Yakima County Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Carol L. Finklehoffe is a partner at Lipcon, Margulies and Winkleman, P.A. who has been practicing for 30 years in both the state and federal courts throughout Florida, California and Massachusetts. Ms. Finklehoffe is an “AV” rated trial attorney who is a certified specialist in Maritime and Admiralty law. The main concentration of her practice relates to complex personal injury, resort law, wrongful death, sexual assault and medical malpractice. Ms. Finklehoffe is also a skilled maritime lawyer who has developed an expertise in cases involving cruise ship passengers and maritime crew members on various types of commercial and private vessels. Ms....

Nicholas (Cole) Douglas is a partner at Cochran Douglas, which has its offices in Tacoma, Washington. Concentrating his practice on personal injury matters, ranging from car accidents to product liability and wrongful death, he also takes on sexual abuse cases, serving clients throughout the state of Washington. Douglas is a compassionate and empathic attorney, taking the time to listen to his clients and answering all their questions. He provides personalized solutions for each of his clients cases and understands the pain they must be going through, especially when they are injured by another person’s careless actions. Graduating cum laude and with dean’s...

LINCOLN BEAUREGARD is a founding partner of Connelly Law Offices. He is a seasoned plaintiff trial lawyer with an in-depth knowledge of abuse of power, personal injury, civil rights and insurance bad faith law. Lincoln’s track record lists dozens of jury trials and settlements that far exceed multi-million dollar results on behalf of his clients. His powerful courtroom reputation brings him some of the best, most complicated cases in Washington state. Lincoln’s verdicts have frequently exceeded multiples of 10-50 times the last settlement offer and are consistently affirmed on appeal. Lincoln also has appellate expertise and has been...

I started working on personal injury cases just before my last year of law school. I was fortunate to work as an intern for a solo-practitioner, and learned all that I could in my time there, assisting with personal injury cases from intake to completion. This crash course in personal injury was unlike any class in law school. I learned how to work with and advocate for my clients. I’m thankful for the guidance and collegiality I received early on in my career and will pay it forward. After graduating from Gonzaga School of Law in 1997, I continued handling personal...

Meaghan Driscoll’s practice focuses on a broad range of civil litigation, including cases involving employment discrimination, civil rights, and complex personal injuries. Meaghan holds her B.A. from Seattle University, and received her J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. While in law school, Meaghan served as a judicial extern to Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary E. Fairhurst and Chief Judge Rosanna M. Peterson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. In addition, she worked as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and a civil rights and personal...

Kyle Drinnon is a Seattle personal injury attorney. He represents individuals who have been injured through the negligence of others in car accidents, slip and falls, and other incidents.

Kyle has represented injured clients throughout the Puget Sound region in jury trials, arbitrations, and mediations, and has successfully argued before the Washington Court of Appeals and Washington Supreme Court.

Kyle is a Puget Sound native and graduate of the University of Washington. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the Seattle University School of Law located in heart of Seattle.

Robert Gellatly joined the Luvera Law Firm in 2000 to devote his practice entirely to representing injured people. He has been a trial lawyer for over 25 years. Before joining the firm, he was a partner at Helsell Fetterman LLP, where he defended lawsuits against hospitals, doctors, and product manufacturers. He also represented insurance companies in coverage and bad faith cases. Today, he is an experienced and forthright advocate for plaintiffs, trying a variety of personal injury and medical malpractice cases in state and federal courts.

Daniel Swinford is a personal injury attorney in our Tacoma office. He is passionate about law and is committed to securing the proper justice our clients deserve. Daniel has worked as a researcher for the City of Kent prosecutor’s office and as an intern at the Washington Law Center.

Daniel is a graduate of Washington State University and the Seattle University School of Law where he graduated cum laude and given the prestigious CALI award for Negotiation, which is given to the student with the highest grade in the class.

In his free time, Daniel prefers to spend his time outdoors. He...

I am a partner at Deno Millikan Law Firm, PLLC. I’m a trial lawyer, and I use my legal skills to help my clients in a broad variety of cases. I’ve been honored by the Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon by serving as Note and Comment Editor of the Willamette Law Review. I’ve been identified as a Washington State “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law and Politics Magazine in 2003. I’ve been active in the Snohomish County Bar Association, and in 2010 served as Trustee, being elected as Vice President in 2011, and the Snohomish County Bar...

Sims is known by his colleagues and clients as an aggressive trial attorney who has litigated a wide variety of claims in state and federal courts, including those involving professional negligence, catastrophic injury, nursing home abuse, product liability, and more. He is at the forefront of the legal field and frequently writes and lectures on trial practice and legal ethics. Sims has cutting-edge knowledge of the law and innovative ways to protect his clients. He works closely with each client to understand their needs and advocate on their behalf. Sims is currently an adjunct faculty member at UW Law School.

Spencer Freeman, a Colorado native and cum laude graduate of Seattle University School of Law (1995), has made a significant mark in the legal field. Honored with the National Order of Barristers at graduation, he began his career in Tacoma as a prosecutor, developing formidable trial skills. He then transitioned to personal injury and criminal defense, demonstrating a deep commitment to advocating for injured victims. In 2000, Mr. Freeman joined a top Seattle law firm, collaborating with leading lawyers on high-profile cases, notably in encrypted satellite signal theft. This experience honed his expertise in federal court litigation and intellectual property law....

Matt’s practice focuses primarily on cases involving medical malpractice, civil rights, personal injury, and wrongful death. Before joining Connelly Law Offices, Matt worked as a law clerk for Chief Justice Madsen of the Washington Supreme Court and the Honorable John C. Coughenour at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Matt worked with developmentally disabled adults in San Diego, was a hiking and sea kayak guide in Alaska, taught English in Mexico and Korea, was a mountain bike instructor and camp director in Switzerland, and taught high school science and math in Bellingham....

As an attorney who has personally experienced the pain, anxiety, and distress of a personal injury (see Rob’s story), I assure you that I understand the challenges you and your family may now face. For more than 30 years I have been helping people just like you navigate the legal system to recover the compensation you deserve and to recover reimbursement of medical bills, lost wages and other compensation.

R. Glenn Phillips believes in fighting for justice for real people. He has been practicing since 1984 and has tried more than 100 civil jury trials. In addition, he has settled numerous million and multi-million dollar cases. Glenn understands that corporate America and the insurance companies have tried, and continued to try to deny real people access to justice. He believes strongly in the principle that all citizens have the right of access to the courts. Mr. Phillips owns Phillips Law Firm which operates in Washington, California and nationally handling serious personal injury, product liability, workman’s compensation, social security...

Patrick McMenamin has devoted his career to helping injured persons and their families and is committed to obtaining full and fair compensation for each client he represents. For the last twelve years he has successfully represented over 1,000 clients. His background, education and experience give him unique insight into the fair value of each case. In 1996, Mr. McMenamin defended insurance companies against personal injury lawsuits. After learning the strategy and tactics used by the insurance industry to delay, deny and minimize personal injury claims, Mr. McMenamin quit and chose to help injured persons and their...

Andy Kralios is a medical malpractice and personal injury attorney at Washington Law Center PLLC. Andy previously worked in a large insurance defense law firm advising hospital risk management departments. He then ran his own successful practice in the Northeast where he led trials on behalf of injured hospital patients. More recently, Andy worked at the General Counsel’s Office of MultiCare Health System.

James M. Owen, Jr. graduated from Washington State University with a B.A. in 1993 and received his J.D. from Gonzaga University in 1999. He was admitted to the Washington bar in 1999, the Oregon bar in 2007, and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Mr. Owen is a member of both the King County and Spokane County Bar Associations. Having the benefit of previously having served in positions with both global and boutique law firms, Mr. Owen launched Owen |...

I focus my litigation practice at Bennett Bigelow & Leedom. on medical malpractice defense and insurance defense litigation. I began my trial practice as a prosecuting attorney in 2007, litigating felony and misdemeanor criminal jury trials. I transitioned to civil litigation in 2010 and expanded my practice to include representing clients in business litigation and personal injury disputes. I am admitted to practice before all Washington and Idaho state and federal courts. I also volunteer as a Board Member on the Board of Directors for Catholic Charities Spokane.

I manage the Coeur d' Alene branch of Winston & Cashatt, a regional mid-sized law firm based in Spokane, Washington. I am licensed to practice in Washington and Idaho, and represent both plaintiffs and defendants in the areas of personal injury, product liability, medical negligence, construction defect, and insurance coverage.

Kenneth Bills is licensed in two states to practice law, both Utah and Washington. He started his practice in 1994 with Matt Driggs, opening Driggs, Bills & Day in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ken worked on mass tort claims as well as personal injury cases. In his career, Ken has settled thousands of injury claims and helped tens of thousands of clients get back on their feet.

In 1991, Kenneth Bills graduated from The University of Utah with a degree in Finance. He later continued schooling at The University of Utah where he earned a Master’s degree in business administration. Ken...

Todd Tinker represents plaintiffs in serious personal injury and medical malpractice cases. His approach to practicing law is to aggressively ask questions, discover new facts in the case and find the right expert witnesses who are leaders in their field. His goal is to build the strongest case possible by putting the defense under pressure.

Gregory Price has litigated personal injury and wrongful death claims in Oregon and Washington for over 33 years. He graduated with honors from OSU in 1982, with a Major in Business Administration and Minor in Behavioral Sciences. In 1985 he graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law. He became a member of the Oregon State Bar in 1985 and the Washington State Bar in 1987. He is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Oregon and Washington.

LaRee Beck is a Seattle personal injury attorney and a member of our Litigation and Mass Torts team. She is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno and was the first person to earn a JD/MBA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. LaRee began her career litigating in Nevada before relocating to Washington. Throughout her career, she has represented plaintiffs in all stages of litigation and is extremely familiar with the emotional, physical and financial impact an injury can have on person and their loved ones. LaRee is dedicated to making the legal process understandable and as stress-free...

Taught High School (U.S. History, World History, English, American Literature, Modern World Problems) prior to enrolling into Gonzaga School of Law.

Patrick Buckley used to settle injury claims for a major insurance compny. Now he works for you. He knows the industry from the inside out and has tons of experience with all types of injury claims.

After graduating from Port Angeles High School, Joseph Wolfley earned two degrees in Music. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Percussion Performance from BYU-Idaho with a minor in French, then earned a Masters in Musicology from Northwestern University. After a couple years of teaching at Southern Utah University, Mr. Wolfley was accepted to Gonzaga Law School. He earned his law degree in 2011. After passing the bar, Mr. Wolfley joined his father's law firm full time. Lane J. Wolfley has 34 years of experience as an attorney practicing in Clallam and Jefferson Counties. Young Mr. Wolfley enjoys the...

Ron Meyers has more than 30 years of successful litigation experience representing families and individuals in bringing personal injury and wrongful death claims. Ron and his wife of 31 years, Donna Meyers, started the firm in 1983. Donna worked part-time as the paralegal and office manager in the early years. As the firm grew she began running the firm’s day-to-day operations full-time in 1988.

Our firm represents people wrongfully injured or killed by the negligence of others. Our clients’ cases include serious injuries or deaths occurring from automobile and truck collisions, nursing home negligence and abuse, construction site safety violations and...

Steve Alvarez of Alvarez Law firm has been practicing personal injury law for more than 26 years, representing a wide base of clients involving major personal injury including auto accidents, dog bites, construction site injuries, medical malpractice, wrongful death, motor vehicle collisions, maritime accidents, and other serious injury claims.

Roger Davidheiser represents policyholders, consumers, and other injured parties in lawsuits against those responsible for catastrophic injuries and other injustices. As a former King County prosecutor, he has dedicated his career to charging the guilty and righting wrongs as much as they possibly can be righted. Backed by decades of experience in Washington’s courtrooms, and the resources of one of the nation’s leading trial law firms, Roger Davidheiser is prepared to get you the highest level of compensation possible.

Labor & Industries Attorney with 13 Years Experience Litigating Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice And Wrongful Death Cases. Co-Founder of Washington Law Center. Recognized As A Leading Washington Attorney In The Fight To Protect Injured Workers And Their Families.

Examples of Large Entities Litigated Against: Boeing; Costco; Walmart; McDonalds; Labor Ready; Exon Mobile; School Districts; Large Hotels; Counties; Virtually Every Insurance Company With A Name, And The State of Washington. No Opponent is Too Big (The Bigger Their Size, The Bigger Their Wallet).

Successes Include: Thousands of Clients Served. Tens of...

For more than a decade, Kendra Long has represented injured victims and their families throughout the State of Washington. A Tennessee native, Kendra graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. from the University of Washington. She later continued on to obtain her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law.

Kendra has dedicated her legal career to fighting for justice on behalf of injury victims and their families. Kendra’s commitment to this work is driven by her desire to make a tangible impact on the lives of her clients – fighting for their rights, their families, and their livelihood.

Kendra has...

Chris has handled a wide range of damage cases, including wrongful death and serious personal injuries from roadway collisions, construction site hazards, unsafe products and drugs, medical malpractice, food pathogens, government liability, and all manner of accidents caused by carelessness. Chris seeks the maximum recovery consistent with his client’s wishes, whether by settlement or by trial. His practice includes an emphasis on legal malpractice and medical negligence claims. Chris began his career prosecuting attorney misconduct as bar counsel with the Washington State Bar Association. He served as a member and as the chairperson of the WSBA Disciplinary Board,...

For over 30 years, I have represented persons injured in car, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian and premises liability accidents as well as victims of professional negligence. My many years of experience in personal injury law, strong work ethic, and tenacity have helped me obtain the compensation my clients deserve. I am listed under the Martindale Hubble Directory of Distinguished Attorneys. I have been a guest lecturer at continuing legal educational seminars for trial lawyers before the Washington Association of Justice and the Seattle-King County Bar Association. I received the top 10/10 rating of "superb" by Avvo. I...