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Caleah N. Whitten

Counsel

T 206.757.8282 Seattle
I find simple solutions to complex problems.
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Caleah Whitten focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class actions. She represents clients across a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, technology, healthcare, financial services, and transportation, and regularly advises on matters involving significant legal, operational, and reputational risk.

Caleah's practice includes defending class actions and single-plaintiff matters in state and federal courts, as well as representing clients in arbitrations involving consumer complaints, trade secret disputes, and commercial issues. She also has experience handling transportation-related litigation, helping clients navigate prelitigation disputes, lawsuits, and arbitrations with an eye toward efficient resolution and risk mitigation.

She has substantial experience managing all phases of litigation, including taking and defending depositions, arguing motions in court, and handling discovery and complex motions practice. Caleah has played key roles in briefing and arguing dispositive motions, class certification issues, and summary judgment, and she regularly assists clients with strategic decision-making throughout the life of a case.

Prior to joining DWT, Caleah served as a litigation associate for a multinational law firm in New York. She also served as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Gregory A. Phillips of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and for the Hon. James O. Browning for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

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Admitted to Practice

  • Washington, 2022
  • New York, 2019
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Education

  • J.D., Emory University School of Law, 2018
    • Order of the Coif
    • Executive Managing Editor, Emory Law Journal
  • B.S., Biochemistry, University of New Mexico, 2015, summa cum laude
    • Dean's List
    • Phi Kappa Phi

Professional Recognition

    • Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Commercial Litigation, 2026

Background

    • Associate, 2020-2022; Summer Associate, 2017 — Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York
    • Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Gregory A. Phillips, U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, Cheyenne, Wyo., 2019-2020
    • Judicial Law Clerk, 2018-2019; Intern, 2016 — Hon. James O. Browning, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
    • Legal Extern, The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, 2018
    • Legal Extern, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, 2016
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