About Elisabeth Ruff

Elisabeth K. Ruff is an associate attorney at Adler Giersch in Seattle, Washington, where she brings compassion to every case and focuses on insurance negotiations so clients can concentrate on healing.

Ruff joined Adler Giersch in spring 2022 after five years with the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, where she handled cases from charging through post-conviction and tried more than 30 jury trials.

She earned her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington. She is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Washington State Association for Justice, and supports the Brain Injury Alliance of Washington.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Adler Giersch

These results are credited to Adler Giersch. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$14.6 millionSettlementTop 20 of 2009 · #17

Richard Adler and co-counsel Mike Nelson secured a $14.6 million settlement for Zackery Lystedt, a 13-year-old Tahoma Junior High football player left with catastrophic brain damage after coaches returned him to play following a concussion in October 2006.

King County, WA (Tahoma School District) · 2009Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
Settlement

Adler Giersch attorneys Richard Adler, Melissa Carter, and Arthur Leritz secured a settlement on behalf of the family of Kenney Bui, a 17-year-old Evergreen High School football player who died in October 2015 after being permitted to return to play following an earlier concussion, in a wrongful death case against Highline Public Schools and the physician who cleared him.

King County Superior Court, WA · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Washington School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Washington
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington
American Association for Justice
Washington State Association for Justice
Brain Injury Alliance of Washington (supporter)

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$16.67 million · King County's Largest Asbestos Verdict: $16.67 Million for Camas Paper Mill Worker's Family

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.