Lehmbecker Law Firm

Focus and the cases the firm takes

Personal injury law under Washington state statutes is the center of this practice. Larry A. Lehmbecker founded the firm in 1986 in Bellevue, and injury work has been its main line since then. The core claims cover personal injury, wrongful death, and workers' compensation, all brought under Washington law.

The list of case types is longer than those three headings. The firm handles auto accidents, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents. It takes bicycle and pedestrian accidents, slip and fall claims, and dog bite injuries. It also handles medical malpractice, brain injury, and injuries from construction and maritime work. Each of those falls under the same broad heading of physical harm caused by someone else's conduct, and each carries its own rules of proof.

In my opinion, the useful signal in that list is its breadth inside a single field. A firm that names dog bites alongside maritime work injuries is telling clients it will take on how an injury happened and what Washington law allows for that harm. The common thread is a person hurt and a question of fault, and the firm builds its work around that question.

How the team is built

The firm reports a team of 19 legal professionals working across its two locations. Six of them are bilingual in Spanish. The firm also states that its attorneys stay on the cases they take and handle the work themselves, so a client's file stays in a lawyer's hands as it moves through the firm.

Nineteen legal professionals is a mid-sized team for a personal injury firm. It is large enough to run several matters at once across two offices, and small enough that the three named attorneys are a visible part of the whole. The six bilingual staff members are a notable share of that group.

That structure matters most in injury cases, where the details of an accident and a medical history carry the outcome. When one lawyer holds the file, the person who negotiates with an insurer is the same person who knows the facts. The firm presents this as its standard way of working.

Larry A. Lehmbecker

Larry A. Lehmbecker is the managing attorney and the founder. He started the firm in 1986 and remains the person who runs it. As managing attorney, he carries responsibility for how the firm operates alongside his own casework.

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore handles workers' compensation litigation for the firm. Before joining, he was staff attorney to the Utah Governor's Office, where he advised the governor, cabinet, and staff on legislation, litigation, and employment matters. That role placed him inside state government at a senior level.

Workers' compensation litigation is a distinct skill within injury law. It runs through a state system with its own procedures, and contested claims often move to hearings. Moore's earlier work on legislation and employment matters lines up with the statutory side of that practice.

Matthew Gross

Matthew Gross handles civil litigation. He joined the firm after seven years as a litigator in the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. His work now covers people injured in car accidents and cases involving medical negligence.

Seven years as a prosecutor is time spent in courtrooms and in the mechanics of building a case from evidence. In civil injury work, that same discipline applies to proving fault and damages for a client. Gross's earlier career was in public prosecution, and plaintiff-side injury work is a common next step. The firm names that path plainly.

Two offices and statewide coverage

The firm runs two offices, one in Bellevue and one in Federal Way. Both are in the greater Seattle area, one to the east of the city and one to the south. The Bellevue office is the original, since Larry A. Lehmbecker started the firm there in 1986. The Federal Way office puts a second base to the south of the metro.

Coverage reaches past those two cities. The firm serves clients across Washington, and it names Seattle, Everett, Spokane, Tacoma, Yakima, and Kent among the places it works. Spokane and Yakima are well east of the offices, which points to work reaching across the whole state, including cities on its eastern side.

The Spanish language capacity carries practical weight in Washington, a state with a large Spanish speaking population. Six bilingual staff members can take a client's account in their first language. In injury work, the first account of what happened often shapes the whole file, so language access has a direct effect on accuracy.

The accident cases and how they proceed

Personal injury claims in Washington usually begin with the facts of an incident and the medical records that follow it. The injured person, through an attorney, brings a claim against the party said to be at fault. Most of these matters settle through negotiation with an insurer, and a smaller number reach trial before a judge or jury.

Road and vehicle collisions

Auto, truck, and motorcycle accidents make up a substantial group of case types the firm lists. Truck cases can involve commercial carriers and federal safety rules, which widens the set of possible defendants. In each, the police report, the scene evidence, and the medical record form the backbone of the claim.

Pedestrian and bicycle cases are a named part of the firm's work, and they carry their own pattern. A person on foot or on a bike has little protection in a collision with a vehicle, so injuries tend to be serious, and questions of right of way and driver attention often decide fault. Washington's comparative fault rules can reduce a recovery when the injured person shares some blame, which makes the facts of the crash central.

Bites, malpractice, and brain injury

Dog bite claims work differently. Washington law holds a dog's owner responsible for bites in many situations, which can settle the question of liability while leaving the extent of injury to be proven. The firm names dog bites as its own category, and these cases often turn on medical evidence and, at times, on a homeowner's insurance coverage.

Medical malpractice and brain injury are also on the firm's list, and both are among the harder parts of injury work. A malpractice claim asks whether a provider met the accepted standard of care, which usually calls for testimony from other medical professionals. Brain injuries can be lasting and hard to measure, so these cases often depend on detailed medical and expert evidence. Matthew Gross's work on medical negligence connects to this part of the firm's caseload.

Wrongful death, workers' compensation, and the record on the pages

Wrongful death claims add a layer, since the people bringing the claim are the family or estate of the person who died. Washington law sets who may recover and which losses count. These cases turn on the cause of death and on the financial and personal losses that follow it, and they ask a court to put a value on a life that was lost.

Workers' compensation runs on a separate track. In Washington, a state system handles many work injury claims, and disputes over benefits can move into litigation. Thomas Moore's role as a workers' compensation litigator fits that structure, since contested claims often need a lawyer who can argue them before the relevant board or court. The firm's inclusion of construction and maritime injuries connects to this side of the practice, as those job sites produce a large share of serious work injuries.

The firm's own site gives a clear account of its structure. It states the founding year of 1986, the two office locations, the size of the team at 19, and the areas of law the firm takes on. As a reviewer, I put weight on a site that names its attorneys and sets out what each one does, which is more detail than many firm pages carry. The site does not list the law schools or bar admission dates of its attorneys, a gap that is ordinary for a firm profile. What remains on the record is a Washington personal injury firm, active since 1986, working from Bellevue and Federal Way, with a team of 19 and three named attorneys whose focus areas the site sets out one by one.