Domestic Violence Awareness Month: How Civil Litigation Empowers Survivors When the Criminal System Falls Short
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and while much of the focus tends to be on the criminal prosecution of abusers, there’s a crucial avenue that often gets overlooked: civil litigation. It’s not the route many think of first, but for countless survivors of domestic violence, it can be the difference...
Unyielding Hope: Navigating the Path to Justice After Systemic Failure
In the labyrinthine corridors of the criminal justice system, victims of sexual abuse often find themselves navigating a maze of hope, despair, and unanswered questions. Such was the journey of a young woman we represented who bravely stepped forward to accuse her cheer coach of molestation, only to watch as the system...
Boeing and Alaska Airlines Deny Legal Responsibility to Passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
The Boeing Company and Alaska Airlines filed answers in federal court on March 11, 2024, which formally admit the NTSB found door plug bolts essential to safe flight were missing. Alaska Airlines admits that passengers at the time of the incident “reported experiencing varying levels of physical and emotional distress” from the...
The Dark Side of AI: Confronting the Deepfake Crisis Targeting Women from Taylor Swift to High School Students
By Deb Silberman
While Taylor Swift was back in rehearsals for the next leg of her Eras Tour, sexually explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift went viral on X. Unlike the millions of Swifties and Taylor’s powerful team who have her back, many young women are facing this trauma alone...
City of Seattle Settles Peaceful Protester Lawsuit for $10M
After George Floyd was brutally murdered on May 25, 2020, the 50 Peaceful Protesters,...
The Stritmatter Firm Files Complaint for Sexual Harassment against the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) and Port of Seattle
Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore (The Stritmatter Firm) is a nationally recognized firm known for representing victims of wrongful death, serious personal injuries, and civil rights lawsuits. The legal team for...
Stritmatter Firm files wrongful death lawsuit against EzriCare and Amazon for contaminated eye drops
Seattle, WA – The Stritmatter Firm filed a wrongful death lawsuit against EzriCare, the brand name of eye drops recalled due to contamination with treatment-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa. The company’s eye drops led to the tragic death of Prafull Thakkar, a husband of 52 years and father of two children. Mr. Thakkar’s death...