Taylor, Robert B.

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 through college and law school as a carpenter, and I still use my tools on home and community projects. I coach my kids' softball and baseball teams, camp, hunt (recurve bow) and hike when time permits."

Verdicts & 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:

Ironworker, low-back surgery
Ironworker, knee sugery
Carpenter, low back surgery
Carpenter, occupational disease arthritis knees and hips
Nurse, low back injury
Aerospace machinist, multi-level spinal herniations
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