Jay Kinney was born in Rochester New York in 1957. He obtained his B.A. from the University of Texas in 1980 and his J.D. from the University of Texas in 1983. He was admitted to the bar in the state of Washington in 1984. Jay is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Washington State Association for Justice. Mr. Kinney’s practice emphasizes worker’s compensation, personal injury, construction site accidents and employment law.
Jay is married with three children.

“I worked my way though college and law school as a carpenter, back when you could actually earn enough in the summer to pay for a year of college. I still use my tools on home and community projects. I know my way around a job site, and realize the physical demands of occupations such as construction, manufacturing, logging, fishing and processing, nursing and driving/delivery.”

Verdicts and Settlements:

In addition to the personal injury and disability cases noted on the right, Mr. Kinney has obtained over ten million dollars in Labor & Industries pension awards for totally disabled worker’s compensation clients. Representative cases include:

• Fish processor, hand amputation
• Painter, manlift tip over and fall, broken heel, ankle, wrist, and elbow
• Ironworker, low-back surgery
• Ironworker, knee surgery
• Carpenter, low back surgery
• Carpenter, occupational disease arthritis knees and hips
• Aerospace machinist, multi-level spinal herniations
• Nurse, low back injury
• Aerospace machinist, head injury
• Aerospace designer, cervical injury and depression
• Hospital worker, three-level cervical fusion
• Pile buck, occupational disease arthritis multiple joints
• Maintenance worker, electrocution
• Car mechanic, lumbosacral spine surgery
• Laborer, head injury
• Pipefitter, cervical injury
• Truck mechanic, low back injury
• Restaurant waitress, low back injury
• Baker, baker’s asthma
• Truck driver, long-haul, death
• Construction worker, quadriplegia suffered in a fall

Areas of Practice:

• Emphasizes Worker’s Compensation
• Personal Injury
• Social Security Disability
• Employment Law

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Washington, 1984

Education:

The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1983, J.D.

University of Texas, Austin, 1980, B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Washington State Bar Association — Member

Washington State Association for Justice — Member

The American Association for Justice — M