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Adam Berger

Adam Berger

Seattle, WA
Medical MalpracticeWrongful Death

About Adam Berger

Adam represents individuals who have suffered wrongful death or serious personal injury due to medical malpractice and other causes, employment class actions for wage and hour violations, and consumer class actions arising from deceptive advertising and unfair business practices. He has been with Schroeter Goldmark & Bender since 1999. Prior to joining the firm, he was an attorney with Earthjustice for more than eight years, representing clients in environmental lawsuits throughout the Pacific Northwest. Along with three partners, Adam received the 2013 Award of Merit, the highest honor from the Washington State Bar Association, for pro bono work representing Governor Gregoire in support of the Affordable Care Act. In 2021, he received the Professionalism Award from the Washington State Association for Justice. He was a law clerk for the Honorable Mark L. Wolf of the federal district court for Massachusetts and has been named a Washington Super Lawyer since 2004.

Notable case results

$25 millionVerdict

For class of immigrants who were paid subminimum wages while working in a privately owned and operated detention facility

Reported by the firm
$11+ million

In judgments and settlements for armored car messengers and drivers in employee class actions for failure to provide rest and meal breaks

Reported by the firm
$4.8 millionSettlement

For failure to timely diagnose and treat occluded stent

Reported by the firm
$3 millionSettlement

For medical negligence involving mismanagement of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, resulting in amputation

Reported by the firm
$1.8 millionSettlement

Medical malpractice settlement for woman who suffered permanent brain damage from an undiagnosed intracerebral aneurysm

Reported by the firm

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

Education

Yale Law School
J.D., 1989
Harvard University
Undergraduate, 1985

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