Davis Wright Tremaine

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Headquarters	New York City
No. of Offices	8
No. of Attorneys	NA
Major Practice Areas	General practice
Revenue	NA
Date Founded	1908 (New York City)
Company Type	LLP
Website	www.dwt.com

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, established in 1908, has grown and flourished as an independent law firm responding to the needs and diversity of its clients. It is a full-service firm of national stature, representing businesses based throughout the United States and around the globe, with offices in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Washington, D.C., New York, and Shanghai, China.

Davis Wright Tremaine ranked within the top 20 on various 2006 Avery Index lists including: #9 Most Family Friendly Firms, #7 Happiest Associates, #12 Most Dedicated to Pro Bono Work, and #12 Most Perfect Firm.

[edit] Assistance to Guantanamo captives

Attorneys from Davis Wright Tremaine partners Bud Walsh and Rick Cys prepared the habeas corpus petition for Abdul Haleem, one of the captives held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1]

Charles "Cully" Stimson, then Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs, stirred controversy when he went on record criticizing the patriotism of law firms that allowed employees to assist Guantanamo captives: "corporate CEOs seeing this should ask firms to choose between lucrative retainers and representing terrorists." ^[2] Stimson's views were widely criticized. The Pentagon disavowed them. And he resigned shortly thereafter.