Schroeter Goldmark and Bender (SGB) is proud to announce that attorney Elizabeth Hanley was elected as secretary of the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Council of Presidents.
A new lawsuit filed by Jane Doe 100 in King County Superior Court – who is represented by Chicago-based attorney Tamara Holder and Elizabeth Hanley of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender in Seattle – adds to the growing number of female patients who allege they were physically and sexually abused Mark E. Mulholland, a Tri-Cities OBGYN who worked for Providence St. Joseph Health and Kadlec Regional Medical Center, in Richland, Washington, from 1999 through May or June 2025.
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender is proud to share that 17 of its attorneys have been named as Super Lawyers in 2025, including six Rising Stars, three Top 50 Women and two attorneys named to the Top 100 list. Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes just 5% of attorneys across the country, based on a high degree of peer recognition and outstanding professional achievement in their respective practice areas.
Discrimination cases raise difficult questions in jury selection—especially when potential jurors have experienced discrimination in their own lives.
This week, SGB attorney Joe Solseng offered New York Times readers a dose of reality for timeshare owners, explaining how fees, a lack of resale options, and limited exit strategies turn the promise of paradise into a lasting obligation and liability.
We hold car companies and drug companies accountable when their products harm us - why aren’t we doing the same with the gun industry? In recognition of Gun Violence Awareness Month, SGB attorney Julie Kline authored an article for this month's Trial News that makes the case for civil litigation to push for safer firearm products and practices.
In her latest article for Trial News, WSAJ President and SGB attorney Elizabeth Hanley reflects on the emotional weight of wrongful death cases—and the moral failure of capping non-economic damages.
Weight loss surgery should change lives, not endanger them. In this month’s Trial News, SGB’s Sims Weymuller explains how Wernicke’s encephalopathy, a rare but preventable brain injury complication after bariatric surgeries, can open the door to medical malpractice claims.
A New Jersey Appellate Court has upheld a 2022 jury verdict awarding more than $1 million to 19 plaintiffs who sued an Atlantic City resort, FantaSea, over intentionally deceptive timeshare sales practices and violations of consumer protection laws.
A job is never just a job—it’s stability, dignity, and opportunity. As SGB’s Carson Phillips-Spotts writes in this month’s Washington State Association for Justice Trial News, when someone loses their job due to race, sex, disability, or another protected status, our employment laws attempt to capture the gravity of the loss by providing a remedy.