Daniel J. Gunter
Principal
Dan joined Riddell Williams in 1998. He is a member of the Litigation practice group and chairs the Maritime practice group.
Before joining Riddell Williams, Dan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert R. Beezer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
While in law school, Dan was a recipient of the Starr Scholarship, the Dean’s Scholarship, the Jeanette Mowery Scholarship and the Lois A. Baker Scholarship. He graduated first in his class and also received the D. Benson Tesdahl Legal Writing Award (1995). He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Oregon Law Review for 1996-97. Before attending law school, Dan worked as an editor of scholarly books for ten years.
Education and Admissions
Dan received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Southeast Missouri State University in 1979, and his M.A. in English from Southern Illinois University in 1982. He received his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law, Order of the Coif, in 1997. Dan is admitted to practice in the Washington state courts, the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eighth and Ninth Circuits.
Memberships
King County Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association
Publications
"United States v. Locke: The Supreme Court Preempts States from Protecting Their Navigable Waters and Marine Resources from Oil Tanker Spills," 15 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 37 (2000) (co-authored with R. Brent Walton).
"The Technology of Tribalism: The Lemhi Indians, Federal Recognition, and the Creation of Tribal Identity," 35 Idaho L. Rev. 85 (1998).
"The Plain View Doctrine and the Problem of Interpretation: The Case of State v. Barnum," 75 Oregon L. Rev. 577 (1996).
