Case Study: Saving Lives with Gun Surrender Orders
A Court of Appeals ruling can change how courts across Washington apply the law, and NJP’s strategic appeals on gun surrender orders show what that can mean for domestic violence survivors.
Building Farmworker Power: The Women of WP Packing
NJP’s Farmworker Unit has one underlying goal: to build farmworker power. And that means supporting the leadership of Latina farmworkers who organize, speak up, and create change. Litigation can support that mission, but farmworker power does not begin with lawyers or lawsuits. It begins with workers.
James’ Story: More Than Your Lifetime
James Cooke, a member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, wanted his family’s Indian trust land to pass to his wife and children without losing its protected status. Working with NJP’s Native American Unit, he put an estate plan in place that secures the land and their home for the next generation.
“You’ll Never Forget”: A Family Fights Job Displacement
NJP sued Cornerstone Ranches on behalf of 8 workers fired without warning and replaced by temporary foreign workers, and alerted the State Attorney General (AG). NJP won a substantial settlement for each of the eight workers, and the AG investigation produced more than $1 million in relief for similarly displaced Yakima Valley farmworkers.
Diagnosis, Discovery, and a Veteran’s Fight for Justice
After Craig drew #8 in the Vietnam-era draft lottery, he enlisted in the Coast Guard. He
spent much of the next eight years doing search-and-rescue work, marine
environmental protection, and port safety assurance — work that would come to define
his life in ways he couldn’t have predicted.
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DeafBlind Patient Wins Fight Against Health Giant
Debra Kahn is DeafBlind and, for years, she couldn’t get the communication support she needed at doctor’s appointments. With NJP’s help, Debra filed a federal complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act and won.
The Letter Said No, The Law Said Yes
In 2021, Desiree was a single mother and traveling nurse assistant. With nine years of military service behind her, she was active, capable, on the move. Then she slipped on ice in a work parking lot and injured her spine. Years of surgery and pain followed. Limited mobility brought significant weight gain, which put more pressure on her spine. Her surgeon made a clear recommendation: bariatric surgery should be part of her spinal care.
My Lawyer Made Everything Possible
Lucila spent most of her life as a businesswoman in the Philippines — resourceful, independent, well-traveled. Her daughter Hershey describes her with pride. “She did well in small business. She provided well for me.” By the time Lucila arrived in Seattle in 2024, everything had changed. She had survived abuse at the hands of a […]
No Water, No Rights, No Quit
In 2017, Sharon Doerr, a now 84-year-old resident of Del Ray Manufactured Housing Community in Longview, started receiving notices that the city was about to shut off water service to her trailer home — not because she hadn’t paid her bills, but because her landlord had stopped paying his to the city while continuing to […]
“Are property owners breaking the law?” Tenants asked and CLEAR answered
Residents in a Manufactured Home Park fought an illegal rent increase, learning about the law, and engaging the help of an NJP CLEAR attorney and the Washington Attorney General’s Office. A key part of Northwest Justice Project is our CLEAR team — lawyers who connect with people over the phone to provide legal advice and […]