Ian Bauer

Ian Bauer represents vulnerable children, developmentally disabled adults, the elderly, and others who are victims of severe abuse or neglect. Before entering private practice, Ian spent time as a lawyer in the Washington State Attorney General's Office defending state agencies against the same type of abuse and neglect cases he now handles for plaintiffs, giving him unique insight into how institutional defendants operate. He has been selected by LawDragon as one of the nation's Leading Plaintiffs Lawyers (2022-2024), listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2024-2025) for Personal Injury Litigation, holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review rating, and is a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 member. Ian is admitted in Washington, Oregon, New York, California, the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington.