Lindsay Halm and Ben Gauen contributed an article to WSAJ’s April edition of Trial News that explores the nuances navigating parallel civil and criminal proceedings.
Gauen’s practice at SGB will focus on advocating for crime victims, medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death, and sexual assault and harassment.
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender is proud to return as a 2024 sponsor of three West Seattle Youth Baseball teams this season.
In an article authored for WSAJ’s March edition of Trial News, SGB attorney Sims Weymuller shares an impactful personal account of 10 lessons he’s learned about navigating traumatic brain injury, both as a serious personal injury trial lawyer and the father of a TBI survivor.
SGB is proud to announce its partnership with Seattle Sounders FC for the club’s 50th anniversary season.
We are looking for a dynamic, creative, and smart 2L law student with a diverse background, experiences, and ideas to join our team. Our summer program is designed to give law students exposure to all aspects of our plaintiff trial practice. Interns work alongside experienced attorneys and will learn about a variety of practice areas, clients, and our firm culture. Opportunities will include research, writing, and observation of litigation events, including depositions, hearings, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeals.
Since at least 2018, Amazon was made aware that individuals, including children, were buying high-purity sodium nitrite from Amazon’s website for the purpose of dying by suicide. The chemical is infamously known for being utilized in suicides, especially by vulnerable teenagers, and has no ordinary household use. Despite this, Amazon continued to sell the product until as recently as 2022, the suit states.
SGB attorney Kaitlin Cherf joined KING 5 to discuss a lawsuit brought by a Washington family against Amazon, which for years sold sodium nitrite, a deadly chemical infamously known for being utilized in suicides, especially by vulnerable teenagers.
In 2022, Grandview School District near Yakima, Wash., agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a sex abuse claim brought by a former middle school student, C.M.A., who suffered years of abuse perpetrated by one of its teachers, Charles (“Chuck”) Adams. Following the settlement, law enforcement referred the case for criminal charges, which were recently filed, more than a year later, by the Yakima County Prosecutor’s office, according to the attorneys who represented C.M.A, Julie E. Kline and Sergio A. Garcidueñas-Sease from Seattle-based law firm Schroeter Goldmark & Bender (SGB).