USLAW NETWORK Foundation announces 2024 scholarship recipients
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Williams Kastner (OR)
805 SW Broadway, Suite 2440
Portland, OR 97205
United States
Phone: (503) 228-7967
Fax: (503) 222-7261
Primary Contact
Thomas A. Ped
- Office: (503) 944-6988
- Cell: (503) 803-9310
- Fax: (503) 222-7261
Alternate Contact 1
Heidi L. Mandt
- Office: (503) 944-6973
- Cell: (503) 704-2197
About this Firm
Williams Kastner has been providing legal and business advice to a broad mix of clients since our Seattle office opened in 1929. With more than 65 lawyers in Washington and Oregon, the firm combines the resources and experience to offer national and regional capabilities with the client service and sensibility a local firm can provide. The firm culture is characterized by hard work, high-performance teamwork, diversity and partnerships with our clients and the local community. Our commitment to our clients is reflected through our quality legal work, personalized approach to servicing our clients and the integrity and pride we devote towards the practice of law.
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Appellate Law
- Auto Liability
- Aviation
- Banking and Financial Services
- Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, and Insolvency
- Business Litigation and Class Actions
- Business Transactions/Mergers and Acquisitions
- Commercial and Business Contracts
- Construction Law
- Data Privacy and Security
- Entertainment
- Environmental & Toxic/Mass Tort
- Franchise
- Gaming Law
- Government Relations
- Healthcare Law
- IP and Technology
- Insurance Law
- Labor and Employment
- Maritime Law/Admiralty
- Media and Communications
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home/Assisted Living
- Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
- Premises Liability
- Private Equity
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Public Utilities and Administrative
- Retail and Hospitality Law
- SIU/Fraud/Arson
- School Law
- Securities Litigation
- Subrogation
- Tax Law
- Trademark and Patent Law
- Transportation and Logistics
- Trust and Estates
- Water Law
- White Collar Defense
Representative Clients
- Ace Cash Express
- AT&T
- Axis Crane
- Berlex Inc.
- Brush Wellman, Inc.
- Claims Direct Access
- Coldwell Banker Bain Associates
- Columbia Resources Inc.
- ConAgra Foods
- DCS Global
- Estee Lauder
- Exxon Mobil
- Gordon Trucking, Inc.
- Heartland Express
- Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
- Kaiser Gypsum
- Kellogg Sales Co.
- Kimberly – Clark
- ManorCare, Inc.
- Marc Sales Leasing dba Aarons
- Mt. Hawley Insurance Co.
- Mydatt Services, Inc.
- National Steel & Shipbuilding Co.
- NBIS Construction & Transportation Services
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
- Parker Smith & Feek
- Polaris Industries
- Potelco Inc.
- Proctor & Gamble
- Qmedtrix
- Quality Carriers
- RLI Insurance Company
- Schindler Elevator Corporation
- Schnitzer Steel Industries
- Sun Mountain Lodge, Inc.
- Taylor Corporation
- The Coca-Cola Company
- TravelCenters of America
- Unico Properties, Inc.
- United Road Services, Inc.
- U.S. Bank
- Utica National Insurance Group
- Walmart
- Waste Connections, Inc.
Additional Offices
1515 Southwest Fifth Avenue
Suite 600
Portland, OR 97201
United States
Primary USLAW Practice Group Contacts
Complex Tort and Product Liability
Heidi L. Mandt
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Construction Law
Thomas A. Ped
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Insurance Law
Thomas A. Ped
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Medical Law
Heidi L. Mandt
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Professional Liability
Heidi L. Mandt
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Real Estate
Thomas A. Ped
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Retail and Hospitality Law
Heidi L. Mandt
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Transportation and Logistics
Heidi L. Mandt
Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
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Resources & Articles
Williams Kastner team obtains full defense arbitration ruling on a Lemon Law arbitration
Williams Kastner Seattle attorneys Kenna Duckworth and Eddy Silverman recently obtained a full defense arbitration ruling on a Lemon Law arbitration wherein a motor home was alleged to have eight defects and to have been out-of-service more than the statutory 60-day time period. Duckworth argued that the defects were not… Continue Reading
Williams Kastner trial team obtains defense verdict in traumatic brain injury trial
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100"] Rod Umberger[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4669730" align="alignleft" width="108"] Ryan Vollans[/caption] Williams Kastner attorneys Rodney Umberger and Ryan Vollans recently obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial that lasted nearly four weeks. The case was one of admitted liability following a rear-end collision involving a commercial vehicle owned… Continue Reading
New leadership named for 2024-25 USLAW Construction Law Practice Group
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct. 18, 2024 - We are pleased to announce that Caryn A. Boisen of Larson ● King, LLP in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been named chair of the USLAW NETWORK Construction Law Practice Group. Boisen follows Joseph F. Moore of Hanson Bridgett LLP, who served as chair of the practice… Continue Reading
Eddy Silverman of Williams Kastner prevails in a motion to recover fees for client
Attorney Eddy Silverman of Williams Kastner in Washington successfully prevailed on a motion to recover attorneys' fees and costs, recovering nearly $400,000 for his client as a sanction for opposing counsel's bad faith litigation tactics. This award is currently among the largest of such in Washington state history. Continue Reading
USLAW expands Diversity Council
As part of USLAW NETWORK’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, USLAW expands the membership of the USLAW NETWORK Diversity Council to include more than a dozen USLAW member attorneys and legal decision-makers from across an array of industries. “We are excited to expand the diversity council by adding… Continue Reading
Williams Kastner’s Rodney Umberger, Eddy Silverman obtain defense verdict in $50 million premises liability trial
Williams Kastner attorneys Rodney L. 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… Continue Reading