Steven Pope, a partner in the firm's Business practice, has more than 18 years of experience advising clients in the areas of energy and utility law, intellectual property licensing, telecommunications transactions, equipment leasing and financing, project development and financial derivatives. Among Steve's energy clients are Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Stark Investments and SDS Lumber Co. Among his technology clients are Cargill, Inc., Nativis, Inc., Teragren LLC, Zillow, Inc., aQuantive, Inc. and ZymoGenetics, Inc. Among his telecommunications clients are Rural Cellular Corp., Expedia, Inc. and Vesta Corp. His financial derivative clients include Puget Sound Energy, Inc. and First Independent Bank, among others.