The Rivkin Center’s Babs Fisher Valor Award is an annual honor given by the pioneering Seattle ovarian cancer research organization to recipients who have embraced the mission and helped advance the state of research into earlier detection and a cure. At this year’s Rivkin Center Gala Auction, the award was given to Keller Rohrback partner Derek Loeser and his wife Dr. Katie Van Kessel for what the organization characterizes as “their tireless advocacy and leadership.” And in fact, the giving example set by the pair led years ago to Keller Rohrback’s proud role as a sustaining donor.
Keller Rohrback proudly announces that Dean Kawamoto and Felicia Craick have earned Consumer Attorney of the Year recognition by Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) for their standout work on the JUUL Labs e-cigarette litigation.
A fast-moving blaze fueled by intense Santa Ana winds sweeping through multiple foothill neighborhoods in Southern California has destroyed more than 90 homes and burned upwards of 20,000 acres. Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate in the face of multiple fire lines, and the Mountain fire remains largely uncontained. If you have been impacted by this continuing catastrophe, you are not alone, and Keller Rohrback wants to help.
Keller Rohrback is honored to have been included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms® rankings. The firm was recognized with multiple tiered rankings in various practice areas and locations that signify a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Admission to the elite and impressive group of U.S. firms that achieve the Best Law Firms® rankings, drawn from 204 metropolitan regions spanning 150 practice areas, is the result of extensive client feedback and peer review.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), a Federal Agency tasked with protecting consumers from unfair treatment by financial institutions, recently entered consent orders against both companies for their unfair acts relating to resolving disputes tied to consumers’ Apple Cards.
Members of Keller Rohrback’s environmental litigation team recently sat for an interview with a reporter from the legal reporting website, Lawdragon.com. Lynn Sarko, Yoona Park, Matt Preusch, and Dan Mensher went in-depth on the Keller Rohrback environmental litigation practice group’s past, present and future, including touching on several of the team’s recent newsworthy victories.
Keller Rohrback announces the appointment of partner Derek W. Loeser as Co-Lead Class Counsel in the In re Wells Fargo Unauthorized Products Litigation, (No. 3: 24-cv- 01223).
If you are a Black American who has suffered or is currently suffering with kidney disease, you may have been wrongfully delayed in being placed on the kidney transplant waitlist based on your race.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that its litigation team led by partners Gretchen Freeman Cappio and Ryan McDevitt has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the In re Ford Super Duty Roof-Crush Litigation.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that on September 26, 2024, Judge Terrence Berg issued an order granting preliminary approval of a $150 million class action settlement in In re Chevrolet Bolt EV Battery Litigation.
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that Portland attorney Sarah Osborn was selected as one of 10 new members of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) Leadership Academy for 2024-25.
Are you a current or former JPMorganChase (JPMC) employee whose retirement plan was converted? If so, your rights to an accurate, non-misleading annual pension benefit statement may have been violated.
Each year Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) awards a “Consumer Attorney of the Year” award to a CAOC member or members who significantly advanced the rights or safety of California consumers by achieving a noteworthy result in a case. Keller Rohrback is proud to have two attorneys, Dean Kawamoto, and Felicia Craick, included as part of an all-star team of attorneys that was selected as one of the finalists for this great honor.
Since its founding in 1981, The Best Lawyers in America®, has been showcasing "the most distinguished attorneys across various practice areas in the United States."
We are pleased to welcome Will Dreher to Keller Rohrback. Will is joining the Seattle office as a partner in the Complex Litigation Group where his practice will focus on environmental, public nuisance, and consumer complex litigation.
Keller Rohrback proudly announces that 24 of its Washington-based attorneys have been named to the 2024 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
Keller Rohrback is investigating reports that private blood cord banks, such as Cord Blood Registry (CBR), ViaCord and Cryo-Cell, have been misleading parents into paying thousands of dollars in collection and storage fees for a service that is likely both unnecessary and unable to provide the advertised benefits.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that on July 25, 2024, Monsanto Company has agreed to pay $160 million to the City of Seattle to resolve the city’s claims against the giant multinational chemical company for PCB contamination in the Duwamish River.
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Keller Rohrback takes great pride in being recognized by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) with the 2024 Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award, along with the twenty-two other member firms of the National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee (PEC).
Keller Rohrback and co-counsel at Shenoa Payne Attorney at Law PC and Beacon Employment Law in conjunction with the ACLU of Oregon, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of an openly gay man who alleges he was prohibited from making a donation at a Eugene Blood Plasma donation facility, the Grifols Talecris Plasma Donation Center, because of his sexuality.
KR is fortunate to have seven promising summer associates joining us this season from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences. We've met the first four, now let's meet the final three. Welcome Cherita, Lauren and Kyler!
Keller Rohrback L.L.P., a leading law firm headquartered in Seattle and known for its dedication to legal excellence and providing unparalleled representation, announces its move to a newly updated and modern suite of offices on the 34th Floor of the 1201 Third Avenue Building.
Your car company knows how fast you drive, how hard you brake, and how far you drive, and they are using that information to profit while throwing you under the bus.
Recent news reports have revealed that Toyota, Lexus, and Mazda routinely shared information about drivers’ driving behavior with insurance data brokers and those data brokers in turn provided the data to insurance companies who then used the information to justify higher rates for their customers.
Keller Rohrback Managing Partner, Lynn Sarko and partner, Jeffrey Lewis have been received USA - Nationwide rankings in the 2024 Chambers and Partners USA Guide, 2024 in the category of ERISA Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs.
The QLaw Association held its 19th Annual Banquet on May 30, 2024 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center, and Keller Rohrback was a proud sponsor of the event.
KR is fortunate to have seven promising Summer associates joining us this season from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences. Let's meet the first four who have already started their KR journey: Yobi Tiezazu, Maggy Mulhern, Ananya Raghavan, and Natalia Brown!
On June 6, 2024, Keller Rohrback partner, Cari Campen Laufenberg was appointed as Co-Lead counsel in In re 23andMe, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation.
For the second year running, Lawdragon has recognized six Keller Rohrback attorneys, Managing Partner, Lynn Lincoln Sarko and partners Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Alison Chase, David Ko, Cari Campen Laufenberg and Derek Loeser, to appear in its 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers guide.
If you have made online payments that were managed by Doxo when you thought you were dealing directly with the seller, Keller Rohrback wants to talk to you.
On May 1, 2024, nine years after a pipeline ruptured along the Santa Barbara coastline spilling oil onto private property, Refugio State Beach and into the Pacific Ocean, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez granted preliminary approval of a $70 million class action settlement to property owners to resolve all outstanding class claims
The annual Champions Luncheon fundraising event for the Treehouse for Kids nonprofit took place on April 23, 2024 at the Sheraton Grand Seattle, and KR is both proud and grateful to have participated once again as a sponsor.
We are thrilled to announce that Keller Rohrback partner, Derek Loeser, has been selected by Law360 as one of its Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2024!
The New York Times reports that the consulting firm MultiPlan, in partnership and major health insurance companies, evaluates charges for patient care from out-of-network providers and often recommends that insurers and health plans pay significantly less than the amount of the actual bills, which can mean thousands of dollars in unexpected medical bills for consumers.
Recent news reports have revealed that Honda, Hyundai, and Kia routinely share information about drivers’ habits with insurance companies. If you own or lease a Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Acura, or Genesis vehicle that is a model year 2019 or newer, we’d like to hear from you.
Recent news reports have revealed that driver data has been routinely collected by General Motors and its OnStar partner, processed by LexisNexis and Verisk, and marketed to the insurance industry.
The Department of Justice has filed suit against telecommunications giant Apple, Inc. for using “shapeshifting rules and restrictions” on app developers to “throttle competitive alternatives.”
Keller Rohrback is very proud to announce the selection of senior partner Derek W. Loeser to Forbes inaugural list of America’s Top 200 Lawyers. This recognition highlights “the finest practitioners in the profession—lawyers with stellar track records in their specialties, those who have broken barriers to emerge as leaders in their fields, and attorneys most respected by peers and clients.”
The leaked data reportedly includes the names, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and other sensitive personal information of confirmed AT&T customers.
We are elated to share the news that the significant verdict reached by a Portland jury in the 2020 Oregon fires case was selected by the Courtroom View Network as the first in its Top 10 list of most impressive plaintiff verdicts for 2023.
Change Healthcare, a unit of the Optum division of the United Health Group, which handles some 14 billion clinical, financial, and operational transactions in the U.S. annually, suffered a recent extensive cyber-attack.
In the second trial set to determine damages for individual victims of the 2020 Labor Day fires that devastated Oregon, a jury in Portland has awarded 10 survivors $42.4 million in economic, non-economic, and punitive damages springing from PacifiCorp’s liability for the blazes.
If you purchased replacement tires for your car that were manufactured by one of several major brands since January 20, 2020, you may have paid an unlawful or artificially inflated price for this vital part.
We’re excited to announce that associate attorney, Zachary Gussin, has been selected as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s monthly “Next Gen in Law” honorees. This honor is bestowed by the publication upon attorneys who have been practicing for 10 years or less, and who it describes as “rising stars in the Puget Sound region who are helping the business community thrive.”
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that the firm has once more been named to Law360’s select list of Practice Groups of the Year. In the awards’ 14th year, the admission range for case achievements was from October 1, 2022 to October 6, 2023, and for Keller Rohrback included successes in both the Class Action and Environmental practice area categories.
A jury in Portland, Oregon awarded approximately $84 million in compensation from PacifiCorp to nine survivors of the fires that swept across Oregon on Labor Day 2020.
Keller Rohrback takes great pride in announcing three new partners at the firm. Mirén First attained her title from within the firm’s Seattle office, while Jen Wagner and Matt Melamed each made lateral moves from other firms.
Keller Rohrback partners Lynn Sarko, Gretchen Freeman Cappio, and Derek Loeser have been included in Lawdragon’s 2024 500 Leading Lawyers in America list for the third year running.
The New York Times is reporting that blockbuster prescription asthma drug, Singulair (generic, montelukast), might be responsible for inducing states of “aggression, agitation and even suicidal thoughts” in those that taking it.
On the evening of Friday, January 5th, Alaska Airline Flight 1282 had a nearly tragic fuselage panel failure when a plugged emergency exit was ripped from the plane mid-flight, causing a rapid loss of cabin pressure.
Keller Rohrback is excited to welcome associate attorney Katherine Klein to the Complex Litigation team. Katherine, who will be joining the Denver, Colorado office, has significant experience working with environmental and conservation issues. Katherine earned her JD in 2021 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
On December 6, 2023, Keller Rohrback partner David Ko was appointed to the Executive Committee for the Self-Funded Payer Track of the MDL In Re Insulin Pricing Litigation.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to share the news that Judge Kronstadt in the District Court of the Central District of California has granted Final Approval of a settlement between the Toyota Defendants and consumer Plaintiffs in In Re: ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Products Liability Litigation.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that Portland Associate Sarah Osborn has earned the Oregon New Lawyers Division's (ONLD) 2023 Member Services Award. Each year, the ONLD honors one of its members for contributions to the Division membership and mission, which is expressed as assisting new lawyers with the transition to practicing law in Oregon and helping them align with the mission, functions, and values of the Oregon State Bar.
Keller Rohrback is honored to have been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms® rankings. The firm was recognized with multiple tiered rankings in various practice areas and locations that signify a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
This year's Legal Foundation of Washington Associates Campaign was an opportunity for Keller Rohrback associates to strut their trivia stuff, and did they ever! Aided by a trivia contest that was expertly hosted by Adele Daniel, the KR team raised $29,880 for the LFW! The local nonprofit, created in 1984 by the Washington Supreme Court, funds 40 civil legal aid programs that serve low-income citizens throughout the state.
Keller Rohrback proudly announces that associate attorney Adele Daniel has been selected as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s monthly “Next Gen in Law” honorees. The publication confers the respected title upon attorneys who have been practicing for 10 or fewer years, and who it describes as “rising stars in the Puget Sound region who are helping the business community thrive.”
On October 10, 2023, District Court Judge Vince Chhabria, issued an order granting final approval of the $725 million class action settlement in In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation. No. 3:18-md-02843-VC. The settlement represents the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action. Once the appeal period has run, the order paves the way for the Settlement Administrator, Angeion Group, to begin distributing payments to the millions of class members who filed claims.
This year, Keller Rohrback's Seattle office participated in the Elizabeth Gregory Home summer donation drive, providing clothing and vital supplies to this worthy charity. the Elizabeth Gregory Home is a Seattle area non-profit that serves homeless women by providing transitional housing, a Day Center and case management services, while providing a welcoming and respectful refuge where homeless and at-risk women can access compassionate care.
Keller Rohrback is proud to recognize its Juul Labs litigation team for securing Final Approval of the Juul Nationwide Class Action Settlement, which was approved on September 19, 2023.
A recent FDA panel stated that multiple studies have shown that phenylephrine, which is a common ingredient in many of the most popular over-the-counter oral cold medicines such as types of Sudafed, Mucinex and Robitussin, among others, is no better than a placebo in its ability to act as a decongestant.
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that associate attorneys Felicia Craick and Natida Sribhibhadh have been recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal in its monthly feature “Next Gen in Law.”
Did the Maui wildfires destroy your world? The physical destruction of homes, businesses, and personal belongings has been devastating, but the emotional and financial toll imposed by the fire is immeasurable. Although we at Keller Rohrback cannot give you back what you have lost, we can help you hold accountable those who were responsible for this tragedy.
Keller Rohrback was among the first firms in the Country to sue pharmacy benefit managers for conspiring with insulin manufacturers to drive up the cost of insulin for American consumers. These abusive practices continue today, and they increase the costs that cities and counties pay for insulin.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that 22 of our attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 editions of either The Best Lawyers in America® or Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
Keller Rohrback congratulates partner Josh Ross, who was named as one of the Oregon 2023 Super Lawyers Top 50 attorneys. The firm is proud to support Josh in this distinct honor, which recognizes the outstanding work he does on behalf of clients in a wide variety of civil matters. These include trust and estate litigation, shareholder disputes, consumer and securities fraud actions, class actions, breach of professional and fiduciary duty, and property and contract disputes.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. is investigating reports that electric car manufacturer, Tesla, has been rigging its range-estimating software to intentionally show inflated projections for the distance its vehicles can travel on a full battery. But this was not a matter of a mere miscalculation: according to reports, Tesla intentionally programmed its cars to show drivers more realistic range estimates only after the battery fell below 50% of its maximum charge.
Congratulations to Derek Loeser, who was selected to the Washington 2023 Super Lawyers Top 100 list! Keller Rohrback is thrilled to support Derek in this distinct honor, which recognizes his ongoing work in prominent nationwide class-action mass tort cases.
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that 21 of our Seattle attorneys have been named to the 2023 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list of honorees!
Keller Rohrback partner, Ryan McDevitt, was recently recognized by the prominent legal news website, Law360 as one of their 2023 Rising Stars. This exclusive list recognizes attorneys under the age of 40 “whose legal accomplishments belie their age.” Ryan was one of only 83 attorneys recognized nationally as a Rising Star, and only one of 4 recognized in the category of Product Liability.
Keller Rohrback is investigating whether AI companies, such as OpenAI (ChatGPT), Google (Bard), and Meta Platforms (LlaMA), are infringing on the rights of copyright holders and violating consumer protection laws.
Was your property lost or damaged in the catastrophic Marhsall Fire in Boulder County Colorado? More than 1,000 homes and commercial buildings were damaged or destroyed, and approximately 6,000 acres of land were burned, in this tragic but preventable disaster in Boulder County, Colorado. Keller Rohrback wants to help.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. is thrilled to announce that on June 14th, an Oregon jury returned a decision that Berkshire Hathaway owned power company, PacifiCorp, must pay punitive damages for its role in the Labor Day wildfires that that devastated vast areas of Oregon in 2020.
Keller Rohrback associate attorney, Felicia Craick, was recently featured in a King 5 news story discussing the ongoing litigations being brought by school districts from around the country seeking to address the role that social media companies play in the nation’s youth mental health crisis. The story comes in light of the recent public health advisory issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy.
Between February 26, 2023 and March 7, 2023, the largest dental insurer in the nation, Managed Care of North America (MCNA), was subjected to a ransomware attack which compromised the personal and private health information of nearly nine million people across the United States.
Keller Rohrback wants to congratulate the six members of our team recognized by prominent legal media company, Lawdragon, in their 2023 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers guide.
The Keller Rohrback complex litigation team was recently featured in a "Lawdragon limelight." Derek Loeser, Lynn Sarko, and Gretchen Freeman Cappio represented the department for the feature.
Below is an excerpt from the feature titled, "A TEAM TAKING CORPORATIONS TO TASK: COMPLEX LITIGATION AT KELLER ROHRBACK"
Keller Rohrback is thrilled to announce a $235 million settlement with Altria and related companies, in the massive nation-wide JUUL e-cigarette youth vaping predatory advertising, fraud, addiction and injury litigation.
Keller Rohrback was a proud sponsor of the UW (University of Washington) NALSA (Native American Law Student Association) 2023 Salmon Bingo Dinner. The dinner took place on Friday, April 28, at wǝɫǝbʔaltxw (Intellectual House) on the UW campus. The dinner featured Indigenously prepared foods, and bingo with prizes focused on Native-created items or Native-owned businesses.
Keller Rohrback Managing Partner, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, was recently named as one of Law360 “Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar” for 2023. The “Titans” award seeks to recognize influential members of the plaintiffs’ bar who have had significant wins over the past year. Lynn is one of only 12 attorneys recognized for this honor this year.
Please join us in congratulating Managing Partner, Lynn Sarko, for being featured as a 2023 Law360 Titans of The Plaintiffs Bar honoree. Lynn was one of 12 attorneys selected who lead class action and mass torts litigation, shareholder derivative suits, and multidistrict litigation.
March is Women’s History Month, and this month we take a moment to recognize and learn a little bit about women who have served on the United States Supreme Court. The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution. To date, six women have served on the Court, with four of them still actively serving.
Keller Rohrback’s Portland office is growing! Two established Portland lawyers, Josh Ross and Keil Mueller, join Yoona Park in Keller Rohrback’s newest office in Portland, Oregon. These three partners will collaborate closely with KR’s teams in its other six offices to continue the firm’s work in providing valued legal expertise to clients and representing government entities and other plaintiffs in large-scale, impact litigation.
The attorneys and staff of Keller Rohrback are honored to sponsor Elizabeth Gregory Home, supporting the mission of providing homeless and at-risk women with respect, dignity, and empathy.
Keller Rohrback is investigating a potential design flaw that causes ice to build up in certain French door refrigerators causing expensive repair bills and loss of food. Are you affected?
Keller Rohrback is investigating reports that the manufacturer of the drug, Humira, has been using patent manipulation and other tactics to keep competitors out of the market for years in order to keep the price of its blockbuster drug outrageously high.
For the second year in a row, Keller Rohrback partners Gretchen Freeman Cappio and Derek Loeser, along with Managing Partner Lynn Sarko, have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Congratulations to Lynn, Gretchen and Derek on earning this high honor!
