Profile - Sheryl J. Willert

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Williams Kastner
601 Union St Ste 4100
Seattle, WA 98101

Phone

(206) 628-2408

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Sheryl Willert is managing director of Williams Kastner, and a member in the firm’s Seattle
office. Ms. Willert represents clients in complex commercial litigation, employment law and counseling,
investigations and alternative dispute resolution. A national speaker and author on such topics as sexual
harassment, age discrimination, and race discrimination, Ms. Willert has successfully represented individuals and corporations in such matters. Additionally, Ms. Willert has represented clients in matters involving professional negligence, product liability, personal injury, contracts, and civil rights.

Ms. Willert is a past president of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, the nation’s largest association of civil litigation defense attorneys and was the organization’s first female and first African-American officer. In 2007, Ms. Willert was designated by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the region’s “Women of Influence,” a recognition of women in commerce, service and philanthropy who are “a force in the Seattle community.” In 2009, DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, the nation’s largest organization of civil defense attorneys, renamed its Pioneer Diversity Award after Sheryl J. Willert. The award, now known as the Sheryl J. Willert Pioneer Diversity Award, recognizes an individual attorney for his or her demonstrated commitment to diversity in the legal profession. In 2010, Ms. Willert was honored as one of the Women of Power in Law at the Women of Color Empowered event hosted by the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation. In 2011, Ms. Willert received the Loren Miller Bar Association’s Pioneering Woman Award, presented to African-American female attorneys who are trailblazers in the legal profession. In 2013, Ms. Willert was named to On Being A Black Lawyer’s Power 100 list, a compilation of the nation’s most influential black attorneys working in government, academics, and both the private and public sectors.

Ms. Willert received her B.A. degree with distinction from Duke University in 1975 and her J.D. degree
from Vanderbilt University in 1978.

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williams kastner has been serving clients in the northwest since our seattle office opened in 1929. with more than 100 attorneys in six offices--including our three affiliated offices in china--located throughout the pacific rim, we combine the resources and knowledge gained from working on matters of national and international importance with the personal service only a local firm can provide. we offer global capabilities with a local sensibility. we are attorneys, paralegals, litigation assistants and support staff dedicated to advancing the business and personal objectives of our clients. we have mastered the art of working together to achieve something more, by practicing law with greater resolve. it means more than being tenacious. it is founded on building bridges--combining wisdom and creativity--both in and out of the courtroom and boardroom.

our clients are a mix of local, regional, u.s. and international entities. they include industrial and commercial companies, financial institutions, private funds, government entities, educational institutions, charitable and cultural organizations, individuals, estates and trusts. we have served as national counsel for multinational fortune 500 companies and through our strategic alliance with duan & duan in china, we provide seamless legal counsel throughout the world.

williams kastner nurtures and maintains a high-performance team environment where our attorneys and staff can take pride in our business and our commitment to the community. our firm supports diversity through our business strategy and mission statement and in the reality of our diverse attorney and staff team members.

for more information, please visit www.williamskastner.com.

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Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Commercial Litigation
Employment Law
Lawyers' Professionalism & Ethics

DRI Committees
Employment and Labor Law
Law Practice Management
Product Liability
Women in the Law

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