William D. Marler Attorney

First Admitted: 1987, Washington

Professional Webpage: http://www.marlerclark.com/lawyers/view/william-marler

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member of Washington State and King County Bar Associations, 1987

Pro bono/Community Service:

Bill Marler has been speaking to food makers, health departments and universities around the country and the globe to promote improved food safety since 1998., 1998

Honors/Awards:

Bill Marler was selected to be one of the top 100 lawyers in Washington state., Washington Super Lawyers Top 100, Super Lawyers, 2020
Bill was awarded this honor from this organization that values civic legal aid made available to low-income people., Champion of Justice, Campaign for Equal Justice, 2021
WSTLA presented this award to Bill Marler for his on-going work on behalf of people sickened by tainted food., Public Justice Award, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 2008
Seattle University Distinguished Law Graduate Award, Seattle University Distinguished Law Graduate Award, Seattle University, 2013
Ranked by WL&P in the top 40 Personal Injury Plaintiff Attorneys in Washington State., Top 40 Personal Injury Plaintiff Attorneys, Washington Law & Politics, 2004
Food Safety Leadership Education Award. Mr. Marler was awarded this by NSF International, the world leader in standards development, product certification, education, and risk-management for public health and safety., Food Safety Leadership Education Award, NSF, 2010
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America, 2010
A highly esteemed award determined by peer nomination and voting, Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2009
Appointed by the Governor to the Washington State University Board of Regents, 1998-2004
Seattle University awarded Mr. Marler the 2011 Professional Achievement Award for his work in law and food safety advocacy., Professional Achievement Award, Seattle University, 2011
Mr Marler was was awarded this distinction by the Seattle/King county bar association for his outstanding work on behalf of victims of food poisoning., Outstanding Lawyer Award, Seattle/King County Bar Association, 2008
Consistently ranked into the Bar Regsiter of Preeminent Lawyers, 2002-present, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, 2011
Presented the Distinguished Achievement Award by Washington State University in 1997., Distinguished Achievement Award, Washington State University, 1997
Marlerblog selected as one of the top 100 legal blogs in the country., Blawg 100, ABA Journal, 2010

Educational Background:

BA's in English, Economics and Political Science from Washinton State University, 1982

White Papers:

Seattle attorney Bill Marler will be featured in an upcoming Netflix documentary about the 1993 Jack in the Box food poisoning outbreak. Thirty years later, Marler is still suing companies for selling food that makes people sick. , Seattle Times: 30 years after the deadly E. coli outbreak, a Seattle attorney still fights for food safety., 2023
Bill Marler’s advocacy for a safer food supply includes petitioning the USDA to better regulate pathogenic E. coli, working with nonprofit food safety and foodborne illness victims’ organizations and helping spur the passage of FSMA. , Association of Food and Drug Officials: 16 People Who Have Shaped the Last 30 Years of Food Safety, 2023
In the winter of 1993, the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak catapulted the dangers of foodborne illness into the public eye and left enduring repercussions in the worlds of medicine, law and food policy. Bill Marler was a financially struggling young lawyer who, through a series of happenstances, came to represent Seattle’s most damaged victim. This girl was given up for dead in the intensive care unit, only to survive with significant disabilities. Through a series of ingenious tactical maneuvers, Mr. Marler then became the lawyer for this little girl and several other local cases, as well as for a large class-action suit. By the time it was all over, Mr. Marler had won $15.6 million for his young client, setting a record for the largest personal-injury award in state history, and wheels were set in motion to clean up the nation’s ground beef. , POISONED: The True Story of the Deadly E. coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat, 2022

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Elected to Pullman Washington Couty Council, 1977

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