PLG Wins $2.8 million jury verdict.

PLG won a $2.8 million jury trial verdict in King County Superior Court where it represented a medical malpractice plaintiff who was first diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder in her early sixties and whose inadequately treated mania resulted in the plaintiff becoming psychotic and causing a fire in her home. She was arrested and spent 10 months in jail, before being released to supervised medical care.  Here is the Jury's Verdict .

PLG and Co-Counsel Win Class Action Certification for Washington Mercedes Benz Purchasers.

PLG obtained class certification for a class of Washington Mercedes Benz purchasers who were no longer able to use their analog Tele-Aid equipment after 2007 and were forced either to stop using it or to spend significant sums to replace it with digital equipment.  The case is in Multi-District Litigation in federal court in New Jersey before Judge Debevoise who issued the class certification order governing the Washington class and classes from a number of other states. Here is the Order Granting Class Certification.

PLG Wins Defense Judgment and Appeal in Discrimination Suits Against Fortune 500 Company
PLG won summary judgment for a pharmaceutical company in a suit brought by an ex-employee for race, gender and age discrimination. See 2008 WL 3166385 (2008).  It then prevailed in a second suit by the same ex-employee (see 2009 WL 586281 (2009)) and won both Ninth Circuit appeals (see 2010 WL 331385 (2010), as to which the United States Supreme Court recently denied certiorari.

PLG Wins Five Summary Judgments, Ending Antitrust and RICO Case Prior to Trial.

As a Nevada case approached trial, PLG was asked to step in and assume representation of a Fortune 500 company that had been sued by a competitor for alleged RICO and antitrust violations.  In three short months, PLG won five successive summary judgment motions, leading to elimination of multi-million dollar exposure, extremely favorable settlement of the case in February 2009, and avoidance of trial.

PLG Wins Attorney Fee Award of $359,749
After winning a jury trial verdict for a homeowner against a real estate agent under the Consumer Protection Act, the trial court awarded plaintiffs all  their requested fees.  In doing so, the court made a number of findings regarding PLG's representation, including:  "The Court specifically finds that the lodestar and plaintiffs' counsel's rates are reasonable, that plaintiff's counsel was efficient, and that the quality of plaintiff's counsel's presentation justifies the award in this case."

PLG and Northwest Justice Project Win Settlement for Mexican Guest Workers

In July 2008, PLG and Northwest Justice Project won a successful settlement on behalf of 597 Mexican guest workers who worked in eastern Washington during 2007 under the federal H-2A guest worker program.  Under the settlement, all guest workers who asserted collective action wage claims will be compensated as required under federal guest worker and minimum wage laws.

PLG Protects Intellectual Property Rights in Jonathan Livingston Seagull 
After winning important summary judgments for the author and photographer for the iconic book against a large multi-level marketing company that made the book and photo an integral part of its brand, PLG obtained a settlement resolving trademark and copyright claims covering a quarter century of alleged infringement.

PLG Obtains $5.1 Million Settlement on Behalf of Washington Borrowers in Deceptive Lending Practices Lawsuit against Subprime Lender 
NovaStar Mortgage agreed to pay $5.1 million to resolve the claims of approximately 1,600 of NovaStar’s Washington borrowers whose class action suit regarding NovaStar’s unfair and deceptive practices was days from trial in federal court in Tacoma.  The case alleged that NovaStar charged borrowers higher interest rates because of hidden fees NovaStar paid their mortgage brokers.  The settlement fully compensated the 1,600 class members for their higher interest payments on their loans.  Bergman and Frockt was co-counsel in the case.  PLG continues to prosecute claims for borrowers who have been treated unfairly by lenders and mortgage brokers.

Appellate Victories

In 2007 and 2008, PLG won a string of six consecutive appellate victories, including one in the Washington Supreme Court and five in the Washington Court of Appeals.  Increasingly, PLG is counsel of choice for lawyers and parties seeking to preserve trial court victories or reverse trial court rulings on appeal.

PLG Named to Corporate Counsel's Go-To List of Law Firms
Phillips Law Group has been named to Corporate Counsel’s list of Fortune 500 law firms.  Law firms must be nominated by Fortune 500 companies, and PLG represents several such companies.