Richard C. Eymann received his Juris Doctorate from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1976. He worked his way through college first on a Weyerhauser "green chain" and then was a policeman in Washington, D.C. At age 21, he was the youngest elected delegate to the 1968 National Democratic
Convention. After graduating
from the University of Oregon in 1968, he was an intelligence officer in
the U.S. Army and then a consumer investigator prior to law school.
Mr. Eymann is a past President of the Washington State Bar Association
(1999-2000). He is a past President of the Washington State Trial
Lawyers Association (WSTLA)(1995-1996). He was 1995 Trial Lawyer of the
Year. He has served in numerous offices and committee chairships for
WSTLA and the American Bar Association and was formally the 5th District
Governor of the Washington State Bar Association. He has been a seminar
speaker for numerous trial lawyer organizations (over 50 appearances).
He was one of the founders of the Washington State Chapter of Trial
Lawyers for Public Justice; is a "charter member" of the National Crime
Victim Bar Association; Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates;
and has been a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
since 1980. He has been a member of the Board of Advisors for the
Gonzaga School of Law since its inception in 1985. He has been a
fundraiser for several charitable organizations: Forgotten Children's
Fund, Women Helping Women, The Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Wishing
Star Foundation and others.
As founding partner of the Spokane law firm of Eymann, Allison, Hunter, Jones, P.S., his trial practice emphasizes
medical/hospital negligence, personal injury, wrongful death, sexual
abuse and assault cases, fire loss, products liability and business
torts. He is best known for taking difficult cases to trial with little
or no offer from the defense and achieving surprising verdicts or
recovering substantial record settlements. A sample of those cases
back to 1987 are highlighted below.
Mr. Eymann resides in Spokane, Washington on a small farm with his wife
and their two children.
CURRENT PRESIDENT: Washington State Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Limited to Plaintiffs' Damage Litigation and Pro Bono Work: Emphasis on Personal Injury and Wrongful Death; Sexual Abuse; Sexual Harassment; Employment Discrimination; Fire Loss; Commercial Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Negligence; Environmental Litigation; and Aviation Accidents.
PERSONAL: Born Hanover, New Hampshire in 1945; admitted to bar, 1977, Washington; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1968); Gonzaga University (J.D., 1976). Founder and Chairperson, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1975-1984; Board of Advisors, 1985-1993. Member: Spokane County and American Bar Associations; Washington State Bar Association (Board of Governors 1997-1998; President-Elect 1998-1999; President 1999-2000); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1984-1986, 1988-1997; Membership Chair, 1984-1985; Vice President East, 1991-1992; Legislative Steering Committee, 1990-1996; Vice President Finance 1994-1995; President-Elect 1995-1996; President 1996-1997); American Inns of Court (Barrister, 1986; Master of the Bench, 1990; Charles L. Powell Inn President, 1991-1993); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Washington Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Washington Founder and Board of Directors, 1994-1999); Access to Justice Network (Member); Damage Attorneys Round Table of Washington (Member).
MAJOR REPORTED CASES: Henderson v. Tyrrell, 910 P.2d 522 (Wash. 1996). Barber v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., 41 F.3d 553 (9th Cir. 1994) Gould v. Aerospatiale Helicopter Corp., 40 F.3d 1033 (9th Cir. 1994) George v. Parke-Davis, 733 P.2d 507 (Wash. 1987) Kirk v. Washington State University, 746 P.2d 507 (Wash. 1987)