Background
Ritter, Daniel Benjamin was born on April 6, 1937 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of David Moore and Bernice Elizabeth (Carlson) Ritter.
Ritter, Daniel Benjamin was born on April 6, 1937 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of David Moore and Bernice Elizabeth (Carlson) Ritter.
University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1957). University of Washington (Bachelor of Laws, 1963). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Casenote Editor, Washington Law Review, 1962-1963.
Chairman, Washington State Bar Association Business Law Section, 19881989 and Chairman, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1980-1986.
Worked at Davis Wright Tremaine Limited Liability Partnership (Seattle, Washington) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Admiralty; Maritime and Fisheries. Antitrust; Banking and Commercial Law.
Bankruptcy.
Business. Communications and Media Law. Construction Law and Government Contracts.
Employee Benefits. Employment Law. Intellectual Property.
Health Law; International.
Land Use and Environmental Law. Litigation; Real Estate. Retail; Securities; Software.
Tax.
Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Washington. Order of the Coif. Casenote Editor, Washington Law Review, 1962-1963.
Washington State Bar Association: Chairman, Business Law Section, 1988-1989. Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1980(Chairman, 1980-1986).
Washington Commercial Law Deskbook (Contributing Author, 1982 and 1987 Supp., Editorial Board, 1995 Cum.
Supp.).
Since its founding in the early 1900s in Seattle, Washington, Davis Wright Tremaine has continued to grow and change in response to the needs of its clients. Today the firm is organized by practice industry groups, and offers a wide range of legal services to regional, national and international clients through offices in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, California, Washington District of Columbia, Hawaii and Shanghai, China. A state-of-the-art communications network provides our clients the benefit of immediate access to shared knowledge, experience and resources of attorneys firm-wide.
Dedicated to a tradition of public and professional service, the people of Davis Wright Tremaine are active in professional groups at the national, state and local levels.
Trustee Cathedral Association, Seattle, 1980-1986. Legal counsel Washington StateReps., Bellevue, 1983-1992. Board directors University of Chicago Club Puget Sound, Seattle, since 1982, president, 1984-1986.
Board directors American Lung Association Washington, Seattle, 1983-1992. Member visiting committee U. Washington Law School, 1984-1988. Trustee U. Washington Law School Foundation, 1989-1992.
Chairman alumni relations county University of Chicago, 1986-1988. Member statute law committee State of Washington, 1978-1987. Board directors Seattle Camerata, 1991-1993.
Board directors Early Music Guild, Seattle, 1993-1996. Member American Bar Association (business law section), Washington State Bar Association (chairman business law section 1988-1989, uniform commercial code committee since 1980, chairman 1980-1986, chairman international law committee 1979-1981, judicial recommendations committee 1991-1993), Seattle-King County Bar Association (chairman international and comparative law section 1980-1982), Rainier Club, Order of Coif.
Married Shirley F. Sether, January 29, 1971 (deceased January 1998). 1 child, Roxane Elise.
