Attorney John Layman, Layman, Layman & McKinley, PLLP, Spokane, Washington

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John R. Layman
Spokane, Washington

Partner, since 1983
phone	509-455-8883 800-377-8883 (Toll Free)
fax	509-624-2902
email	info@laymanlawfirm.com

John has been a partner in the firm since 1983. His practice involves serious personal injury complex litigation, with an emphasis on traumatic brain injuries and spinal/aquatic injuries.

John is active within the Washington State Brain Injury Association and has served as past executive director for the local chapter. John is currently the president of the Foundation Board for Inland Northwest Hospital Service and is past president of the St. Luke's Rehabilitation Advisory Board of Directors. He also is a member of the executive committee and Vice Chairman of Banner Bank. He has received his Aquatic Specialty Certification.

Because of his extensive and diverse experience with brain injuries and his extremely successful representation of its victims, John garners the highest level of respect within the medical community, and has been honored by his peers as one of the State of Washington's "Super Lawyers". John also was named as one of Washington's top 100 trial lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association. Feel free to review the testimonials of several of John's peers in the medical community.

Areas of Practice:: Complex Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Spinal Cord Injury; Traumatic Brain Injury; Aquatic Injury; Real Estate Development

Litigation Percentage:: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Washington, 1983; Idaho; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 1984; U.S. District Court Western District of Washington; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1984

Education:: Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA , 1983
Juris Doctor
Honors: Cum Laude; Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 1980
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Cum Laude

Seminars Attended:: Handling the Head Injury, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Understanding the Consequences of a Head Injury, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Speaker: Preparation of Closed-Head Injury Cases Handling the Traumatic Brain Injury Case Neuropsych Cases, Washington State Head Injury Foundation Spokane; All You Need to Know About Head Injury Cases, Spokane County Bar Association; Decade of the Brain, Washington State Head Injury Foundation National; 10th Annual National Symposium, Head Injury Foundation; Speaker: Strengths & Weaknesses of Neuropsychological Testing, Spokane County Bar Association; The Head Injury Case: What the Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, National Head Injury Foundation; 12th Annual Brain Injury Symposium, National Head Injury Foundation; Handling the Traumatic Brain Injury Case Speaker: Identifying and Assembling the Post Concussion Syndrome Case, Brain Injury Association of Washington; The 9th Annual NHIF Trial Lawyers Conference, National Head Injury Foundation; The Brain Injury Case: What the Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, National Head Injury Foundation; Speaker: Defense Tactics in Post-Concussion Syndrome Cases, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Speaker: Common Problems with Post-Concussion Syndrome Cases, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Speaker: Countering Defense Tactics in the Post Concussion Syndrome Case, Brain Injury Association of Washington; 12th Annual Conference for Attorneys Winning Brain Injury Cases: Legal and Medical, Brain Injury Association of Washington; Restoring Life's Quality: Outcomes of Brain Injury, Brain Injury Association of Washington; Understanding Brain Injury Cases, State Trial Lawyers Association; Speaker: Screening Mild Brain Injury Cases, State Trial Lawyers Association; Speaker: Chiropractic's Optimistic Future with Health and Wellness Trends, A Discussion of the Med-Legal Value of Weight Bearing MRI and Digital X-ray

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Washington State Bar Association; Spokane County Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Banner Bank; Vice Chairman, Board of Directors; INHS Foundation; President; Brain Injury Association of Eastern Washington; Past President; St. Luke's Rehabilitation Hospital; Past President, Advisory Board; Valley Hospital Foundation; Past Board of Directors; Washington State Chiropractic Association; Member; Board of Regents, Life Chiropractic College West

Our attorneys in the Spokane and Seattle, WA, offices of Layman Law Firm, PLLP represent clients throughout the inland empire area and the Coastal Washington - Puget Sound Peninsula area, including the cities of Spokane, Newport, Colville, Davenport, Ritzville, Colfax, Pullman, Opportunity, Deer Park, Veradale, Seattle, Everett, Tacoma, Port Orchard, Coupeville, Bellevue, Auburn, Bremerton, Redmond, Renton, Puyallup, and Kent. Our lawyers also serve the counties of Spokane County, Pend Oreille County, Stevens County, Lincoln County, Adams County, Whitman County, King County, Snohomish County, Pierce County, Kitsap County, and Island County. Whether you need a Spokane traumatic brain injury attorney or a Seattle head trauma and memory loss injury attorney, we can help.

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