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About Bill Sherman
Bill Sherman
represents people, businesses, and organizations in
disputes and other advocacy matters. He has represented
individuals in consumer protection and personal injury cases, nonprofit
and advocacy entities in local government law and relations, and
businesses in litigation. Representative
clients include:
Business
litigaton
Kia Motors
America, Inc.
Porsche Cars
North America, Inc.
FreightCo
Logistics
Flying J, Inc. (local counsel)
Discovery Communications, Inc. (local counsel)
Business
and Intellectual Property
Publicola, LLC
Synapse
Product Development, LLC JAS Sports, Inc.
Local
government law and relations
City of
Kirkland
Arena Sports,
Inc.
American
Civil Liberties Union of Washington
Washington
State Democratic Party
Bill is an adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law, where he teaches a course on open government law.
Resume
J.D., magna cum laude,
University of Michigan Law School, 1999.
Editor-in-Chief, Michigan Law Review,
1998-1999.
B.A.,
Wesleyan University, 1990.
Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney, King County, 2003-2007.
Named a "Rising Star," Washington Law & Politics,
2006.
Associate
Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 2002-2003.
Law Clerk,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2000-2001.
Law Clerk,
U.S. District Court for Western District of Washington, 1999-2000.
Special
Assistant to Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1993-1996.
Research
Analyst, ICF Incorporated, 1990-1992.
Extensive
experience in national and local political campaigns, 1987-present.
Publications:
- Your Mayor, Your "Friend": Public Officials, Social Networking, and the Unmapped New Public Square, 31 Pace L. Rev. 95 (2011).
- Democracy and Refereeing a Fair Fight: Incoherence in Campaign Finance Enforcement as Theoretical Failing (work in progress).
Legal
Organizations:
- Washington State Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
Community
Organizations:
- Commissioner and Chair,
City of Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission
- Board Member and Legislative Chair,
Bryant Elementary School PTA
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