings in the 2024 Best Law Firms®:

Metropolitan Tier 1 (Seattle)

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Family Law
• Litigation – Trusts & Estates
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Metropolitan Tier 2 (Seattle)

• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Insurance

Metropolitan Tier 3 (Seattle)

• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Tax Law

In addition, we are proud to announce that 21 lawyers have been included in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.  We congratulate the following lawyers:

• Brent Beecher – Litigation – Insurance
• Hillary Collyer – Family Law
• Linda Kelley Ebberson – Family Law
• Denver Gant – Trusts and Estates
• Anthony J.W. Gewald – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Andrew Goodrich – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Trusts and Estates
• George Holzapfel – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Darin Jensen – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Jamie Polito Johnston – Collaborative Law: Family Law; Family Law
• Taro Kusunose – Real Estate Law
• Dean Messmer – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
• Danial Pharris – Commercial Litigation
• Justin Sedell – Collaborative Law: Family Law; Family Law
• Lisa Ann Sharpe – Family Law
• Sean Small – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Christina Smith – Family Law
• Paul Spadafora – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Shannon Sperry – Employment Law – Management; Real Estate Law
• Karl Weiss – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Tax Law
• Quentin Wildsmith – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Eugene Wong – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Nine Lasher attorneys have been included in the 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, a recent designation by Best Lawyers® for those who are recognized, but have been in practice for less than ten years:

• James Blankenship – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Harman Bual, Commercial Litigation
• Joseph Evans – Commercial Litigation
• Desirée Good – Family Law
• Konrad Miernowski – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Julie Pendleton – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• William Reingold – Family Law
• James Stensel, Family Law; Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation
• Amanda Whitely – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Trusts and Estates

About Best Law Firms®

Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers® and respected for over 14 years, is the most credible ranking of exceptional law firms globally. It is rooted in a rigorous, peer-to-peer, industry-driven evaluation. A ranking from Best Law Firms signifies a high-quality practice and a breadth of legal expertise. Ranked firms, presented in three tiers, are recognized on a national and metropolitan scale, providing legal professionals with an elevated stature from the Best Law Firms recognition. For more information, visit www.bestlawfirms.com.

###

About Best Lawyers®

Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer-review research and marketing company in the legal profession. Best Lawyers compiles extensive recognitions by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate the work of their fellow legal professionals within their local market and specialty. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. For more information, visit www.bestlawyers.com.

For additional information about selection, please visit Best Lawyers Methodology Process.