About James Snell
James Snell brings strong legal skills and a commitment to advocating for people who have suffered harm, handling car accidents, catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, and wrongful death cases for the Tacoma team. He attended the University of Washington School of Law and earned undergraduate degrees in American Ethnic Studies and Political Science at UW. Before pursuing law, James dedicated five years to nonprofit work and advocacy. During law school he was a Peggy Browning Fellow and participated in the Moderate Means Program. He is a member of the Washington State Association for Justice.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala (PCVA)
These results are credited to Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala (PCVA). A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A King County jury awarded $165 million to eight former Sky Valley Education Center employees, including the estate of one deceased plaintiff, after finding Pharmacia LLC liable for selling PCB-containing fluorescent light ballasts without adequate warning.
A Pierce County jury awarded William Tisdale $91 million after he was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat outside an APRO-owned Union 76 convenience store in Parkland, Washington, leaving him with multiple skull fractures and permanent cognitive damage.
A King County jury awarded $72 million to two former Sky Valley Education Center students who developed chronic neurological injuries after years of PCB exposure from aging fluorescent light fixtures manufactured by Monsanto.
A Thurston County jury awarded $57 million to roughly 22,000 live-in home-care providers after finding that Washington's Department of Social and Health Services unlawfully cut their pay through an automatic 15 percent reduction in authorized care hours.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
