Our Team

Ron Meyers

Trial Lawyer

Ron Meyers has more than 28 years of successful litigation experience representing families and individuals in bringing personal injury and wrongful death claims. Ron and his wife of 31 years, Donna Meyers, started the firm in 1983. Donna worked part-time as the paralegal and office manager in the early years. As the firm grew she began running the firm's day-to-day operations full-time in 1988. Our firm represents people wrongfully injured or killed by the negligence of others. Our clients' cases include serious injuries or deaths occurring from automobile and truck collisions, nursing home negligence and abuse, construction site safety violations and other workplace injuries, slip and falls, and unsafe products. Our firm also represents injured people harmed by the bad faith conduct of their own insurance companies when their claims are wrongfully delayed or denied. Ron and his team of trial lawyers, paralegals, litigation assistants and legal assistants work very hard on every case to obtain a fair, just and equitable recovery. Ron has represented clients throughout Washington in hundreds of mediations, arbitrations, trials and appeals. He also won a major product liability case before the Washington State Supreme Court that has been cited throughout the United States in personal injury and wrongful death cases, law review articles, legal periodicals, and legal treatises. Ron also served four terms as an elected member of the Washington State Legislature which included unanimous election to the Speaker Pro Tempore leadership position. During his time in the Legislature, he successfully wrote, sponsored and voted for laws addressing liability, patient rights, health insurance, automobile personal injury protection insurance, underinsured motorist insurance and occupational injury and disease claims.

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Ken Gorton

Trial Lawyer

Ken Gorton is a trial lawyer. Ken’s areas of practice are personal injury, wrongful death and insurance bad faith. After graduation from law school, Ken served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Robert Bryan, a federal judge in Tacoma, Washington. He later became a deputy prosecutor for Thurston County, where he represented the State of Washington in criminal jury trials. He represents personal injury clients in several counties, including Thurston, Pierce, Mason, Grays Harbor, Lewis and King. Before becoming an attorney, Ken earned a master's degree in psychology and had a successful career as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch in Beverly Hills. He later earned a second master’s degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine School of Law, the number one ranked program in the nation by US New & World Report. Ken clerked for the National Association of Securities Dealers where most investment arbitrations take place, as well as Steptoe & Johnson's international arbitration department in London, England. He also clerked for Aidikoff & Uhl, one of the preeminent investment arbitration firms in the United States, working closely with the firm's two founding partners on multimillion-dollar arbitrations.

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Zoe Wild

Trial Lawyer

Zoe Wild is a trial lawyer. Zoe's litigation practice includes personal injury, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, firefighter injury and disease, and serious construction site and other workplace injuries. Following graduation from law school, Zoe gained litigation experience at a workers' compensation defense firm in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She also provided contract legal services for Oregon businesses and non-profit organizations. Zoe enjoys giving back to the community by providing grant writing services to several non-profit organizations. Zoe relocated to the Olympia area to join the plaintiff's personal injury and wrongful death litigation team at Ron Meyers and Associates PLLC.

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Ron Meyers Qualifications:

Education:

  • Juris Doctor, School of Law
  • University of Puget Sound
  • Bachelor of Science
  • Business Administration
  • Central Washington University

Areas of Practice:

  • Nursing home abuse, neglect and wrongful death
  • Tort claims against government
  • Motor vehicle collisions
  • Product liability
  • Premises liability
  • Firefighter serious occupational injury and disease claims

Litigation Percentage:

80% of Ron’s time is devoted to mediating and litigating serious personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Bar Admissions:

  • Washington State Bar Association
  • US District Court Western District of Washington
  • US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
  • Thurston County Bar Association and Pierce County Bar Association

Public Service:

  • Elected Legislator/Elected Speaker Pro Tempore, Washington State House of Representatives
  • 1987-1995 Commissioner, Washington Public Disclosure Commission
  • 1998-1999 Appointed by Governor Gary Locke. Confirmed by Washington State Senate

Awards & Recognition:

Multi Million Dollar Advocates FOrum

 

Ron has been admitted into membership of both the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. These organizations limit membership to trial lawyers across the United States with significant case results. Less than 1% of all lawyers are members.

 

National Institute for Trial Advocacy

 

Ron has also earned the NITA Advocate designation from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. NITA is the nation’s leading provider of legal advocacy skills training.

Washington State Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award, 1986-1994:

“In recognition of years of blood, sweat, and toil defending the rights of injured people.”

Washington Health Care Association Legislator of the Year, 1994:

“In appreciation for your ongoing commitment to long term care.”

Washington State Trial Lawyers Legislator of the Year Award, 1990:

“To a trial lawyer’s trial lawyer, who also wears a legislator’s hat. For your constant vigilance on behalf of the people of the state of Washington.”

Published Decisions:

Klein v. Pyrodyne Corp., 117 Wash.2d 1, 810 P.2d 917 (1991) established strict liability where an aerial firework display operator’s tortious conduct caused an aerial bomb explosion among spectators that lit client’s clothing on fire and caused partial blindness.

Atherton Condominium Apartment-Owners Ass’n Bd. of Directors v. Blume, 115 Wash.2d 506, 799 P.2d 250 (1990) Ron Meyers amicus curiae for petitioner on Behalf of the Tacoma Professional Fire Fighters Union in construction defect injury case.

Nationwide Ins. v. Williams, 71 Wash. App. 336, 858 P.2d 516 (1993) established insurance coverage using seriously injured insured’s own statement as an excited utterance to help prove insurance coverage in a phantom vehicle (no contact) collision case.

Burmeister v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co., 92 Wash. App. 359, 966 P.2d 921 (1998) established that corroborating evidence of injured insured’s claim tends to verify and lead an impartial and reasonable mind to believe that the insured’s testimony is true.

City of Yakima v. International Ass’n of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, Local 469, Yakima Fire Fighters Ass’n, 117 Wash.2d 655, 818 P.2d 1076 (1991) Ron Meyers amicus curiae on behalf of Washington State Council of Fire Fighters in unfair labor practice case involving collective bargaining.

Professional Associations:

  • American Association for Justice
  • Washington State Association for Justice -Eagle
  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Thurston County Bar Association
  • Pierce County Bar Association

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Ken Gorton’s Qualifications:

Education:

  • Juris Doctor, Pepperdine School of Law
  • Pepperdine University; Master’s Degree
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Pepperdine School of Law; Master’s Degree
  • Psychology, University of Alaska; Bachelor’s Degree
  • Psychology, University of Alaska

Areas of Practice:

  • Serious Personal injury
  • Wrongful death
  • Product liability
  • Premises liability
  • Tort claims against government
  • Insurance bad faith

Litigation Percentage:

75% of Ken’s time is devoted to mediating and litigating serious personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Bar Admissions:

  • Washington State Bar Association; US District Court Western District of Washington

Awards & Recognition:

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Ken has been admitted into membership of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This organization limits membership to trial lawyers across the United States with significant case results.

Student Editor, American Bar Association’s national student journal. Each year, one student in the United States is selected for this esteemed position.

Professional Associations:

  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Washington State Association for Justice – Eagle

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Zoe Wild’s Qualifications:

Education:

  • Juris Doctor
  • Lewis and Clark Law School; Bachelor’s Degree
  • Psychology, University of Oregon

Areas of Practice:

  • Serious personal injury
  • Wrongful death
  • Nursing home abuse and neglect
  • Tort claims against government
  • Firefighter injury and disease
  • Construction site and workplace injuries

Litigation Percentage:

70% of Zoe’s time is devoted to litigating serious personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Bar Admissions:

  • Washington State Bar Association

Professional Associations:

  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Washington State Association for Justice – Eagle

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