Greg
Wong

Greg Wong applies his decades of experience with complex legal, policy, political, and external issues to help his clients achieve their goals. An accomplished attorney and former City of Seattle Deputy Mayor and Mayor’s Office General Counsel, Greg understands the nuances and considerations at play in high-visibility decisions and projects with potential public impact. His unique blend of executive insight and legal acumen provides elected officials, executives, and leaders in private, government, and nonprofit sectors the strategic counsel necessary to succeed.

Greg provides strategic advice and client support in several areas, including constitutional law, legislation and public policy, elections and ballot measures, private-public partnerships, governmental operations, complex organizational structures and deployment, ethics, investigations, municipal law, and crisis management and communications.

As a Seattle Deputy Mayor, the highest-ranking nonelected executive in the city, Greg led strategic planning and execution of major public initiatives, balancing legal, political, operational, and communications considerations. He was involved daily in the executive management of policy initiatives, municipal operations, and crisis management for a city with a $9 billion budget and 14,000 employees. From architecting the city’s response to threats from the federal government to leading on 2026 FIFA World Cup planning, Greg faced each challenge as an opportunity to create a thriving city for all. Greg also led the Mayor’s Office external relations and intergovernmental affairs, working with local, state, tribal, federal, and international government officials and diverse stakeholders across the city. Whether it was meeting with small businesses, concerned residents, or foreign ambassadors, Greg approached each relationship with respect and dignity. In addition, as the Mayor’s General Counsel, Greg provided legal guidance on a full spectrum of legal issues, from litigation to ethics to contracting and negotiations.

In private practice, Greg has been involved in diverse matters, from politically sensitive contract disputes to the constitutionality of laws. He has produced significant wins for his clients in settings from trial courts to the Washington Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He drafted, defended, or did both, for multiple laws and ballot measures, including ones focused on gun violence prevention, raising the statewide minimum wage, establishing universal high-quality preschool, combating climate change, protecting endangered species, updating public records laws, and balancing the tax code. Some of his work involves novel questions under the U.S. and Washington State Constitutions, while other work involves accurate drafting or interpretation of contracts in commercial and transactional settings. Regardless of the context, Greg delivers the highest quality legal representation to his clients.

Before becoming an attorney, Greg worked in homeless services, taught eighth grade science in the Mississippi Delta, and coordinated a tutoring center for immigrant children living in Seattle’s public housing.

When not practicing law, Greg spends as much time as he can with his three wonderful children and his wife (who also is wonderful), playing sports, overanalyzing the Seahawks, and talking himself into home improvement projects.