James Gooding

Jim learned the practice of personal injury law from his father in Kent, Washington, where together they represented clients from all walks of life. During those years Jim gained respect for the problems and issues his clients faced, and learned how to best counsel and represent them while achieving justice for their cause. Jim’s practice eventually brought him to New York City, where he became trial counsel for various firms who sent their difficult cases to him when they knew the case was going to be tried to a jury. There, Jim successfully tried 75+ personal injury jury cases, bringing his clients millions of dollars and redemption from those who had injured them. In 2007, Jim returned to the Pacific Northwest with his wife and three children, and joined GLP Attorneys. In 2010, Jim became a Partner with the firm and in 2012 he became a Shareholder. Jim is currently an active member of the Washington State Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. He is a member of Trial Lawyers Care (a group that contributed pro bono time to World Trade Center victims after September 11th), and is a frequent Moot Court Judge. He was a member of the Ethics Committee of the NY County Lawyers Assn. until 2007, and has served on the Washington State Bar Assn. Court Rules Committee. Jim is one of only a handful of attorneys in the Northwest who is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, a distinction which requires verifiable trial results, and a review process including testimonials by Judges and attorneys who have opposed him at trial. Jim is also a member of ABOTA, which is the most prestigious trial lawyers associate in the country. Jim has also been voted “Washington State Super Lawyer" from 2012-present, and achieved "Top 100 Washington State Super Lawyer“ in 2018 and 2021. Jim takes a personal interest in every client he represents. A case is not a number or a name, but is an injury that could have happened to any of us, and his cases are treated personally and with the respect each one individually deserves.