Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore

What Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore does

Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore is a Washington State plaintiff-side law firm founded in 1945 that specializes in serious personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, and class action cases. The firm operates from three offices — Seattle (headquarters), Hoquiam (the original 1945 location), and Spokane (opened in January 2025 through a partnership with Layman Law Firm) — and serves individual plaintiffs and class members throughout Washington State. Its professional bench includes more than 15 practicing personal injury attorneys plus a professional support staff, with a senior team anchored by Senior Managing Partner Karen Koehler ("The Velvet Hammer"), Senior Partner Brad Moore, Senior Partner Emeritus Paul Stritmatter, Partner Keith Kessler, and Senior Partner Ray Kahler.

The firm's core offering is contingency-fee legal representation: clients pay no out-of-pocket fees and the firm earns a percentage of any financial recovery, advancing litigation costs that are typically reimbursed from settlement proceeds. Practice areas span automobile, motorcycle, and trucking accidents; product liability (including Amazon marketplace products); medical malpractice; aviation accidents; premises liability; government liability; maritime injury; insurance bad faith; wrongful death; and civil rights and class action litigation. The underlying technology stack consists of advanced e-discovery software, sophisticated case management systems, and "select AI tools" intended to enhance litigation workflows and client outcomes. Marketing and distribution run through a multi-channel mix: a content-heavy website, The Velvet Hammer podcast, CLE webinars for fellow attorneys, social media, earned press (Law360, Seattle Times, Oregonian), and a referral/co-counsel network.

Notable case results include a $123 million jury verdict in 2019 (Ride the Ducks Aurora Bridge Crash, the largest nonpunitive plaintiff personal injury verdict in Washington state history), a $44.7 million motorcycle crash verdict in 2022 (largest motorcycle verdict in the state), a $67.5 million class action settlement (Smith v. Behr Process Corporation), a $21.5 million dog mauling settlement, and a $10 million settlement for 50 George Floyd/BLM peaceful protesters against the City of Seattle. The firm reports more than 250 cases resulting in over $1 million verdicts or settlements in the last 15 years. Active high-profile matters include the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 litigation against Boeing, juvenile detention sexual abuse litigation, and the Gas Works Park nuisance lawsuit against the City of Seattle.

Name

Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore

Legal name

Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore

Website

https://stritmatter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore is a Washington State plaintiff law firm founded in 1945 that represents individuals in serious personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, and class action cases on a contingency fee basis from offices in Seattle, Hoquiam, and Spokane.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff Personal Injury Law

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG), Healthcare Professional Liability (Med Mal) (FSAJAGAE)

Keywords

• Personal injury litigation
• Wrongful death representation
• Civil rights trial law
• Contingency fee legal services
• Plaintiff class actions

Headquarters

HQ city

Wausau

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: Personal injury cases handled on contingency fee basis - fee is a percentage of total financial recovery only if client obtains a financial recovery. No fees out of pocket for clients. Litigation costs are advanced by the firm and typically reimbursed after successful case resolution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stritmatter Law is a plaintiff-side trial law firm that litigates serious personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights cases for individual clients on a contingency fee basis. The firm pursues claims against negligent parties including individuals, corporations, and government entities across practice areas such as automobile/motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, product liability, class actions, premises liability, government liability, and maritime injury. It also publishes CLE webinars and The Velvet Hammer podcast for the legal community.

Product overview

Stritmatter Law is a personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services for plaintiffs in serious injury, wrongful death, and civil rights cases. The firm's practice operates through specialized legal practice areas (automobile accidents, medical malpractice, product liability, civil rights, class actions, premises liability, government liability, maritime injury, and others) supported by educational programs including CLE webinars and The Velvet Hammer podcast. The firm serves clients primarily in Washington State from offices in Seattle, Hoquiam, and Spokane.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Services Trial representation for individual plaintiffs in serious personal injury matters (auto/motorcycle accidents, brain and spinal cord injuries, premises liability, and similar torts). Handled on a contingency fee basis against individuals, corporations, and government defendants.
• Wrongful Death Practice Legal representation for families seeking justice and financial recovery for loved ones killed by negligence or wrongful conduct.
• Automobile Accidents Practice Plaintiff representation for car accidents, motorcycle crashes, bicycle accidents, trucking collisions, and other motor vehicle-related injuries.
• Product Liability Practice Legal action against manufacturers for defective products including Amazon marketplace products, consumer goods, and industrial equipment.
• Medical Malpractice Practice Plaintiff representation for victims of medical negligence including hospital infections, surgical errors, and misdiagnosis.
• Civil Rights Practice Representation for victims of civil rights violations including police brutality, government misconduct, and constitutional rights infringements.
• Class Action Practice Group litigation representing multiple plaintiffs against corporations for systemic harm including consumer protection, product defects, and institutional misconduct.
• Premises Liability Practice Plaintiff representation for injuries occurring on dangerous properties including slip-and-fall accidents, dog attacks, and inadequate security.
• Government Liability Practice Plaintiff claims against government entities for dangerous roads, negligent services, and constitutional violations.
• Aircraft Accidents Practice Legal representation for victims of aviation accidents including commercial flights, private aircraft, and air tour operations.
• Maritime Injury Practice Representation for maritime workers and passengers injured on waterways, vessels, and port facilities.
• Insurance Bad Faith Practice Representation against insurance companies that wrongfully deny or delay claims, violating their duty to policyholders.
• CLE Webinar Program Continuing legal education webinars for fellow attorneys covering personal injury litigation, trial practice, and emerging legal trends.
• The Velvet Hammer Podcast A podcast hosted by Karen Koehler discussing legal topics, case studies, bias in the legal profession, and interviews with legal professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ cases resulted in over $1 million verdicts or settlements in last 15 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Layman Law FirmcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025In January 2025, Stritmatter Law opened a Spokane office by partnering with the Layman Law Firm. The two firms had worked together since 2019 on mold exposure cases against Seattle Children's Hospital, including a historic jury verdict in the Seattle Children's Hospital class action. The partnership extends their geographic reach and combines resources for continued legal representation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Robins Kaplan LLP: A nationally recognized plaintiffs' firm with deep complex PI, class action, and mass tort practice. Highly comparable in taking on corporate defendants in high-stakes cases and pursuing seven-figure-plus outcomes for plaintiffs.
• Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP: A California-based plaintiff PI firm with a record-verdict reputation comparable to Stritmatter's, focused on catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and complex civil cases against corporations and government entities.
• Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman: A leading class action and plaintiff mass tort firm. Directly comparable in contingency-fee plaintiff representation, large class settlements, and product/civil rights litigation against major corporations and institutions.
• Weitz & Luxenberg: A leading plaintiff mass tort and PI firm with extensive class action and product liability practice. Comparable in contingency-fee plaintiff work, large verdict reputation, and complex civil docket focus, though larger in headcount.
• Baron & Budd: A national plaintiff PI and environmental mass tort firm. Comparable contingency-fee plaintiff model and class action/mass tort work on product liability, environmental harm, and complex civil litigation.
• The Lanier Law Firm: A plaintiff PI firm known for record verdicts and national plaintiff practice including mass tort. Comparable contingency-fee plaintiff model and emphasis on high-profile verdicts against major corporate defendants.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: A nationally recognized plaintiffs' firm with strong class action and complex PI practice, sharing Stritmatter's contingency-fee model and reputation for record verdicts/settlements in plaintiff mass tort and consumer protection matters.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: The largest plaintiff personal injury firm in the United States with national TV-marketing reach and hundreds of attorneys. Directly comparable as a contingency-fee PI plaintiff firm pursuing auto, premises liability, and mass tort cases, though at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.

Regional players

• Schneider Hammers LLC: A Seattle-based plaintiff PI firm with similar Pacific Northwest geographic focus and contingency-fee model. Comparable in targeting serious injury, wrongful death, and insurance bad faith cases against Washington defendants.

Others

• Public Justice: A national public interest litigation organization (for which Brad Moore served as President) that pursues impact cases on civil rights, consumer protection, and mass tort. Related as a referral/co-counsel pipeline for institutional and class litigation matters aligned with Stritmatter's civil rights practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCLohbI4De9jFKovEpOoygxA
• Facebookfacebook.com/stritmatterlawfirm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stritmatter
• Instagraminstagram.com/stritmatterlaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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