About Michael McNeil
Michael McNeil is an attorney in Tacoma whose practice covers civil litigation, with particular focus on representing current and former military members and their families in employment (USERRA), complex personal injury, and military medical malpractice claims. Prior to law school, Michael served as an active duty Combat Engineer (12B) in the U.S. Army for nearly nine years, including two deployments to Iraq in 2006 and 2008, before medically retiring. He earned his business degree from Washington State University (summa cum laude) and his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law, where he won the 1L Mock Trial Competition and the Steve Calandrillo Contract Negotiation Competition. He was selected to the school's TYLA National Mock Trial Team and Moot Court Honor Board.
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.
