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 12^th 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 – Management
  - Labor Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Portland-OR
  - Real Estate Law
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Seattle
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  - Real Estate Law
- Portland-OR
  - Litigation – Insurance
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Seattle
  - Environmental Law
  - Litigation – Bankruptcy
  - Litigation – Environmental
  - Litigation – Trusts & Estates
  - Trusts & Estates Law
- Portland-OR
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Construction
  - Litigation – Trusts & Estates
National Tier 3
- Real Estate Law

In addition, to Williams Kastner’s firm ranking 16 of our attorneys were named to the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©and, 3 of our attorneys were named to the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Additionally, we are very proud to announce Douglas A. Hofmann, as the first to be recognized to the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year. Attorneys included in the 2022 edition are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Congratulations to them all.

Those receiving recognition for Best Lawyers in America are:

Seattle, WA
- Scott B. Henrie
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  - Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Shawn B. Rediger
  - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- P. Arley Harrel
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation – Real Estate
  - Real Estate Law
- Douglas A. Hofmann
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Rodney L. Umberger
  - Commercial Litigation
- Jerome L. Rubin
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Labor Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Sheryl J. Willert
  - Employment Law – Management
  - Labor Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mark Myers
  - Environmental Law
  - Litigation – Environmental
- Jessie L. Harris
  - Labor Law – Management
  - Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Stanbery Foster, Jr.
  - Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  - Trusts and Estates
- Dean G. von Kallenbach
  - Real Estate Law
- Alan L. Wallace
  - Real Estate Law
Portland, OR
- Thomas A. Ped
  - Litigation – Construction
  - Litigation – Insurance
- Heidi L. Mandt
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Charles R. Markley
  - Real Estate Law
- David P. Weiner
  - Real Estate Law

Those named as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch:

Seattle, WA
- Nicholas R. Major
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  - Transportation Law
- David E. Worley
  - Labor and Employment Law – Management
  - Litigation – Construction
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Portland, OR
- Megan E. Uhle
  - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  - Product Liability Litigation – Defendant