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Bar Admission
- Washington
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education
Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington
- J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Faculty-Selected Teaching Assistant for Professor Catherine O’Neill
- Law Journal: Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Managing Editor
University of Puget Sound
- B.A.
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Major: Sociology and Gender Studies
Honors
- CALI Awards for Highest Grades in The Homeless Rights Advocacy Practicum; Legal Writing II; and Lawyering for a Just and Humane World.
- The Mark Reutlinger Scholarship for Excellence in Legal Writing.
Affiliations
- Washington State Bar Association
- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
- Washington State Association for Justice
- American Association for Justice
Biography Overview
Ruby has helped people with injury and wrongful death claims hold corporations, government entities, other wrongdoers, and their insurance companies accountable since 2016. She has represented sexual violence survivors, asbestos victims and their families, and people harmed or killed by medical negligence, government neglect, and construction site mismanagement alongside some of Washington’s best trial attorneys, including those here at Oslund Udo Little—formerly known as Bergman Oslund Udo Little. She also volunteers with the Sexual Violence Law Center and the Seattle Clemency Project.
Ruby recognizes that people need attorneys during the worst moments of their lives. For that reason, being invited into people’s lives and asked to help them take on powerful government and corporate entities and make their stories heard is the greatest honor of her life.
Before becoming a lawyer, Ruby worked with the campus sexual assault movement, where she helped survivors navigate college campus procedures and facilitated consent and bystander intervention trainings. She also worked with King County Sexual Assault Resource Center’s CourtWatch Program, which observed court proceedings involving sexual violence to offer feedback to judges and court staff and help make the system more effective in its handling of cases involving sexual assault and child abuse victims.
When not at work, Ruby spends her time wandering Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood with her very miniature min pin, Pip. She loves watching people share their stories at The Moth, do stand-up comedy, and pretend to fall in love on reality television.
Representative Matters
$13 Million jury verdict for victim of medical negligence as first-chair. Last offer by defense: $0. The Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict in an unpublished case in 2025, Elmi v. Aesthetic Rejuvenation & Spa.
$11 Million dollars in Settlements to a 74 year old union Boilermaker with mesothelioma exposed to asbestos at various paper mills, including Weyerhaeuser, Longview, Simpson Tacoma, Georgia Pacific Bellingham, Crown Zellerbach, and Potlatch. They also worked at shipyards such as Todd and Lockheed, oil refineries such as Shell, Texaco Anacortes, ARCO, and power plants like Hanford and Centralia Steam, all located in the Pacific Northwest.
Presentations & Media
Presentations
- Scientific Evidence and the Use of Experts, WSAJ Summer Convention, June 2025
- Turning Defense Attacks Back on Them, Women of WSAJ Retreat, June 2024
- A Practical Analysis of Washington’s Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, WSAJ Summer Convention, June 2024
- Navigating Your First Trial as First Chair: From Filing to Verdict, WSAJ Getting Started Series, January 2024
- Trying A Good Case Against a Bad Doctor, WSAJ Summer Convention, September 2023
- Building the Record for Spoliation, WSAJ Seattle Roundtable Series, May 2023
- Zoom-Era Ethical Considerations During Depositions, Stritmatter CLE Series, June 2022
Publications & Media
- Author, Rethinking “Bad Facts:” Custodial Sexual Abuse and Access to Civil Justice, WSAJ Trial News, February 2026
- Author, Scientific Evidence and the Use of Experts, WSAJ Motor Vehicle Textbook, 2025
- Quoted, Lawsuit against King County claims sexual abuse inside juvenile detention centers, King5, April 2025
- Author, Vanessa Oslund: Trial Lawyer of the Year, WSAJ Trial News, September 2024
- Quoted, Patient to get $13M for ‘botched’ surgery by Burien cosmetic surgeon, The Seattle Times, 2023
- Host, Token Majority Podcast, 2022
- Author, Gender Bias in Our Profession, WSAJ Trial News, December 2022
- Quoted, State sued after girl leaves foster care with 20 teeth in need of repair or extraction, KOMO News, 2021
Client Reviews
Matt Bergman and Ruby Aliment were our attorneys to represent and defend Bill's lawful right to financial compensation from companies in the asbestos industry.
Matt and Ruby provided dedicated, thoughtful, committed service to us, as well as others affected by mesothelioma. Their exceptional dedicated professionalism resulted in successful claims for restitution, which has made a huge difference in the quality of my life. Even though my husband left this world far too young, because of OUL’s wonderful representation, I am financially secure and able to remain in our dream home on 2.5 acres in rural Hobart, Wa…. EXACTLY what Bill wanted!
Big kudos to this company and their hardworking caring devoted staff! I would highly recommend this firm!
THANK YOU MATT AND RUBY
I am so graceful!
Client Reviews
Matt Bergman and Ruby Aliment were our attorneys to represent and defend Bill's lawful right to financial compensation from companies in the asbestos industry.
Matt and Ruby provided dedicated, thoughtful, committed service to us, as well as others affected by mesothelioma. Their exceptional dedicated professionalism resulted in successful claims for restitution, which has made a huge difference in the quality of my life. Even though my husband left this world far too young, because of OUL’s wonderful representation, I am financially secure and able to remain in our dream home on 2.5 acres in rural Hobart, Wa…. EXACTLY what Bill wanted!
Big kudos to this company and their hardworking caring devoted staff! I would highly recommend this firm!
THANK YOU MATT AND RUBY
I am so graceful!