Attorneys

Attorneys

D. Wayne Gittinger

Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7053 | gittingerw@lanepowell.com

Wayne Gittinger focuses his practice on business counseling, securities, corporate governance and transactional work.

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington

Academics

  • University of Washington (J.D., 1957; B.A., 1954)
    • Member, Board of Editors, Washington Law Review, 1956-1957
  • Northwestern University School of Law (Teaching Associate, 1957-1958)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

  • Antitrust and Trade Regulation
  • Business
  • Corporate Finance and Securities
  • Retail

Representative Matters and Clients

  • Represented a U.S. company in connection with public debt and equity offering and other matters with the S.E.C. and N.Y.S.E.
  • Represented U.S. companies in matters before the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
  • Represented a U.S. meatpacker in the acquisition of an Iowa beefpacker.
  • Represented a U.S. brewer in an importing and custom brewing arrangement with a German brewer in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Represented a Japanese trading company in antitrust litigation in the United States involving seafood.
  • Acted as co-counsel to a U.S. company in a debt-equity financing in Chile.
  • Acted as co-counsel in an action in Germany to recover the value of wood pulp destroyed in the warehouse of a bailee for hire.
  • Represented a Canadian company’s U.S. subsidiary in structuring transactions for the export of wood chips to Japan.
  • Represented a U.S. company in the acquisition of timber cutting rights and formation of operating subsidiaries in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada.

Awards and Honors

  • Peer Review Rated “AV” in Martindale-Hubbell
  • Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate (1988-2013)

Professional and Community Activities

  • American Bar Association, Business Law, Antitrust, and Labor and Employment Sections
  • Member, Washington State Bar Association
  • Member, King County Bar Association
  • Director, Nordstrom, Inc. (1971-2004)
  • Director, Pabst Brewing Company (1983-1985)
  • University of Washington
    • Executive Committee, Tyee Club
    • Chair, Tyee Board of Advisors (1990-1991)
    • University of Washington Law School Alumni Board (1986-1992)
  • Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Seattle Sports Commission
  • Board of Directors, The First Tee of Greater Seattle
  • Board of Directors, Seattle Police Foundation
  • Business Council, Seattle Humane Society
  • Member, Campaign Leadership Council for Swedish Medical Center Foundation
  • Member, 101 Club

D. Wayne Gittinger

Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7053 | gittingerw@lanepowell.com

Date
10.30.2012
08.28.2012
12.28.2011
08.31.2011
06.14.2011
08.05.2010
07.20.2010
04.13.2010
07.30.2009
06.01.2009
03.16.2009
09.19.2008
09.04.2007
09.18.2006
07.01.2006
09.06.2005
05.25.2005
10.25.2004
10.09.2002