Olympia Area Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawyers

Ron Meyers

Ron Meyers has more than 26 years of experience successfully representing families and individuals in personal injury and wrongful death claims. The firm limits its representation to personal injury and wrongful death cases that involve the negligence of others or arise from defective products. Examples include automobile collisions, slip and fall cases, unsafe products and nursing home negligence and abuse claims. 

Ron and his team of trial lawyers, paralegals, litigation assistants and legal assistants work very hard on every case to secure a fair, just and equitable recovery. Ron has represented clients throughout Washington in hundreds of mediations, arbitrations, trials and appeals. He also won a major product liability case before the Washington State Supreme Court that has been cited throughout the United States in personal injury and wrongful death cases, law review articles, legal periodicals, and legal treatises.

Ron also served four terms as an elected member of the Washington State Legislature which included  unanimous election to the Speaker Pro Tempore leadership position. During his time in the Legislature, he successfully wrote, sponsored and voted for laws addressing liability, patient rights, health insurance, automobile personal injury protection insurance, underinsured motorist insurance and occupational injury and disease claims.

Juris Doctor, School of Law, University of Puget Sound; Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Central Washington University.

Plaintiffs' personal injury and wrongful death, including insurance bad faith.

70% of time is devoted to litigating personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Washington State Bar Association; US District Court Western District of Washington; US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit.

Legislator/Speaker Pro Tempore, Washington State House of Representatives, 1987-1995.

Commissioner, Washington Public Disclosure Commission, 1998-1999. Appointed by Governor Gary Locke. Confirmed by Senate.

Ron has been inducted into membership of both the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. These organizations limit membership to trial lawyers across the United States with significant case results. Less than 1% of all lawyers are members.

Washington State Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award, 1986-1994: "In recognition of years of blood, sweat, and toil defending the rights of injured people."

Washington Health Care Association Legislator of the Year, 1994: "In appreciation for your ongoing commitment to long term care."

Washington State Trial Lawyers Legislator of the Year Award, 1990: "To a trial lawyer's trial lawyer, who also wears a legislator's hat. For your constant vigilance on behalf of the people of the state of Washington."

Klein v. Pyrodyne Corp., 117 Wash.2d 1, 810 P.2d 917 (1991) established strict liability where an aerial firework display operator's negligence caused an aerial bomb explosion among spectators that lit client's clothing on fire and caused partial blindness.

Atherton Condominium Apartment-Owners Ass'n Bd. of Directors v. Blume, 115 Wash.2d 506, 799 P.2d 250 (1990) Ron Meyers amicus curiae for petitioner on Behalf of the Tacoma Professional Fire Fighters Union in construction defect injury case.

Nationwide Ins. v. Williams, 71 Wash. App. 336, 858 P.2d 516 (1993) established insurance coverage using seriously injured insured's own statement as an excited utterance to help prove insurance coverage in a phantom vehicle (no contact) collision case.

Burmeister v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co., 92 Wash. App. 359, 966 P.2d 921 (1998) established that corroborating evidence of injured insured's claim tends to verify and lead an impartial and reasonable mind to believe that the insured's testimony is true.

City of Yakima v. International Ass'n of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, Local 469, Yakima Fire Fighters Ass'n, 117 Wash.2d 655, 818 P.2d 1076 (1991) Ron Meyers amicus curiae on behalf of Washington State Council of Fire Fighters in unfair labor practice case involving collective bargaining.

American Association for Justice; Washington State Association for Justice; Washington State Bar Association, Thurston County Bar Association and Pierce County Bar Association.

Ken Gorton

Ken Gorton is a trial lawyer in Washington State. Ken’s areas of practice are personal injury, wrongful death and insurance bad faith. After graduation from law school, Ken served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Robert J. Bryan, a federal judge in Tacoma, Washington. He later became a deputy prosecutor for Thurston County, where he represented the State of Washington in criminal jury trials. He now lives in Olympia and represents personal injury clients in multiple counties, including Thurston, Pierce, Mason, Grays Harbor, Lewis and King.

Before becoming an attorney, Ken earned a master's degree in psychology and had a successful career as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch in Beverly Hills. He later earned a second master’s degree in alternative dispute resolution at Pepperdine School of Law, the number one ranked program in the nation by US New & World Report.

Ken clerked for the National Association of Securities Dealers where most investment arbitrations take place, as well as Steptoe & Johnson's international arbitration department in London, England. He also clerked for Aidikoff & Uhl, one of the preeminent investment arbitration firms in the United States, working closely with the firm's two founding partners on multimillion-dollar arbitrations.

Juris Doctor, Pepperdine School of Law, Pepperdine University; Master’s Degree, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law; Master’s Degree, Psychology, University of Alaska; Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology, University of Alaska.

Plaintiffs' personal Injury and wrongful death, including insurance bad faith.

50% of time is devoted to litigating personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Washington State Bar Association; US District Court Western District of Washington.

Student Editor, American Bar Association's national student journal. Each year, one student in the United States is selected for this esteemed position.

Washington State Bar Association; Washington State Association for Justice.

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Serving Western Washington and Puget Sound communities, including Olympia, Tacoma, Lacey, Tumwater, Rainier, Chehalis, Centralia, DuPont, Lakewood, Shelton, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, and Yelm, as well as Thurston County, Pierce County, Lewis County, Grays Harbor County, Mason County and King County.