About Kenneth Friedman

Ken Friedman has been a trial lawyer for over 35 years, starting as a Public Defender in Seattle in 1987. He has served as lead attorney in over 100 jury trials in state and federal courts across 11 states. Ken is a member and past president of the Damage Attorneys Round Table (DART), a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). He holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is licensed in Washington, Alaska, Montana, Oregon, and Kentucky state courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal circuits. He is known for obtaining substantial verdicts in cases involving insurance bad faith, personal injury, and traumatic brain injury.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$5.1 millionSettlement

A 17-year-old girl was struck in a marked crosswalk near Olympic High School in Kitsap County, Washington, in December 2012. During the fourth week of trial in February 2017, Kitsap County and the driver settled her claims, and the county agreed to add a second streetlight. Her award totaled $5.1 million, and her 15-year-old brother, who witnessed the crash, received a separate $600,000 settlement.

Pierce County Superior Court, Tacoma, Washington · 2017Premises LiabilityRead 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
J.D.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington
State Bar of Alaska
State Bar of Montana
State Bar of Oregon
State Bar of Kentucky

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$111 million · King County Verdict Holds Two Crane Companies to $111 Million for the South Lake Union Collapse
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Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore
$123 Million Verdict for Aurora Bridge Duck Boat Crash, Largest Non-Punitive PI Verdict in Washington
Budge & Heipt, PLLC
Budge & Heipt, PLLC
$25 million · Federal Jury Awards $25 Million to Jail Detainee Over an Untreated Blood Clot That Cost Him His Leg
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender
$16.67 million · King County's Largest Asbestos Verdict: $16.67 Million for Camas Paper Mill Worker's Family
Dearie Law Group, P.S.
Dearie Law Group, P.S.
$130 million · Pierce County Jury Awards $130 Million Over Death of 2-Year-Old the State and Her Daycare Failed to Protect

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