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James Horne

Partner

  • location icon Seattle, WA
    1420 Fifth Avenue
    Suite 2050
    Seattle, WA 98101

James Horne was born in Osaka, Japan to a U.S. Army Medical Technician Father and a Japanese Registered Nurse Mother. He grew up in Parkland, Washington (south of Tacoma); has a younger brother and sister; is married (Haidee Bristol-Horne) with two children, Rebekah Horne and Spenser Horne, and resides in Sammamish, Washington. He graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, with a B.A. in English; graduated from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, with a J.D. degree, Clerked at the Washington Supreme Court for two years, and has practice law in the greater Seattle and Portland, Oregon areas since 1981.

Published Opinions

  • Braaten v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc., et al., 165 Wn.2d 373, 198 P.3d 4930 (2008)
  • Port of Seattle v. Lexington Ins. Co., 111 Wn. App. 901, 48 P.3d 334 (2002)
  • Broad v. Mannesmann Anlagenbau, 141 Wn.2d 670, 10 P.3d 371 (2000) (certified question from U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 196 F.3d 1075 (9th Cir. 1999))
  • Kitsap County v. Allstate Ins. Co., 136 Wn.2d 567, 964 P.2d 1173 (1998)
  • Fleming v. United Services Automobile Ass’n, 329 Or. 449, 988 P.2d 378 (1999), opinion modified on reconsideration, 330 Or. 62, 996 P.2d 501 (2000)
  • United States v. Stuart, 489 U.S. 353, 109 S. Ct. 1183, 103 L.Ed.2d 388 (1989)
  • In Re Selden, 107 Wn.2d 246, 728 P.2d 1036 (1986); State of Washington v. Johnson, 104 Wn.2d 179, 703 P.2d 1052 (1985)
  • Cultum v. Heritage House Realtors, 103 Wn.2d 623, 694 P.2d 630, 53 USLW 2387 (1985)

Publications

  • Author, “Federal and State RICO Acts, Civil and Criminal,“ Chapter 25A of Washington State Bar Association’s Commercial Law Deskbook
  • Author and Presenter -- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association -- Product Liability in Sports – Aluminum Baseball Bats, June 29, 2012
  • Co-author and presenter, “Ethical Obligations of Counsel in Light of Magaña v. Hyundai Motor America,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Insurance Law Seminar (2010)
  • Presenter at the National Business Institute’s "Road and Access Law in Washington," October 30, 2002; Co-Author – The Washington Condominium Act and Construction Defect Claims – A Primer, 2001
  • Presenter – Half Moon, LLC -- Washington Advance Litigation Skills for Paralegals Seminar, June 23, 2000

Professional Presentations

  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, "Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law," May 30, 2024
  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, 2020 Annual Ethics Seminar, "A Day in the Life of a Civil Litigator," November 13, 2020; King County Bar Association – Annual Ethics Workout – “Perspective from a Hearing Officer and the Settlement Conference/Disciplinary Process,” November 30, 2017.

Admissions

  • State Bar Admissions
    • Hawaii
    • Oregon
    • Washington
  • United States District Courts
    • United States District Court for the District of Oregon
    • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
    • United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
  • United States Courts of Appeals
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Seattle-King County Bar Association
  • Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
  • Oregon State Bar Association
  • Hawaii State Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers

Awards & Honors

  • AV Rated by Martindell Hubbell
  • Washington State Bar Association Special District Counsel (1989-2000)
  • Member/Vice Chair/Character & Fitness Committee (1997-2000)
  • Member/Vice Chair/Chair, Disciplinary Board (2000-2003)
  • Committee of Law Examiners, (1993-2013; Executive Committee of Committee of Law Examiners (2002-2013)
  • Member, Lawyers ' Fund for Client Protection Board, 2009-15)
  • WSBA Hearing Officer Panel, (2012-2017); Chief Hearing Officer, (2015-2017); Member, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Board of Trustees (2019-2023).

Education

Willamette University College of Law

Juris Doctor, Cum Laude; B.A. English, 1981

Gonzaga University

Magna Cum Laude, 1978

Representative Matters

James Horne has extensive federal and state trial and appellate experience involving a wide range of civil litigation matters throughout the Western United States. He has served as trial counsel in Product Liability claims involving various products, prescription medications, and medical devices; Asbestos Defense; Urea Formaldehyde; Phentermine of the “Fen-Phen” diet drug combination; Bone (Pedicle) Screws; the food supplements Goldenseal and Echinacea; football helmets; wall-mounted heaters; and other electrical equipment and appliances. He also has considerable experience with building and construction defect claims on behalf of contractors, building owners and occupants (condominiums, apartment buildings, hotels, parking and other facilities in the hospitality industry) as well as fire loss and property damage claims, including business interruption, loss of use, and loss of access claims.

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