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About Selena Hoffman
Selena Hoffman is a member of the firm's post-trial and appellate team in Seattle, focusing on identifying compelling strategies to fight appeals when formidable entities challenge trial court decisions in favor of plaintiffs. She completed a three-year clerkship under the Honorable Stephen J. Dwyer at the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I, then spent many years as an appellate attorney advocating for individuals pursuing federal disability benefits, before returning to Division I as a senior law clerk. Her clerkship experience gives her a profound understanding of how individual judges approach legal issues. Selena graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2010 and summa cum laude from Ohio University with a degree in anthropology. She is a Washington State Association for Justice EAGLE Member and active in Pierce County Washington Women Lawyers.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala (PCVA)
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A King County jury awarded $165 million to eight former Sky Valley Education Center employees, including the estate of one deceased plaintiff, after finding Pharmacia LLC liable for selling PCB-containing fluorescent light ballasts without adequate warning.
A Pierce County jury awarded William Tisdale $91 million after he was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat outside an APRO-owned Union 76 convenience store in Parkland, Washington, leaving him with multiple skull fractures and permanent cognitive damage.
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.
A Thurston County jury awarded $57 million to roughly 22,000 live-in home-care providers after finding that Washington's Department of Social and Health Services unlawfully cut their pay through an automatic 15 percent reduction in authorized care hours.
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