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As of 2024, K&L Gates is ranked #49 in the Top 100 "most prestigious law firms in the country based on the assessments of lawyers at peer firms" by Vault.com. [18] For three consecutive years (2017–2019) U.S. News has ranked K&L Gates as the top law firm in the U.S. for environmental litigation ("Law Firm of the Year - Environmental Litigation").
Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP, also known as Preston Gates, was a law firm with offices in the United States, China, and Taiwan. Its main office was in the IDX Tower in Seattle . In 2007, the firm merged with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham to form K&L Gates .
William Henry Gates II [1] (November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020), better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader.He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates (a predecessor of K&L Gates), [2] and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington State Bar associations. [3]
Following his clerkship, Neukom joined a small law firm. However, after nine years, seeking broader opportunities, he transitioned to the Seattle law firm Shidler, McBroom, Gates & Lucas (later Preston Gates & Ellis), bringing some clients with him. He had already established a connection with Bill Gates Sr., a managing partner at the firm. [10]
K&L Gates: Seattle: 1698 855 757 $969 14 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom: New York City: 1644 1078 320 $2,582 15 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith: Los Angeles: 1613 678 895 $470 16 Reed Smith: New York City: 1673 758 678 $1,119 17 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher: New York City: 1538 990 412 $1,642 18 Squire Patton Boggs: Washington, D.C. 1438 739 480 ...
This is a list of the world's largest law firms based on the AmLaw Global 200 Rankings. [1] Firms marked with " ... K&L Gates: $1,179,282,000: 1,698: $694,000 ...
Vivian Carkeek (1901): noted Seattle attorney [45] William H. Gates, Sr. (1950): Co-founder of law firm Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates) ...
From 2007 to 2008, she served as a law clerk for Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. From 2009 to 2011, she was an associate at K&L Gates in Seattle. She was a partner at the Seattle law firm Pacifica Law Group from 2011 to 2023. [4]