A Trusted Voice For Victims Of Negligence

Defining Moments

The road to becoming a trusted plaintiff's attorney is full of character-defining moments.

At 15, took first job sweeping up hair in a beauty salon, where she learned the value of an education and a great haircut.
Inspired to become a nurse while visiting her mother, a receptionist at a hospital pediatrics clinic.
Biked in the dark to 5:30 a.m. work shifts and to nursing school at the University of Washington.
Degree in hand, took a night shift position at Children's Hospital, where she secretly aspired to be an agent for change.
Stymied in this mission, faced a choice: become a nurse supervisor or change the system from the outside.
Enrolled in law school and worked for Chemnick & Moen, where she has been a partner for the last 20 years.
Found her greatest joy in helping clients, especially children and women, access health care and find justice.
Still passionate about nursing, receives numerous awards from nursing associations.

Pat Greenstreet

Pat is a nurse and an attorney who has represented patients in medical negligence actions exclusively for the past 20 years. Pat especially focuses on representing catastrophically injured women and children.

Before graduating from the University of Washington School of Law in 1984, Pat practiced nursing at Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle for over 6 years.

In 2006, Pat was inducted into the 2006 Washington State Nurses Association Hall of Fame "for achievements that have enduring value to nursing that will reach beyond the inductee's lifetime." She has served as President of the King County Nurses Association (1991-93), which chose her as "Nurse of the Year" in 1988. Pat was listed as a top medical malpractice attorney in a 2005 Seattle Magazine poll. She has served as chair of the Medical Negligence Section of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. She is also a clinical assistant professor at both the University of Washington and Seattle University Schools of Nursing and a lecturer at Seattle Pacific University School of Nursing on legal issues related to nursing practice.