Portland, Oregon-based law firm Stoel Rives has elected Melissa Jones, a Sacramento-based litigation partner, as its next managing partner.

Effective January 2020, Jones will replace Jim Torgerson, an Alaska-based partner who has served as the firm's managing partner since January 2016.

“We have a strategic plan that we adopted couple years ago, it is a five-year strategic plan, I am intending to continue working on implementing that strategic plan,” said Jones, when asked how she will run the firm. “As part of the plan, we are focusing on growth in all of our offices, but also emphasizing growth in certain sectors like our energy and natural resources practices.”