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Who We Are
Matthew P. Bergman
Matthew is nationally known for his work in product liability litigation and has recovered over $950 million on behalf of his clients. He has litigated over 1,200 product liability cases, conducted over 25 jury trials, and has been counsel in over 20 reported appellate cases.
Washington Super Lawyers (since 2005)
National Trial Lawyers – Top 100
Political Organizer for the AFL-CIO, Voter Registration and Education Campaigns
Lewis & Clark Law School Distinguished Graduate Award 2009
Brendan Little
Brendan moved to Seattle in 2019, where he represents victims of defective and dangerous products.. He has helped clients suffering from mesothelioma recover tens of millions of dollars in settlements and was part the trial team that obtained a $4.25 million verdict on behalf of a victim of mesothelioma in 2019.
Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), J.D., 2010, cum laude
Associate Editor, Journal of Law and Policy
University of Washington, B.S. Economics, 2006
Super Lawyers Rising Star 2019 (New York), 2021 (Seattle)
Laura Marquez-Garrett
Laura Marquez-Garrett has spent her twenty-year career handling complex litigation matters and business disputes. For the last decade of that, her focus and specialization has been on all things electronic discovery. Laura has served as special discovery counsel for clients and law firms, and has consulted on all manner of data and discovery-related innovations, issues, and disputes.
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., magna cum laude, 1999
Seattle Parkinson’s Project, Former Member of the Board of Directors
Harvard Latino Law Review, Editor-in-Chief (2001-2002)
“Future Star,” Benchmark Litigation (2016-2021)
Madeline
Bergman
Madeline joined Social Media Victims Law Center in March 2022 after spending approximately two years at Bergman Draper Oslund Udo as a full-time attorney as well as doing her internship there. She graduated from Linfield College with a bachelor’s degree in political science. In law school, she clerked for Waters Kraus and Paul in Los Angeles for two summers. Through her involvement in these two firms, she focused on and gained invaluable experience in the field of toxic tort litigation. The insights collected from her time there helped stem her passion for holding corporations accountable for the injuries they cause.
Lewis and Clark Law School, 2019
Linfield College, 2016
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Frequently Asked Questions
We only handle cases on a contingent fee basis. This means that we are paid a portion of any recovery obtained in the case and you do not owe us any attorneys’ fees if the lawsuit does not result in a recovery.
Every case is unique. Our attorneys will work with your family to evaluate your potential case and help you evaluate whether filing a lawsuit or other legal proceeding is in your family’s best interest. Generally speaking, the types of cases we handle involve serious mental health effects, including attempted or completed suicide, eating disorders, inpatient mental health treatment, or sexual trafficking/exploitation that was caused by or contributed to through addictive or problematic social media use by teens and young adults.
We are a law firm based near Seattle, WA comprised of lawyers who have spent their entire careers representing victims who have been harmed by dangerous products. We are also parents. Shocked and troubled by the recent revelations about the harm caused to teens and young adults by social media platforms, which powerful technology companies have designed to be highly addictive, Social Media Victims Law Center was launched specifically to help families and children who have suffered serious mental harm or exploitation through social media use to obtain justice.
