Richard Friedman
About Richard Friedman
Richard H. Friedman built his reputation representing regular people and small businesses injured by large corporations and government entities, winning large verdicts in personal injury, defamation, insurance bad faith, and business torts. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Rick opened a one-lawyer office in Sitka, Alaska and focused on becoming a skilled trial lawyer. Over time, other lawyers sought his help, which led him to write five books for trial lawyers: Rules of the Road, Polarizing the Case, Becoming a Trial Lawyer, The Elements of Trial, and The Way of the Trial Lawyer. He is a member and past president of the Inner Circle of Advocates, whose membership is limited to the 100 top plaintiff trial lawyers in the country, and is also a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 2013, Rick was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Washington State Association for Justice, and in 2019 he received the same honor from the Southern California Trial Lawyers Conference. Five of the firm's verdicts have been ranked in the top ten verdicts in the United States in the years they were returned.
Notable case results
A King County jury awarded $275 million to thirteen Sky Valley Education Center students and families who suffered neurological injuries from PCB-contaminated light fixtures manufactured by Monsanto.
A King County jury awarded three Monroe, Washington teachers $185 million after finding that PCBs manufactured by Monsanto leached from fluorescent light ballasts at their school and caused permanent neurological injuries.
A Clark County jury awarded retired Air Force veteran Michael Washington and his wife Josephine $104 million after finding that propofol manufacturers Teva Parenteral Medicines and Baxter Healthcare knowingly supplied oversized anesthetic vials that clinics routinely reused, spreading hepatitis C to patients.
A King County jury awarded $100 million to four plaintiffs who suffered neurological, hormonal, and cancer-related illnesses after years of exposure to PCBs from defective fluorescent light fixtures at a Monroe, Washington school.
A King County jury awarded $72 million to two former Sky Valley Education Center students who developed chronic neurological injuries after years of PCB exposure from aging fluorescent light fixtures manufactured by Monsanto.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
