Williams Kastner (OR)

1515 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 600
Portland, OR 97201
United States

Phone: (503) 228-7967
Fax: (503) 222-7261

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Primary Contact
Thomas A. Ped
  • Office: (503) 944-6988
  • Cell: (503) 803-9310
  • Fax: (503) 222-7261
Alternate Contact 1
Heidi L. Mandt
  • Office: (503) 944-6973
  • Cell: (503) 704-2197

About this Firm

Williams Kastner has been providing legal and business advice to a broad mix of clients since our Seattle office opened in 1929. With more than 65 lawyers in Washington and Oregon, the firm combines the resources and experience to offer national and regional capabilities with the client service and sensibility a local firm can provide. The firm culture is characterized by hard work, high-performance teamwork, diversity and partnerships with our clients and the local community. Our commitment to our clients is reflected through our quality legal work, personalized approach to servicing our clients and the integrity and pride we devote towards the practice of law.

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Antitrust
  • Appellate Law
  • Auto Liability
  • Aviation
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, and Insolvency
  • Business Litigation and Class Actions
  • Business Transactions/Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Commercial and Business Contracts
  • Construction Law
  • Data Privacy and Security
  • Entertainment
  • Environmental & Toxic/Mass Tort
  • Franchise
  • Gaming Law
  • Government Relations
  • Healthcare Law
  • IP and Technology
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor and Employment
  • Maritime Law/Admiralty
  • Media and Communications
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Home/Assisted Living
  • Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
  • Premises Liability
  • Private Equity
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Public Utilities and Administrative
  • Retail and Hospitality Law
  • SIU/Fraud/Arson
  • School Law
  • Securities Litigation
  • Subrogation
  • Tax Law
  • Trademark and Patent Law
  • Transportation and Logistics
  • Trust and Estates
  • Water Law
  • White Collar Defense

Representative Clients

  • Ace Cash Express
  • AT&T
  • Axis Crane
  • Berlex Inc.
  • Brush Wellman, Inc.
  • Claims Direct Access
  • Coldwell Banker Bain Associates
  • Columbia Resources Inc.
  • ConAgra Foods
  • DCS Global
  • Estee Lauder
  • Exxon Mobil
  • Gordon Trucking, Inc.
  • Heartland Express
  • Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
  • Kaiser Gypsum
  • Kellogg Sales Co.
  • Kimberly – Clark
  • ManorCare, Inc.
  • Marc Sales Leasing dba Aarons
  • Mt. Hawley Insurance Co.
  • Mydatt Services, Inc.
  • National Steel & Shipbuilding Co.
  • NBIS Construction & Transportation Services
  • Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Parker Smith & Feek
  • Polaris Industries
  • Potelco Inc.
  • Proctor & Gamble
  • Qmedtrix
  • Quality Carriers
  • RLI Insurance Company
  • Schindler Elevator Corporation
  • Schnitzer Steel Industries
  • Sun Mountain Lodge, Inc.
  • Taylor Corporation
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • TravelCenters of America
  • Unico Properties, Inc.
  • United Road Services, Inc.
  • U.S. Bank
  • Utica National Insurance Group
  • Walmart
  • Waste Connections, Inc.

Additional Offices

1515 Southwest Fifth Avenue
Suite 600
Portland, OR 97201
United States

Primary USLAW Practice Group Contacts

Complex Tort and Product Liability

Heidi L. Mandt

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States
Construction Law

Thomas A. Ped

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States
Insurance Law

Thomas A. Ped

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States
Medical Law

Heidi L. Mandt

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States
Professional Liability

Heidi L. Mandt

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States
Real Estate

Thomas A. Ped

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States
Retail and Hospitality Law

Heidi L. Mandt

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States
Transportation and Logistics

Heidi L. Mandt

Williams Kastner (OR)
Portland, OR
United States

Resources & Articles

USLAW expands Diversity Council

USLAW expands Diversity Council

Posted November 15, 2022

As part of USLAW NETWORK’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, USLAW expands the membership of the USLAW NETWORK Diversity Council to include more than a dozen USLAW member attorneys and legal decision-makers from across an array of industries. “We are excited to expand the diversity council by adding… Continue Reading

Williams Kastner’s Rodney Umberger, Eddy Silverman obtain defense verdict in $50 million premises liability trial

Williams Kastner’s Rodney Umberger, Eddy Silverman obtain defense verdict in $50 million premises liability trial

Posted November 10, 2022

Williams Kastner attorneys Rodney L. Umberger and Eddy Silverman, with the help of Seattle paralegal Tristan Pirak, recently obtained a defense verdict in a $50 million premises liability/product liability case following a three-week in-person trial in King County, Washington, with Superior Court Judge Chad Allred presiding. The case, Strout v. Walmart, arose out… Continue Reading

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