Richard J. Davies is a founding member of the Seattle law firm of Kraft Davies Olsson PLLC. Practicing in federal and state courts since 1995, Rick has assisted his clients and their families in collecting millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts in complex personal injury cases for over 25-years. His work has given his hard-working clients the ability to transition into new careers after career-ending injuries, provided dignity after a loss, and helped provide for his clients’ families when they could not work due to the negligence of another. He is proud to help his courageous clients rebuild their lives after serious injuries and has a track record for winning complex personal injury cases against the denials of large corporations, fishing companies, insurance companies, government agencies, and some of the largest corporations in the world.
Rick has obtained an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™, the highest rating awarded to distinguished attorneys in the most well-respected peer review rating service for attorneys in the United States. Rick has been selected multiple times as a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics magazine, an honor reserved for less than 5% of attorneys nationwide. He has also been listed in the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers and was honored by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as 10 Best in Client Satisfaction.
Rick limits his practice to serious personal injury and wrongful death claims for seamen, fishermen, tugboat workers, ferry workers, cruise ship passengers, maritime workers, construction workers, iron workers, victims of defective products, automobile and trucking collision victims, persons injured by the negligence of store employees, and victims of burn injuries, electrical injuries, and explosions.
Growing up in the Seattle area, Rick loves the Northwest. When he is not helping his clients in serious personal injury cases, Rick can be found with his wife and two sons on the ski slopes, paddle boarding, mountain biking, watching his sons play soccer, or otherwise spending time outdoors with his friends and family in the beautiful Northwest.
Education
- Willamette University College of Law - J.D.
- University of Puget Sound - B.A.
- Majors: Economics
- Major: Politics and Government
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
- The American Association for Justice
- Washington State Association for Justice
Honors & Awards
- AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® Attorney Peer Review Ratings™
- Recognized as "Super Lawyer" by Washington Super Lawyer, a division of Thomson Reuters
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as 10 Best in Client Satisfaction
Representative Clients
- Severe electrical burn injury claim against a major public utility district for failure to properly ground its utility equipment and maintain its vegetation easement in rural Snohomish County
- Injury to steward on a passenger cruise ship that resulted in a cervical disc replacement and loss of career
- Career-ended respiratory injury to an iron worker after a refinery explosion
- Traumatic brain injury with loss of career to deckhand on commercial crab fishing vessel
- Slip-and-fall off the stern of a Seattle-based passenger ferry vessel with a career-ending shoulder injury to a marine engineer
- Cargo collapse on a fishing vessel that resulted in displaced pelvic fractures and permanent urological injuries to a fish processor
- Iron worker who sustained career-ending shoulder injury when he fell through a roof on a construction site due to improper fall protection
- Chief Engineer sustaining traumatic brain injury after being struck with a parted tow wire on a tug due to poor wire maintenance
- Deck hand sustained knee injuries with multiple surgeries after he jumped out of the path of a swinging crab pot on a factory trawler
- Fish processor who was struck by cargo falling off a conveyor belt leading to a total knee replacement
- Iron worker sustaining career-ending traumatic brain injury when he was struck with an unsecured roof truss during the construction of a retail store
- Career-ending traumatic brain injury to a nurse in a collision with a commercial truck
- Leg amputation to truck driver when he was struck with large pipes during an unsafe unloading operation
- Wrongful death to concrete pump truck driver when the boom of his truck made contact with unmarked power lines on a construction site
- Fish processor injured in an enclosed tank resulting in neck surgeries and fusion due to unsafe working conditions
- Career-ending back injury to mate on a tug when he fell off the bow of the tug while handling lines
- Career-ending back injury to cook on a tug when he slipped on oil on the deck
- Career-ending injury to ferry able-bodied seamen when she was struck with a line and sustained serious chest injuries
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