Davis Wright Tremaine

Title: Davis Wright Tremaine Area: Civil Litigation / Alaska Clicks: 1 Listing added: Jan 16, 2007

Suite 800 701 W Eighth Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3468 Main: (907) 257-5300 Fax: (907) 257-5399 Davis Wright Tremaine's Anchorage office opened in 1980. It offers clients a broad based commercial practice with an emphasis on labor and employment, land use, environmental law and hazardous waste issues. Our Alaskan clients enjoy the benefits of an Alaska-oriented firm as well as immediate access to the resources of the firm nationwide. Davis Wright Tremaine offers one of the most comprehensive litigation resources in the nation. As our largest practice, it embraces virtually every subject matter area, including business torts, unfair competition, antitrust, patent, trademark, trade secrets and intellectual property, employment, health care, toxic torts, energy distribution, software design, environmental, First Amendment, defamation, securities fraud, professional malpractice, partnership disputes, trust and estate disputes, construction litigation and government contracts. Our lawyers have prosecuted and defended large class action litigation, including the successful representation of plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez oil spill, that resulted in the largest punitive damages verdict ever assessed by a jury. We also represented Columbia Pictures in a copyright infringement case that resulted in the largest statutory damage award ever granted by a jury. It is always our objective to help clients solve problems as quickly and economically as possible and often recommend alternative dispute resolution procedures. We regularly handle cases in mediation and arbitration, and DWT litigators are also asked from time to time to serve as mediators and arbitrators.