Mr. Larry Levy

Mediator

Expertise Areas:

• Serious Injury & Wrongful Death
• Employment
• Professional Negligence
• Government Tort Claims
• School Claims
• Mass Torts

WAMS Mediator Certification: 1986

Accomplishments: Upon graduation from the University of Washington School of Law, Mr. Levy served in Navy JAG as trial and defense counsel. Thereafter, he practiced primarily in injury and death cases for 25 years as a shareholder at the Davies Pearson law firm in Tacoma. He litigated on both the plaintiff and defense side of various legal conflicts in the areas of personal injury, medical negligence, fire & property, product liability, maritime and toxic torts.

Mr. Levy has served as a neutral for many years in over 5,000 cases. In 1997 he left Davies Pearson to concentrate solely on mediating disputes. He has participated in a wide range of complex multi-party matters including employment, wrongful death, product liability, commercial transactions, estate, medical negligence, environmental damage, false arrest, sexual harassment and abuse, fire & property, maritime, and environmental and toxic torts. Mr. Levy has achieved the successful resolution of claims against public entities including schools, transit, local, county and state government agencies, administrators, and employees.

Mr. Levy is a federal mediator under Rule 39.1, a volunteer facilitator for the King County Neighborhood Legal Clinics program, and an occasional speaker at the Seattle University and University of Washington Schools of Law. He is frequently asked to be a presenter at annual Continuing Legal Education seminars on negotiation and mediation practice and has served as a judge for the Seattle University School of Law’s annual negotiation and client counseling competitions. He has been appointed to serve as a Discovery Special Master and Neutral Expert Witness in Superior Court proceedings.

Education: USA&M Advanced Mediator Training; Coast to Coast Mediation Training; WAMS Advanced Mediator Training; USA&M Mediator Training; Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution Seminars; International Academy of Mediator Seminars; University of Washington, JD, 1968; University of Washington, BA, 1965.

Affiliations: Washington Arbitration & Mediation Service; Washington State Bar Association, Mediation, ADR Section, Past Chair; Federal Bar Association; Washington State  Association for Justice; the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association; Association for Conflict Resolution; Dinstinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators.