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Lara Herrmann

Proven Verdicts
Owner | CEO at Herrmann Law Group
Seattle, WA20 years experience

About Lara Herrmann

Lara Herrmann is the Owner and CEO of Herrmann Law Group, a Seattle- and Tacoma-based firm that has focused exclusively on personal injury law since 1950. A third-generation trial lawyer with over 20 years of experience, she represents victims in aviation disasters, wrongful death, civil rights, and medical malpractice cases. She has advocated for victim families in the Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, won more than $9 million in the Seattle 'Ride the Ducks' case (a Top 50 U.S. Settlement), and has handled major aviation cases including China Airlines CI 611 and Asiana Air 214. CNN has interviewed her as an aviation law expert.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$8.25 millionSettlement

Lara Herrmann secured an $8.25 million mid-trial settlement for four victims of the 2015 Aurora Bridge duck-boat collision, including $7 million for the family of an 18-year-old student killed in the crash.

King County Superior Court, Seattle · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Seattle University School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bar admissions & credentials

Washington Women Lawyers (leadership role)
Trial skills instructor, Louisiana State University Law School

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyer
Rising Star (three times), Washington Law & Politics
Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the U.S. (The National Trial Lawyers)
Top 10 Aviation Trial Lawyer (The National Trial Lawyers)
Top 500 Consumer Lawyer (Law Dragon)

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Luvera Law Firm
Luvera Law Firm
$150 million · King County Jury Awards $150 Million to Families of South Lake Union Crane Collapse Victims
Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore
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
Friedman Rubin
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
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender
$21 million · Jury Awards $21 Million to Former Odessa Brown Clinic Director in Race Discrimination Verdict Against Seattle Children's Hospital
Bernard Law Group
Bernard Law Group
$27.4 million · $27.4 Million Verdict Against San Francisco After MUNI Truck Kills 4-Year-Old on Mission District Sidewalk