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| | Location | | 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 4500 | | Seattle, Washington 98154 | | (King Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Riddell Williams P.S. practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Corporate Transactions and Finance, Environmental and Natural Resources, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance Coverage and Risk Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Product Liability, Real Estate and Land Use, Tax, Trusts, Estates and Personal Planning. | | Year Established: 1906 | Firm Profile:
Riddell Williams is a leading Seattle Law Firm for Businesses with demonstrated expertise in sophisticated business transactions, commercial litigation, and environmental law. | | Firm Size: 50 | Representative Clients:
Allstate Insurance Company; CoBank, ACB; Emerson Electric Co.; Idaho Power Company; Microsoft Corporation; Puget Sound Energy; Real Networks, Inc.; Red Lion Hotels; Starbucks Coffee International; United Airlines. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Robert Amkraut (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Washington. Education: UC Santa Cruz (B.A., with honors, 1979); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997). Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Corporate Finance. | | Bruce J. Borrus (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Washington. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with honors, 1972); University of Washington (M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1978; J.D., with honors, 1981). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Transactions. | | Kyle L. Branum (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Washington. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1995); Seattle University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law; Corporate Finance. | | James E. Breitenbucher (Member) born Greensburg, Pennsylvania, August 11, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Washington; 2003, New York. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1994); Washington University (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; King County, Washington State and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Product Liability. | | David M. Brenner (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, California; 1982, District of Columbia; 1984, Washington. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1976); UC Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Technology Risk Management; Corporate and Complex Litigation. | | David D. Buck (Member) admitted to bar, 1977, Washington. Education: Princeton University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); Georgetown University (J.D., with honors, 1977). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. | | Michael D. Carrico (Member) admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1984, Washington. Education: Rice University; Tulane University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); Yale Law School (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Business Planning. | | Eileen Mannion Concannon (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois; 1983, Washington. Education: University of Florida (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); University of Notre Dame (M.A., 1975); Oxford University, Oxford, England and DePaul University College of Law (J.D., with highest honors, 1980). Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial; Product Liability; Maritime; Class Actions; Mediation; Arbitration. | | Stephen E. DeForest (Member) admitted to bar, 1960, Washington. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1955); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1960). President (1981-1982), King County Bar Association. Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1990 and President, 1992-1993, Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate and Business; ERISA; Employment Law. | | Loren R. Dunn (Member) admitted to bar, 1987, Washington. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, high honors in Government, 1978); Harvard University (M.P.P., 1980); Stanford University (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Technology Law; Litigation; Environmental Law. | | Madoka Etoh (Member) admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1993, Washington. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Languages: Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. Practice Areas: International; Corporate; Real Estate. | | Douglas H. Fleming (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Washington. Education: Pomona College (B.A., 1987); UCLA (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Product Liability; Antitrust. | | George E. Frasier (Member) admitted to bar, 1968, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1965); Stanford University (LL.B., 1968). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Reorganization; Creditors' Rights; Secured Transactions. | | Bruce T. Goto (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, Hawaii; 1993, Washington and California. Education: UC Davis (B.A., with high honors, 1983); UC Berkeley Boalt Hall (J.D., 1986); Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. Phi Beta Kappa. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Computer Law; Internet Law; International; Corporate; Distribution Law. | | Harry Edward Grant (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Washington; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Western Washington University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Oregon (J.D., 1983). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Environmental and Natural Resources; Business Transactions; International Commerce; Latin American Transactions. | | Pamela A. Grinter (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Washington. Education: Santa Clara University (B.S., 1988); University of Puget Sound (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Certified Public Accountant, Washington 1991—. Practice Areas: Tax; Corporate Transactions; Business. | | Daniel J. Gunter (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Washington. Education: Southeast Missouri State University (B.A., 1979); Southern Illinois University (M.A., 1982); University of Oregon School of Law (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Product Liability; Appellate Practice. | | Robert I. Heller (Member) admitted to bar, 1984, Washington. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., Industrial Engineering, 1965); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., Management, 1967); Boston College; University of Washington (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Land Use and Environmental Law. | | Bryce L. Holland, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, Washington. Education: Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Cambridge University, Cambridge, England; University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., 1978; J.D., 1979). Member: Washington State Bar Association (Member, Business Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Placements; Business Law; Closely Held Corporations; Liquor Licensing. | | Mark M. Hough (Member) admitted to bar, 1971, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1971). Practice Areas: Antitrust Law; Trade Regulation Law; Intellectual Property Law; Business Law; Commercial Litigation. | | Robert M. Howie (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, Washington. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Washington & Lee University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. | | Karen F. Jones (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1985, Washington. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 1978); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1981). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. | | Paul J. Kundtz (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Washington. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, Economics and Philosophy, 1980; J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability; Construction and Real Estate Litigation. | | Kenneth Lederman (Member) admitted to bar, 1996, Washington. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1993); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Order of the Barristers. Member: Washington State Bar Association (Member: Environmental and Land Use Law Section). Practice Areas: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Environmental and Natural Resources. | | Erin J. Letey (Member) admitted to bar, 2000, Washington. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., magna cum laude, 1996); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Finance; Corporate Transactions. | | John D. Lowery (Member) admitted to bar, 1973, Georgia; 1976, Washington. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1967); University of North Carolina (J.D., with high honors, 1973). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Securities; Antitrust; Intellectual Property. | | Blake Edward Marks-Dias (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Washington. Education: Gonzaga University (B.A., 1995); University of Washington (J.D., 1998). Order of the Barristers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. | | Patrick D. McVey (Member) admitted to bar, 1978, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust. | | Maria A. Milano (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Washington. Education: Central University (B.A., 1996); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Corporate Transactions; Bankruptcy; Commercial Finance Transactions. | | James W. Minorchio (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1982); University of Florida (LL.M., in Taxation, 1983). Practice Areas: Transactional Tax; Estate and Gift Tax; International Tax; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. | | Wesley Ward Morrison Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Washington. Education: The Colorado College (B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Washington (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Trade Secret Litigation; Commercial Litigation. | | Michael D. Pierson (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Oregon; 1986, Washington. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., with honors, 1978) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Bonn, Bonn, West Germany; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; General Practice; Litigation. | | Karl J. Quackenbush (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, Washington; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Whitman College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); University of Washington (J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation; Trade Secrets. | | Douglass A. Raff (Member) admitted to bar, 1964, Washington. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1961; J.D., cum laude, 1964). Practice Areas: Corporate; Business; Mergers and Acquisitions. | | Ryan D. Rein (Member) admitted to bar, 1996, Washington and U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1992; LL.M., Taxation, 1996); Gonzaga University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation. | | Laurence A. Shapero (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois; 2001, Washington. Education: California State University at Northridge (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980; M.B.A., 1986); DePaul University (J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employee Benefits. | | Barbara Allan Shickich (Member) admitted to bar, 1978, Washington; 1996, Wyoming. Education: Washington State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Root-Tilden Scholar. Practice Areas: Health Care and Hospital Law; Insurance Regulation. | | Joseph E. Shickich, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1978, Washington; 1996, Wyoming. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; New York University (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Root-Tilden Scholarship. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Communications Law; Health Care Law; Maritime. | | Gavin W. Skok (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Washington. Education: Gonzaga University (B.A., with honors, 1996); University of Washington (J.D., with honors, 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation; Technology Performance. | | Scott A. Smith (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Washington. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1978); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain; Insurance; Appellate Practice. | | Jayson W. Sowers (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware; 1997, Washington. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1990); Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation. | | J. Vernon Williams (Retired Member) admitted to bar, 1948, Washington. Education: Amherst College (A.B., cum laude, 1943); Yale University (LL.B., 1948). | | Frank C. Woodruff (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1983, Washington. Education: UCLA (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971; J.D., 1975); Harvard University (M.P.H., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Acquisitions; Securities Law; Taxation; Executive Compensation. | | Scott S. Yasui (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Hawaii; 1992, Washington. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1987); University of Washington (J.D., 1990). Omicron Delta Epsilon. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate. | | ASSOCIATES | | Rebecca L. Andrews (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Washington. Education: Vassar College (B.A., with honors, 1998); University of Washington (J.D., 2004; M.P.A., 2004). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. | | Jedediah W. Barden (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Washington. Education: Gonzaga University (B.A., cum laude); University of Oregon (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. | | Hilary Bramwell Mohr (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 2002); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Member: Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Transactions and Finance. | | William P. Brewer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2006, Washington. Education: Gonzaga University (B.A., 1997); Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation. | | Charlie S. Fitzpatrick (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Washington. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Seattle University (J.D., magma cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Product Liability. | | Merkys I. Gómez (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2008, Washington. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., 1999); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Washington State Bar Association. Languages: Spanish, French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. | | Wendy Lyon (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Washington. Education: UCLA (B.A., 2000); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 2003). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Joshua M. Piper (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Washington. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 1999); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: King County and Washington State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Courtney Seim (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., Political Science, minor Japanese, 1999); University of California, Davis, School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Skylar A. Sherwood (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.S., 1997); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. | | David C. Weber (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Washington. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., Journalism and Political Science, 1998; J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Environmental and Natural Resources. | | OF COUNSEL | | Timothy J. Hogan (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1976, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., with distinction, 1973); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 1976). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Mediation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. | | All Attorneys Admitted to Practice in Washington are Members of the King County and Washington State Bar Associations. |
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