Brendan Little

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Biography Overview

Brendan Little is a partner at Bergman Oslund Udo Little, where he fights for victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos injuries. He understands the toll a difficult medical diagnosis can take on a family and helps guide his clients through the legal process with patience and compassion.

Brendan has spent his entire career representing plaintiffs harmed by corporate wrongdoing. This work includes representing whistleblowers, who are essential to helping the government combat fraud and uncover corporate misconduct. Prior to joining BOUL, Brendan worked at a prominent New York City plaintiffs’ firm representing individuals who had been exposed to asbestos in talcum powder products and children harmed by lead in paint and contaminated water systems. Following law school, Brendan completed a two-year clerkship with U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson in the Eastern District of Missouri.

Brendan grew up on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington. He has lived in St. Louis and New York City before returning to the Pacific Northwest with his family in 2019.

Representative Matters

$30 Million jury verdict for an Oregon widow of a 67 year-old deceased mesothelioma victim against Ameron Corporation for four months of asbestos exposures at Ameron’s Bondstrand factory in Brea, California in the 1970s. (Multnomah County, OR, 2022)
$6.4 million in settlements for a 44 year-old mesothelioma victim exposed to asbestos from building materials containing vermiculite from Libby, Montana.
$5.1 million in settlements for a 71 year-old mesothelioma victim exposed to asbestos while working as a pipefitter at paper mills and other industrial facilities in Washington and Oregon.

U.S. vs. UTC Laboratories, resulting in $42.6 million settlement for taxpayers and a multi-million-dollar award to the lead whistleblower arising from a scheme to defraud Medicare for genetic testing services. Brendan represented the lead whistleblower.
U.S. v. Universal Health Services, resulting in a $117 million settlement for taxpayers and a multi-million-dollar award to the second-filed whistleblower, whom Brendan represented.
Paige, et al., v. New York City Housing Authority, No. 17-CV-7481, 2018 WL 3863451 (S.D. N.Y. 2018) (as a matter of first impression, applying the familial status anti-discrimination provisions of the Fair Housing Act to protect children in public housing from lead paint poisoning through a class action lawsuit)

Education

Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), J.D., 2010, cum laude
Associate Editor, Journal of Law and Policy
University of Washington, B.S. Economics, 2006

Admissions

Washington
Oregon
New York
New Jersey

Memberships

Washington State Bar Association
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Taxpayers Against Fraud

Recognition/Awards

Super Lawyers Rising Star 2019 (New York), 2021 (Seattle)

Contact The Firm

Representing asbestos and mesothelioma clients throughout the Northwest.

Seattle Office

520 Pike St.
#1125
Seattle, WA 98101

Portland Office

1355 NW Everett St.
Suite 100
Portland, OR 97204