Michael D. Dwyer
Counsel to the Firm
dwyerm@lanepowell.com
206.223.7057
Areas of Practice
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Transactions
Real Estate Transactions
Professional Experience
Lane Powell P.C.
Shareholder (1978-Present)
Co-Managing Partner (1998-2002)
Partner in Charge (1994-2002)
Joined the Firm (January 2, 1973)
Admitted to Practice
Washington
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Academics
George Washington University (J.D., 1972), Order of the Coif
George Washington University Law Review, Notes Editor (1971-1972)
University of Washington (B.A., cum laude, 1969)
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
Business
Cannabis
Corporate Finance and Securities
Mergers and Acquisitions
Real Estate
Representative Transactions
Purchase and Sale of Georgia and South Carolina saw mills from International Paper Company as
Seller to a paper manufacturer as Buyer. We represented the Buyer.
Purchase and Sale of the Caffall Bros. saw mill business and assets from Caffall Bros. Forest Products, Inc., as Seller to a paper manufacturer as Buyer. We represented the Buyer.
Sale of all outstanding capital stock of Olympic Medical Corporation by Stock Purchase Agreement from Jay A. Jones and Mary J. Jones as Sellers to Natus Medical Incorporated as Buyer. We
represented the Sellers.
Sale of substantially all assets and business of PSA Composites LLC, including patents and patent applications for low density, composite materials for use as alternative wood products from PSA
Composites LLC as Seller to Weyerhaeuser Company as Buyer. We represented the Seller.
Sale of the Gene Juarez Salons assets and business from Michael Coe and Gene Juarez as Sellers to
Gene Juarez Salons, LLC, an acquisition subsidiary of Evergreen Partners, as Buyer. We represented
the Sellers.
Sale of 137 acres of downtown Bellingham waterfront property from Georgia-Pacific Corporation
and Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. as Sellers to the Port of Bellingham as Buyer. We represented the
Sellers.
Publications
“Limiting the liability of nonprofit directors,” Puget Sound Business Journal, May 8, 2009
Awards and Honors
Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate (2001-2016)
Named as a “Washington Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers® magazine, Business/Corporate (1999,
2002-2016)
Recommended by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/Commercial, (2005-2009)
Named in “Top Business Lawyers,” Seattle Business magazine (2008)
Named in “Best Lawyers,” survey published by Seattle Metropolitan (2006-2007)
AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™
Professional and Community Activities
Former Secretary, General Counsel and Trustee, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce (1999-2014)
Past President, United States Law Firm Group (2004)
American Bar Association, Business Section
Washington State Bar Association, Business Section and Real Estate Section
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