About Alden Byrd
Alden Byrd is a litigation attorney at Washington Law Center who focuses on representing workers injured on the job, handling matters from initial filings through appeals. He brings a unique perspective to his practice, having started his career representing employers in workplace injury matters before transitioning to advocate exclusively for injured workers. This background gives him insight into how claims are evaluated and contested, allowing him to anticipate challenges and build stronger cases for clients.
Alden earned his bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University and graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law. He joined Washington Law Center in 2015 and has spent more than a decade fighting to secure the benefits his clients deserve. He volunteers with the Housing Justice Project and lives in Seattle with his wife, two children, and dogs.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Washington Law Center
These results are credited to Washington Law Center. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Pierce County jury awarded $16.7 million to the family of a pregnant Puyallup woman who died of H1N1 influenza after Summit View Clinic failed to tell her that Tamiflu was available to treat the infection. Ashton Dennis of Washington Law Center served as co-counsel for the family alongside Connelly Law Offices.
University Place School District agreed to pay $9.5 million to three former students sexually abused by volunteer wrestling coach David O'Connor, settling days before a scheduled four-week trial. Washington Law Center's Ashton Dennis served as co-counsel with Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala.
University Place School District agreed to pay $4.25 million to six former student-athletes who were sexually abused by convicted sex offender David O'Connor while he served as a volunteer wrestling coach at Curtis Junior High and Curtis High School.
Washington Law Center secured a $3.5 million settlement against the Marysville School District after two former students came forward with claims that art teacher and cheerleading adviser Kurt Hollstein sexually abused them in a school darkroom during the mid-1980s.
Washington Law Center attorney Ashton Dennis secured a $1 million settlement from the Marysville School District on behalf of a male former student who said art teacher Kurt Hollstein sexually assaulted him on school grounds starting in 1981, when the victim was approximately 14 years old.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
