James S. Rogers

James S. Rogers, who has practiced personal injury law for thirty-seven years, is one of Seattle’s most prominent trial lawyers. The founder of the Law Offices of James S. Rogers, Mr. Rogers represents individuals in civil litigation who have been seriously injured or killed due to the fault of other persons or corporate entities.

Mr. Rogers attended the University of Washington for his undergraduate studies. He then attended the University of Arizona College Of Law, after which he was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973. Mr. Rogers has been engaged in private practice since 1974. He established his own law offices in 1986, was a partner in Rogers and Darvas, and later became a co-founder of Rogers & Fleck, PLLC, in 2001. In 2007 Mr. Rogers founded the Law Offices of James S. Rogers.

Mr. Rogers’s work in the practice of personal injury litigation has resulted in his invitation to join several distinguished honorary legal societies. Mr. Rogers is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board of Directors), and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (Past President, Washington Chapter). These organizations extend invitations to only a select group of highly qualified and accomplished trial lawyers in the United States.

Mr. Rogers has earned the respect of his peers in trial law.  He was recently elected to the Endowment for Equal Justice’s Board of Directors. The Endowment’s objective is to create a permanent source of funding for civil legal aid services and organizations in Washington State.

The May, 2011 King County Bar Bulletin published a profile of Mr. Rogers by Todd W. Gardner, a former WSAJ Trial Lawyer of the Year.

KCBA Bar Bulletin profiles James S. Rogers' career

Mr. Rogers was selected for the 2002-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America (in personal injury and product liability). The Best Lawyers in America is widely recognized as the most respected list of attorneys in practice selected by one’s peers.

Mr. Rogers was named 2010 Outstanding Plaintiff’s Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers. He also was named one of Seattle magazine’s “Top Lawyers” in its 2003, 2005 and 2007 editions (Seattle magazine has not published its “Top Lawyers” lists since 2007). Mr. Rogers has been selected as a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics every year since its inception in 2000. He has been named among the top vote-getters each year by a vote of his peers and is one of the Top 100 Lawyers on the Super Lawyers list. Mr. Rogers was named in Puget Sound Business Journal’s “Best Lawyers” listings in 2009 and 2010.

In 1998, Mr. Rogers was honored by the Washington State Trial Lawyers (now WSAJ) as its Trial Lawyer of the Year and, in 2002, he received WSTLA’s President’s Award for his contribution to the civil justice system.

Mr. Rogers has been a leader in governing bodies of trial lawyers. He has served as President of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association and the Western Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Rogers was a nine-year member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now AAJ).

Mr. Rogers is on the Board of Directors of the Attorney’s Information Exchange Group (AIEG), a national organization of attorneys handling automotive product liability litigation. Mr. Rogers is certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Rogers vigorously shares his passion for and knowledge of personal injury litigation with his colleagues. He has spoken at over 100 seminars sponsored by state and national trial lawyer associations. Mr. Rogers is Editor-in-Chief of Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, 3rd Edition, published by ATLA press, and was co-moderator of Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit: The Video Series. He has authored articles published in AAJ’s Trial Magazine, WSAJ’s Trial News, The Practical Litigator, and National Trial Lawyer. Mr. Rogers annotated a chapter in Peter Perlman’s Opening Statements, and wrote a chapter entitled “Claims Involving Faulty or Defective Equipment – Is There a Companion Product Liability Claim?” in the Automobile Accident Litigation Deskbook, published by WSAJ in 2011. Mr. Rogers co-authored the chapter “Trying the Case” in Handling Motor Vehicle Accident Cases, published by Callaghan Press.

  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Board of Directors, 2010- present;
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, President, Washington Chapter, 2007
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2002-2012; Personal Injury and Product Liability
  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, 2010 Outstanding Plaintiff’s Trial Lawyer of the Year
  • Seattle magazine’s “Top Lawyers,” 2003; 2005; 2007
  • Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 1998 Trial Lawyer of the Year
  • Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 2002 President’s Award
  • Super Lawyer 2000-2011; Top 100 Super Lawyer (in state) 2010, 2011
  • Past President, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 1991-1992
  • Board of Governors, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1992-2000
  • Past President, Western Trial Lawyers Association, 1990-1991
  • Editor-In-Chief, Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, 3rd Edition, ATLA Press
  • Author of chapter “Identifying the Automotive Product Liability Case within the Automobile Collision Case,” 2010
  • Author of chapter “Claims Involving Faulty or Defective Equipment – Is There a Companion Product Liability Claim?,” Handling Motor Vehicle Accident Cases
  • Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate, by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (formerly National Board of Trial Advocacy)
  • AVVO “10″ rating (highest rating)
  • Martindale-Hubbell “AV” rated since 1979 (highest rating)