Stoel Rives Anchorage Office Welcomes Three Attorneys

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (February 4, 2011) - Anchorage, AK — Stoel Rives LLP, a full-service U.S. business law firm, is pleased to announce that Melanie Baca Osborne, Meghan M. Kelly and Benjamin W. Spiess have joined its Anchorage office.

Osborne is of counsel in the labor and employment group and has experience with a broad range of issues, including policy development and enforcement, recruitment, dispute resolution, training, compliance, compensation systems and employee counseling. She has represented ANCSA corporations, tribal governments and tribal health organizations regarding employment law, litigation, federal contracting and corporate matters in state and federal courts and before administrative proceedings. Osborne is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 1999) and the University of Alaska (B.A., 1996). She is admitted to the state bar of Alaska, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the Alaska Federal District Court, the U.S. Federal Claims Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kelly is an associate in the Litigation group. Before joining Stoel Rives, she was a law clerk for the Honorable Joel Bolger at the Alaska Court of Appeals (2009-2010) and the Honorable Steve Cole at Kodiak Superior Court (2008-2009). Kelly is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D., 2008) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison (B.A., History and Psychology, 2003, with distinction). She is currently admitted only to the state bar of Colorado.

Spiess is an associate in the Corporate and Real Estate groups. He has represented clients in a variety of real estate matters, including the purchase and sale of commercial real estate and timberlands, commercial leasing, conservation easement transactions, land use and zoning matters, mortgage financings, foreclosure and bankruptcy, and carbon sequestration projects. Spiess has also represented buyers and sellers in a variety of corporate matters, including mergers, equity and asset transactions, liquidating corporations and limited liability companies, and drafting organization documents and managing governance matters for corporations, limited liability companies, statutory trusts and partnerships. He is a graduate of Boston College Law School (J.D., 2006) and Middlebury College (B.A., 1994), and is currently admitted only to the state bar of Massachusetts.

About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing corporate and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. The firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states. Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, project development and real estate law. The firm has offices in Alaska, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, Utah and Washington. For more information, visit http://www.stoel.com.