Karen Koehler graduated from the University of Washington in 1982 and from Seattle University Law School in 1985. She worked as an insurance defense lawyer for nine years, the rest of which have been spent advocating on behalf of injured plaintiffs. 

Ms. Koehler was a speaker at the trial bars in Washington, Alaska, Idaho and New Mexico and for ATLA’s annual automobile case seminar on how to litigate against insurance companies. 

Ms. Koehler is on the WSTLA Board of Governors, Chair of Continuing Legal Education, and the Chair of the WSTLA insurance section. She is a member of ATLA, and is presently serving as the Vice-chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision and Highway, and Premises Liability Section, and is the Washington state delegate to the ATLA Minority Caucus.

Michael D. Freeman, Ph.D., D.C., M.P.H. DAAPM, FACFE, BCFE, BCFM, FICC is a trauma epidemiologist from Oregon, frequently serving as an expert in crash injury and death cases in both civil and criminal litigation. He is the best-known expert in the U.S. on the junk science and biomechanics and accident reconstruction. He holds a Ph.D. in trauma epidemiology from Oregon State University, as well as a degree in biostatistics from that school.