Michael T. Pfau - Seattle, WA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991
    J.D.
    Honors: Moot Court Semi-Finalist

• Non Legal Education

  • Boston College, 1987
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Boston College Scholar of the College
    Honors: Order of the Cross and Crown
    Honors: Dean's List, 1983-1987
    Honors: Golden Key Honor Society
    Honors: National Dean's List
    Major: Philosophy and Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Cases

• $95,000,000+ class action total judgment on a $57M jury verdict for 22,000 home care workers, believed to be the largest class action verdict against DSHS of its kind
• $40,000,000 bankruptcy settlement for 70 victims of sexual assault by Jesuit priests
• $31,000,000 bankruptcy settlement for 74 victims of sexual abuse by members of the Spokane Catholic Diocese
• $12,125,000 settlement for victims of sexual abuse at the hands of a Seattle Archdiocese priest
• $10,150,000 settlement for 9 victims of sexual abuse by a notorious pedophile Catholic priest
• Eight figure settlement in a premise liability case against a private business owner and a security company
• $6,500,000 settlement for 5 plaintiffs who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest at a high school
• $5,570,000 settlement for 19 victims of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church of New Orleans
• $4,600,000 settlement for 25 victims of sexual assault by members of the Illinois Catholic Church
• $4,232,000 Jury Verdict for 2 victims of sexual assault by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church)
• $3,000,000 sexual abuse settlement against DSHS
• $2,100,000 wrongful death settlement with DSHS for father of a 3-year-old boy killed by the mother’s boyfriend, who CPS should have known was a chronic child abuser
• $1,200,000 settlement for a victim of sexual assault by a Catholic priest
• $1,000,000 settlement for the victim who died during a police arrest

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Washington
• Illinois

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• King County Bar Association
• Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
• Washington State Association for Justice (Board of Governors)
• Washington State Association for Justice Foundation Board (Secretary/Treasurer)
• National Crime Victims Bar Association (Board Member)