In 1924, Roger Shidler and George Harroun established another law firm based in Washington state.

[4] The firm's Washington, D.C. office is known as Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP.

When it was opened in 1973, partners included Emanuel Rouvelas, former counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, and former Congressman Lloyd Meeds (D-WA).

[4] Among its major clients is Microsoft, which paid PGE over $1,380,000 for lobbying various federal government institutions.

During that time, the chairman of the firm was William Neukom, who was employed by Microsoft as head of its legal department.