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Legal Advice
Depending on the nature of your business, you may require the advice and services of a good lawyer in town. Greater Seattle's legal services industry is comprised of worldclass lawyers offering expertise in all forms of business and international trade transactions, tax, banking, trade regulation, commerical law, copyrights, trademarks, product liability, procurement law and so on. They also offer the highest standards of knowledge relating to some of the key industries of interest to this region: software, healthcare, biotechnology, environmental, telecommunications, natural resources, energy and ultilities, Internet and intellectual property.
Trade Alliance Recommended Law Offices
| Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | |||
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| Address: | 1201 3rd Ave., Suite 2200 Seattle, WA 98101-3045 | Tel: | (206) 622-3150 |
| Fax: | (206) 628-7699 | ||
| Email: | seattle@dwt.com | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Bruce Johnson | ||
| Title: | Partner | ||
| Description: | With more than 400 attorneys involved in virtually every specialty area of the law, Davis Wright Tremaine represents a single, powerful industry-focused resource for dealing with the host of interrelated legal issues businesses face today. Specialties areas include, but are not limited to, admiralty & maritime, aircraft industry, antitrust, China/Shanghai, construction, education, environmental, financial services, healthcare, IT, IP, international law, mergers & acquisitions and tax. | ||
| Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P. | |||
| Address: | 1420 5th Ave, Ste 3400 Seattle, WA 98101 | Tel: | 206-903-8800 |
| Fax: | 206-903-8820 | ||
| Email: | seattle@dorsey.com | ||
| Contact: | Ms. Miki Usyak | ||
| Title: | NW Marketing Manager | ||
| Description: | Dorsey & Whitney LLP is among the largest law firms in the world with 19 offices strategically located and nearly 640 lawyers and 750 support staff. | ||
| Foster Pepper PLLC | |||
| Address: | 1111 3rd Ave, Ste 3400 Seattle, WA 98101-3299 | Tel: | 206-447-4400 |
| Fax: | 206-447-9700 | ||
| Contact: | Mr. J. Tayloe Washburn | ||
| Title: | Attorney | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Robert Kunold | ||
| Title: | Managing Partner | ||
| Description: | Foster Pepper PLLC is one of the largest law firms in the Pacific Northwest, maintaining a strong presence throughout the region, with offices in Seattle and Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon. We provide a full range of legal services for U.S. companies involved in foreign transactions as well as foreign companies doing business in the United States. We frequently represent our domestic clients on their international acquisitions and joint ventures. We have particular experience in international tax laws, customs and export regulations, trade and antitrust issues, international dispute resolution, and a variety of other regulatory requirements, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FIRPTA, and Exon-Florio reviews. Foster Pepper PLLC has been a member of Interlaw, an association of independent law firms throughout the world, since 1991. | ||
| Garvey Schubert Barer | |||
| Address: | 1191 2nd Ave, 18th Floor Seattle, WA 98101-2939 | Tel: | 206-464-3939 |
| Fax: | 206-464-0125 | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Gabriel Tevrizian | ||
| Title: | Director of Marketing and Business Development | ||
| Description: | Garvey Schubert Barer ("GSB") is a full-service business law firm with more than 120 lawyers serving clients in the United States and abroad, with particular focus on the Pacific Rim. From our five strategic locations, Beijing, China; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; New York, New York; and Washington, D.C., we serve as outside counsel to established market leaders and newly launched enterprises. | ||
| Graham & Dunn PC | |||
| Address: | Pier 70 - 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98121-1128 | Tel: | 206.624.8300 |
| Fax: | 206.340.9599 | ||
| Email: | info@grahamdunn.com | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Clem Barnes | ||
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| Description: | Graham & Dunn is a nationally recognized industry focused law firm with a long record of excellence and professional leadership. | ||
| Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S | |||
| Address: | 1221 2nd Ave., Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98101-2925 | Tel: | 206-623-1745 |
| Fax: | 206-623-7789 | ||
| Email: | info@hcmp.com | ||
| Contact: | Mr. George Martin | ||
| Title: | Principal | ||
| Description: | HCMP serves a variety of clients with emphasis on business law, commercial transactions, finance, tax, securities, bankruptcy, employment law, technology issues, international law, real estate, land use, and environmental law. They are also very experienced in administrative, trial, and appellate litigation in these and other areas. | ||
| K&L Gates | |||
| Address: | 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98104-1158 | Tel: | 206-623-7580 |
| Fax: | 206-623-7022 | ||
| Contact: | Mr. David Tang | ||
| Title: | Managing Partner, Asia | ||
| Description: | K&L Gates comprises more than 1,500 lawyers in 24 offices located in North America, Europe and Asia, and represents capital markets participants, entrepreneurs, growth and middle market companies, leading FORTUNE 100 and FTSE 100 global corporations and public sector entities. Our practice is at once regional, national and international in scope, cutting edge, complex and dynamic. You can learn more about the firm and its practice areas by visiting our website at www.klgates.com. | ||
| Lane Powell PC | |||
| Address: | 1420 5th Ave, Ste 4100 Seattle, WA 98101-2338 | Tel: | (206) 223-7000 |
| Fax: | (206) 223-7107 | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Gary Tober | ||
| Title: | Shareholder | ||
| Description: | Lane Powell offers a broad range of legal services in business, employment and litigation. Currently, Lane Powell has approximately 180 attorneys with a staff of nearly 300. | ||
| Miller Nash LLP | |||
| Address: | 4400 Two Union Square Seattle, WA 98101-2352 | Tel: | 206-622-8484 |
| Fax: | 206-622-7485 | ||
| Email: | clientservices@millernash.com | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Brian Esler | ||
| Title: | Partner | ||
| Description: | As a multi-service, multi-disciplinary law firm, Miller Nash serves as counsel to some of the nation's leading businesses, nonprofits, public entities, and individuals. We cover a broad range of industries and areas of practice. | ||
| Perkins Coie | |||
| Address: | 1201 3rd Ave., 40th Floor Seattle, WA 98101-3099 | Tel: | 206-359-3402 |
| Fax: | 359-8500 | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Georges Yates | ||
| Title: | Chair, International Practice Group | ||
| Description: | Comprehensive litigation, business and employment law services with numerous foreign offices and extensive experience in international business matters. | ||
| Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. | |||
| Address: | U.S. Bank Centre 1420 5th Ave., Suite 3010 Seattle, WA 98101 | Tel: | 206-622-1711 |
| Fax: | 206-292-0460 | ||
| Email: | wfisher@schwabe.com | ||
| Contact: | Mr. William "Skip" Fisher | ||
| Title: | Shareholder | ||
| Description: | Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt is a multiservice law firm serving the needs of businesses in the Pacific Northwest, as well as nationally and internationally. The firm has 175 attorneys in five offices throughout Oregon and Washington. Schwabe attorneys provide a broad range of transaction and litigation services to large corporations, as well as privately held businesses and individuals. Our attorneys assist foreign and domestic companies with a broad range of issues, including international trade and business transactions, immigration, intellectual property, commercial litigation, real estate, and products liability. | ||
| Simburg, Ketter, Sheppard & Purdy, LLP | |||
| Address: | 999 Third Ave, Ste 2525 Seattle, WA 98104-4089 | Tel: | 206-382-2600 |
| Fax: | 206-223-3929 | ||
| Email: | msimburg@sksp.com | ||
| Contact: | Mr. Melvyn Simburg | ||
| Title: | Partner | ||
| Description: | Since 1984 Simburg, Ketter, Sheppard & Purdy has provided high quality, personalized business legal services in the Pacific Northwest, emphasizing domestic and international business litigation and transactions, particularly with creative individuals and businesses. | ||
| Spencer Law Office | |||
| Address: | 1621 Lake Mount Drive Snohomish , WA 98290-1730 | Tel: | 206-650-7048 206-650-7048 |
| Fax: | 1-360-862-9101 | ||
| Email: | spencer@davidspencerlaw.com | ||
| Contact: | Mr. David Spencer | ||
| Title: | Attorney at Law | ||
| Description: | The firm specializes in domestic and international business law expertise for the Americas. Fluent in Spanish, and member of the Washington Bar for over 20 years, Spencer focuses on business and real property law of the Americas – Nafta, Mexico, Canada, the U.S. and Latin America in general. In addition to the U.S., Canada and Mexico, he has assisted clients with matters in nearly all the Latin American countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. His clients are located throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. | ||
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