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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.

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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
 
The Sherman Law Firm, PLLC  -  1111 Third Ave., Suite 2230, Seattle WA 98101  -  206.552.9607  -  bill@billsherman.org