About Brendan Little

Brendan Little is a Partner at Oslund Udo Little, PLLC in Seattle, Washington. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Washington in 2006 and his Juris Doctor cum laude from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 2010, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Law and Policy. He is admitted to practice in Washington, Oregon, New York, and New Jersey. Little's practice focuses on mesothelioma and asbestos exposure litigation, asbestos-related lung cancer, VA mesothelioma claims, and wrongful death mesothelioma claims.

His results include a $30 million jury verdict in 2022 in Multnomah County, Oregon against Ameron Corporation in a mesothelioma case, $11 million in settlements for a union boilermaker with mesothelioma, $6.4 million in settlements in a vermiculite exposure case, and $5.1 million in settlements for a pipefitter's asbestos exposure case. He has also represented whistleblowers, contributing to a $42.6 million settlement in U.S. v. UTC Laboratories and a $117 million settlement in U.S. v. Universal Health Services. He was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in New York in 2019 and in Seattle in 2021, and holds the WSAJ Eagle Badge for 2025 and a Super Lawyers Badge for 2026.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$4.7 millionVerdict

A King County jury found Volkswagen liable for selling brake parts that exposed a Spokane Volkswagen mechanic to unwarned asbestos, causing his fatal mesothelioma. The jury awarded $5.75 million in December 2022, which the trial court reduced to $4.7 million. The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment against both Volkswagen Group of America and its German parent company in September 2024, rejecting challenges to the verdict, the denied jury instructions, and personal jurisdiction over the parent. Volkswagen Group of America did not seek further review and acknowledged that the judgment against it would stand regardless of its parent's petition to the state Supreme Court, which denied review in early 2025.

King County Superior Court, Washington (affirmed by the Washington Court of Appeals, Division One) · 2022Product 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

Washington University School of Law
J.D., 2010
University of Washington
Undergraduate, 2006

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington
State Bar of Oregon
State Bar of New York
State Bar of New Jersey

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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.