About Jeffery Robinson

Jeff has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1993. He is an elected fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, whose membership is limited to one percent of attorneys in any state, and is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 Criminal Defense Lawyers in Washington State by Washington Law & Politics. Jeff has tried over 200 cases to verdict and represents clients facing investigation or prosecution for white collar crimes and other serious felony charges.

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1981, he spent seven years representing indigent clients at The Defender Association and The Federal Public Defender's Office in Seattle. In private practice at SGB since 1988, he has successfully represented individuals and corporations in state and federal court on charges ranging from first-degree murder to healthcare fraud. He is a faculty member of the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia, and a past President of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Schroeter Goldmark & Bender

These results are credited to Schroeter Goldmark & Bender. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$16.67 millionVerdict

A King County jury awarded Sherrie Holdsworth $16,674,097 against Scapa Waycross after her husband Kevan, a Camas paper mill worker, died of mesothelioma caused by the company's asbestos-containing dryer felts, the largest asbestos verdict in King County history.

King County Superior Court, Seattle WA · 2021Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$6.5 millionSettlement

The family of Jackson Reavis, 22, killed at a Wedgwood intersection Seattle knew was dangerous, settled with the City for $6.5 million after evidence showed the City had already allocated funding for protective left-turn signals but abandoned the project before the fatal crash.

King County / City of Seattle · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$4.4 millionSettlement

The family of Giovonn Joseph-McDade, an unarmed 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by a Kent Police officer in 2017 following a traffic stop for expired registration, settled their federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Kent for $4.4 million in April 2021.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · 2021Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$4.2 millionVerdict

A Multnomah County jury found the Oregon Department of Human Services liable for a child's catastrophic brain injury after a hospital's hotline report of suspected abuse was mishandled and the child was returned home, where he suffered suboxone poisoning and severe abuse nine days later, awarding $29 million that Oregon's tort claims cap reduces to $4.2 million.

Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon · 2026Civil RightsRead the full story →
$3.26 millionVerdict

A King County jury awarded $3,263,230 to Linda O'Brien, a stage-4 breast cancer survivor who was fired by her dental-clinic employer two days after requesting to work from home while contagious with shingles.

King County Superior Court, Seattle WA · 2023Civil RightsRead the full story →

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

Education

Harvard University Law School
J.D., 1981
Marquette University
Undergraduate, 1978

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$150 million · King County Jury Awards $150 Million to Families of South Lake Union Crane Collapse Victims
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$438 million · Jury's $857 Million PCB Verdict for Sky Valley School Students and Parents
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Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore
$123 Million Verdict for Aurora Bridge Duck Boat Crash, Largest Non-Punitive PI Verdict in Washington
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Budge & Heipt, PLLC
$25 million · Federal Jury Awards $25 Million to Jail Detainee Over an Untreated Blood Clot That Cost Him His Leg
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.