Articles from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A federal lawsuit filed today by student advocacy organization Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) and two Texas minors challenges the constitutionality of Texas’s App Store Accountability Act, arguing the law violates the First Amendment by imposing sweeping restrictions on access to protected speech and information. Another lawsuit challenging the Act, brought by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, was filed earlier today.

Davis Wright Tremaine is pleased to announce Samantha Liu has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Liu, who brings more than a decade of experience leading finance teams at an AmLaw 60 firm, joins the firm in its Seattle office, effective September 2, 2025.

In collaboration across the legal, tech, consumer protection, and nonprofit industries, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) is launching a legal clinic to provide victims of online scams access to the justice system. The Scam Justice Legal Clinic – announced by DWT, Amazon, Pro Bono Institute (PBI), and Better Business Bureau (BBB) Institute for Marketplace Trust at BBB’s annual National Scam Survivor Day event in Washington, D.C. – is providing survivors of scams with access to free legal advice and education.

In a significant expansion of the firm’s national energy practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has added Shab Puri as a partner in the San Francisco office. Puri brings deep experience advising energy, infrastructure and technology clients on project development and transactions, specializing in engineering, procurement, and construction and other key project-related contracts.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, a nationally recognized leader in legal services innovation, is proud to announce an alliance with CodeX, the renowned center for legal informatics at Stanford University. Through this alliance, the two organizations will collaborate on advancing cutting-edge research, including prototyping advanced AI tools that deliver next-level excellence for clients.

Adding further depth to its leading financial services practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has added seasoned bank regulatory lawyer Max Bonici as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is pleased to announce that Jaime Drozd, co-chair of the firm’s litigation practice and a longtime industry leader, has been elected firmwide managing partner.

In a major victory that will help preserve access to credit for Colorado consumers who need it most, a federal judge has preliminarily enjoined a Colorado statute that would have imposed interest-rate and fee caps on loans made to Colorado residents by state-chartered banks located outside Colorado.

Kristi Wolff, a highly experienced advisor to leading companies spanning a range of industries—including manufacturers and retailers of food, drug and personal care products to household appliances, apparel and transportation services—on advertising, consumer protection and related regulatory and commercial issues, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C. Wolff adds significant strength to the firm’s top-of-market advertising practice as well as its national team serving the food and beverage industry, both of which are recognized by Chambers USA as industry leaders.

Three leading trade organizations for the financial services industry filed a lawsuit in federal court today, challenging a new Colorado statute that violates federal law by imposing interest-rate and fee caps on loans made to Colorado residents by state-chartered banks, including banks outside Colorado.

James Mann and David Gossett, experienced attorneys and partners at the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, are available to speak with reporters regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new rule concerning credit card late fees. James and David represent many of the top banks, FinTech companies, and financial services companies in the nation, and have helped these clients identify and address their most challenging regulatory and compliance needs.

In a significant expansion of the firm’s national employment law practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has added two renowned litigators to its team. Tritia M. Murata and David P. Zins have joined the firm as partners in Los Angeles, advancing the firm’s strategic growth in California.

Davis Wright Tremaine has named Julia Bennett as its new chief marketing and business development officer. Bennett, who will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, brings nearly two decades of experience in the legal industry, having led the marketing and business development functions in law firms as well as practiced as a lawyer.

Gerald A. Stein, a former attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, and a highly skilled litigator and counselor in private practice, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York City office.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is pleased to announce the new members of its Executive Committee. At the firm’s annual partnership meeting, the partners elected two new members and re-elected two returning members. The Executive Committee elected new members to all three leadership positions: Camilo Echavarria as chair, Jaime Drozd as vice chair, and Sanjay Nangia as secretary, effective April 20, 2023.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s media litigation team, representing leading book publishers, has been granted summary judgment in a federal lawsuit that challenged mass-scale copyright infringement by the Internet Archive.

A unanimous Washington State Supreme Court has found in favor of TVI, Inc., which runs the Value Village and Savers thrift store chains, and affirmed dismissal of all claims brought against the company by Washington’s attorney general, Bob Ferguson.

Litigator Kimberly Bousquet has joined the nationally recognized Food + Beverage practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, expanding the team’s litigation, regulatory, and counseling capabilities and positioning the group for further growth.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, a national leader in serving media, entertainment, and technology clients, has opened a new office in Culver City, Calif., home to many of the top streaming companies and widely recognized as a new epicenter of content creation and distribution.

The financial services practice team at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has deepened its market-leading expertise with the addition of Ryan Richardson as a partner in New York. He comes to the firm from Stripe, where he served as lead global partnerships counsel and was primary legal advisor to the company’s chief business officer.

On a high, light-filled floor, looking out on the Bay Bridge, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has created an office for the future.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP today announced the addition of Leslie C. Murphy and John C. J. Barnes as San Francisco-based partners in its healthcare practice group. Spending most of their legal careers in Northern California, Murphy and Barnes each have 20 years of experience representing healthcare clients throughout the state. They joined the firm from King & Spalding, where they were partners.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is combining with McGonigle, P.C., one of the nation’s preeminent financial services boutiques. With McGonigle’s 44 lawyers, Davis Wright more than doubles the size of its banking and financial services practice, enhances its presence in Washington, D.C., and New York, and establishes its first Chicago office.

The banking and financial services group at Davis Wright Tremaine, known for its market-leading expertise across the spectrum of regulatory issues, today significantly expanded its capabilities.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is pleased to announce the completion of Project W’s inaugural Tech Equity Hub virtual accelerator program, which provided 10 Black and Latinx female founders the tools, resources and connections they need to build successful companies.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is pleased to welcome back former associate Brian Nixon as a partner in the firm’s technology, communications, and privacy & security practice (TCPS). Nixon rejoins the Washington, D.C., office where he will focus on advertising, technology, emerging media, and data-driven initiatives across industries.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is pleased to welcome Brad Miller, a 25-year entertainment industry veteran, to the firm as a partner in the media & entertainment practice in Los Angeles. This announcement comes on the heels of adding in-house counsel from Apple and Google as well as the former general counsel of Japan Display Group to its technology team in California.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has expanded its national antitrust practice with the addition of former Federal Trade Commission attorney Kaj Rozga as counsel in its New York office. A seasoned antitrust litigator, Rozga has extensive experience in both government and private practice.

Many law firms would like to call themselves the preferred choice of the technology industry’s leading legal departments. But few are making a stronger claim to that title than Davis Wright Tremaine, which, after adding an in-house veteran from Apple and Google, has now added the former general counsel of Japan Display Group, which makes displays for those companies and more. Ulysses Hui has joined the firm as a partner in its new Silicon Valley office.