James F. Williams
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
Firm:
Perkins Coie LLP
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Overview
James Williams is a partner in the firm's Litigation practice. He has been
trying cases and managing litigation for over 25 years as a government attorney
and a private practitioner. James graduated in 1985 from The Citadel in
Charleston, South Carolina, with honors, and earned his law degree in 1988 from
the University of Virginia School of Law. After law school, he served in the
Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Air Force before moving to Seattle
and joining Perkins Coie in 1993. His practice involves complex business
litigation and civil trials (see a
sample opening statement), with a focus on contract disputes, mass torts
defense, corporate plaintiff asset recovery, consultant liability, consumer
protection and unfair business practices, trade secrets, bankruptcy court
adversary actions, and federal and state agency litigation.
James has
served on the firmwide Executive Committee and Associate Evaluation Committee,
and has chaired the firmwide Litigation Training Program, Community Service
Committee, Women and Minority Lawyers Committee, as well as the Seattle Office
United Way Campaign.
trying cases and managing litigation for over 25 years as a government attorney
and a private practitioner. James graduated in 1985 from The Citadel in
Charleston, South Carolina, with honors, and earned his law degree in 1988 from
the University of Virginia School of Law. After law school, he served in the
Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Air Force before moving to Seattle
and joining Perkins Coie in 1993. His practice involves complex business
litigation and civil trials (see a
sample opening statement), with a focus on contract disputes, mass torts
defense, corporate plaintiff asset recovery, consultant liability, consumer
protection and unfair business practices, trade secrets, bankruptcy court
adversary actions, and federal and state agency litigation.
James has
served on the firmwide Executive Committee and Associate Evaluation Committee,
and has chaired the firmwide Litigation Training Program, Community Service
Committee, Women and Minority Lawyers Committee, as well as the Seattle Office
United Way Campaign.
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Awards
- Listed in Seattle Business, “Best Lawyers in the Business,” 2012 - 2013
- Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Rising Stars,” 2000
- Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Washington’s Super Lawyers,” 2001 - present, and selected as one of "The Top 100 Super Lawyers"
- Listed in Corporate Counsel Edition of "Super Lawyers" in Business Litigation, 2008 - present
- Selected for “40 under 40,” a profile of young leaders in the business community demonstrating vision and innovation, Puget Sound Business Journal, 2002
- Selected as a faculty member for “WSBA's Best of CLE 2004” based on instructor evaluations
- Selected by the ABA as a Business Law Ambassador, 2004 - 2006
- Selected to serve Washington as an ABA House of Delegates Member, 2005 - 2011
- Selected as the recipient of the WSBA President's Award, 2005
- Selected for membership in The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, 2007
- Selected as the recipient of the Loren Miller Bar Association President's Award, 2008
- Selected as a recipient of The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement, 2010
- Selected as the recipient of the King County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Outstanding Mentor Award, 2012
- Selected as a recipient of the 2013 Perkins Coie Annual Pro Bono Leadership Award for the Wilbur v. City of Mt. Vernon indigent right to counsel class action litigation
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (206) 359-8000
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
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