Practice areas: Personal Injury, Class Action & Mass Torts, Civil Litigation; view more
Licensed in Washington since: 2011
Education: Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
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Brendan Little is a partner at Oslund Udo Little, PLLC (formerly Bergman Oslund Udo Little) where he represents victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos injuries from their office in Seattle, Washington. He also represents victims of abuse in juvenile detention facilities and whistleblowers under the False Claims Act, SEC and CFTC whistleblower programs.
On behalf of plaintiffs suffering from mesothelioma, Mr. Little has assisted his clients in recovering tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. He has been a member of multiple trial teams, obtaining verdicts of $30 million and $5.75 million on behalf of mesothelioma victims. He has obtained numerous settlements for clients in excess of $1 million, including recoveries of more than $12 million for a Washington boilermaker diagnosed with mesothelioma and multi-million dollar recoveries for workers exposed to asbestos in shipyards and aboard Washington State Ferries.
On behalf of whistleblowers, Mr. Little has acted as a lead counsel in multiple successful recoveries under the False Claims Act. In 2019, he represented the lead whistleblower in U.S. vs. UTC Laboratories, et al., which resulted in a recovery of $42.6 million for the U.S. taxpayers and a multi-million dollar award to the whistleblower. In 2020, he represented a whistleblower in the $117 million settlement paid by Universal Health Services, Inc. stemming from an investigation into improper Medicare and Medicaid claims. In 2024, Brendan obtained a judgment in a non-intervened False Claims Act case of $205 million, leading to a significant whistleblower award. In 2025, Brendan represented a whistleblower in a settlement of $15.35 million recovered from New York City Health and Hospitals for improper Medicaid billing.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Little completed a federal clerkship with the Honorable Judge Carol E. Jackson, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and his Juris Doctor degree from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 2010.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Asbestos, Class Actions, Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Toxic Torts, Wrongful Death
- 60% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
- 10% Civil Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2011, Washington
Professional Webpage: https://www.bergmanlegal.com/attorney/little-brendan/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Oregon
- American Association for Justice
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Washington
- New York
- New Jersey
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $30 Million jury verdict for an Oregon widow of a 67 year-old deceased mesothelioma victim against Ameron Corporation for four months of asbestos exposures at Ameron’s Bondstrand factory in Brea, California in the 1970s. (Multnomah County, OR, 2022)
- $5.75 million verdict for victim of mesothelioma , 2022
- Whistleblower representation in $15.35 million settlement in False Claims Act matter alleging improper Medicaid billing in New York City, 2025
- $205 million dollar judgment against multiple defendants in False Claims Act matter alleging improper medical billing and kickbacks, 2024
- Paige, et al., v. New York City Housing Authority, No. 17-CV-7481, 2018 WL 3863451 (S.D. N.Y. 2018)
- $6.4 million in settlements for a 44 year-old mesothelioma victim exposed to asbestos from building materials containing vermiculite from Libby, Montana.
- U.S. v. Universal Health Services, resulting in a $117 million settlement for taxpayers and a multi-million-dollar award to the second-filed whistleblower, whom Brendan represented.
- U.S. vs. UTC Laboratories, resulting in $42.6 million settlement for taxpayers and a multi-million-dollar award to the lead whistleblower arising from a scheme to defraud Medicare for genetic testing services. Brendan represented the lead whistleblower.
- $12 Million dollars in Settlements to a 74 year old union Boilermaker with mesothelioma exposed to asbestos at various paper mills, including Weyerhaeuser, Longview, Simpson Tacoma, Georgia Pacific Bellingham, Crown Zellerbach, and Potlatch. They also worked at shipyards such as Todd and Lockheed, oil refineries such as Shell, Texaco Anacortes, ARCO, and power plants like Hanford and Centralia Steam, all located in the Pacific Northwest.
- $5.1 million in settlements for a 71 year-old mesothelioma victim exposed to asbestos while working as a pipefitter at paper mills and other industrial facilities in Washington and Oregon.
Educational Background
- University of Washington, Bachelor of Science in Economics, 2006
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Associate Editor for the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy
Honors
- Super Lawyers Rising Star 2019 (New York), 2021 (Seattle)
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2019, 2021