David Petersen and Kimberlee Stafford Honored with JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards

Tonkon Torp partners David Petersen and Kimberlee Stafford have each been honored by JD Supra’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards. Kimberlee earned the #6 spot and David earned the #7 spot in Real Estate for their 2022 content and thought leadership. Their articles received top visibility and engagement nationwide out of 3,500 authors who publish articles exploring legal issues in real estate.

JD Supra is a content marketing service delivering professional, legal-based content from leading lawyers and industry experts to over 350,000 active subscribers, media partners, professional associations, and member organizations. Content is distributed daily by JD Supra to professionals in a wide range of industries, and includes readers who are C-suite executives, in-house counsel, and media members who are focused on timely business matters.

The 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards recognizes 303 of JD Supra’s over 70,000 authors as thought leaders who have achieved the highest visibility and engagement for their expertise during the year. Ten authors and one firm are ranked in each of 31 categories.

David Petersen is Chair of Tonkon Torp’s Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group, focusing his practice on land use and local government law. He has helped bring a wide range of development projects to fruition, including large-scale residential developments, big-box retail stores, educational and office campuses, mixed-use developments, master planned communities, and other industrial and commercial facilities.

Kimberlee Stafford is a partner in Tonkon Torp’s Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group. Her practice focuses on helping businesses with their real estate transactional needs. She has expertise in complex real estate transactions involving purchases and sales, leases, and financing for office, retail, and industrial properties for a diverse group of businesses, owners, and developers – with an emphasis on the medical, veterinary, food and beverage, retail, seniors housing, renewable energy, and forest products industries.

David Petersen and Kimberlee Stafford are regular contributors to JD Supra via Tonkon Torp’s Ear to the Ground blog, which highlights commercial real estate, development, land use, tax, and environmental issues relevant to clients and readers in the Northwest and beyond.