Double Down Interactive was founded in 2010 with financing from a single angel investor. Less than two years later, the Seattle-based company’s virtual casino was one of the top four social media games as rated by Facebook. It was sold in January to Nevada-based IGT in a deal worth up to $500 million. The growth trajectory was “astonishing,” says Stuart Campbell, a Davis Wright Tremaine partner who represented Double Down.

Seattle’s technology market, while not as frothy as the one in the valley 700 miles south in California, is enjoying its own revival, and both local law firms and out-of-towners are benefiting.

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