Erica Bergmann - Seattle, WA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 2016
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Law Review: Seattle University Law Review, Lead Article Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Washington
    B.A.
    Major: Law Societies & Justice

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Clients

• Kraemer v. Lone Star Industries, Inc. (King County 2021) – $10 million dollar jury verdict for 79-year-old mesothelioma victim and his wife based on World War II era take-home exposures

• Sorrentino v. Volkswagen, No. 85202-7-I, 2024 WL 4224272 – Successfully defended a $4.7 million judgment on appeal in a products liability case involving exposure to asbestos containing brakes manufactured and distributed by Volkswagen.

• Roemmich v. 3M Company, 21 Wn. App. 2d 509 P.3d 306 (2022) – Successfully reversed judgment on a jury verdict for 3M Company based on erroneous jury instructions at trial.

• $4.1 million in settlements to a 77-year-old sheet-metal worker who was employed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

• $3.5 million in settlements to a 66-year-old career insulator who consistently used respiratory protection

• $2 million in settlements for 76-year-old mesothelioma victim with childhood asbestos exposure to plaster and three years of asbestos exposure as a boilermaker

Representative Cases

• Kraemer v. Lone Star Industries, Inc. (King County 2021) – $10 million dollar jury verdict for 79-year-old mesothelioma victim and his wife based on World War II era take-home exposures
• $4.1 million in settlements to a 77-year-old sheet-metal worker who was employed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
• $3.5 million in settlements to a 66-year-old career insulator who consistently used respiratory protection
• $2 million in settlements for 76-year-old mesothelioma victim with childhood asbestos exposure to plaster and three years of asbestos exposure as a boilermaker

Published Works

Articles

• Three out of Four Economists Recommend Raising the Minimum Wage! A Closer Look at the Debate Surrounding Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance, 39 Seattle U. L. Rev 593 (2015).
  

Bar Admissions

• Washington

Other Affiliations

• Washington State Bar Association
• Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
• King County Bar Association
• Washington State Association for Justice
• American Association for Justice