Barry N. Mesher – Lane Powell PC

Practice/Organization Description

Barry Mesher focuses his practice on toxic tort, mass and municipal tort, premises liability, insurance coverage, personal injury, product liability, professional liability and labor and employment law. He was a co-founder of the Washington Asbestos Defense Association and has served as its Court Liaison and President. He is a member of the American College of Law and Medicine and New York Academy of Sciences. Barry has been involved in the “bet the company” asbestos litigation continuously since 1980. He regularly serves as national, regional and local counsel for firm clients, devising and executing comprehensive defense strategies in mass tort cases across the country.

Bar Admissions

*Washington

*U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

*Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

*U.S. Supreme Court

Education

*University of Puget Sound (J.D., 1977; B.S., with honors, 1973)

*University of Washington School of Law

*Claremont Graduate School (M.A., with honors, 1974)

Professional Associations & Memberships

*Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association

*Federal Bar Association

*Defense Research Institute (Industry-Wide Litigation Committee)

*Committee of Bar Examiners, Washington State Bar Association

*American Bar Association (Governmental Liability Sub-Committee)

*First Amendment Lawyers Association

*Founder, Court Liaison and President (1986), Washington Asbestos Defense Association (1979-1986)

*Member, New York Academy of Sciences

*Member, American College of Law and Medicine

*Master, Honorable Robert J. Bryan American Inns of Court

Honors and Awards

*Peer Review Rated “AV” in Martindale-Hubbell

*Named as a Washington “SuperLawyer,” Washington Law and Politics magazine, 2006-2010

..Named one of the “Top 100 Washington SuperLawyers,” 2010

Practice Groups

• Aviation Law
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Insurance Coverage Law
• Labor & Employment Law