Budge & Heipt, PLLC

About Budge & Heipt, PLLC

Budge & Heipt is a Seattle civil rights litigation firm representing families of people who have died or suffered serious injuries in jails, prisons, and police encounters. The firm accepts a small number of cases each year to focus on egregious instances of in-custody neglect, abuse, and excessive force. Since founding in 1998, attorneys at the firm have recovered more than $180 million in verdicts and settlements for clients nationwide.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Seattle firms

Luvera Law Firm

$150 million · King County Jury Awards $150 Million to Families of South Lake Union Crane Collapse Victims

Proven verdicts (9) →•Wrongful Death

Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore

$123 million · $123 Million Verdict for Victims of Aurora Bridge Duck Boat Crash -- Largest Non-Punitive PI Trial Verdict in Washington History

Proven verdicts (8) →•Product Liability

Friedman Rubin

$438 million (approximately, as reduced August 2024; further appeal pending; $857 million gross verdict) · $857 Million Verdict for Sky Valley School Victims Poisoned by Monsanto PCBs

Proven verdicts (7) →•Product Liability

Schroeter Goldmark & Bender

$21 million · Jury Awards $21 Million to Former Odessa Brown Clinic Director in Race Discrimination Verdict Against Seattle Children's Hospital

Proven verdicts (7) →

Herrmann Law Group

$8.25 million · Four Ride the Ducks Crash Victims Settle for $8.25 Million Mid-Trial

Proven verdicts (4) →•Wrongful Death