Terry Barnett - Rumbaugh, Rideout, Barnett & Adkins

Tacoma 253.756.0333
Seattle 253.838.0309
fax 253.756.0355

email: rrbalaw@gmail.com

P.O. Box 1156 Tacoma, WA 98401

Physical address:
820 A Street, Suite 220

Partner Terry Barnett has retired from the daily practice of law with the firm but remains available for consultation on appellate work and selected workers compensation issues. Terry Barnett has represented injured workers at the: Department of Labor and Industries Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals Superior Courts Washington State Court of Appeals Washington State Supreme Court
Awards and Professional Associations: 2001 recipient of the Public Justice Award of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association 2002 recipient of the Seattle Area Leader Award of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Member of the Board of Directors of Compassion & Choices of Washington Member Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Mr. Barnett has a longstanding interest in decision making about the use, withholding, and withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment. Author, Living Wills and More, a comprehensive guide for planning to avoid unwanted life sustaining medical treatment, published by John Wiley & Sons, New York (1992) Member Ethics Committees of various Public and Private Hospitals
Education: Stanford University, with honors, 1969 University of Puget Sound School of Law, cum laude, 1977
Mr. Barnett has won cases at the Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court that have increased workers' compensation benefits not only for the clients in those cases, but for thousands of other injured workers and their families.