
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice; view more
Licensed in Washington since: 1984
Education: Seattle University School of Law
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Osborn Machler, P.L.L.C.
2025 1st AvenueSuite 1140
Seattle, WA 98121 Visit website
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Simeon Osborn is a partner at Osborn Machler, PLLC, in Seattle, Washington, who works exclusively on personal injury cases. Serving clients throughout Washington with their legal matters, Mr. Osborn takes on cases involving areas such as wrongful death, products liability, medical malpractice and civil rights. With over 36 years of experience practicing law, Mr. Osborn upholds and fights for the rights of his clients.
With compassion and an unwavering commitment to his clients’ cases, Mr. Osborn is mindful of the emotional and psychological effects that injuries caused by someone else’s negligence can have on an individual. He has a long record of winning many settlements and verdicts for his clients who have been injured through no fault of their own.
Mr. Osborn received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitman College and his Juris Doctor degree from Seattle University School of Law. He was a member of the Whitman College Board of Overseers and serves in the President’s Advisory Board of the college. He is also a member of the board of the “W” Club.
Mr. Osborn is admitted to practice before the Washington State Bar Association and the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington and the Western District of Pennsylvania as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the U.S. Court of Military Appeals.
Active in the legal community, Mr. Osborn has memberships in several legal organizations. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and is an eagle member of the Washington Association for Justice and the Western Trial Lawyers Association. He was on the National Board of ABOTA and also served as president of its Washington chapter.
Enthusiastic in pro bono work, Mr. Osborn has served on the board of trustees for the Kirkland Boys & Girls Clubs and the Seattle University Law School Alumni Board, the Kirkland Merchants Baseball Club and the boards of trustees for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Providence Hospital Foundation and the Hope Heart Foundation. He has also actively aided the Special Olympics and the Leukemia Society of America.
With numerous awards and recognitions from peers and clients, Mr. Osborn was the recipient of the Trial Lawyer of the Year award by the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is AV Preeminent peer-review rated,* the highest rating, through Martindale Hubbell. An eloquent speaker who has lectured at many prominent organizations, Mr. Osborn has also written several published articles about legal proceedings and his practice.
*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.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Civil Rights, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Construction Accident, Dental Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Police Misconduct, Wrongful Death
- 70% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Civil Rights
- 10% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1984, Washington
Professional Webpage: https://www.osbornmachler.com/simeon-osborn-profile
- Frequent speaker and instructor, trial preparation and practice
- Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) - Chapter Executive Council, 2010-Current
- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association (TPCBA)
- Eagle member of the Washington Association for Justice and the Western Trial Lawyers Association
- U.S. District Courts, Western District of WA
- Ninth Circuit
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) - National Board, 2011-2013
- King County Bar Association (KCBA)
- Seattle University Alumni Board
- Washington State Bar Association
- U.S. District Courts, Western District of Pennsylvania
- American Association of Justice (AAJ)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
- Western Trial Lawyers Association (WTLA)- Board of Governors, 2000-2001
- Board of Trustees for the Kirkland Boys and Girls Club
- U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of WA
- Whitman College, 1980
- Armantrout v. Cascade Orthopedics-- $1.35 million verdict in medical malpractice case, 2006
- Harris v. King County -- $10 million verdict for an excessive force case., 2011
- Lutz, et al. v. Snohomish School District, et al.
- Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation, Washington State Bar Association, 2010
- Active with Special Olympics and the Leukemia Society of America
- Boards of Trustees for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Providence Hospital Foundation
- President of the Kirkland Merchants select baseball club
- Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards, Lexis Nexis Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating (AV), 2010
- Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Washington", Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2009
- Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Washington", Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2011
- Osborn Machler was recognized for high professional legal standards and ethics in The 2008 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 92nd Edition., The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 2008
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards., Lexis Nexis Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating (AV), 2009
- Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Washington", Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2008
- Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards., Lexis Nexis Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating (AV), 2011
- Top Lawyers as chosen by their peers., 100 Reasons to Love Seattle, Seattle Met Magazine, 2010
- Who’s Who in America
- Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Washington", Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2010
- Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards, Lexis Nexis Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating (AV), 2008
- Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Washington", Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2007
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2011
- Pro Bono Service Commendation, Washington State Bar Association
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