About Will
Will is a former federal prosecutor, clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and public school teacher whose career in public service has been dedicated to championing progressive and common-sense values. As a dad to two young kids, he is running for State Representative to advocate for kids, to hold corporations and those who commit crimes accountable for misconduct, to make Seattle more livable and affordable, and to spur action in Olympia.
Will grew up in a middle-class family that emphasized service and progressive values. His father was a lifelong environmental lawyer who worked for the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Defenders of Wildlife, and in both the Clinton and Obama Administrations. His mother was a hospice and labor and delivery nurse.
A product of diverse and academically stellar public schools, Will began his career working with union-affiliated voter contact organizations. After college, Will taught fourth-grade math and science at a public school outside of Washington, D.C. Will then attended Harvard Law School, finishing first in his class.
He spent the next three years litigating clean energy, environmental and commercial matters at Jenner & Block LLP. The cases Will helped litigate solidified the legal foundation of clean energy subsidies within the United States; slowed the Trump Administration’s efforts to prepare to drill for oil in the Atlantic Ocean; and advocated for the civil rights of a 16-year-old boy shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
In 2019, Will moved to Seattle to serve as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. He stayed in that role for more than five years. During that time, Will volunteered to be among the first wave of prosecutors from around the country to prosecute January 6th defendants, including members of the Proud Boys, for assaulting law enforcement officers and ransacking the United States Capitol. For three years, Will worked those cases in addition to his caseload of local prosecutions. Will then served as western Washington’s Civil Rights Coordinator, investigating and prosecuting both hate crimes and potential civil rights violations by law enforcement officers.
In 2024, Will left the federal government and shifted his focus to tackling corporate misconduct. Will has sued some of the biggest corporations in America to hold them accountable to the public: oil companies for failing to plug old oil wells; tech companies for pirating authors’ copyrighted works to build their AI models; and electrical utilities for negligently sparking wildfires that destroyed victims’ homes.
Will and his family live in the Ravenna neighborhood of Northeast Seattle with their cat Salem and dog Lucky. You’ll find them at T-Mobile Park cheering on the M’s, playing catch at View Ridge park, or hanging out at Zeeks Pizza.
