W.S.B.A. #15223
Admitted: November 4, 1985
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Legal Employment
Benjamin Law Group, PLLC
Areas of Practice:- Litigation-Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice and Consumer Protection
- Estates- Guardianship, Probate, Wills, Fiduciary Litigation
- Family Law-Dissolution, Parenting, Child Support and Paternity
2005-Present Benjamin & Johansen Law Partnership
1994-2004 Law Offices of Andrew L. Benjamin
1986-1994 -
Non-Legal Employment
Union Standard Ins. Co.-Austin, TX-Insurance Adjuster
1980-1981 Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.-Houston, TX-Insurance Adjuster
1979-1980 -
Education
Certificate, Professional Mediation Skills Training (UW School of Law)
2008 J.D., University of Houston
Houston Law Review
Order of the Barons Scholastic Honor Society
1983-1984
1984
1984South Texas College of Law
Houston, TX
1982-1983 B.A., University of Texas at Austin
1979 -
Honors, Memberships
2018 AV Rated, Martindale Hubbell
2011- Present AVVO 10.0 Preeminent Rating
2013-Present Member, Estate Planning Council of Greater Seattle
1997-Present Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation, WSBA 2008-2018 Member, Mandatory CLE Board, WSBA 2013-2019 Trial News Editorial Board, WSAJ/WSTLA 2003-2014 Family Law Settlement Conference Master, King County Superior Court 1997-2012 THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA, Washington State (Legal Malpractice) 1995 Board of Governors, Washington State Trial Lawyers (WSTLA) 1993-1995 Chair, Young Lawyers' Section, WSTLA 1993-1995 Special President's Award, WSTLA 1994
More About Andrew L. Benjamin
- My Greatest Talent as a Lawyer is quantifying client risk and the prospects for success at trial or in negotiation.
- The most rewarding part of my job is watching clients grow from a position of hurt to one of strength.
- During my free time, I work out to gain strength, endurance and agility; eat good meals with friends; walk the beach; and attend most every Seahawks home game.
- I look up to Judges who are dedicated to “getting it right” and who are sensitive that they are the custodian of the parties’ day in court. I also look up to opposing counsel who are mature and talented enough not to let their client’s hostility permeate our work together for our clients’ common interests.
- If I took a day off, I would be visiting with friends or otherwise exploring the beautiful Pacific coast.
- Nobody would suspect that I have studied two languages: Latin and Hebrew.
- I give back to my community as a Guardian ad Litem who makes sure that minor children receive full and fair compensation for their injury settlements.
- This makes me smile: kind parenting, kids playing outdoors while live music is playing, watching a beautiful sunset, observing my son become a good man and a fine lawyer, Seahawks winning a big game (see below).
- My dream trip would be to hike between villages in the Cinque Terre in Italy.
- If I have learned one thing in life, it is to focus on the positive. As Winston Churchill said: “I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.”
