Barry Wallis

Barry J. Wallis is the founder of Wallis Law Firm, PLLC, in Tacoma, Washington, where his practice centers on personal injury. The firm works from the historic Wallis Law Building, a block from the Pierce County Courthouse, and also handles criminal defense matters.

Before law school, Wallis worked as a biologist for the State of Washington. He later served as a federal extern for Judge Thomas Coffin of the U.S. District Court and then worked with attorney Bill Barton in Newport, Oregon, on medical malpractice claims before starting his own trial practice in Washington. He earned his law degree from the University of Oregon and his bachelor’s degree from the American University of Paris.

Wallis has served on the executive committee of the American Inns of Court and is a past president of both the Cardozo Society and the Slavic Bar Association. He sits on the board of Sound Credit Union, where he chairs the policy committee, and is a director of the executive council of the University of Washington Milgard School of Business.