Patricia Anderson
Luvera Law Firm
Patricia Anderson is a personal injury, wrongful death and railroad accidents trial lawyer with Luvera Law Firm in Seattle, Washington. J.D., Seattle University School of Law (1987).
Meet Patricia
Patricia E. Anderson is a trial lawyer with Luvera Law Firm in Seattle, Washington, where she has practiced since 1997. She represents people seriously injured and families of those killed in rail disasters, construction failures, defective product cases and vehicle and pedestrian crashes.
Much of her trial work has been in partnership with David Beninger. Together they won a verdict of more than $10 million in federal court in Tacoma for a passenger hurt in the 2017 Amtrak derailment near DuPont, and they represented the family of Alan Justad in the trial over the 2019 South Lake Union crane collapse, which ended in a $150 million verdict. They also secured a $40 million settlement for people on the ground injured in the KOMO helicopter crash, after five weeks of trial, and successfully defended a $38.25 million verdict for a bicyclist on appeal. With Ed Fisher of Provost Umphrey, she obtained a verdict of more than $10 million against Genie Industries over a dangerously designed manlift.
Anderson earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Whitworth College and her law degree with honors from Seattle University School of Law in 1987. She is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College, where she now teaches, and also teaches trial advocacy with Justice Advocacy Africa. She serves on the Amicus Foundation Board of the Washington State Association for Justice and has held leadership roles with the Denny Creek Neighborhood Alliance and Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., with honors, Seattle University School of Law (1987)
- B.A., magna cum laude, Whitworth College
- Graduate, Trial Lawyers College
Practice Areas
- Washington State Association for Justice (Amicus Foundation Board; Judicial Relations Committee; Awards Committee)
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Trial Lawyers College (Graduate; Faculty)
- Justice Advocacy Africa (Trial Advocacy Instructor)
- Denny Creek Neighborhood Alliance (Past President and Board Member)
- Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center (Past Board Member)
- Amnesty International Group 624 (Founding Member)
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Washington Super Lawyers
- Top National Trial Lawyer
- $150 Million Verdict: With David Beninger, represented the family of Alan Justad in the trial over the 2019 South Lake Union crane collapse in Seattle; the verdict covered two families who lost loved ones.
- Over $10 Million Verdict: Obtained with David Beninger in U.S. District Court in Tacoma (February 2020) against Amtrak for a passenger injured in the 2017 DuPont derailment.
- $40 Million Settlement: With David Beninger, resolved claims for ground victims of the KOMO helicopter crash after five weeks of trial.
- $38.25 Million Verdict Upheld: With David Beninger, won the 2017 appeal of a jury verdict for a bicyclist struck by a valet driver.
- $12 Million Arbitration Award: Private arbitration award for the death of a former police chief and injuries to his wife in a car crash.
- $10.6 Million Arbitration Award: Private arbitration award for a 27-year-old man struck in a crosswalk by a semi-truck.
- Over $10 Million Verdict: Obtained in 2018 with Ed Fisher of Provost Umphrey against Genie Industries for injuries caused by a dangerously designed one-person manlift.
- $9 Million and $7.75 Million Verdicts: In 2019 assisted Sean Driscoll of Clifford Law Offices with two trials against Amtrak.
- $8 Million Verdict: Jury verdict after a two-week trial for a man struck in a crosswalk by a negligent driver.
- $6 Million Settlement: Settlement for a worker who suffered an electrical brain injury when electrocuted by overhead power lines on a roadway construction site.
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