Professional Biography
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Mallory Gitt Webster Counsel

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3701

    F +1.206.359.4701

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3701

    MWebster@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Mallory litigates class-action, commercial, and consumer disputes for Fortune 500 companies and startups alike. She routinely represents clients in a broad range of disputes involving consumer-protection claims, breach of contract, business torts, trade secrets, breach of warranty, real estate, and arbitration. Mallory has deep experience litigating consumer terms of use, compelling individual arbitration, and combatting “mass arbitration” strategies by consumers and plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Clients turn to Mallory for their highest-profile and highest-stakes matters. Mallory is a persuasive writer and skilled oral advocate with significant trial court experience gained from serving as trial counsel and from clerking for the Hon. James L. Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. She is known for her responsiveness and focus on her clients’ goals.

Mallory has been recognized for her excellence in the legal profession, including as One to Watch for Class Actions – Defendants (2024), a "Washington Rising Star" in Business Litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine (2022 and 2023), and by the Puget Sound Business Journal in its Next Generation in Law series (2023).

Mallory maintains an active pro bono practice focused on upholding constitutional rights and providing opportunities for people formerly involved in the criminal justice system. Mallory graduated with honors from the University of Washington School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Washington Law Review.

Professional Recognition

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Class Actions – Defendants, 2024; Commercial Litigation Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment Law, 2023 – 2024
  • Selected as a "Washington Rising Star" in Business Litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2022 – 2023
  • Recognized by Puget Sound Business Journal in its “Next Generation in Law” series, 2023

Professional Leadership

  • Leadership Tomorrow, Class of 2024
  • Local Rules Committee of the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington, Member
  • Perkins Coie Seattle Pro Bono Committee, Co-Chair

Community Involvement

Related Employment

  • DLA Piper (U.S.), Seattle, WA, Litigation Associate, 2015  2016; Summer Associate, 2014 
  • Judicial Extern for the Hon. James L. Robart, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2014

Clerkships

  • Hon. James L. Robart, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2016 - 2018

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

  • University of Washington School of Law, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, 2015, Editor-in-Chief, Washington Law Review
  • Seattle University, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2009