Williams Kastner Trial Attorneys Rodney Umberger and Eddy Silverman Obtain Defense Verdict in $50 Million Premises Liability Trial
Seattle attorneys Rodney Umberger and Eddy Silverman, with the help of Seattle paralegal Tristan Pirak, recently obtained a defense verdict in a $50 million premises liability/product liability case following a three-week in-person trial in King County, Washington with Superior Court Judge Chad Allred presiding. The case, Strout v. Walmart arose out of allegations that Walmart...
Managing Director Nicole R. MacKenzie Recognized in Women We Admire: As One of The Top 50 Women Leaders of Washington for 2022
Nicole MacKenzie is a Seattle based Member and the Managing Director of Williams Kastner. Williams Kastner is a Pacific Northwest Regional law firm with a reputation for trial and litigation expertise, supported by exemplary service in the areas of business and real estate transactions, labor and employment, securities, intellectual property, environmental and land use, and...
Williams Kastner Recognized in US News – 2023 Best Lawyers: Best Law Firms, 2023 Best Lawyers in America & 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Williams Kastner is pleased to announce that it has been recognized with 1 national ranking and 19 regional rankings in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” publication. The 2023 rankings incorporate more than 8.2 million evaluations of more than 115,000 leading lawyers from more than 22,000 firms. Metropolitan Tier 1 Seattle Commercial Litigation...
Sheryl Willert Named 2022 MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK LAWYERS
Sheryl Willert is a Member in the firm’s Seattle office and served as the firm’s Managing Director from 1996-2001 and again from 2006-2013. Willert continues to serve the firm on its Board of Directors and chairs the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group as well as the Diversity Committee. Willert concentrates her legal practice on...
Williams Kastner Recognized in US News – 2022 Best Lawyers: Best Law Firms, 2022 Best Lawyers in America & 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Williams Kastner is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 12th Edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” publication. The 2022 rankings incorporate more than 8.2 million evaluations of more than 115,000 leading lawyers from more than 22,000 firms. Metropolitan Tier 1 Seattle Commercial Litigation Employment Law –...
Congratulations to Nicole R. MacKenzie Elected Managing Director of Williams Kastner
Williams Kastner is pleased to welcome Nicole MacKenzie as Managing Director. Ms. MacKenzie is a trial lawyer and Member in the firm’s Seattle office. Her practice focuses on product liability and mass tort litigation as local trial counsel and a lead member of the National Coordinating Counsel team for several clients. Williams Kastner would also...
2021 Best Lawyers in America & 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
August 20, 2020 — Williams Kastner is pleased to announce 18 of our attorneys were named to the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, three of our attorneys were named to the Inaugural Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Attorneys included in the 2021 edition are recognized for professional excellence with...
9 Williams Kastner Attorneys Named to 2020 Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists
Williams Kastner is pleased to announce that 9 attorneys have been named to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2020. Receiving recognition are: Super Lawyers Seattle Daniel A. Brown, Member Jessie L. Harris, Managing Director Douglas A. Hofmann, Member Rodney L. Umberger, Member Sheryl J. Willert, Member Douglas J. Green, Of Counsel Portland S. Ward...
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
Williams Kastner will close its offices on June 19th in celebration and remembrance of, “Juneteenth.” On June 19, 1865, about two months after the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African-Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended....
Together We Stand: Black Lives Matter Silent March
Williams Kastner continues to stand in support and unity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Consistent with our commitment to diversity and racial equality, we will be closing our Seattle and Portland offices today at 12 p.m. in support of the Black Lives Matter Silent March planned on Capitol Hill in Seattle on June 12th...
Together We Stand
Many of us have undoubtedly been impacted by the tragic and senseless killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and also from the ensuing demonstrations over the past week that have captured the conscience of our nation. As members of the greater Seattle, Portland and Northwest communities as well as the legal community, we...
Supreme Court to Hear Washington ‘Faithless Electors’ Case
Washington, DC – On May 13, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases involving states ‘faithless electors’ where there have been attempts to penalize Electoral College delegates who fail to vote for the presidential candidate they were pledged to support. Electoral College delegates are selected by each party, and under state laws, they...