About Joe Solseng

Joe has been a tireless advocate and trial attorney for over 33 years. After attending Garfield High School, Columbia University, and Seattle University Law School, he became a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to public corruption cases in New Orleans. He then served as a deputy prosecutor in Okanogan County for three years and in King County for 14 years, gaining a reputation as a tenacious trial attorney in cases involving sexual assault, murder, and other violent crimes, as well as fraud and drug cases.

He spent several years in the Sexually Violent Predators Unit, civilly committing serial sex offenders. After leaving the Prosecutors Office in 2008, he represented banks in civil litigation, trying scores of cases. He has been an adjunct professor of law at Seattle University in trial advocacy and criminal procedure.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$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.

Practice areas

Education

Seattle University School of Law
J.D., 1986
Columbia University
Undergraduate

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Seattle firms

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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
Budge & Heipt, PLLC
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.