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Shontee M. Pant

Associate

T 206.757.8088 Seattle
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Shontee Pant is a member of the firm's media litigation team, where she counsels and defends media and entertainment clients in a wide range of First Amendment and intellectual property matters.  Shontee also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on defending the freedom of the press for small publishers and individual voting rights.

Before joining DWT, Shontee wrote for The Christian Science Monitor and worked with Nina Totenberg at National Public Radio.  She also clerked for the Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota and for the Honorable James B. Loken of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington
  • California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Education

  • J.D., Certificate in Public Interest Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
    • Chief Articles Editor, Washington University Law Review
    • Vice President, Women's Law Caucus
    • Co-President, South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
    • CALI Award: Legal Writing
    • Dean's Leadership Award
    • J.D. Voice of the Class (graduation speaker)
  • B.A., Political Science & History, Principia College, highest honors
    • Trustee Scholar (full scholarship)
    • 2016 Lincoln Laureate

Languages

  • Spanish

Professional Recognition

    • Overall Winning Team & Top Oral Advocate, Student Press Law Center Media Law & Policy Institute, Moot Court Competition, 2020

Background

    • Mentor, The Appellate Project, 2024
    • Mentor, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), 2023-present
    • Law Clerk, Hon. James B. Loken, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Minneapolis, Minn., 2021-2022
    • Law Clerk, Hon. Wilhelmina M. Wright, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minn., 2020-2021
    • Legal Intern, Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C. (remote from St. Louis, Mo.), 2020
    • Rule 9 Licensed Student Attorney, Washington University School of Law First Amendment Clinic, St. Louis, Mo., 2020
    • Law Clerk/Legal Extern to Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C., 2019
    • Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, 2019
    • Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, N.Y., 2018
    • Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, United States House of Representatives, Rep. Rodney Davis, Washington, D.C., 2016-2017
    • Staff Writer/Intern, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Mass. & Washington, D.C., 2015
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