Willard Jurey Wright

Background

Wright, Willard Jurey was born on February 25, 1914 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Raymond Garfield and Elizabeth (McPherson) Wright.

Education

AB with honors, Princeton, 1936. Certified, Woodrow Wilson School Public and International Affairs, 1936. Juris Doctor with honors, University Washington, 1939.

Graduate, Navy. Language School, University Colorado, 1944.

Career

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, 1939, Washington. Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.

President, Seattle-King County Bar Association, 1966-1967. Member, Board of Trustees, Princeton University, 1957-1961.

President: The Seattle Foundation, 1961-1963.

Estate Planning Council of Seattle, 1968-1969. Chairman, Governing Board, University Hospital, 1980-1982. President, 1223 Spring Street Owners Association, 1986-1991.

Fellow: American Bar Foundation.

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. 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.

Achievements

• Willard J. Wright has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Trustee Seattle Foundation, 1954-1963, president, 1961-1963, Seattle Committee Foreign Relations, 1959-1962, Lakeside School, 1938-1967, president, 1951-1955, honorary trustee, 1967-1997. Trustee Princeton University, 1957-1961. Visiting committee University Washington College Business Administration, 1963-1970, University Washington Law School, 1974-1978.

President University Washington Annual Fund, 1973-1974, University Washington Law School Foundation, 1974-1975. Trustee Helen Bush Parkside School, 1946-1963, president, 1959-1962. Director Seattle Times Company, 1968-1989.

Member governing board University Hospital, Seattle, 1978-1987, chairman, 1980-1982. Secretary, trustee Seattle Art Museum, 1958-1988, honorary trustee, 1988-1997. Vestryman Epiphany Episcopal Church, 1959-1964, 68-70, 73-76, 89-92, senior warden 1970, 74-76, chancellor 1976-1995, trustee church pension fund, New York, 1970-1976.

Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trust and Estate Counsel. Member American Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association (chairman real estate, probate and trusts section 1958-1961), Seattle-King County Bar Association (trustee 1955-1958, 64-67, president 1966-1967), American Judicature Society, National Association Estate Planning Councils (director 1969-1971), Estate Planning Council Seattle (president 1968-1969, director), Alumni Association University Washington Law School (president 1957-1958), Seattle World Affairs Council (charter trustee, secretary 1949-1957), Urban League Seattle (trustee 1956-1960, 68-70, president board trustees 1956-1958), Order of Coif, Princeton Quadrangle Club (president 1935-1936), Seattle Golf Club (secretary, trustee 1968-1971), Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Alice Ostrander, December 27, 1939 (deceased December 1969). Children: Susan, Alice, Rosemary, Raymond Garfield II. Married Katharyn Stubbs Little, July 18, 1970.

Children: Anne, Gwendolyn, Kathy.

Father:

Raymond Garfield Wright

Mother:

Elizabeth (McPherson) Wright

Spouse:

Alice Ostrander

Spouse:

Katharyn Stubbs Little

child:

Gwendolyn Wright

child:

Rosemary Wright

child:

Alice Wright

child:

Susan Wright

child:

Anne Wright

child:

Raymond Garfield II Wright

child:

Kathy Wright