James Gooding
Shareholder | GLP Attorneys, P.S., Inc.
James Gooding is a car accidents, nursing home abuse and maritime injuries trial lawyer and shareholder at GLP Attorneys, P.S., Inc. in Seattle, Washington. J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law (1993).
Meet James
James “Jim” Gooding is a shareholder in the Seattle office of GLP Attorneys, P.S., Inc., where he leads the firm’s maritime and nursing home abuse and neglect practice groups. He represents people and families affected by serious injury, elder neglect and wrongful death, and also handles vehicle collision, premises and product liability cases.
Gooding began practicing alongside his father in Kent, Washington, and later worked as trial counsel for several firms in New York City. According to the firm, he has tried more than 100 personal injury cases to juries. He joined GLP in 2007 and became a shareholder in 2010. He is board certified in civil trial practice by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Washington State Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.
He holds a law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law and a philosophy degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and is admitted in Washington, California, New York and New Jersey. He volunteered with Trial Lawyers Care to help World Trade Center victims after Sept. 11 and has written several Trial News articles on nursing home litigation.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, 1993
- B.A., Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1990
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Practice, National Board of Trial Advocacy (since 2007)
- California, 1993
- Washington, 1994
- New Jersey, 2002
- New York, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2007
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1993
Practice Areas
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Association for Justice
- Washington State Association for Justice (Maritime Section Co-Chair; Nursing Home and Elder Care Section)
- Washington State Association for Justice Trial News Editorial Board (2008–2018)
- New York County Lawyers Association (Ethics Committee, 2003–2007)
- Washington State Bar Association (Court Rule Committee, 2008–2009)
- Trial Lawyers Care
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers (2012–2023)
- Washington Super Lawyers (2012–2026)
- Washington State Top 100 Super Lawyer (2018, 2021–2026)
- Top 50 Premises Liability Verdicts, TopVerdict.com (2021)
- Top 100 Jury Verdicts, TopVerdict.com (2020, 2022)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, inducted 2020
- Avvo Rating 10.0
- $11.5 Million Resolution: $11,545,000 resolution for a motor vehicle accident.
- $10 Million Settlement: Settlement for a medical malpractice claim.
- $8.775 Million Recovery: Recovery for a client permanently injured in a rear-end collision.
- $5 Million Verdict: Verdict for a high school student crushed between two cars when a vehicle struck her mother's parked car.
- $2 Million Settlement: Settlement for the wrongful death of a client caused by a T-bone car crash.
- $2 Million Settlement: Settlement for a client who experienced trauma due to intentional infliction of emotional distress.
- $1.1 Million Settlement: Settlement for a client injured in a rear-end collision.
- $1 Million Settlement: Settlement for the wrongful death of a client abused at a nursing home.
- $1 Million Settlement: Settlement for a client injured in a T-bone collision.
- $900,000 Settlement: Settlement for a client injured in a head-on collision.
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