Patricia Anderson

Patricia Anderson joined Luvera Law Firm in 1997 and has built a record of major verdicts and settlements in personal injury and wrongful death cases. In February 2020, she and David Beninger obtained a verdict of over $10 million against Amtrak for a passenger injured in the 2017 DuPont derailment. Together they also obtained the $150 million crane collapse verdict that included approximately $52 million for the Justad family. In 2019, she assisted with two Amtrak trials resulting in verdicts of $9 million and $7.75 million. In 2018, she and co-counsel obtained a verdict of over $10 million against Genie Industries for injuries caused by a dangerously designed manlift. Other results include a $38.25 million verdict for a bicyclist hit by a valet driver, a $40 million settlement for ground victims of the KOMO helicopter crash, an $8 million jury verdict for a man hit in a crosswalk, a $12 million arbitration award for a police chief fatality, a $10.6 million arbitration award for a pedestrian struck by a semi-truck, and a $6 million settlement for an electrical brain injury. Anderson teaches trial advocacy at the Trial Lawyers College and Justice Advocacy Africa. She serves on the Amicus Foundation Board of WSAJ and is regularly recognized as a Best Lawyer in America, a Washington Super Lawyer, and a Top National Trial Lawyer. She graduated magna cum laude from Whitworth College and earned her J.D. with honors from Seattle University School of Law in 1987.