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Teresa Hill Partner

Seattle

Focused on helping public and private companies in achieving their global “net zero” carbon commitments, Teresa has a particular emphasis on negotiating renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs). She has partnered with some of the largest corporate buyers of renewable energy, working to expand the global footprint of their energy portfolios in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Teresa has extensive experience with wind, solar and storage projects and, specifically, the negotiation of development-related agreements, including virtually and physically settled renewable power purchase agreements.

Prior to joining Orrick, Teresa was a partner in the energy and infrastructure group of a global law firm and in the environment, land use and natural resources and renewable energy groups of a Portland-based law firm. She also clerked for Chief Justice Linda Copple Trout, the first woman appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court.

Alice Hoesterey Senior Associate

Silicon Valley; Seattle

Alice has experience representing public and private companies in litigation across multiple industries including entertainment, technology, automotive, and retail. Alice regularly counsels clients on complex litigation strategy in multiple venues, including federal and state court, arbitration, and before government tribunals. She has successfully drafted numerous dispositive motions, managed all aspects of fact and expert discovery, and has substantial experience taking and defending depositions and arguing critical motions. Alice has litigated all types of disputes, including complicated trade secret actions,  whistleblower and discrimination claims, enforcement of non-compete agreements, and class actions, reaching favorable resolutions for her clients. 

Alice maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing primarily on issues relating to criminal justice reform.  

Prior to joining Orrick, Alice worked as an associate in Latham & Watkins’ Century City office. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School where she graduated cum laude.

Blake Ilstrup Partner

Seattle

Blake brings a unique and invaluable mix of in-house, entrepreneurial, and law firm experience, having served as General Counsel and senior executive of a software company and two biotech companies (co-founding one of them), as well as outside corporate counsel in elite AmLaw Global 100 law firms.

Blake’s experience spans multiple industries, including life sciences, software, hardware, mobile, fintech, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and retail. He has counseled fast-growing companies on hundreds of venture capital financings and M&A transactions, numerous public offerings, as well as service as a trusted advisor to management teams and Boards on both strategic and day-to-day matters.

Blake is proud to have worked with a variety of technology and life science companies, venture capital firms and investment banks, including AppSheet (acquired by Google; Nasdaq: GOOGL), Arris Composites, Barclays, Cloudhopper (acquired by Twitter; NYSE: TWTR), Critical Insight, Coatue Management, fatfoogoo (acquired by Digital River; Nasdaq: DRIV), Ikaria, IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco; Nasdaq: CSCO), Kineta (Nasdaq:  KA), Lighter Capital, Oculus (Nasdaq: FB), OncoSenX, PATH, Qpass (acquired by Amdocs; NYSE: DOX), Varian Medical (NYSE: VAR), Xcimer Energy, and Zipwhip (acquired by Twilio; NYSE: TWLO).

Prior to his legal career, Blake served with distinction in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, Fire Control Officer, and Air Warfare Coordinator, including two combat deployments to the Persian Gulf, where he was decorated for his performance during Operations Southern Watch and Desert Strike.

Katherine C. Jones Partner

Seattle; Los Angeles

She partners with investment funds, fund sponsors, real estate advisors, developers, public and private pension funds and institutional lenders on sophisticated real property acquisitions and dispositions, secured financings, hospitality, construction and development, joint ventures and other corporate real estate activities.

With a particular passion for the hospitality sector, Katie manages nearly all of Orrick’s hotel transactions throughout the United States. She has in-depth knowledge of the legal and contractual aspects unique to the hotel industry, including construction contracts, hotel management and franchise agreements, in addition to more standard loan documentation, joint venture and purchase and sale agreements.

Brian Kim Senior Associate

Seattle

Brian is a Seattle-based lawyer in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group. He combines his corporate law experience with academic and personal background and interests in technology and life sciences to provide pragmatic advice to start-ups, founders and investors.

Brian also has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions advising sellers, targets, buyers and private equity sponsors across a wide array of industries, including software, healthcare, manufacturing, food and beverage, agribusiness, financial services and natural resources.

Leslie Conard Krusen Partner

Seattle

Les is a Partner in the Public Finance practice group in Orrick’s Seattle office. He has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriters’ counsel on public and privately placed tax-exempt and taxable debt issued by airports and ports, mass transit agencies, electric and water utilities, industrial development agencies and bond banks, higher education institutions and health care facilities. He has experience in advising clients in such financings in several states and U.S. territories, including Alaska, California, Guam, Nevada, New York, Oregon and Washington.

During the course of his practice, Les has worked on various types of financing structures, including standard general obligation and revenue bond financings, bond and grant anticipation financings, master trust indenture financings, conduit financings, pooled financings, variable rate bonds and current and advance refundings.

Prior to joining Orrick, Les was an associate in the Capital Markets practice group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York, where he represented major foreign and domestic banks and boutique financial institutions as issuers, depositors, loan sellers, underwriters, initial purchasers and placement agents in connection with approximately $20 billion of public and private offerings of commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations.

Emily Lewis Associate

Seattle

Emily assists clients in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions, financings, developments and dispositions.

Throughout law school, Emily immersed herself in Seattle’s vibrant tech community. She served as an editor for the Washington Journal of Law, Technology and Arts, and participated in the University of Washington (UW) – Foster School of Business’ Angel Investing Program, where she helped advise UW on various investments in local tech companies and startups.

While earning her bachelor’s degree, Emily served as President of the UCLA Panhellenic Association, the university’s largest women’s organization. As President, Emily partnered with other community stakeholders and advocated for campus safety improvements and accessible resources for survivors of sexual violence.

Emily was previously a summer associate at Orrick. 

Rob McKenna Partner

Seattle; Washington, D.C.

A former Washington State Attorney General and President of the National Association of Attorneys General, Rob is accomplished in all areas of public policy, appellate law and investigations. He is a Chambers USA Band 1 Partner in Government Relations: State Attorneys General.

Rob represents a wide range of technology, energy, finance and other companies in matters involving cyber security, data privacy, litigation, appellate litigation, regulatory proceedings, state attorney general investigations and legislative issues. His experience, stature and proficiency add essential capabilities for clients seeking coordinated policy advocacy, regulatory compliance and litigation strategies in state capitols across the country and in Washington, D.C., where he has testified before Congress and assisted clients who have been called to testify before Congressional committees. While at Orrick, Rob has represented clients in both state and federal court, typically in cases centered on constitutional questions.

Rob served two terms as Attorney General of Washington, from 2005 to 2013. He successfully argued three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and helped negotiate three of the largest consumer protection settlements in national history, all involving mortgage lending and servicing. He is a recognized leader in the development of data protection and privacy regulation. Rob was the first state Attorney General to build a computer forensics lab to collect evidence of Internet fraud and passed one of the nation's first anti-spyware laws.

Rob served as President of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) from 2011–12 where he co-launched the NAAG Intellectual Property Task Force to advance the national fight against counterfeiting and piracy. While serving as NAAG President, he created and led a national initiative to combat human trafficking which continues to this day. The NAAG human trafficking summit he hosted in Seattle in 2012 led AGs to launch state-level initiatives around the country. His fellow attorneys general honored him in 2011 with the Kelley-Wyman Award for “Outstanding Attorney General” in America.

Jassiem Moore Managing Associate

Seattle

Leveraging his knowledge of the cybersecurity and privacy regulatory landscape, Jassiem develops defense and risk-mitigation strategies for data breach class actions and alleged violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) and other state and federal consumer privacy laws. His advice helps clients stay ahead of emerging risks while minimizing litigation exposure.

Jassiem also has experience defending clients in patent infringement cases before U.S. district courts, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the International Trade Commission (ITC). He has handled issues at nearly every stage of patent litigation, including pre-litigation strategy, noninfringement, invalidity, summary judgment, depositions, expert discovery and trial preparation.

Prior to earning his J.D., Jassiem worked as a software development engineer for Amazon. At Amazon, he regularly developed, tested and maintained enterprise software applications.

Brian T. Moran Partner

Seattle

As the U.S. Attorney in Seattle, Brian led the first U.S. attorney’s office in the country to confront the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis. He led the office’s response to unprecedented civil unrest, and prosecuted an array of crimes ranging from hate crimes perpetrated by neo-Nazis to sophisticated data breaches by cyber criminals, and he pursued drug and human traffickers. He served on the Native American Issues (subcommittee), and the Border States and marijuana enforcement U.S. Attorney Work Groups. Brian earned wide bipartisan support for his leadership and was recently selected to serve on the Western District of Washington’s federal judicial selection committee.

During his 15 years serving in the office of the Washington State Attorney General, including as the Chief Deputy Attorney General, Brian was the top legal advisor to the Attorney General and had a significant role in the office’s legal strategy and policy initiatives, including matters related to consumer protection, data breaches, unfair competition, and public records. He frequently worked with the state legislature and state agencies to draft, implement, or amend state law in important areas such as consumer protection, the powers and duties of the Attorney General, public records, tort liability, public safety, and criminal law.

Brian has conducted numerous high-profile investigations for government agencies. In private practice, he has represented Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, and tech innovators under investigation by state Attorneys General and other regulatory bodies.

Prior to his Chief Deputy appointment, Brian served as the Attorney General’s chief criminal prosecutor and as a Senior Deputy Prosecutor with the Office of the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney. His extensive trial and litigation experience includes white collar fraud, public corruption, environmental, and criminal and civil matters. Brian has tried over 100 cases through verdict, including 35 homicides and three death penalty cases.

KT Nguyen Associate

Seattle

KT assists these companies with their legal needs as they expand, with a focus on corporate governance and venture financing. He also represents venture capital firms seeking to invest in these high growth companies.

KT graduated from the University of Washington School of Law, where he served as a Managing Editor of the Washington Law Review. He also was a member of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, where he advised entrepreneurs on early stage general corporate and intellectual property matters.

Prior to attending law school, KT was a graduate student researcher at the University of California, San Francisco. During grad school, he also worked in the technology transfer office where he helped to consult with inventors within the university to assess the patentability and commercialization prospects of their inventions.

Bryn R Pallesen Senior Associate

Seattle

As an antitrust litigator, Bryn has successfully defended clients in monopolization and restraint of trade cases, including cases advancing novel “product hopping” and “reverse payment” theories of liability; guided clients through government investigations, including DOJ leniency proceedings; and helped clients negotiate and respond to third party subpoenas.

In addition to her antitrust work, Bryn maintains an active complex litigation practice. She has litigated derivative shareholder, private right of action, consumer protection, insurance, breach of contract, and fiduciary duty claims, as well as state and federal constitutional claims. Bryn has considerable appellate experience, including administrative appeals, and she regularly serves as local counsel in cases pending in Washington federal and state courts.

Prior to joining Orrick, Bryn was a litigation associate in the New York office of an international law firm and, more recently, at a Seattle trial boutique. She also served as a law clerk to two federal district court judges.