Bridget represents clients in a wide range of civil and commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis on consumer class actions. Her experience includes representation of injured consumers against hotels, restaurants, banks, and other corporations, of debtors, creditors, and bankruptcy trustees in bankruptcy litigation matters, and of citizens and public figures in civic matters of public importance. Bridget has practiced in the State, Federal District, and Bankruptcy Courts of Hawaii and Washington State, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has argued before the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Bridget was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2013-2017 and was recognized by Washington Law and Politics Top Women Lawyers in Washington State in 2014.
Bridget was born and raised in Seattle, WA and graduated summa cum laude from Seattle University with a B.A. in Sociology. After graduating from Berkeley Law, Bridget commenced her legal career at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii where she served a two-year Americorps term and then moved into private practice. Outside of the office Bridget enjoys spending time with her family, surfing, and practicing yoga.
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Wrongful Death
- Free Consultation
- Hawaii
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- Washington
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- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Managing Partner
- Bickerton Law Group LLLP
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- Associate Attorney
- Bush Strout & Kornfeld LLP
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- Associate Attorney
- Klevansky Piper Van Etten, LLP
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- Guardian Ad Litem
- The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
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- Intern
- The Washington Death Penalty Assistance Center
- Advocate
- The General Assistance Advocacy Project
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- Advocate
- Workers' Rights Clinic
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- University of California - Berkeley
- J.D. (2005)
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- Seattle University
- B.A. (2002) | Sociology
- Honors: Summa Cum Laude
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2013-2017
- Top Women Lawyers in Washington
- Washington Law & Politics Magazine
- 2014
- Hawaii Bar Association
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- Washington Bar Association
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- Hawaii Bankruptcy Bar Association
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- Insurance Primer
- Hawaii Bar Journal
