John L. Messina

Medical Malpractice, Mediation
5316 Orchard Street West
Tacoma, Washington 98467


Medical Malpractice

Admitted

1969, Washington

Law School

Gonzaga University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1969

Law School Graduation Year

1969

College

University of Puget Sound, B.A., 1961

Memberships

Tacoma-Pierce County and Washington State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1973-1974; Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1978)

Biographical

Pi Gamma Mu. Editor in Chief, Gonzaga Law Review, 1968-1969. Author: Habeas Corpus and the State Prisoner, 3 Gonzaga Law Review 115, 1968. Co-Author: The Collateral Source Rule in Personal Injury Litigation, Gonzaga Law Review Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 1972; Highway Design Liability, published by Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1983; Potholes, Ruts & Shoulder Dropoffs—A Story of Poor Highway Maintenance, Trial Magazine, February 1991; The Human Factors Expert and Contributory Fault, WSTLA Trial News, November, 1982; This Is A Generic Article (the Story of DES), WSTLA Trial News, February, 1983; Automobile Crashworthiness, WSTLA Trial News, May, 1983; Toys That Kill, WSTLA Trial News, December, 1983; The Human Factors Expert in Tort Litigation, Trial Magazine, January, 1984. Author/Editor, Automobile Litigation & Evidence, 1990. Washington State Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1979. Faculty Member, National College of Advocacy, 1982-1988. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1989—. Member: International Society of Barristers, 1988—; American Board of Trial Advocates, 1996—. Mensa. Fellow, Roscoe Pound Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)

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