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Jay E. Leipham

5.0
Rating: 7.1

Licensed for 52 years

Personal injury Lawyer at Spokane, WA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Defective and Dangerous Products, Insurance, Litigation

1300 U.S. Bank Building, 422 West Riverside Avenue, Spokane, WA

About Jay

Practice Areas

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Practice Areas

Personal Injury 80%

I've handled injury cases of all magnitudes and varieties: death; quadriplegia; paraplegia; brain injury; orthopedic injuries to backs, necks, ankles, feet, extremities; auto collisions, pesticide exposures, defective products, carbon monoxide poisoning, negligent lineman training, dog bite, highway design, governmental negligence (snow/ice removal), slip/trip & fall and others.

52 years | 350 cases

80%
Defective and Dangerous Products 10%

I've handled diverse defective product claims, including defective tie-rod; SUV; car seat; gas grill; grain tarp; rental lift; wire strand; orthopedic medical devices.

47 years | 25 cases

10%
Insurance 5%

Most cases involve insurance issues of some sort. In addition, I've handled cases where the case centered on insurance coverage, including environmental clean-up issues, agricultural pollution and various auto and homeowner insurance coverage cases.

47 years | 10 cases

5%
Litigation 5%

Actually, 95% or more of my practice is litigation, but most of it is personal injury and product liability. But I've handled some cases outside that category, including some employment law cases, various business law issues, injunction matters, non-competition agreement breach cases, trade secret cases, etc.

52 years | 10 cases

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 52 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 1973

Voluntarily Resigned

No misconduct found

Location

Richter-Wimberley, P.S.,P.S.

1300 U.S. Bank Building, 422 West Riverside Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99201

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Posted by anonymous | August 07, 2009 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Giant Killer

In March of 2004, Blue Book Publishing LLC established itself in business as a publisher of Yellow Pages directories. The members of the LLC were all former employees of TransWestern Publishing LLC. Shortly after opening our doors, TWP engaged a huge attorney firm and sued Blue Book alleging no les...s than six (6) illegal acts by Blue Book. Due to the nature and scope of the litigation, the case was filed and heard in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington (Spokane). Jay took our case, orchistrated the efforts of a small defense team and fought for us. Even though Jay was out-manned and out-financed, he believed in his clients' position of innocence and pursued our defense with vigor. The court found "no harm, no foul" and the case was closed. Long story short, Jay Leipham is singlehandedly responsible for Blue Book Publishing LLC's existence and current status as the dominant phone directory in markets now shared with Yellow Book USA (successor to TransWestern Publishing LLC).

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Experience

Rating:  7.1 (Very Good)

Honors

1993

BV rated, Martindale-Hubbell

1969

Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, same; WSU chapters

Work Experience

1996 - Present

Shareholder; officer, Richter-Wimberley, P.S.

1979 - 1995

Shareholder; officer, Underwood, Campbell, Brock & Cerutti, P.S.

1979 - 1981

Associate, Underwood, Campbell, Brock & Cerutti, P.S.

1976 - 1979

Associate, Skeel, McKelvy, Henke, Evenson & Betts

1973 - 1976

Associate, Hullin, Roberts, Mines, Fite & Riveland

Associations

1979 - Present

Spokane County Bar Association

Member

1979 - Present

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member

1979 - Present

Washington State Association for Justice

Member

1973 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

1973 - Present

Washington State Bar Association

Member

1979 - 2000

Lincoln County Bar Association

Member

Education

1972

University of Chicago Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1969

Washington State University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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