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About Kaitlin Cherf
Kaitlin Cherf has practiced at Schroeter Goldmark & Bender since 2018, representing clients in cases involving asbestos-mesothelioma, civil rights, serious personal injury, and wrongful death. Over her decade of experience trying cases across Washington and Oregon, her work has resulted in significant jury awards and settlements, including a verdict that was the largest in Oregon's history for an asbestos-related disease contracted from occupational exposure. She also helped set a record in Washington for a case involving take-home asbestos exposure. Kaitlin earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and attended Seattle University Law School, graduating magna cum laude. During law school, she was a Rule 9 legal intern in the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office and worked with the Honorable Stephen J. Dwyer at the Washington Court of Appeals.
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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.
Warren Wright, a contract foreman, was exposed to asbestos insulation at ExxonMobil's Ferndale, Washington refinery in 1979 and died of mesothelioma in 2015. His son sued, and a jury found ExxonMobil liable and awarded $4 million in 2019. After credits for settlements by other defendants, judgment was entered for $2.27 million. The Washington Supreme Court affirmed on August 3, 2023.
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