SIGNIFICANT RECOVERIES• 5.775 million for a 17 year old minor, sudden cardiac arrest wrongful death (2023)•12.025 million for a young man arising out of a motorcycle/auto collision (2022)• $7.15 million for a Northwest family in a wrongful death claim resulting from an auto/semi-truck collision.•$1.32 million in a wrongful death case on behalf of the surviving spouse of a Washington resident who was the victim of a defective drug in a pharmaceutical product liability case.•$500,000 in a medical malpractice action/negligent surgery on a 12-year-old girl.•$1 million settlement for a young woman injured as the result of a defective go-cart.•$750,000 for two minor children for the wrongful death of their mother during a motor vehicle collision.SOME CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:*President, Washington State Bar Association*President, Washington State Bar Foundation*President, American Board of Trial Advocates-Washington Chapter*Founder, Washington Leadership Institute*Washington State Bar Association Award of Merit (WSBA’s highest award)*Washington State Bar Association Excellence In Diversity Award* Washington State Bar Association Civil Rights Distinguished Service Award*Washington State Bar Association Sally P. Savage Leadership In Philanthropy Award*Loren Miller Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award*Loren Miller Bar Association - Ron R. Ward Presidents Award*WA Defense Trial Lawyers Outstanding Plaintiff’s Lawyer Award*Former Delegate, House of Delegates, American Bar Association*Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation*Assistant Monitor, US District Court Monitor Team/US v. Seattle-Consent Decree on Police Reform, 2012 - Present
Listed skills include Personal Injury, Product Liability, Litigation, Wrongful Death, and 46 others.