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www.williamskastner.com - Williams Kastner Justin Shaw Marketing Assistant 206-628-6773 jshaw@williamskastner.com Seattle lawyer Randy Aliment has been appointed one of four delegates to the Council of the UIA International Association of Lawyers (UIA) by the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA selects delegates with demonstrated international experience to attend the Paris-based organization's annual Congress. Aliment's active presence as a delegate to

the Council will serve to help guide UIA policy consistent with international law policy of the ABA. Aliment's term to the UIA Council will begin in November. www.uianet.org.

Aliment is a Member in the Seattle law firm of Williams Kastner where his practice emphasizes commercial law, business litigation and higher education law. He is a graduate of Seattle University School of Law and is a member of the ABA where he serves in multiple capacities with the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section. He is also a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the Washington China Relations Council and the Council on Law in Higher Education. Aliment serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors for City University of Seattle which offers degree programs at locations in Washington, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia and China.

About the American Bar Association

With more than 413,000 members, the ABA is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law. www.abanet.org.

About Williams Kastner

Williams Kastner has been serving clients in the Pacific Northwest since 1929. With more than 90 attorneys in three offices located throughout Washington and Oregon as well as affiliated offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, the firm offers a full range of legal services to local and international clients. www.williamskastner.com.

Member Randy Aliment Selected as One of Four American Bar
Association Delegates to Council of the UIA International Association
of Lawyers, Headquarted in Paris