Elizabeth Hanley of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender in Seattle and Tamara Holder of Tamara Holder Law in Chicago – both longtime advocates for survivors of sexual abuse – recently spoke with several media outlets in the Tri-Cities area regarding the growing number of lawsuits filed against Dr. Mark E. Mulholland, who practiced as an OB-GYN in the Richland, Washington, until as recently as June of this year.
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.
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.
We hold car companies and drug companies accountable when their products harm us - why aren’t we doing the same with the gun industry?
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 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.
With court funding reductions looming in King County, how can trial attorneys take action to protect access to justice? SGB’s Elizabeth Hanley’s most recent President’s Column in Washington State Association for Justice Trial News highlights her experience in a trial where defense tactics strained an already tight court budget and offers strategies to reduce waste of court resources.
In January's Trial News, focused on elder law, WSAJ president and SGB attorney Elizabeth Hanley trumpets the importance of protecting seniors from institutional abuse and neglect.