About Steve
Steve Berman is a nationally renowned class-action lawyer who has dedicated his career to fighting for consumers, investors, employees and other plaintiffs harmed by corporate misconduct. As co-founder and managing partner of Hagens Berman, Steve has led some of the most influential and complex litigation in state and federal courts, securing settlements valued at hundreds of billions of dollars and obtaining historic reforms across a wide range of industries.Steve's trial experience has earned him significant recognition and led The National Law Journal to name him one of the 100 most powerful lawyers in the nation, and to repeatedly name Hagens Berman one of the top 10 plaintiffs’ firms in the country.Since founding the firm in 1993, Steve has consistently undertaken high-stakes cases others wouldn’t. He launched Hagens Berman after his former firm refused to represent several children who became seriously ill after eating fast food tainted with E. coli. Steve fought against Jack in the Box, alleging its negligence and cost-cutting were to blame — a case that helped define his mission to represent those most in need.Known for securing industry-changing results and some of the largest settlements in world and U.S. history, Steve has built a reputation as one of the nation’s most effective and innovative plaintiffs’ attorneys.
Steve Berman is a nationally renowned class-action lawyer who has dedicated his career to fighting for consumers, investors, employees and other plaintiffs harmed by corporate misconduct. As co-founder and managing partner of Hagens Berman, Steve has led some of the most influential and complex litigation in state and federal courts, securing settlements valued at hundreds of billions of dollars and obtaining historic reforms across a wide range of industries.
Steve's trial experience has earned him significant recognition and led The National Law Journal to name him one of the 100 most powerful lawyers in the nation, and to repeatedly name Hagens Berman one of the top 10 plaintiffs’ firms in the country.
Since founding the firm in 1993, Steve has consistently undertaken high-stakes cases others wouldn’t. He launched Hagens Berman after his former firm refused to represent several children who became seriously ill after eating fast food tainted with E. coli. Steve fought against Jack in the Box, alleging its negligence and cost-cutting were to blame — a case that helped define his mission to represent those most in need.
Known for securing industry-changing results and some of the largest settlements in world and U.S. history, Steve has built a reputation as one of the nation’s most effective and innovative plaintiffs’ attorneys.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Seattle (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Seattle (2024)
- Recognized: Antitrust Law
- Recognized: Litigation - Antitrust
- Recognized: Litigation - Securities
- Recognized: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Recognized: Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Practice Area: Consumer Protection Law
- Practice Area: Litigation - Environmental
- Practice Area: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Practice Area: Litigation - Patent
- Practice Area: Qui Tam Law
- Practice Area: Sports Law
- Practice Area: Technology Law
- Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar, Law360, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2025
- Honoree for Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice, American Antitrust Institute, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024
- 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2024, 2025
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2019-2025
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2019-2025
- Legal Lion of the Week as part of the litigation team that achieved class certification in NCAA Student-Athlete Name, Image and Likeness, Law360, 2023
- Washington Super Lawyers, 1999-2023
- Leading Commercial Litigators, The Daily Journal, 2022
- Hall of Fame, Lawdragon, 2022
- Plaintiffs' Attorneys Trailblazer, The National Law Journal, 2017, 2022
- Sports & Entertainment Law Trailblazer, The National Law Journal, 2021
- Class Action MVP of the Year, Law360, 2016-2020
- Elite Trial Lawyers, The National Law Journal, 2014-2016, 2018-2019
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2014-2019
- State Executive Committee member, The National Trial Lawyers, 2018
- Class Actions (Plaintiff) Law Firm of the Year in California, Global Law Experts, 2017
- Finalist for Trial Lawyer of the Year, Public Justice, 2014
- One of the 100 Most Influential Attorneys in America, The National Law Journal, 2013
- Most powerful lawyer in the state of Washington, The National Law Journal, 2000
- One of the Top 10 Plaintiffs’ Firms in the Country, The National Law Journal