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About Gemma Zanowski
Gemma Zanowski is a first-generation immigrant raised by her father, and decided she wanted to be a lawyer at age seven. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona with degrees in Journalism and Psychology and went on to earn her J.D. cum laude from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. She focuses on serious personal injury cases, including dog attacks, drunk-driver crashes, premises liability, government liability, nursing home abuse, and wrongful death. She obtained a $21.5 million verdict in a dangerous dog mauling case against King County, and was part of the team on the $10 million Black Lives Matter injured protesters lawsuit. She is known for her use of storytelling and persuasive advocacy in the courtroom.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore
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A King County jury awarded $123 million to 40 plaintiffs after five international students were killed and dozens injured when a Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle suffered a catastrophic axle fracture on Seattle's Aurora Bridge in 2015.
A Pierce County jury awarded $44.7 million to an EMT and volunteer firefighter left with permanent injuries after an SUV driver turned left through an uncontrolled intersection and into his path, a verdict Washington courts later upheld in full.
Washington state paid $28 million to a young woman left quadriplegic after her car struck an unguarded overpass pillar on I-5 near DuPont, where WSDOT had funding and a plan to install a protective barrier but never completed the work.
King County paid its largest personal injury settlement on record after a 38-year-old mother of two was mauled by two dogs the county had repeatedly been warned about but failed to remove.
Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore secured a $10 million settlement from the City of Seattle on behalf of more than 50 protesters who were struck by blast balls, tear gas, and other crowd-control weapons deployed by Seattle Police Department officers during the May and June 2020 George Floyd demonstrations.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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