Matthew P. Bergman
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821 2nd Avenue, Suite 2100, Seattle, WA 98104
About Matthew P. Bergman
Practice Areas
- Civil Rights
Education
- Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon, 1989J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Alumni Board
- Honors: Law School Board of Visitors, 2007-Present
- Honors: Distinguished Alumni Award, 2009
Show More - Reed CollegeB.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Sociology
Representative Cases
- Rublee v. Carrier Corp., 192 Wn.2d 190, 428 P.3d 1207 (2018)
- Walston v. Boeing Co., 181 Wn.2d 391, 334 P.3d 519 (2014)
- Macias v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc., 175 Wn.2d 402, 282 P.3d 1069 (2012)
- Simonetta v. Viad Corp., 165 Wn.2d 341, 197 P.3d 127 (2008)
- Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings, 165 Wn.2d 373, 198 P.3d 493 (2008)
- Sales v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 138 Wn. App. 222, 156 P.3d 303 (2007)
- CBS Corp. v. Ulbricht
- Leren v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc.
- Brandes v. Brand Insulations, Inc
- Estate of Brandes v. Brand Insulations, Inc.
- Kalahar v. Alcoa, Inc
- Ehlert v. Brand Insulations, Inc
- Kennedy v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc
- Montaney v. J-M Mfg. Co., Inc
- Arnold v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc.
- Payne v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc
- Taylor v. Union Carbide Corp
- Rochon v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc
- Clare v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc
- Fox v. Alcoa, Inc
- McKenzie v. A.W. Chesterson Co
- Stephens v. Union Pac. R.R. Co
- United States v. Trident Seafoods Corp
Classes and Seminars
- Lewis & Clark Law school, Professor
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Washington
- Oregon
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice
- Oregon State Bar Association
- Multnomah Bar Association
- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
- Washington State Association for Justice
- Washington State Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
- Kitsap County Bar Association
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
Past Positions
- Weinstein & Bergman, Partner, 1997 - 2000
- Law Office of James D. Burns, Associate Attorney, 1995 - 1996
- Heller Ehrman White & Mcauliffe, Associate Attorney, 1991 - 1995
- United States Court of Appeals-Tenth Circuit, Law Clerk to Judge Bobby R. Baldock, 1989 - 1991
- Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon, Law Clerk, 1986 - 1987
- United States Court of Appeals-Ninth Circuit, Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Judicial Extern, 1985 - 1986
Articles
Published Works
- To Save the World (January 13, 2010). The Huffington Post.
- The Obama Manifesto (December 1, 2009). The Huffington Post.
- To Fix a Flat (October 24, 2009). The Huffington Post.
- A Thousand Shillings (April 7, 2009). The Huffington Post.
- An Afternoon on the Mara (November 3, 2008). The Huffington Post.
- Montesquieu’s Theory of Governed and the Framing of the American Constitution 18 Pepperdine Law Review 1 (1991)
- Status, Contract, and History: A Dialectical View, 13 Cardozo L. Rev. 171 (1991)
- Dissent in the Judicial Process: Discord in Service of Harmony, 68 Denver University Law Review 79 (1991) a Flat (October 24, 2009)
- The Roads of Africa: Moving Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons (November 10, 2010). The Huffington Post.
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
Nearby Lawyers
- Civil Rights
- 0.2 mile away
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