Perkins Coie Opens Dallas Office

The Seattle-based law firm of Perkins Coie has opened an office in Dallas, Texas, and former Greenberg Traurig shareholder, Steven R. Smith, has joined the firm and will be partner in charge of the office. Smith will focus his practice on real estate workouts and lending, adding to the firm's growing national practice. The addition of Smith helps Perkins expand its representation of commercial mortgage-backed securities special servicer clients, many of which have offices in Dallas. Smith has experience working with defeasance transactions, assumptions, loan modifications, REMIC tax issues, pooling and servicing agreement compliance and review, foreclosure, bankruptcies, asset dispositions, litigation, and loan sales. Since 2005 the firm has added over 200 lateral attorneys in a variety of practice groups.