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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is a national business and litigation law firm with offices across the United States and in Shanghai, China.〔http://www.dwt.com/locations/uniGC.aspx?xpST=OfficeList〕 The firm served as lead counsel for 30,000 plaintiffs in consolidated proceedings on behalf of fishermen, processors, Alaska natives, landowners, businesses, and others injured as a result of the spill of 11.8 million gallons of North Slope crude oil into the coastal waters of Alaska by the Exxon Valdez.〔http://www.dwt.com/experience/uniEntity.aspx?xpST=ExperienceDetail&experience=6215〕 The plaintiffs were ultimately awarded almost a billion dollars in damages and interest. The firm also successfully represented CBS in its long-running effort to overturn fines imposed by the Federal Communications Commission over the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2004 Super Bowl.〔http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2010/02/davis-wright-still-plugging-away-on-wardrobe-malfunction-case.html〕〔()〕 ==History== Firm founder John Davis, who recently celebrated his 101st birthday, founded the firm in 1944 based on a series of what he called Real Aims: “1. Financial independence. 2. Good reputation among fellow men, especially for ability and integrity. 3. Enough time off to enjoy living.”〔http://issuu.com/uwschooloflaw/docs/uwlaw_magazine_fall2011?e=3191660/2020673〕 His firm merged with Wright, Simon, Todd & Schmechel in 1969. In the 1980s, the firm opened offices in Anchorage, AK; Washington, DC; Bellevue, WA; and Los Angeles, CA. It merged with Ragen, Tremaine, Krieger of Portland, OR in 1990〔http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/01/20/merger-creates-davis-wright-tremaine-in-1990/〕 and added more than 20 lawyers from Heller Ehrman LLP in 2008. Davis Wright was the first U.S. firm with legal authority to maintain a law office in Shanghai, and has been operating in the country since 1994.〔http://www.dwt.com/offices/shanghai/?op=overview〕 Alumni of the firm include Gary Locke, former Governor of Washington state, and now the U.S. Ambassador to China. In 2012, Davis Wright was ranked 96th largest law firm in the United States by the National Law Journal, based on attorney headcount. The firm was ranked No. 114 by gross revenue on the AmLaw 200 that same year.〔http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202494427064&The_2013_Am_Law_200〕 The firm received Band 1 rankings in the 2013 Chambers USA guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for its Corporate/M&A, Commercial Litigation, Energy, Labor & Employment, Media/First Amendment, and Real Estate practice groups, all of which .〔http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/Firms/3834-98395〕 The media practice group is widely recognized as a national leader. The firm’s team of 70 media lawyers was honored in 2013 with the Chambers USA Award for Excellence, designating Davis Wright as the firm that “has excelled above all others” in this practice area.〔(Press Release) http://www.chambersandpartners.com/chambers-usa-awards-2013〕 In 2012, Davis Wright was named Law Firm of the Year in the Communications practice area by Best Lawyers and U.S. News. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davis Wright Tremaine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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