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- Lawsuit Against Monsanto - Roundup Exposure
- Implicit Bias CLE on August 17
- SGB’s Becky Roe is quoted in a Seattle Times cover-story about sexual assaults within University of Washington’s athletic department.
- Join Jamal Whitehead at the Future for Us event on June 13
- Monsanto Round-Up™ May Cause Cancer
- WSAJ's President's Award - Becky Roe
- Lindsay Halm - A Winning Amicus Brief
- 2019 marks SGB’s 50th anniversary!
- SGB’s Client Prevails Against the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Jury awards $4.9 million to man fired after losing vocal chords to cancer
- Becky Roe honored with WSAJ's President's Award
- SGB Welcomes Attorneys Craig Sims, Kaitlin Wright and Paralegal Matthew Gonyea
- Sexual Harassment: How is #MeToo Transforming the Workplace?
- JUDGE CERTIFIES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST GEO GROUP’S NORTHWEST DETENTION CENTER
- FBA WDWA News The Honorable James L. Robart by Lindsay Halm
- Congrats to our 2018 Super Lawyers Honorees
- Constellation Nebula: How ACOG sets birth trauma causation criteria to defeat malpractice actions
- SGB Welcomes its Newest Shareholder, Luke Garrett
- Restorative justice may help, but let’s not forget victims
- Congratulations Sandy!
- SGB Welcomes Jamal Whitehead as a New Shareholder
- 5-Star Avvo Reviews
- Decoding the Law: Sexual Harassment
- Greg Blauert, et al. v. Microsoft Corporation
- SGB and Columbia Legal Services File Lawsuit Against Munger Brothers
- Amtrak Train Derailment
- Amtrak Derailment - Interview with KIRO 7
- Amtrak Train Accident
- SGB Welcomes Liz McLafferty
- Top 50: 2017 Women Washington Super Lawyers
- SGB is proud to announce the following Super Lawyers for 2017
- Microsoft sued by ex-workers who have PTSD
- SGB filing lawsuits against Sea-Tac Companies for not paying minimum wage
- SGB Attorneys and Columbia Legal Services Get Results in 9th Circuit Court
- SGB and LBAW receive WSBA's Pro Bono Award for 2015
- SGB is proud to announce the following Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Attorney Sims Weymuller publishes article in the WSBA
- Congratulations Jeff Robinson chosen for ACLU national leadership
- SGB Congratulates Rebecca Roe - Admitted to ACTL
- SGB welcomes back Peter O'Neil
- SGB attorneys contribute to the new edition of the WSAJ Product Liability Deskbook
- Leonard Schroeter Obituary
- The passing of Leonard Schroeter
- SGB files class action on behalf of workers at a SeaTac parking lot that refuses to comply with the new $15/hr. minimum wage
- SGB Attorneys file case in Federal Court on behalf of farmer workers
- SGB Creates New Law in Asbestos Cases
- The American College of Trial Lawyers has invited Rebecca Roe
- Governor Inslee signs Washington State Dream Act
- SGB Receives Volunteer Group of the Year Award
- SGB Recognized for Pro Bono work
- SGB Attorneys honor Hyatt boycott rather than receive award
- WSBA Award of Merit – SGB attorneys Adam Berger, Kristin Houser, Rebecca Roe and William Rutzick
- Amazon Sued For Failing To Pay Warehouse Workers For Time Spent On Security Checks
- Washington State Supreme Court Unanimously Adopts Amendment to RPC 4.4 Prohibiting Improper Inquiry Into Immigration Status
- SGB Attorney Lindsay Halm guest on KUOW's The Conversation RE Seattle Workers - What Are Your Rights
- Attorney Garfinkel resolves a settlement check issue in the Bethlehem Construction case
- SGB's new partners: Lindsay Halm and M. Lorena González
- Rebecca Roe lawyer at Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, guest columnist for the Seattle Times writes: Under Rob McKenna’s tenure as attorney general, tort payouts have gone up because he has not pursued risk-management efforts to reduce payouts.
- SGB Attorneys triumph in a $5.5M Settlement Class Action lawsuit against Bethlehem Construction
- WSAJ Trial News Celebrates Rebecca Roe President Elect
- SGB Attorney Lorena González featured in Sept Bar Bulletin
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender to be honored with National Pro Bono Award from HNBA
- The Washington State Association for Justice elects SGB's Rebecca Roe as President
- Settlement of $150,000 reached in excessive force and discrimination case against Seattle Police Department, Shandy Cobane and Mary Lynne Woollum
- Gov. Gregoire called & SGB responded: Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg quotes SGB brief in the Affordable Care Act decision.
- Federal Court allows excessive-force and discrimination claims against Seattle Police Department to go to trial.
- Governor Gregoire recognizes SGB attorneys for their work writing amicus briefs on her behalf supporting the Affordable Care Act
- Attorney Sims Weymuller joins SGB Personal Injury and Product Liability Practices
- Free Monthly Legal Clinics Presented by SGB and LBAW
- Court of Appeals Affirms Rest and Meal Break Judgment for Class of Brink's Armored Car Employees
- SGB Attorneys Win Fight to Protect Increase in Washington State Minimum Wage Rate
- Court of Appeals Reverses Verdict in FedEx Class Action Alleging Misclassification of Delivery Drivers as Independent Contractors
- Acquittal in Accidental Death of Infant
- Press Statement: Not Guilty Verdict in Violations of Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act Case
- Press Statement on Behalf of Victim of Police Attack
- Declaración a la Prensa en Nombre del Víctima de Ataque Policíal
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Sponsors Latinos & Immigration in America on June 2, 2010
- Kristin Houser: Working for Workers
- Asbestos Awareness Day 2010
- SGB Attorneys Jeffery Robinson and Amanda Lee Receive ACLU Civil Libertarian Award
- SGB Attorney Jeffery Robinson Seattle Times Guest Columnist
- Island woman wins suit against fire department
- Former Seattle Priest Accused in Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit
- 11 SGB Attorneys Honored as 2019 "Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars"
- SGB Attorney Sims Weymuller Co-Chairs 2019 WSAJ Convention
- SGB Attorney Craig Sims Invited to Present at Masters in Trial Training
- Jamal Whitehead selected as a Lawyer Representative to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ Judicial Conference
- SGB is proud to sponsor the Loren Miller Bar Association’s Fall Mentoring Mixer on November 19th.
- Craig Sims and Kaitlin Wright obtain a $4,000,000 jury verdict against ExxonMobil in a mesothelioma case.
- Safety on the roads: don't forget about safe cars
- What do I need to do to become a products attorney?
- 9th Circ. Affirms Ex-Mercedes Worker's $5M Disability Verdict.
- A Seattle jury finds for the family of a victim of exposure to asbestos
- Ski Resort Lawsuit Provides Valuable Lesson To All Litigants
- Cycling In The Puget Sound: Be Careful Out There
- Fire hazard: Ford recalls vehicles with fuel tank leak
- Needless exposure to asbestos: an OSHA citation in 2013
- Important sudden acceleration automobile defect case set for trial
- Dangerous Product alert: GM recall of Chevrolet Cobalt
- Product Liability Deskbook Released
- Premier Product Liability Attorney Teams up with SGB
- Auto Defects: Why are so many Deadly Cars on the Road?
- Toyota Recalls 1.4 Million and Honda Adds 1.39 Million Cars to Recall Due to Faulty Air bags
- Fiat Chrysler accused of neglect in 23 recalls
- Increased asbestos trials: When companies lose mesothelioma trials, the verdict speaks volumes.
- Victory for Asbestos Victims: Washington Court of Appeals Decision
- SGB’s Rich Anderson successfully defends a child victim sued by her molester.
- SGB welcomes Elizabeth Hanley and Kelli Carson!
- SGB Trial Attorneys Plan and Attend the Litigation Academy in Federal Court
- SGB's Sims Weymuller joins BIAWA Board of Directors!
- SGB congratulates the recipients of the Philip L. Burton Memorial Scholarship awarded by the Loren Miller Bar Association.
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender sues the Kent Police Department.
- SGB’s Peter O’Neil and Sims Weymuller recount a product liability case about a mobility scooter in the Trial News.
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender stands with Black Americans and other marginalized communities
- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination, handing the movement for L.G.B.T. equality a stunning victory.
- Schroeter Goldmark Bender is a proud sponsor of Brain Injury Alliance of Washington (BIAWA) annual Walk, Run & Roll scheduled for this Saturday, June 20.
- King County Superior Court remote bench trials begin July 6 -- are you ready?
- Schroeter Goldmark Bender attorney Adam Berger worked with Columbia Legal Services to help secure a $3.75 million settlement after filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of more than 500 farmworkers in Whatcom County.
- Congratulations to all of our 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars!
- SGB wants workers to know their rights!
- SGB Secures $375,000 Settlement in Discrimination Case: Company Held Accountable for Discriminating and Retaliating Against Pregnant Employee
- SGB is proud to partner with KCSARC.
- SGB is a proud sponsor of the Washington State Bar Foundation.
- SGB’s Lindsay Halm testified before the Senate Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs Committee
- SGB’s Craig Sims and Kaitlin Wright Secure $4.4M settlement for family of Black man killed by Kent Police
- Six Patients of Snohomish Chiropractor Dr. Kenneth E. Parker Alleged He Touched Them Inappropriately
- Family of former Camas paper mill worker receives record $16.67M verdict in mesothelioma case against Scapa Waycross
- Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender has moved!
- Fourteen SGB lawyers recognized as top-rated lawyers in Washington by Super Lawyers
- Three SGB Lawyers Recognized as Top Fifty Super Lawyers Women in Washington for 2021
- SGB welcomes attorneys Ashley Gomez and Carson Phillips-Spotts
- William Rutzick receives 2021 Gerhard Letzing Public Justice Award from Washington State Association for Justice
- Four SGB attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers for 2022
- SGB is a proud sponsor of the Brain Injury Golf Tournament presented by Brain Injury Alliance Washington
- SGB welcomes attorney Andy Boes
- Learn more about SGB attorney Rebecca Roe, a 2022 Best Lawyers recipient
- Learn more about SGB attorney Elizabeth Hanley, a 2022 Best Lawyers recipient
- Learn more about SGB attorney Craig Sims, a 2022 Best Lawyers recipient
- Learn more about SGB attorney Thomas Breen, a 2022 Best Lawyers recipient
- SGB attorney Bill Rutzick featured in Trial News
- SGB is a proud sponsor of the Washington State Association for Justice 2021 Annual Convention
- Adam Berger receives 2021 Professionalism Award from the Washington State Association for Justice
- Court certifies class action lawsuit against Virginia Mason Medical Center for failure to compensate healthcare workers for missed meal and rest breaks
- SGB is a proud sponsor of the National Crime Victim Bar Association National Conference
- SGB is a proud sponsor of this year’s Columbia Legal Services Virtual Imagine Justice Fundraiser
- Elizabeth Hanley to speak on panel for Physician Just Equity and American Medical Women’s Association webinar
- SGB is a proud sponsor of the Sexual Violence Law Center’s Fall Virtual Fundraiser
- Jury awards $17.3 million to immigrant workers in minimum wage class action suit against the Tacoma ICE Detention Center
- Adam Berger: Professionalism Exemplified
- Smelling a Rat: An Automotive Fire Caused by Rodents and a Poorly Executed Design
- How to represent yourself when filing a claim with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Repealing King County’s helmet law is not the solution to police misconduct
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Online and Local Resources for Survivors and Supporters
- Former King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Julie Kline Joins Schroeter Goldmark & Bender
- Fourteen Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Lawyers Recognized as Top-Rated Lawyers in Washington by Super Lawyers
- Jury Awards Over $1M to Consumers in Timeshare Deception Lawsuit Against FantaSea Resorts
- Carson Phillips-Spotts Featured in the PSBJ's Next Gen in Law
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Welcomes Craig Sims as Shareholder
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Welcomes Kaitlin Cherf as Shareholder
- National Gun Violence Survivors Week: New ATF Report on Gun Trafficking Highlights Need for Accountability
- Two Bellevue Restaurant Employees Win Lost Wages Lawsuit Against Former Employer
- SGB Attorney Spotlight: Andy Boes
- Association of Zoos and Aquariums and Dane County, WI Pay $2.8 Million in Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
- Washington Court of Appeals Upholds Record $16.67M Asbestos Verdict
- City of Seattle Settles Lawsuit for $6.5 Million for the Death of 22-Year-Old Motorcyclist
- Seattle Attorney Releases Memoir on Late-in-life Autism Diagnosis During National Autism Acceptance Month
- Cancer Survivor Receives $3M+ Jury Verdict in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Employer
- SGB Attorney Spotlight: Chen-Chen Jiang
- Ten Bicyclists Injured on the Burke-Gilman Trail's “Missing Link" File Claims Against the City of Seattle
- Washington Supreme Court Upholds $4M Asbestos Verdict
- Seven Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
- Craig Sims Inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers
- Elizabeth Hanley Appointed as President-Elect of the Washington State Association for Justice
- Openly Gay Female Firefighter Hired by Eastside Fire & Rescue Receives Settlement for Wrongful Termination and Discrimination
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Recognized as Tier 1 Law Firm by Best Lawyers
- Craig Sims joins KING 5 panel discussion on Manuel Ellis Trial
- Washington Family Files Lawsuit Against Amazon for Negligent Sale of Sodium Nitrite Used in Teen’s Death
- KING 5: Kaitlin Cherf discusses lawsuit against Amazon for teen's death
- Apply for SGB’s 2024 Summer Associate Internship
- SGB Announces Partnership with Sounders FC
- Sims Weymuller in Trial News -- Miracles Dwell in the Invisible: Ten Lessons in Traumatic Brain Injury
- SGB Returns as West Seattle Youth Baseball Sponsor
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Welcomes Former King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Ben Gauen
- Lindsay Halm & Ben Gauen in Trial News -- Navigating for Justice: Charting a Course Through Parallel Proceedings
- Seattle Medium - Ben Gauen and StolenYouth on declaration of May 7th as Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Day
- Three Women File Claims Against Benton Franklin Health District Following Years of Harassment and Secret Video Recordings by District Administrator
- Washington State Superior Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Injured Skydiver
- Fifteen Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Attorneys Recognized as Top-Rated Washington Lawyers by Super Lawyers in 2024
- Best Lawyers in America Honors Seven Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Attorneys as 2025 Best Lawyers
- Three More Formerly Detained Youth File Suits Against Oregon Youth Authority Staff for Sexual Abuse and Civil Rights Violations
- Former Virginia Mason Respiratory Therapist Wins Legal Victory in Appealed $3.3M Wage-Theft Case
- Former Middle School Student Settles Sex Abuse Claim Against Grandview School District for $1.75 Million, Charges Filed against Teacher
- Three Women Bring Lawsuit Against Benton Franklin Health District for Knowingly Hiring District Administrator with History of Sexual Misconduct
- Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Honored as a 2025 Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers®
- Jury awards former Seattle Children’s doctor $21M in race discrimination lawsuit
- Cancer Survivor Settles Discrimination Case Against Former Employer for $2.3 Million
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News – Championing Justice for Washington’s Vulnerable Seniors
- Craig Sims in Trial News – Leadership Beyond the Courtroom: Essential Lessons in Supporting Aging Family Members
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News – DEI: Not So Controversial for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
- Kaitlin Cherf Testifies with Clients in Support of HB 1209 & SB 5178 to Protect Consumers
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News – Reflections on Insurance Law Past, Present, and Future
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News – A Call to Action
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News with Jason Skuda – Our New President: Elizabeth Hanley and the WSAJ Legacy
- Carson Phillips-Spotts in Trial News – When Social Media Becomes Evidence
- Liz McLafferty in Trial News – Don't Miss the HIT
- $11.05M Settlement for Gun Violence Survivor Who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News – Court Funding and You
- Carson Phillips-Spotts in Trial News – An Adverse Action
- Court of Appeals Upholds Verdict in $1M Timeshare Deception Lawsuit Against FantaSea Resorts
- Sims Weymuller in Trial News – Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: Metabolic Brain Injury after Bariatric Surgery
- 17 SGB Attorneys Named to the 2025 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List
- Andy Boes in Trial News – The Most Qualified to See Bias Are the First to Go: Rethinking Cause Challenges in Discrimination Cases
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News - Walking Through the Valley
- Joe Solseng in The New York Times: My Timeshare Is an Albatross. How Do I Get Rid of It?
- Julie Kline in Trial News - Why Are We Gun-Shy? The Plaintiffs’ Bar Can Help Solve Our Gun Violence Epidemic
- New Jane Doe Brings Allegations of Sexual Abuse against Tri-Cities OB-GYN Mark Mulholland
- Best Lawyers in America Honors Seven Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Attorneys as 2026 Best Lawyers
- SGB Attorney Elizabeth Hanley Elected as AAJ’s Council of Presidents Secretary
- Jane Doe 101 Files Latest Lawsuit Against Tri-Cities OB-GYN Mark Mulholland
- Jane Doe 102 Files Complaint Alleging Sexual Abuse by Tri-Cities OB-GYN Mark Mulholland
- Jane Doe 103 Adds to Growing Number of Lawsuits Against Tri-Cities OB-GYN Mark Mulholland
- New Lawsuit Alleges Tri-Cities OB-GYN Abused Patient and Manipulated Interpreter Process
- Case Update: Washington Medical Commission Restricts Dr. Mark Mulholland from Treating Women
- New Lawsuit Alleges Providence-Kadlec OB-GYN Sterilized Patient Without Consent
- SGB Attorney Becky Roe receives Pillar of Justice award from the Washington State Association for Justice
- Six Former Youth Detainees Sue Oregon Youth Authority, Allege Decades of Sexual Abuse and Institutional Negligence
- Becky Roe presents argument to the Washington Supreme Court in WSU fraternity hazing death
- Family Alleges Hims & Hers Health, Inc.’s Rush Into Mental Healthcare Violated Washington Law and Resulted in Son’s Death
- SGB Attorneys Sergio Garcidueñas-Sease and Becky Roe discuss their work with the Sexual Violence Law Center
- Elizabeth Hanley speaks with local news about lawsuits against Tri-Cities OBGYN Dr. Mark Mulholland
- Elizabeth Hanley Featured on Apple Valley News Now – OB-GYN Mark Mulholland lawsuits spark patient safety questions
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News – Two Paths, One Commitment
- Elizabeth Hanley in Trial News – Tilling the Soil: Why DEIBA Requires Crucial Conversations First
- Fourteen Additional Men Sue Oregon Youth Authority, adding to a Growing Wave of Abuse Allegations
- Liz McLafferty in Trial News – Medical Malpractice Meets Discrimination: Navigating Dual Claims Under Washington Law
- SGB Attorney Carson Phillips-Spotts joins Judicial Institute board
- Bar News – SGB Attorney Sergio A. Garcidueñas-Sease Featured in Affinity Bar Spotlight on LBAW
- Elizabeth Hanley Welcomed as 2024-25 Washington State Association for Justice President
- SGB Attorneys Urge Lawmakers to Reject SB 6239, Advance Survivor-Centered Alternative
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- GEO Group, Inc.
- GEO Group, Inc. en Español
- Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Triple Canopy
- Yakima HMA
- Pacific Maritime Association and SSA Marine
- Amazon (Delivery Fees)
- Tagle & Partners LLC (Beehive Espresso)
- Playstudios
- Integrity Traffic
- Ideal Services
- Tecton & I.Q. Data
- Two Men and a Moving Van, et al.
- GREP Washington, LLC d.b.a. Greystar
- Steelscape