September 20, 2008 - Bates agrees to pay $500,000 Bates Technical College will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by former students in its civil engineering technician/surveying program who claimed the Tacoma vocational school failed to provide them with proper educations. (Tacoma News Tribune) - Full Story...
October 18, 2006 - Suit Says Doctor Abused Patients Personal injury attorney Thaddeus Martin filed the Pierce County lawsuit for Burkett, who was a patient; Curtis, a social worker; and Johnson, a nurse who said she quit because of Chawla. (Tacoma New Tribune) - Full Story...
October 14, 2006 - Doctor Has His License Pulled Thaddeus Martin represents a former patient and colleges of accused doctor at Group Health Tacoma. (The Olympian) - Full Story...
July 7, 2006 - Suit Alleges Students Abused Parents of seven Clover Park special-education students seek damages. A lawsuit accuses teachers and aides in the Clover Park School District of harassing and abusing seven special-education students. (Tacoma News Tribune) - Full Story...
April 25, 2006 - Parents of Disabled Claim Abuse Thad Martin threatens to file $12 Million suit. Full Story...
January 19, 2005 - Thad Martin is featured on front page of The Tacoma Facts newspaper.
2003 - Thad Martin is selected as the "Rising Star" recipient by the Washington Business Examiner, named "Lawyer of the Year" by WA State Bar Association and recognized as "Washington Super Lawyer" by Washington Law and Politics.
I was on my lunch break in Bellevue after a busy morning at Microsoft, where I worked as a technical editor. I was going through a green light on my way to my favorite Teriyaki restaurant. Out of nowhere a car decided to take an illegal left turn in front of me and hit me head on. I woke up at Harborview hospital with a broken hip, fractured hand and cracked ribs.
I spent the next three weeks at Harborview and had Thanksgiving dinner in the hospital cafeteria. I had to learn how to walk and take care of myself all over again. I contacted Thad and he told me to just focus on my recovery and that he would handle everything else. I did just that, I worked on getting myself back to normal and I made a remarkable recovery.
I never had to worry about the case. Thad kept us in the loop all the way through. We recovered almost half a million dollars. The best way I can describe the service that I got from Thad is by comparing it to the service that is provided at Microsoft, simply the best, hands down.
"We were able to secure a large settlement for my daughter's children after Thad proved the case. Today, my daughter's two kids have a better life and a better future because of Thad's good work."