James B. Meade

Mr. Meade is a shareholder with Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. working primarily in our Tacoma office.  His litigation practice focuses on defense of personal injury, professional malpractice, product liability, construction defect, construction site accident and general liability claims.

E-Mail: jmeade@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Mr. Meade has extensive trial experience.  He spent the first ten years of his career at a large Tacoma law firm where he tried several cases to verdict, including commercial, construction defect, consumer protection, products liability and personal injury claims.  Most recently, Mr. Meade prevailed at the Washington Supreme Court after eleven years of litigation in holding an EIFS (synthetic stucco) manufacturer liable for its defective synthetic stucco siding product.  Mr. Meade was forced to re-try the case because key documents were withheld by the EIFS manufacturer before the first trial.  This case is published at Kurtis Mayer v. Sto Industries, Inc., 156 Wn.2d 677 (2006).  He joined Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. in 2003.

• Education:
  Whitworth College , B.S. 1988
  Seattle University School of Law, J.D. 1993

• Admitted To Bar:
  Washington
  United States District Court, Western District
  United State District Court, Eastern District
  United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• Memberships:
  Washington State Bar Association
  Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
  King County Bar Association
  Pierce County Bar Association
  American Bar Association