Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein

Judge, W.D. WA

Democrat Court: WAWD Born: 1939-01-01

156

Cases in Database

23%

Settlement Rate

15%

Dismissal Rate

16%

Trial Rate

113,566

Court Cases (FJC)

Education

School	Degree	Year
Harvard University	LL.B.	1966
Cornell University	B.A.	1960

Court	Position	Start	End
W.D. WA	Judge	1980	Active

How 113,566 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

23%

Settled

15%

Dismissed

16%

Went to Trial

$330,411

Avg Award

$26,000

Median Award

8,262

Judgment for Plaintiff

Case Type	Total	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Pretrial	Avg Award
Civil Rights	7,408	5%	34%	34%	0%	$182,667
SSID Title XVI	6,742	1%	3%	8%	0%	$1,000
General	6,377	7%	30%	36%	0%	—
Other Civil Rights	6,136	23%	25%	25%	0%	$461,468
Employee Retirement Income Security Act	5,610	21%	7%	9%	23%	$212,025
Personal Injury - Product Liability	5,488	12%	26%	6%	0%	$338,000
Employment	5,473	42%	15%	20%	0%	$438,955
Marine	5,438	70%	9%	7%	1%	$295,645
Other Contract	5,267	39%	12%	13%	4%	$515,592
Insurance	4,550	46%	8%	12%	1%	$421,377
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	4,351	1%	4%	9%	0%	$71,000
Other Statutory Actions	4,231	28%	18%	16%	2%	$680,986
Marine	2,604	44%	12%	8%	11%	$314,695
Other Personal Injury	2,469	45%	15%	14%	0%	$702,111
Trademark	1,718	35%	9%	13%	4%	$286,783
Motions to Vacate Sentence	1,642	3%	32%	29%	0%	—
Copyrights	1,353	34%	12%	13%	9%	$292,087
Patent	1,347	34%	9%	15%	1%	$1,144,600
Recovery of Veteran Benefits	1,231	1%	20%	2%	46%	$146,435
Labor/Management Relations	1,172	31%	10%	17%	12%	$386,627

Category	Filings	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Default	Median Duration
Landlord-Tenant	84,038	28.5%	31.2%	2.1%	33.4%	42d
Contract	43,186	38.6%	24.1%	2.9%	28.7%	275d
Divorce/Family	25,500	55.8%	19.2%	4.2%	14.5%	300d
Personal Injury	14,200	68.2%	18.8%	3.4%	5.2%	390d
Consumer Protection	9,804	34.2%	22.8%	2.4%	35.1%	195d
Workers' Comp	7,236	71.2%	12.4%	6.8%	3.2%	445d
Employment	5,719	64.2%	21.3%	4.5%	4.8%	420d
Wrongful Death	887	72.5%	14.8%	5.2%	3.1%	520d

Source: Washington Administrative Office of the Courts