Derek Radtke
No Recovery, No Attorney Fees. Free Consultation.
Derek grew up in Edmonds, WA. After High School he attended Shoreline Community College, in Seattle, WA, earning an AA degree in Audio Engineering. He changed focus, attended the University of Washington, and graduated with a BA in English, with Writing Emphasis. He completed his Juris Doctorate at Gonzaga School of Law in 1997. He worked his entire way through college. Since being admitted to the Washington Bar in 1997 his focus has been on litigation of personal injury cases on behalf of injured parties. For the last 20 years, he worked as a trial attorney with two different mid-size firms that focused on personal injury. He has resolved approximately 1500 cases. He tried his first jury trial in 1999 and has tried cases regularly since. In October 2017 he opened this own firm.
Derek is admitted to practice in all Washington State Courts, in Federal Court for the Eastern and Western District of Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Derek is an Eagle Member of the Washington State Association for Justice (formerly the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association). He is also an arbitrator in King and Snohomish Counties. Outside of law, he enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, hiking, travelling and attending Husky Football games.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Maritime Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Brain Injury
- Motorcycle Collisions
- Auto and Trucking Collisions
- Slip and Trip and Fall
- Workers Compensation--Third Party Actions
- Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
33.33% Pre-Suit; 40% Litigation
- Washington
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- 9th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- United States District Court Eastern District of Washington
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- United States District Court Western District of Washington
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Owner/Trial Attorney
- Radtke Law Firm
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- Senior Trial Attorney
- Phillips Law Firm
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- Trial Lawyer
- BUCKLEY & ASSOCIATES
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- Gonzaga University School of Law
- J.D. (1997) | Law
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- University of Washington
- B.A. (1993) | English
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- Washington State Bar Association # 27277
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- Who's Who in American Law
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- Washington State Association for Justice
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- WSAJ Public Affairs Committee
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- A Squirrel Goes Into a Bar
- WSTLA Trial News
- Arbitration Cases you should Know
- WSTLA Trial News
- Negligent Driver and Defective Vehicle Cause Severe Leg Injury
- WSTLA Trial News
- Farmers Gets Hammered
- WSTLA Trial News
- State Encroachment into Tribal Sovereignty by means of the Assimilative Crimes Act 19 Whittier L. Rev. 665
