Williams Kastner is a law firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

. The firm is ranked number 6 on the list of the Puget Sound

Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...

 area's largest law firms by the Puget Sound Business Journal

Puget Sound Business Journal

The Puget Sound Business Journal is a weekly American City Business Journals publication containing articles about business people, issues, and events in the greater Seattle, Washington area. The publication also publishes a technology news website named TechFlash...

. The law firm is ranked 5 out of 1,291 law firms on Martindale.com's Visibility Ranking for the Seattle area. Williams Kastner has additional offices in Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

 and Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. It has a strategic affiliation with the Duan & Duan law firm in China, which has offices located in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. Sheryl Willert, a member in the Seattle office, is the managing director.

The headquarters of Williams Kastner is located in the Two Union Square building in Seattle, Washington.

Organization Name

The legal name of the firm is Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, however the company markets itself as Williams Kastner. The company shortened its name to Williams Kastner in 2006 as part of a rebranding of the firm. Occasionally, the firm is colloquially referred to as Williams, Kastner & Gibbs or WK&G.

Previous Organization Names

• Eggerman & Rosling
• Eggerman, Rosling & Williams
• Rosling, Williams, Lanza & Kastner
• Williams, Lanza, Kastner & Gibbs
• Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, P.L.L.C.

Recognition & Rankings

• Williams Kastner was awarded the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
  Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
  Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is a non-profit legal services organization in Washington State. NWIRP's mission is dedicated to providing legal services in the defense and advancement of legal rights for low-income immigrants and refugees in Washington State.-History:Founded in 1984, the...
  
  's 2008 Amicus Award for its pro bono representation of low-income individuals seeking political asylum.

• Three lawyers from the Seattle office of Williams Kastner were selected for the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

• Visibility Ranking on Martindale.com: 547 out of 199,240 law firms