Asked what she had expected for her first year in firmwide leadership, Stoel Rives managing partner Melissa Jones said “a lot of traveling.” The Portland, Oregon-born firm has lawyers in Seattle; Salt Lake City; Boise, Idaho; Minneapolis; Washington, D.C.; Alaska and three California offices, including Sacramento, where she is based.

But Jones’ trip to the firm’s Boise office nearly a year ago was the last one she took in 2020.