Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Tipping the Scales of Justice

by Stephen L. Bulzomi

Hello out there. My name is Steve Bulzomi and I am a partner in Messina Bulzomi Christensen. This is my first blog post and I would like to tell you a bit about myself.  I was born and raised in Seattle, the sixth of twelve children of my Italian and Irish parents. I attended St. Benedict’s grade school and Roosevelt High School.

After that I graduated from the University of Washington and moved to Tacoma to attend the University of Puget Sound Law School.  MBC’s predecessor firm hired me as a legal intern on January 31, 1984 and I have been here ever since.

I soon learned that representing victims of negligence conformed to my sense of justice and disposition toward helping the underdog. I handle a variety of injury and death claims, and I also write and argue the firm’s appeals. I have found after 25 years as a lawyer that the civil justice system is under constant attack from the forces of big insurance, big business, and government.

As a member of this firm, and as an officer of the Washington State Association for Justice, I have helped stave off efforts to gut the rights of victims and to hold wrongdoers accountable. These efforts continue today, as the Insurance Industry and Wall Street have submitted Initiative 1082, which is an attempt to allow private insurance companies to invade Washington’s Worker’s Compensation System. I will write more about that in a future post.

Welcome to our blog. I hope you find it interesting and informative.

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