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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

920 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98104-1610
(206) 622-3150

Overview

Introduction

Davis Wright Tremaine is a Pacific Northwest powerhouse known for its prowess in media and entertainment law. The firm boasts strong early career development for its associates, demonstrated by the fact that approximately one-half of the firm’s practice chairs are in their 30s and 40s. With over 560 attorneys in 11 domestic offices, the firm supports a collaborative culture by utilizing mentorship to create multidisciplinary, industry-focused teams. Davis Wright Tremaine operates on each U.S. coast to tackle some of the most interestin...

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Total No. Attorneys (2024)

500 - 750

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No. of Partners Named (2024)

13

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Featured Rankings

Vault Law 100


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No. of 1st Year Associates Hired (2024)

21


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No. of Summer Associates (2024)

22 total (15 2Ls; 7 1Ls)


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Base Salary

Base Salary (2024)

About the Firm

Founded in 1908, Davis Wright Tremaine has worked with small clients as well as Fortune 500 companies. The firm maintains a focus on litigation and entertainment, environmental, intellectual property, and employment law. Today, the firm has more than 560 attorneys in 11 domestic offices.

Winning the West Coast

More than eight decades after it kick-started its practice in Seattle, Davis Wright Tremaine merged with another reputable Seattle firm and began expanding throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. In Anchorage, Alaska, Davis Wright Tremaine made headlines by serving as lead counsel in a 30,000-plaintiff lawsuit filed by seafood and fishing industry interests against Exxon Valdez for the massive 1989 oil spill off the coast of Alaska. Gradually, the firm established a str...

Diversity at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

"Davis Wright Tremaine is committed to increasing the long-term success of diverse attorneys within our firm and the legal profession as a whole. Diversity and Inclusion have become the fabric of our firm. We have three overarching and long-term goals with respect to diversity and inclusion (D&I): 1. Continue to increase the diversity of our attorney ranks, particularly with respect to race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and veteran status (recruiting); 2. Reduce attrition rates of minority, women, and LGBT..."

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