TODD W. GARDNER
SWANSON GARDNER, P. L. L.C.
4512 Talbot Road South
Renton, WA 98055
Tel: 425-226-7920
Fax: 425-226-5168
todd@swansongardner.com
www.swansongardner.com
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Todd Gardner graduated from the University of Washington
School of Law, with honors, in 1980. Since 1995, Mr. Gardner has
obtained twelve jury verdicts in excess of $1 million for his clients.
Mr. Gardner’s trial results include a $13 million highway design
defect verdict in 2001, a record $17 million medical negligence
verdict in 2005, an $8 million wrongful death verdict in 2008,
and a $12.7 million verdict for a firefighter in 2009. Mr. Gardner
is WSAJ’s 2004 Trial Lawyer of the Year and a member of
the American College of Trial Lawyers, ABOTA, and Damage
Attorneys Round Table. He is married to Polly Gardner, and they
have two sons, Brett and Brandon.
JAMES GOODING
GRAHAM LUNDBERG PESCHEL
P.S., INC.
500 John Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: 206-448-1992
Fax: 206-448-4640
jgooding@glpattorneys.com
www.glpattorneys.com
James Gooding is a partner at Graham Lundberg Peschel
who represents injured people in nursing home abuse, auto
accident, wrongful death, premises liability, and other personal
injury cases. Mr. Gooding is admitted to the bar in Washington,
California, New Jersey, and New York, having tried numerous
cases in the latter for years before moving to Seattle in 2007.
He is a member of Trial Lawyers Care (pro bono for victims
of September 11), was a member of the New York County
Lawyers’ Association Ethics Committee, and has served on the
Washington State Bar Association Court Rules Committee.
Mr. Gooding’s recent results include one of the largest nursing
home abuse recoveries and one of the largest ankle fracture
recoveries ever in the State of Washington.
TIM KOSNOFF
KOSNOFF FASY
520 Pike Tower
520 Pike Street, Suite 1010
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-257-3590
Fax: 855-211-4459
Tim@Kosnoff.com
www.kosnoff.com
In the past 16 years, Tim Kosnoff has represented more than
1,000 victims of childhood sex abuse. He has secured over
$250 million in settlements and judgments for abuse survivors in
cases against the Boy Scouts of America, several Roman Catholic
dioceses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the
Salvation Army, the Jesuits, and other religious orders. Kosnoff
is frequently interviewed as a legal expert on TV and in the
news. He was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times-Canadian
Broadcasting Corp. investigation into sex abuse in scouting. One
of Kosnoff’s landmark cases was recently profiled in the book The
Sins of Brother Curtis, by Lisa Davis (Simon & Schuster).
ELIZABETH WOODY
LINDQUIST
LINDQUIS T LAW, PLLC
1708 Bellevue Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Tel: 206-709-7700
Fax: 206-838-6346
woody@lindquistlaw.net
www.lindquistlaw.net
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Well respected as one of the top personal injury attorneys in
the state, Elizabeth Woody Lindquist has devoted herself solely
to handling personal injury cases for over 17 years. She has
significant experience with auto, pedestrian, motorcycle and
bicycle accidents; trucking accidents; premises injuries; boating
accidents; dog bite injuries; product liability; nursing home
negligence; and wrongful death. Some of her most rewarding
work has been in obtaining just compensation for injured children
and incompetent adults and securing adequate financial
investments to provide for their future medical and educational
needs. She has served on the Board of Governors for the WSAJ
since 2007 where she is currently VP for Judicial Relations. She
has also served on WSAJ’s Legislative Steering Committee for
over a decade, fighting for the rights of injured victims.
ERIC S. NELSON
NELSON & JOHNSON, PLLC
1700 7th Avenue
Suite 2210
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-447-1420
Fax: 206-447-1422
eric@nelsonandjohnson.com
www.nelsonandjohnson.com
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Eric S. Nelson, born and raised in Seattle, has been a founding
member of his own law firm since graduating cum laude from
Pepperdine University School of Law in 1992. Eric’s plaintiff
personal injury litigation practice focuses on obtaining fair
compensation for his clients injured as a result of automobile,
motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian accidents; premises incidents;
defective products; medical malpractice and dog bite attacks.
His reputation as one of Washington’s top lawyers is based on
his exceptional litigation skills and his commitment to personal
attention and high-quality service to each client regardless of the
nature of the case. Eric is honored that his peers have recognized
him on the Super Lawyers list in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Eric is also
an avid basketball and tennis player, winning ten Seattle Lawyers
Basketball League championships over the last 16 years.
SUSAN MACHLER
OSBORN MACHLER, P.L. L.C.
2125 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206-441-4110
Fax: 206-441-4220
smachler@osbornmachler.com
www.osbornmachler.com
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Ms. Machler represents injured people in auto accident, products
liability, medical malpractice, and premises liability cases. In
2010, King County paid Osborn Machler a record $10 million for
an excessive force case. She has significant appellate experience,
including Armantrout v. Cascade Orthopaedics, affecting
wrongful death claims in Washington. In addition to her other
work, Ms. Machler performs pro bono work in the areas of family
and administrative law, serves as an MAR arbitrator, and is
a settlement guardian ad litem in King County. Ms. Machler
is governor from the Ninth District for the Washington State
Bar Association Board of Governors and also served on the
Washington State Association for Justice Board of Governors for
several years. Ms. Machler is a member of the King County Bar
Association and the State Bar of Montana.
RODNEY K. NELSON
ABEY TA NELSON P.C.
1102 West Yakima Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
Tel: 509-575-1588
Fax: 509-457-8426
rnelson@abeytanelson.com
www.abeytanelson.com
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Mr. Nelson is a Central Washington personal injury lawyer. His
practice focuses on auto accidents, products liability, workplace,
and nursing home injuries. He is a past member of the
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Board of Governors
and past president of the Yakima County Bar Association. He
is AV-rated. He is a volunteer attorney for Yakima’s Volunteer
Attorney Services and a judge pro-tem for Yakima Superior
Court. Mr. Nelson is an accomplished climber, whose ascents
include Cho-Oyu, the sixth highest peak in the world; the North
Ridge of the Grand Teton; Mt. Rainier’s Liberty Ridge; and
Yosemite’s El Capitan and Half Dome.
MICHAEL J. MCKASY
TROUP, CHRISTNACHT,
LADENBURG, MCKASY &
DURKIN, INC., P. S.
6602 19th Street West
Tacoma, WA 98466
Tel: 253-564-2111
Fax: 253-566-9343
mjmckasy@tclmd.com
www.tclmd.com
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Michael J. McKasy has been a partner in the firm of Troup,
Christnacht, Ladenburg, McKasy & Durkin, Inc., P.S. since 1979.
He obtained his law degree from Seattle University School of
Law. His main focus is personal injury law at the present time.
He has been involved in a number of major cases that include
product liability cases against General Motors and the Chrysler
Corporation, along with medical negligence cases. Mike has
been a member of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
since 1976. He was the president of the Tacoma-Pierce County
Bar Association in 1993. He joined the Washington State
Association for Justice ( WSAJ) and the American Association for
Justice (AAJ) in 1976. Mike has also served as vice president of
Habitat for Humanity in South King County.
SIMEON OSBORN
OSBORN MACHLER, P. L.L.C.
2125 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206-441-4110
Fax: 206-441-4220
sosborn@osbornmachler.com
www.osbornmachler.com
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Selected as a 2011 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Washington
Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Osborn’s
practice focuses on plaintiffs’ personal injury, auto accidents,
products liability, medical malpractice, and professional
negligence, with recent settlements over $30 million. In 2010,
King County paid Mr. Osborn a record $10 million for an excessive
force case. In 2009, the Washington Supreme Court upheld the
$1.35 million jury verdict that Mr. Osborn and his firm obtained
in Armantrout v. Cascade Orthopaedics, affecting wrongful death
claims in Washington. Mr. Osborn’s representation of children
injured by magnet-containing toys brought toy safety to national
attention and led to the recall of magnetic toys and the scrutiny
and recall of toys with lead paint and other dangers. Mr. Osborn
also serves on the executive committee of ABOTA.
