William Bailey
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (206) 726-6600
E-mail: billb@furybailey.com
Jump to other pages in the Faculty & Staff section
William Bailey
|
|
B.A., University of Oregon; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law.
William S. Bailey is a partner in the Seattle firm of Fury Bailey. He devotes his practice exclusively to plaintiff’s personal injury work.
Mr. Bailey was the plaintiff’s counsel in Washburn v. Mid-Mountain Contractors, 120 Wn.2d 246 (1992); its $8 million verdict is the largest PI verdict in the King County Superior Court. He represented the plaintiff in Lockwood v. AC&S, 109 Wn.2d 235 (1987), the landmark case that established the burden of proof in toxic exposure cases. He also was counsel in Falk v. Keene Corp., 113 Wn.2d 645 (1989), which maintained a strict liability standard in Washington for product liability cases, notwithstanding the 1986 Tort Reform Act.
The National Law Journal selected Mr. Bailey as “Litigator of the Month” (October, 2002) for the September 5, 2002 King County Superior Court $2.8 million wrongful death jury verdict in Philippides v. Bernard. This case, based on a pretrial ruling, allowed the parents of a nondependent adult child to recover for loss of consortium for the first time in Washington and is discussed in Mr. Bailey’s law review article, “Flawed Justice,” 27 Seattle University Law Review 941 (Spring, 2004).
Mr. Bailey has been named as a “Top 100 Superlawyer” by Washington Law and Politics every year since 2001. Seattle Magazine placed him on its “Seattle’s Top Lawyers” list in 2005. He was elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates in l993 and the Damages Attorney Roundtable in 2005.
He is also the author of many articles on trial practice and before returning to the part-time faculty in 2006, previously taught civil trial advocacy at Seattle University from l980 to l983. He is frequently a faculty member at National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) programs in the Northwest, as well as being an instructor in the WSBA Skills Training Program. Mr. Bailey also has been an instructor in the National College of Advocacy for the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA). He was chosen for ATLA’s 1991 “Galaxy of Rising Stars” program in New Orleans.
Mr. Bailey served as legal counsel to the Washington State Democratic Party between 1985-95. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (WSTLA) from 1986 through 1994. He served as the director of Continuing Legal Education for a part of that time. He was one of the recipients of the WSTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1991. Mr. Bailey was a member of the Disciplinary Board of the Washington State Bar Association between 1992 and 1995, serving as the chairperson from 1994-95. He has been a hearing officer for the WSBA in disciplinary matters since 2004. He earned his J.D. degree at Northwestern University School of Law and his undergraduate degree at the University of Oregon.