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Schifferman Takes Gavel as Chapter President of American Board of Trial Advocates SEATTLE – Attorney Reed Schifferman takes over the reins as president of the Washington Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) at the Feb. 4 meeting. Schifferman is a personal injury plaintiff’s attorney at Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey Coluccio in Seattle, primarily handling medical malpractice and products liability cases. ABOTA membership is by invitation only and includes the top plaintiff and defense attorneys in the nation. Members work together to preserve and promote the civil jury system, and to preserve the civil jury trial right provided by the Seventh Constitutional Amendment. “I look forward to leading Washington’s chapter this year. ABOTA’s mission is to preserve the jury system as envisioned by our founding fathers so justice is available to all,” Schifferman said. Schifferman earned his J.D. at Boalt Hall School of Law at University of California at Berkeley in 1980. He received his B.B.A., cum laude, from Gonzaga University where he played for the college’s basketball team. Four of Schifferman’s fellow attorneys at Stritmatter Kessler are members of ABOTA’s Washington state chapter – Paul L. Stritmatter; Michael E. Withey, Paul W. Whelan and Keith L. Kessler, chapter president in 1997. About 100 of Washington state’s 34,000 attorneys are members of ABOTA, which started in 1958. Plaintiffs and defense attorneys are equally represented, and membership includes many judges. National ABOTA membership includes 6,000 lawyers and judges in all 50 states. |
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