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“I was only 18 when my son Lucas was born and didn’t realize his slow development was due to an injury during birth. When I met Judy Massong, I was young, naïve, and destitute. She was compassionate, cared a lot about Lucas, and alleviated my fears about going to trial. Her knowledge of medical terminology was incredibly helpful and contributed to the verdict against the hospital. I am still caring for my son, who requires 24-hour care, and this would not have been possible without Judy’s representation. She is awesome.” ~Cheryl M. Auburn, WA. “My daughter Dakota was injured during birth when a catheter punctured my womb. She suffered from a loss of blood, and several other mistakes were made before she was finally resuscitated. My mother, who is a nurse, suggested Judy Massong. With her as my attorney, I felt I was in the most experienced hands. With Judy's help, we settled twice, once with the hospital and again with the medical device manufacturer. Judy is as strong as a bulldog, and she always made it her goal keep us informed and help us find the resolution we needed as a family.. ~Julie L. Bothell, WA

Vanessa Vanderbrug focuses her practice in the areas of employment, administrative law, and personal injury. She dedicates her practice to ensuring that each client receives personal attention and has a full understanding of the issues they face. She has significant general litigation experience and diligently seeks to obtain the best results for her clients.. During law school, Vanessa served on the National Trial Team and on the Editorial Board of the Gonzaga Law Review. She also worked for the Office of the Attorney General as an intern representing the Department of Social and Health Services. After law school, Vanessa obtained “behind the scenes” insight into trial court work by serving as law clerk to Honorable Judge Joseph A. Thibodeau in Snohomish County. In 2009, Vanessa was honored to be named a Rising Star by Washington Law and Politics.

Terry’s practice focuses on defense litigation, with primary concentration on professional liability.

Sims is known by his colleagues and clients as an aggressive trial attorney who has litigated a wide variety of claims in state and federal courts. He has over two decades of experience litigating professional negligence (medical malpractice and legal malpractice), product liability, and catastrophic injury cases in both state and federal courts. His medical malpractice cases include birth trauma, delayed diagnosis, and surgical error matters. He has a particular interest in brain and spinal cord injureis, and recently served on the board of the Brain Injury Alliance of Washington. Sims co-tried his first legal malpractice matter shortly after he obtained his license and has since handled all stripes of legal malpractice matters along with legal-ethical issues and fee disputes. Sims’s product liability experience ranges from medical devices and consumer products to pharmaceutical mass torts.. Sims is a former chair of WSBA Character and Fitness Board, the WSBA Lawyers Fund for Client Protection Board, and the WSBA Professionalism Committee. He is a writer and frequent lecturer on topics such as traumatic brain injury, medical and legal malpractice, product liability, and litigation and trial technique. His work includes chapters in the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ) Product Liability Deskbook, the WSAJ Medical Malpractice Deskbook, WSAJ Auto Liability Deskbook, and the WSBA Legal Ethics Deskbook. Sims has also returned to U.W. Law as an adjunct faculty member, teaching practical trial advocacy to law students.  He is listed as  a “Super Lawyer” by SuperLawyers.com and has a 10 out of 10 rating on .. Sims lives in West Seattle with his spouse and their two boys. When he is not practicing law, he can be found coaching youth baseball or stream side, casting flies to reluctant trout.

Scott is a Washington native, and earned his undergraduate degree in business from the University of Washington in 1983, and his law degree from Seattle University Law School in 1986. Immediately thereafter, Scott and his classmate Brian J. Peschel, founded Lundberg & Peschel, a personal injury law firm based in the Pioneer Square neighborhood in Seattle. They grew their practice and built a reputation for hard work, commitment, compassion, creativity and collaboration.. The original firm that Scott and Brian started 35 years ago has grown to become GLP Attorneys, Washington’s largest personal injury law firm, with 30 attorneys in offices in Seattle, Tacoma, Burlington, Spokane, Port Orchard, Vancouver, Wenatchee, Bellingham and the Tri-Cities. The firm’s 35 years of experience is solely devoted to handling plaintiff’s personal injury matters, including automobile collisions, product liability claims, premise liability actions, construction accidents, wrongful death, nursing home abuse/neglect cases, maritime injury and aviation accidents.. Since 1994, Scott has been periodically appointed as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington, representing Labor & Industries and workers who have been injured by the fault of entities other than their employer. He has also served as a primary tutor in the State of Washington’s Admission to Practice Rule Law Clerk Program successfully tutoring, mentoring, teaching and coaching law clerk Heather Webb (now a shareholder at GLP Attorneys) on all relevant subjects of law required for admission into Washington’s bar.. Honors include a confidential AV-Preeminent rating (1999 to present), by members of the Bar and Judiciary through the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Association, for his legal ability and adherence to professional standards of ethics. Scott is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization that recognizes attorneys who have successfully resolved claims of their clients for one million dollars or more. Scott has been honored by Washington Law & Politics as a Washington “Super Lawyer” for 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021. In 2010 he was also named by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as a Top Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawyer. Listen to a podcast interview Scott conducted in December 2020 with KUOW Seattle’s Transom Traveling Workshop where he discusses his battle against cancer while training and competing in an Ironman marathon.. Representative Graham Lundberg Peschel Published Court Decisions:. Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, 159 wn. 2d 413, 150 P. 3d 545 (2007).. Mr. Lundberg was lead trial counsel where a personal representative of a decedent’s estate filed a negligence suit against a general contractor. The Washington Supreme Court abandoned the completion and acceptance doctrine because it was outmoded, incorrect and harmful.. Hamm v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 151 wn. 2d 303, 88 P. 3d 395 (2004).. A finding against an insured was improper where, in order to take a personal injury protection reimbursement, the insurer was required to pay a pro rata share of the legal expenses incurred by the insured to arbitrate the uninsured motorist claim.. Sundquist v. Bre Properties, Inc., United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. C11-0209-JCC. A landowner has an affirmative duty to maintain common areas in a reasonably safe condition. The duty extends to the removal of snow and ice and is based upon the tenant’s expectation that the premises have been made safe for the tenant’s use. The Court held a Plaintiff may prevail on her negligence claim by showing either actual or constructive notice of the unsafe condition or that the unsafe condition was reasonably foreseeable.

Russell M. Aoki brings nearly 30 years of legal experience to his practice. His practice areas include criminal defense, business litigation, and personal injury claims. During his career, Mr. Aoki has served as judge pro tem, mediator, arbitrator, and Special Master. He has achieved the AV rating, the highest rating for legal abilities by Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Aoki has also been acknowledged by numerous legal associations and organizations as one of the foremost lawyers in criminal defense. He has been named one of the top 25 Criminal Defense Attorneys in Washington State by Washington Law & Politics every year from 2006 to 2015. Seattle Magazine, which recognizes outstanding lawyers based on “peer recognition and professional achievement,” selected Mr. Aoki in 2010 as a top attorney in criminal defense.Mr. Aoki previously served on the Washington State Bar Association’s Board of Governors, during which he also served as the State Bar Treasurer.  He is the Chair of the WSBA's Escalating Cost of Civil Litigation Task Force.  Mr. Aoki was the Washington State Supreme Court’s appointee to the Office of Public Defense Advisory Committee for twelve years. He is the past Board President of Northwest Defender Association, past President of the Asian Bar Association of Washington and a past Trustee of the King County Bar Association

Robert Christie and his firm provide litigation services to individuals, professionals, and businesses throughout Washington. In his twenty-seventh year of practice, Mr. Christie handles cases involving serious injury claims, commercial disputes, civil rights, malpractice, contract disputes, products and premise liability, employment, and intellectual property. AV Rated in Martindale Hubbell and Law & Politics “Super lawyer”, Mr. Christie has tried scores of cases is State and Federal Courts.

Representation of clients in the prosecution and defense of civil cases in the following areas: products liability, toxic torts, general negligence, construction defect, construction safety, professional liability (lawyer and accountant malpractice), underinsured motorist, insurance coverage, environmental contamination, admiralty law, commercial litigation, mediation and arbitration AV rated Martindale-Hubbell.

R. Glenn Phillips believes in fighting for justice for real people. He has been practicing since 1984 and has tried more than 100 civil jury trials. In addition, he has settled numerous million and multi-million dollar cases. Glenn understands that corporate America and the insurance companies have tried, and continued to try to deny real people access to justice. He believes strongly in the principle that all citizens have the right of access to the courts. Mr. Phillips owns Phillips Law Firm which operates in Washington, California and nationally handling serious personal injury, product liability, workman's compensation, social security disability, medical malpractice, defective drug/device, and employee rights. Mr. Phillips has received the highest rating from Martindale Hubbel (5.0 out of 5.0) and is an AV rated attorney.. Mr. Phillips is actively involved in his firm's defective drug and devices practice. Our mass tort practice has an inventory of over 4,000 cases, covering such products as Accutane, Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella, Fosamax, Avandia, Medtronic Infuse, GranuFlo, Mirena, Risperdal and defective devices such as shoulder pain pumps and DePuy hip implants.. Mr. Phillips and his firm are recognized as leaders in pharmaceutical litigation and have been appointed to positions of leadership on various steering committees, science/ discovery committees and JCCP's.. Glenn is a member of the Washington state bar. He is also a member of the American Association of Justice, and a Eagle member of the Washington Associate for Justice,and the non-profit organization of Public Justice.. Glenn is a frequent speaker before such national groups as the National Trial Lawyers, Ammerican Association for Justice, Mass Torts Made Perfect, as well as various state trial lawyer groups.. Glenn is also an invited member of the TAOS group which is comprised of outstanding trial lawyers from across America.

Patrick is a shareholder at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. He has been in practice for more than 30 years. His current trial practice emphasizes representation of professionals in the health and legal fields in civil matters and disciplinary matters. He represents doctors, lawyers, chiropractors, hospitals, nurses and naturopaths. He has handled hundreds of negligence and disciplinary matters for professionals. Patrick also has trial experience in products liability, premises liability, consumer protection, construction defect and surety matters. Patrick is a former legislative assistant to the Hon. Warren G. Magnuson. He also served as a member of the Washington State Bar Association’s Disciplinary Board.

Nikhil Bavariya is an experienced personal injury attorney. After having worked at one of Washington’s largest personal injury law firms, and also having worked at one of Seattle’s top boutique civil litigation law firms, Nikhil formed Bavariya Law. His practice has always focused on aggressively advocating for clients who were injured in car accidents, slip/trip and falls, or while working at sea. Over the years Nikhil has successfully represented hundreds of clients in their battle against insurance carriers.. Nikhil serves as an arbitrator through King County Superior Court’s mandatory arbitration program. He is an EAGLE member of Washington State Association of Justice (WSAJ) where he serves on the diversity committee. He is also a member of the South Asian Bar Association of Washington and QLaws. In the past he has served on QLaw’s membership committee.. Nikhil enjoys traveling, cooking, a variety of international cuisines, and taking advantage of the Pacific Northwest’s great outdoors.

My practices focuses on the defense of health care providers, hospitals, and long term care facilities.  I also defend individual health care providers related to licensing and board complaints.

My practice involves defending medical professionals and health care institutions against medical malpractice claims. I also practice employment law, focusing on counseling and representing employers in a broad range of employment issues, including state and federal harassment and discrimination laws, disability, wage and hour, and employment contracts such as non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements. Beyond medical malpractice and employment law, my practice includes other civil litigation and health care matters, such as insurance disputes and product liability.

Mr. Wick has 30 years of experience defending physicians, hospitals and other health care providers in cases alleging medical negligence. He also defends health care providers before the Department of Health Quality Assurance Commission. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.  He is Fellow of the International Society of Barristers.  He is listed in Best Lawyers in America.  He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a member of ABOTA.  He has obtained the highest ranking by Martindale Hubbell. As a former health care provider, prior to law school, he has dedicated his career to the defense of health care providers.

Mr. Umlauf is a shareholder with Forsberg & Umlauf. His broad litigation defense practice includes catastrophic damages, construction claims, products and personal injury defense, premises liability, bad faith, legal malpractice, underinsured motorist claims, investigation and preservation of evidence advice.. Personal injury defense litigation (emphasizing catastrophic damages cases), including vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction site claims (including injuries, tender of defense analysis, construction defects and insurance coverage) and product liability.  Litigation and advice regarding CGL, and automobile insurance policies (emphasizing UIM claims).  Professional liability defense of lawyers, pharmacists, and medical providers. Arbitrator (UIM/King County Superior Court) and Mediator.

Mr. Hineline is a Partner in Dorsey's Trial, Regulatory and Technology practice group. He is also Co-Chair of the Securities & Financial Institutions Litigation practice group. Before 1999, he was a Member with the Seattle law firm of Bogle & Gates P.L.L.C. Mr. Hineline's practice focuses on securities and complex commercial litigation.. Mr. Hineline's securities experience has been extensive. He has been actively involved in defending both domestic and foreign clients in large class action securities lawsuits involving, among other things, public offerings of stocks and bonds. Clients represented in this context include the issuers, their officers and directors, underwriters, and bond trustees. Mr. Hineline's experience also includes representing numerous broker/dealers in court and arbitration actions throughout the country, as well as representing parties in Securities & Exchange Commission and NASD investigations.

Mr. Foltz is an associate with Betts, Patterson & Mines, he focuses his practice on complex litigation matters with an emphasis on construction litigation and insurance defense work. Mr. Foltz’s experience includes defending developers, general contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and equipment suppliers in construction defect and worksite injury actions.

Mike Woerner works for the public good. A member of Keller Rohrback’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group since 1985, Mike focuses on class action and mass personal injury cases. He is skilled at focusing the Courts’ attention on key issues in litigation and at negotiating favorable settlements to bring relief to people who have experienced physical, emotional, and financial harm from environmental contamination, dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, and other negligent acts with far-reaching consequences.Mike was a member of the litigation team that received the 1995 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for the In re Exxon Valdez litigation resulting from the devastation of thousands of miles of fishing ground around Prince William Sound, Kodiak Island, Chignik, and Cook Inlet after the infamous oil spill. He has more recently represented hundreds of clients in multiple states at risk of heart-valve damage or primary pulmonary hypertension from fen-phen diet drugs. Mike also has experience litigating and negotiating widespread medical negligence issues and misconduct by fiduciaries charged with investing retirement plan assets. With his focus on impact litigation, Mike strives to achieve full compensation for his clients as well as to compel institutional reform and change the conduct of powerful bad actors to prevent them from causing future harm. Outside of work, Mike enjoys traveling with his family experiencing new places and cultures, as well as staying closer to home cheering on his kids’ basketball and volleyball teams.

Mike is an accomplished attorney who has dedicated his legal career to representing injured persons in the greater Seattle area. He is an Eagle member of the Washington State Association for Justice and an active member of the Washington State legal community.

Matthew joined S.L. Pitts PC in 2014. He focuses on family law and estate planning. From 2012 to 2014, he served as a Baliff and Law Clerk to Judge Catherine Shaffer at King County Superior Court. Matthew recieved his JD and LL.M. in Taxation form the University of Washington School of Law. During law school he served as the Chief Managing Editor of the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal. Matthew recieved his B.A. from the University of Washington, where he majored in Japanese linguistics and international studies. Matthew also spent one year studying economics at Nagasaki University in Japan and is fluent in Japanese.

Lish Whitson has been a trial lawyer for more than 43 years. He has tried more than 50 jury trials and successfully argued many others cases to a judge without a jury. He has also settled hundreds of cases out of court on behalf of his clients, thereby avoiding the uncertainty of a trial. Lish has been recognized for his ability as a trial attorney with his nomination and election to membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Litigation Counsel of America and in the American Board of Trial Advocates.. Lish’s practice has emphasized litigation in motor vehicle accident cases and other personal injury, commercial, medical malpractice, health care, construction, employment, product liability, and consumer class action cases. He has also litigated matters involving intellectual property, administrative, antitrust, criminal, defamation, environmental, insurance and real property law. In addition, Lish is a very successful independent Mediator and Arbitrator with more than 30 years of experience. He also serves as an arbitrator and mediator with the American Arbitration Association.. Before attending graduate school and then law school, Lish served in the United States Peace Corps in Afghanistan as an English and pottery teacher. After graduating from the University of Washington School of Law, Lish practiced for three years with The Public Defender Association. Lish has practiced with the firms of Helsell Fetterman, LLP, Stokes Lawrence PS and Badgley Mullins Law Group. He presently has his own firm, Lish Whitson PLLC.

Kerry is the Vice President of Floyd, Pflueger, Kearns, Nedderman & Gress, P.S. and has been with the firm since 2001. Kerry focuses his practice on the defense of complex, high exposure, commercial general liability litigation involving catastrophic personal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and wrongful death claims.. Kerry successfully defends cities and municipal districts including departments of transportation, fire departments, and police departments; general contractors and sub-tier contractors in catastrophic construction-related injuries and accidents; pharmacies and first responders in medical malpractice claims; product manufacturers and sellers in product liability and product defect lawsuits; and commercial entities involving transportation and fleet-related collisions. Kerry has an outstanding track record of successfully obtaining dismissals for his clients on countless motions for summary judgment and has prevailed on multiple directed verdicts and defense verdicts at trial.. Kerry graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington in 1997 and from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California in 2001. His education focused on oral advocacy, trial advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution. Kerry received the Certificate Degree from the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, continually rated the top program by US News & World Reports. He is peer review rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and was selected by Super Lawyers in 2009.. Kerry is an avid fan of the University of Washington Huskies, takes advantage of the Pacific Northwest outdoors, and enjoys every moment with his wife, two daughters, and Romi, the family’s King Charles Cavalier Spaniel.

Keith Petrak has practiced law in Seattle since 1989 in both state and federal court. An experienced commercial litigator, he is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and has counseled international, national and regional clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of business and tort litigations. Keith’s practice has involved a wide range of subjects including, among others, professional liability, noncompetition and trade secret disputes, securities fraud, intellectual property, products liability, antitrust and consumer protection, employment discrimination, and civil rights. Keith has also served as an investigator at a public university, conducting inquiries into complaints of employment discrimination, sexual harassment and violations of institutional policies and procedures.. Law Review Editor. Roger J. Traynor Moot Court Team. Bachelor of Science, Public Service Administration

Jo-Hanna brings to her practice many years of legal experience, a strong belief in individual rights and justice for all, and a continuing commitment to effectively and compassionately address the immediate and long-term needs of her clients.

Jo Flannery is a member of the Litigation and Real Estate departments at Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC. Raised by a real estate agent, and a former Realtor herself, Jo has a particular interest in real property law. With over a decade of broad litigation experience behind her, Jo's practice has focused, over the last seven years, primarily on representing condominium and homeowner associations in the pursuit and resolution of construction defect claims, risk management, and covenant governed disputes.. Since joining Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland in 2005, Jo’s practice has expanded to again include the prosecution of professional liability claims, insurance bad faith, products liability, construction disputes, real property disputes both commercial and residential including matters of fraudulent concealment, easements and other conveyance matters as well as environmental claims involving hazardous substances. Having practiced exclusively on the defense side in the early years and then exclusively on the plaintiff’s side for the next several years, Jo now splits the aisle. Still primarily a plaintiff’s lawyer, her practice once again includes representation and advice and counsel to developers, contractors and property owners in the development stage as well as in defense of litigation.