October 06, 2025
A federal judge in Washington state has confirmed a $203,523 JAMS arbitration award issued to a Seattle-area lawyer, permanently ending the attorney's disability bias suit against a personal injury firm he alleged fired him over an alcoholism relapse.
March 13, 2024
Disability bias claims from a former partner who accused a Seattle personal injury law firm of illegally firing him after an alcoholism relapse must be arbitrated, a Washington federal judge said, ruling that employment agreements he signed required out-of-court resolution while nixing a fee-shifting clause.
December 14, 2023
A former partner with Seattle personal injury law firm Adler Giersch PS was falsely accused of impropriety and illegally fired after he had an alcoholic relapse, according to a complaint filed Thursday in Washington federal court alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.