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Kathy Goater

Kathy Goater



Catastrophic Injuries | Class Actions | Crime Victims | Employment Law | Medical Malpractice | Product Liability | Serious Accidents | Sexual Abuse & Assault

Kathy Goater is a tenacious litigator with over 30 years' experience in a wide range of areas of law.  At SGB, Kathy's practice concentrates on representing individuals who have been sexually assaulted and/or harassed, children who have been victimized in foster care, individuals who are victims of medical negligence or serious injuries, and workers in class actions whose rights to lawful wages have been violated.

Kathy's career in Washington began as a prosecutor with the King County Prosecutor's Office, where she tried and won hundreds of cases and developed a reputation as an outstanding trial lawyer.  While at the Prosecutor's Office, she supervised the Special Assault Unit and concentrated her practice on representing children and adults who had been sexually assaulted and children who had been murdered or were victims of serious abuse.  Kathy is a frequent lecturer on trial advocacy, and an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and a trial advocacy instructor at the University of Washington School of Law.  She is a member of the Washington bar, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts in Western and Eastern Washington, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Results About

In her time at SGB, Kathy has taken local and state agencies, corporations and private businesses in seeking justice for the people she represents.  She has obtained millions of dollars in judgments and settlements for her clients, including $14 million for a group of workers deprived of lawful wages which case went on to be argued before and affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.  She has been named a Washington Super Lawyer.

Education
  • Miami University, B.A., 1972
  • Capital University School of Law, J.D., 1978

Admissions
  • Washington State and Oregon State
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
  • U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Supreme Court

Professional and Civic Involvement
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Washington State Association of Justice
  • King County Bar Association
  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Special Assault Unit, King County Prosecutor's Office
  • Past President, Washington Chapter, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
  • Lectures and Presentations on Trial Practice, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse
  • Support of the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Domestic Violence agencies, the YWCA, and the Odessa Brown Clinic.

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