Terrell Marshall Law Group

What Terrell Marshall Law Group does

Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC is a Seattle-based plaintiff-side litigation firm founded in 2009 by Toby Marshall and Beth Terrell. The firm concentrates on class action and complex civil litigation, with ten core practice areas: Wage and Hour, Consumer Protection, Civil Rights, Employment Law, Class Actions, Appeals, Telephone Consumer Protection, Commercial Litigation, Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation, and Sexual Abuse. Its clients are individuals and classes of workers, consumers, and civil rights claimants — typically plaintiffs with claims against corporations or government entities — including employees facing wage theft or discrimination, consumers subject to fraud or unlawful robocalls, and people whose constitutional rights have been violated. Recent and historical recoveries include a $25.45M verdict in Ellis v. UWPD (2023, recognized among the Top 10 Labor and Employment Verdicts in the United States), a $35M settlement for 88,000 Walmart employees, a $9.1M settlement for 5,700 Xerox call-center workers after 13 years of litigation (final approval March 2026), an $8.2M settlement for 3,000 Amazon delivery drivers, a $4.17M judgment for 325 drywall workers, $28M in TCPA telemarketing recoveries, and $17M for victims of unlawful mortgage lending practices.

The firm's revenue model is overwhelmingly contingent-fee professional services: most class action and complex litigation matters are handled for a percentage of recovery, with the firm typically receiving no payment unless the case is successful. The firm does not operate a proprietary technology platform or SaaS product; client intake and acquisition runs through website case-inquiry forms, phone consultations, and a deep referral network that includes Public Justice, ACLU of Washington, Columbia Legal Services, Fair Work Center, Working Washington, National Consumer Law Center, Towards Justice, Consumer Federation of America, Public Citizen, and co-counsel relationships with firms including Berger Montague PC, Breskin Johnson, Sugerman Dahab, Justice Law Corporation, Perkins Coie, and The Scott Law Group. The firm is an independent PLLC, privately held by its partners with no parent company, no outside investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and no subsidiaries.

Headcount is reported in the 11-50 range with approximately 25 people on staff including two founding partners, additional members (Adrienne McEntee, Blythe Chandler, Erika Nusser), associates (Linda Nguyen and others), attorneys (Eric Nusser, Amanda Steiner, Jasmin Rezaie, Jennifer Murray, Elizabeth Schatz Cordero, Eden Nordby, Ryan Tack-Hooper), and senior paralegals and litigation assistants. The firm generates brand awareness through an active blog of case results and legal commentary, a recurring Fall and Spring diversity scholarship program at Seattle-area law schools, Spanish-language outreach, and earned media coverage of precedent-setting cases. Operating geographies are the Pacific Northwest, primarily Washington State with active engagement in Oregon-adjacent and select national class actions.

Name

Terrell Marshall Law Group

Legal name

Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC

Website

https://terrellmarshall.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC is a Seattle-based plaintiff-side litigation firm founded in 2009 that handles class actions and complex civil litigation for employees, consumers, and civil rights claimants, primarily on a contingency-fee basis, with a track record of multi-million and multi-decade precedent-setting recoveries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff-Side Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

Keywords

• Class action litigation
• Employment law services
• Consumer protection law
• Civil rights litigation
• Wage and hour law

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fee: Class action and complex litigation primarily handled on a contingency fee basis, where the firm recovers a percentage of settlements or judgments. Also handles some hourly and fixed-fee matters for employment law consultations and case reviews.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC is a Seattle-based plaintiff-side litigation firm representing employees, consumers, and victims of civil rights violations in class actions and complex civil litigation. The firm operates across ten practice areas including wage and hour, consumer protection, civil rights, employment law, class actions, appeals, telephone consumer protection, commercial litigation, fair credit reporting act litigation, and sexual abuse matters, primarily on a contingency fee basis.

Product overview

Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC is a Seattle-based law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services organized around ten core practice areas: Wage and Hour, Consumer Protection, Civil Rights, Employment Law, Class Actions, Appeals, Telephone Consumer Protection, Commercial Litigation, Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation, and Sexual Abuse. The firm specializes in class action and complex litigation on behalf of employees, consumers, and victims of civil rights violations, partnering with public interest organizations and other law firms. Services are delivered through direct client engagement and case inquiries via the firm's website contact forms, without a SaaS product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wage and Hour Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• $25.45 million judgment in Ellis v. UWPD - among Top 10 Labor and Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2023
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Public JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTMLG has ongoing partnership with Public Justice Foundation, with Toby Marshall serving on the Debtors' Prison Project board and Beth Terrell and Blythe Chandler serving on the Public Justice Board of Directors. Firms collaborate on cases challenging illegal court fees and debtors' prison practices.
• ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with ACLU of Washington on civil rights cases including tenant screening, debtors' prison, and indigent defense matters. TMLG attorneys partner with ACLU on class action lawsuits and constitutional rights cases.
• Fair Work CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Fair Work Center for worker rights referrals and advocacy collaboration.
• Working WashingtonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Working Washington for worker advocacy and referral coordination.
• National Consumer Law CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with National Consumer Law Center for consumer protection advocacy and resources.
• Towards JusticeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration with Towards Justice on worker rights and employment law matters.
• Consumer Federation of AmericaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Consumer Federation of America for consumer protection advocacy.
• Public CitizenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration with Public Citizen on consumer protection and regulatory advocacy.
• Breskin Johnson Trial Lawyers PLLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership with Breskin Johnson Trial Lawyers PLLC on Hill v. Xerox case, where Dan Johnson served as co-counsel on the 13-year litigation resulting in $9.1 million settlement.
• Justice Law CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership with Justice Law Corporation (Douglas Han and Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh) on King v. Beacon Sales Acquisition case.
• Sugerman DahabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership with Sugerman Dahab (David Sugerman and Nadia Dahab) on St. Charles Health System patient financial assistance class action.
• Berger Montague PCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership with Berger Montague PC (Michelle Drake, Sophia Rios, Mark Desanto, Zach Vaughn) on Robinhood Financial class action settlement.
• Columbia Legal ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Columbia Legal Services on Sakuma Brothers Farms class action representing farm workers for wage and hour violations.
• ACLU of WashingtoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with ACLU of Washington on civil rights cases including Wilbur v. City of Mount Vernon (with Perkins Coie and The Scott Law Group) and tenant screening cases.
• The Scott Law Group PScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing co-counsel partnership with The Scott Law Group PS (Spokane) on debt collection, consumer protection, and employment cases.
• Perkins CoiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Perkins Coie on Wilbur v. City of Mount Vernon indigent defense class action.
• Public Justice P.C.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Public Justice P.C. on environmental cases including Yakima Valley dairy water contamination cases (CARE et al. v. Cow Palace Dairy).

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Public Counsel: Largest public interest law firm in the US, handling civil rights, consumer, and impact litigation. Comparable in mission-driven plaintiff work but operates at much larger scale across multiple states.
• Public Justice P.C. National public interest law organization pursuing class actions and impact litigation in civil rights, consumer, and environmental areas. Both co-counsel partner and broader-mission competitor for high-impact cases.

Direct peers

• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP: Large Pacific Northwest-rooted plaintiff class action firm with national reach in consumer protection, employment, and civil rights cases. Direct competitor for lead-counsel roles on major class actions and comparable in case theory and target defendants.
• Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Seattle-based plaintiff-side complex litigation firm handling class actions, consumer protection, and employment matters. Highly comparable in geography, practice mix, and contingency-fee class action model to Terrell Marshall.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: National plaintiff-side class action firm with strong employment, consumer protection, and civil rights practices. Competes for lead counsel appointments in major wage-and-hour and civil rights class actions.
• Berger Montague PC: National class action firm specializing in consumer protection, antitrust, and employment class actions. Co-counsel partner on TMLG's Robinhood case; directly comparable in case types and contingency economics.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP: Plaintiff-side firm with national class action practice in employment, consumer fraud, and civil rights. Comparable contingency model and case scale against Fortune 500 defendants.
• Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP: Plaintiff-side employment and consumer class action firm with West Coast presence. Comparable in wage-and-hour, employment law, and class action practice focus against corporate defendants.
• Tousley Brain Stephens PLLC: Seattle plaintiff litigation firm practicing class actions, consumer protection, and complex civil litigation. Comparable in size, Seattle location, and contingency plaintiff model; former employer of TMLG member Adrienne McEntee.

Regional players

• ACLU of Washington: Regional civil rights organization litigating constitutional and civil rights cases. Strategic partner on multiple TMLG matters and partial competitor for civil rights plaintiff matters in Washington State.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/terrellmarshalllaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/terrell-marshall
• Xx.com/tmlg_law

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

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