Meet Jay Flynn - Partner

Jay Flynn’s sincere compassion for people is evident from the moment you meet him. For 26 years, Jay has successfully represented injured people in the Tri-Cities area, and he has won many successful verdicts and settlements for his clients. His efforts on behalf of those clients were acknowledged when, in 2000, the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association recognized him as the Trial Attorney of the Year for the State of Washington. In the eighteen years that the Award has been given, Jay is the only attorney from Southeastern Washington to receive it, and one of only four attorneys in all of Eastern Washington to ever be so honored.

Jay was selected as a Washington “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law and Politics Magazine in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The “Super Lawyer” designation is based on a survey of approximately 16,000 active lawyers from across the state of Washington. Only the top five percent of Washington attorneys are chosen by their peers as “Super Lawyers”.

In addition to his busy case load, Jay has presented at numerous Washington State continuing legal education seminars on the topic of trials and currently serves on the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Board of Governors.

Practice Areas

• Plaintiff's personal injury law
• motor vehicle collisions
• product liability
• governmental wrongdoing
• sexual abuse
• incidents resulting in brain injuries
• wrongful death

Examples from Jay’s Case Files

• Jay acted as co-counsel on a car accident case that received the highest soft tissue injury jury award in the history of Benton County ($675,000).
• In a car-bicycle accident resulting in the death of one young college student and the injury of another, Jay convinced the insurance company to pay the maximum under the policy. The policy limits settlement was reached on the Friday evening before the start of a Monday trial -- after the insurance company had continued to insist that it would not pay policy limits.
• Jay obtained a $3.5 million settlement on behalf of several special needs children who were sexually abused at school by a staff person.
• Jay obtained a $450,000 settlement on behalf of seventeen young children emotionally and physically abused at a church daycare facility.

Memberships

• Washington State Bar Association
• Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors 1994-1998), 2005-2007
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Invitational Legal Memberships

• American Board of Trial Attorneys

Awards and Achievements

• Washington State Trial Lawyer of the Year – 2000
• Washington Law and Politics “Super Lawyer” – 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
  Washington “Super Lawyer” as selected by Law and Politics Magazine. More than 20,000 ballots were sent to lawyers across Washington asking them to vote for the best lawyers they have personally observed in action. The final list of “Super Lawyers” represents four percent of the lawyers licensed to practice in Washington.
• Jay is "AV" Rated by Martindale Hubbell in a nationwide attorney peer review.
  This rating by Judges and fellow attorneys shows that Mr. Flynn has a Very High to Preeminent rating for legal ability, and that he embraces faithful adherence to ethical standards, professional reliability and diligence. The "AV" rating is awarded to less than 10% of all attorneys nationally and is the highest rating offered by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Education
University of Puget Sound, B.A., English- 1976 University of Puget Sound, J.D. ­ 1979

Outside the Office
Jay enjoys basketball, cross country skiing, coaching the Kennewick High School mock trial team, and spending time with his wife Sue, an elementary school teacher in Kennewick, Washington, and with their three sons.