Christopher L. Otorowski

An attorney with Otorowski & Golden, PLLC, Christopher L. Otorowski serves personal injury victims in Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Washington. He focuses on medical malpractice, handling cases involving robotic surgery errors, car accidents, injuries caused by prescription drugs, construction injuries, truck accidents, burns, medical device failures and defective products.

After graduating cum laude in 1974 from the University of Denver with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, Mr. Otorowski continued his studies and received a Master of Business from the University of Denver in 1977. That same year, he also graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, earning his Juris Doctor.

For over 30 years, Mr. Otorowski has dedicated his time to helping people who are injured through the negligence of another person, company or product. One of his clients was a man left brain-damaged after suffering an anaphylactic shock from a yellow jacket’s sting. The man had believed he was not allergic after taking a test for bee stings and testing negative. Mr. Otorowski succeeded in winning him a compensatory award for $5 million. His dedication to ethics and his shrewd legal acumen have earned him the highest rating possible of AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell.

In addition to his private practice, Mr. Otorowski has served in several capacities throughout his career. He was an assistant attorney general in Spokane, Washington, handling legal matters related to labor and industry; a former chair for the Washington State Association for Justice’s Medical Negligence Section; and a chair for a medical-legal committee in King County, Washington. Currently, he is an associate for the American Board of Trial Advocates and is an elected diplomat for the American College of Trial Lawyers.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.