About Benjamin Gauen
Ben represents individuals and families harmed by powerful institutions, government agencies, medical providers, and perpetrators who abuse positions of trust. With more than fifteen years as a trial attorney, Ben's practice focuses on complex civil litigation involving civil rights violations, medical negligence, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, sexual abuse and assault, and human trafficking. Before joining Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Ben served as a Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted serious and complex crimes including child sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, homicide, and sex trafficking, successfully trying more than sixty cases to verdict. He also directed the King County Prosecutor's Office anti-human trafficking response. He currently serves as Board Chair for Everstrong, an anti-trafficking organization.
Notable case results
Against the State of Washington for failing to protect a young girl in a foster home who was sexually and physically abused
Against the State of Washington for failing to protect a young boy in a foster home who was sexually and physically abused
Against a psychiatric provider for subjecting a patient to professional malpractice including boundary violations
For a father and his boys seriously injured in a car crash
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
