Firm News
Rebecca Roe has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America. The induction ceremony at which Rebecca Roe became a Fellow took place recently before an audience of approximately 250 persons during the recent 2015 Spring Meeting of the College in Miami, Florida. Founded in…
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender is pleased to announce that Peter O'Neil has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Welcome Peter
GB attorneys Tom Breen and Sims Weymuller were honored that the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ) asked them to write for the newly released Product Liability Deskbook. The 24 chapter Deskbook is a comprehensive treatise, covering all areas of product litigation in Washington State. Both attorneys authored chapters in the Deskbook; Tom wrote on…
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender is sad to announce that Leonard W. Schroeter passed away Monday, April 28, 2014, at the age of 89. Len was known with good reason as one of the most eloquent speakers about the suffering caused by the negligence of others. It was not only that he was brilliant, but he…
Attorneys at Schroeter Goldmark & Bender (Martin S. Garfinkel, Adam J. Berger, and Lindsay L. Halm) have filed a class action complaint on behalf of workers from Extra Car Airport Parking, Inc. in SeaTac, who were not paid the $15.00 per hour minimum wage as required under the new SeaTac Ordinance that went into effect…
SGB attorneys Marty Garfinkel and Adam Berger and our friends at Columbia Legal Services filed a case in federal court on behalf of farm workers against a Yakima Valley grower concerning H-2A, guest worker violations. Read about it in the Yakima Herald.
On March 3, 2014, Washington's Court of Appeals handed down an opinion favorable to hard working people exposed to asbestos. In Farrow v. Flowserve USA, Inc., a case handled by SGB's asbestos trial attorneys, Kristin Houser, Tom Breen and Bill Rutzick, Division I reversed a trial court's decision that originally favored corporate defendant Flowserve. The…
SGB is please to announce that the American College of Trial Lawyers has invited Rebecca Roe to become an elected fellow. "The College's Fellows are chosen strictly by invitation and only after rigorous investigation. Fellowship is limited to one per cent of the lawyers in any individual State, to those lawyers who have distinguished themselves…
SGB attorney Lorena Gonzalez was on hand to witness Governor Inslee sign the Washington State Dream Act on February 26, 2014. Read the entire article.
