Rail Crossing Safety to Improve – a Little
By Daniel R. Laurence
The Biden administration has just announced $560 million in grants to help railroad and municipalities improve plan, design, and build at-grade rail crossings around the country, as part of $3 billion allocated to railroad safety over the next five years...
“Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people.”
So says Justice Sotomayor today. I had prepared a nice post about another important LGBTQI+ civil rights case here in Washington, known as the Arlene’s Flowers case. In that case, a flower shop refused to provide floral services to a gay couple for their wedding because the...
Pride Month – Mary Jo Davis v. GUESS
By Melanie Nguyen and Kristin Michaud
In celebration of Pride Month 2023, Stritmatter Law is highlighting key legislation and cases in Washington involving LGBTQ+ issues. This week, we are focusing on the 2002 Washington case involving Mary Jo Davis and her ground-breaking discrimination...
Stritmatter Law Celebrates Pride Month!
By Shannon Kilpatrick
It’s Pride this month! To celebrate, we wanted to highlight a few of the ways the legislative and judicial branches of Washington provide legal protections for the queer community. The Washington Law Against Discrimination is one of the most...
Older Americans Month: The Age of Ageism?
By: Keith Kessler
“Getting old isn’t for the faint of heart.”
— Mae West (lived to age 89)
Patient: Doctor, it seems like it's been...
Three Stritmatter attorneys named “Best Personal Injury Lawyers” in Seattle
We are so proud to announce that Forbes Advisor recently named three of our Stritmatter attorneys – Karen Koehler, Andrew Ackley, and Lisa Benedetti – as “Best Personal Injury Lawyers” in Seattle in 2023!
Check out Forbes Advisor and below why they...
Is Improper Sanitization the Likely Cause of Virginia Mason Klebsiella Pneumoniae Bacterial Outbreak?
The last thing a sick patient and their family worry about upon admission to a hospital – is that something dangerous in the hospital environment may further sicken or kill them.
But in 1846, after puzzling over the reason for high disease and death rates...
Celebrating Women’s History Month – Honoring Representative Lynn Kessler
In honor of Women's History...
Our Daughter Toys with the Supreme Court
By Daniel R. Laurence
When our second-born, Julia, decided to go to law school, we weren’t surprised. Growing up, I told her how I have enjoyed the practice, had many interesting cases, and how rewarding it is to represent people who need our help. On our way to...
Black History Month Series – Ed Moore
By: Furhad Sultani
To close out our celebration of Black History Month, we’d like to honor our very own attorney at Stritmatter Law, Ed Moore. Ed has been practicing police misconduct and civil rights cases for decades.
After graduating from the University of Texas...