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Atty. Terry Abeyta, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, USA

  • 44 years of experience
  • English,
  • Personal Injury
  • Abeyta Nelson Injury Law
  • Washington

Summary

Although practicing in the most conservative area of the state, Terry Abeyta has earned recognition as one of the top plaintiff?s personal injury attorneys in Washington. He recovered $6.9 million on a bleacher fall case (the largest settlement in the history of Yakima County), $4.1 million on a car crash case (the largest settlement in the history of Kittitas County), $3.5 million on a school playground case, the highest settlements in the history of Grant and Klickitat counties, the largest recovery on an uninsured motorist case in Yakima County history, the largest jury verdict on a cervical soft-tissue case in the history of Yakima County, and obtained a $700,000 settlement for the children of a 39-year-old Native American man who committed suicide in the Yakima Tribal Jail. Terry Abeyta has tried 50 jury trials and arbitrated hundreds of cases.Terry was the first plaintiff?s attorney from Central Washington chosen for The Best Lawyers in America, the first in Central Washington named to the Super Lawyer list, has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 1999, and has been named to Lawdragon?s 500 Leading Plaintiffs? Lawyers in America.He is one of only three members from Eastern Washington in the Damages Attorney Round Table, is past president of the Washington Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, has served in many leadership roles for the Washington State Association for Justice, and is a past president of the Yakima County Bar Association. He has received WSAJ?s Alvin Anderson award for outstanding contribution to building WSAJ?s Eagle membership.Mr. Abeyta was born and raised in Yakima. He graduated at the top of his class from Yakima Valley College, at the top of his class from Whitman College, and in the top 15 percent of his class at University of Washington School of Law. He worked his way through college as a reporter for the Yakima Herald-Republic, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. View More ?

Practice Areas


Fees

  • Free Consultation
  • Contingent Fees
    33%
  • Education

    University of Washington School of Law
    J.D. (1976) | Juris Doctor
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    Honors: Top 15% of graduating class
    Activities: University of Washington Law School Moot Court Honor Board; American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Research and Writing
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    Whitman College
    B.A. (1973) | Bachelor of Arts
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    Honors: Graduated first in class, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; Honors in Political Science
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    Yakima Valley College
    A.A. (1971)
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    Honors: Graduated first in class with honors, Phi Theta Kappa; Top Male English Student Award
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    Experience

    44 years of experience

    Address

    Yakima Office
    1102 W. Yakima Avenue
    Yakima, WA 98902
    Telephone: (509) 575-1588