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Matthew P. “Matt” Bergman JD’89 and his former spouse, Rebecca Peterson, are the parents of Madeline “Maddie” Bergman JD’19.

Mr. Bergman received a BA in sociology from Reed College and a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School. Following law school, he spent two years as a law clerk to Judge Baldock of the United States Court of Appeals - Tenth Circuit. His legal career began at the firm Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe in Seattle, Washington. His practice at this time primarily focused on environmental litigation, Indian law, and insurance coverage litigation.

In 1995, Mr. Bergman left Heller Ehrman and began representing asbestos victims with Brian Weinstein, at Weinstein & Bergman, P.S. He then founded his own firm, Bergman Draper Oslund Udo, which has grown to become the Northwest’s premier asbestos litigation firm.