About James McLean
James McLean is a Workers' Compensation attorney and the newest member of the Washington Law Center legal team. Born in Texas and raised in Alaska, where his parents met while working in the fishing industry, James came to Seattle to study law at the University of Washington School of Law, graduating in 2025. He also holds a degree from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2021.
At Washington Law Center, James provides advocacy for clients from the first call through the resolution of their case. His interest in litigation and trial work drives him to pursue whatever is necessary to help clients obtain the benefits that are rightfully theirs. Outside of work, James hikes, camps, and works out daily.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Washington Law Center
These results are credited to Washington Law Center. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Pierce County jury awarded $16.7 million to the family of a pregnant Puyallup woman who died of H1N1 influenza after Summit View Clinic failed to tell her that Tamiflu was available to treat the infection. Ashton Dennis of Washington Law Center served as co-counsel for the family alongside Connelly Law Offices.
University Place School District agreed to pay $9.5 million to three former students sexually abused by volunteer wrestling coach David O'Connor, settling days before a scheduled four-week trial. Washington Law Center's Ashton Dennis served as co-counsel with Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala.
University Place School District agreed to pay $4.25 million to six former student-athletes who were sexually abused by convicted sex offender David O'Connor while he served as a volunteer wrestling coach at Curtis Junior High and Curtis High School.
Washington Law Center secured a $3.5 million settlement against the Marysville School District after two former students came forward with claims that art teacher and cheerleading adviser Kurt Hollstein sexually abused them in a school darkroom during the mid-1980s.
Washington Law Center attorney Ashton Dennis secured a $1 million settlement from the Marysville School District on behalf of a male former student who said art teacher Kurt Hollstein sexually assaulted him on school grounds starting in 1981, when the victim was approximately 14 years old.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
