Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Elder Law, Insurance Coverage
Licensed in Washington since: 2008
Education: Seattle University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2022 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 - 2020 
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2601 4th Ave6th Floor
Seattle, WA 98121 Phone: 206-448-1992 Email: Alex French Visit website
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Alex serves as one of the managing shareholders of GLP Attorneys, manages the firm’s complex litigation cases, and also manages the firm’s motions and appellate practice department.
Alex has litigated hundreds of cases throughout Washington State, including cases involving wrongful death, maritime injury, nursing home abuse and neglect, construction site injury, insurance bad faith, logging accidents, work place injury, product liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, disclosure of medical information, shootings, explosions, airplane crash and injury, sexual abuse, motor vehicle collisions, semi-truck collisions, collisions involving pedestrians and bicyclists, dog bites, injuries caused by farm and domestic animals, traumatic brain injury, school injuries, injuries due to improper roadway design, and injuries caused by state, city, and municipal entities, including police.
Alex started working in personal injury in 2004. He joined GLP Attorneys as a legal intern in 2006, became an associate attorney in 2008, and a shareholder in 2016. In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, Alex was awarded the Rising Star Super Lawyers Award, which is awarded to the top 2.5% of attorneys in the state. Alex is also an Eagle Member of the Washington State Association for Justice. He co-authored an article with GLP Shareholder James Gooding entitled Punitive Damages in Nursing Home (and other) Cases, WSAJ Trial News, March 2013.
Alex has helped to shape and change the law in a Washington Court of Appeals insurance bad faith decision Leahy v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., and in a Washington Supreme Court case, Kim, et. al. v. Lakeside Adult Family Home, et. al., creating civil liability for mandatory reporters who fail to report abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults.
First Admitted: 2008, Washington
Professional Webpage: http://www.glpattorneys.com/attorneys/j-alex-french/
- U.S. Disctrict Court, Western District of Washington, 2014
- Washington State Bar Association, 2008
- American Association for Justice (AAJ), 2017
- Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ), Eagle Member
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, 2014
- $8.6 Million recovery for a Seattle man who is permanently disabled after stepping into an unprotected trench in the planting strip created by a construction company that caused him to fall and get run over by a bus. , 2024
- $3 Million recovery for an injured construction worker, 2024
- $2 Million settlement for the wrongful death of a client caused by a T-bone car crash., 2024
- $1.9 Million King County verdict for a mother of four rear-ended while at a stoplight with minimal PD and lifetime injuries., 2024
- $1.8 Million resolution for a young man who was runover by a garbage truck in a multi-car collision suffering bruised kidneys, a compound fracture in the femur, compound fracture in the arm, dislocated elbow, concussion, broken nose, abrasions, and bruises., 2024
- $1.7 Million verdict for a mother of four who was permanently injured in a rear-end collision with low property damage., 2024
- $1.65 million recovery for a client injured by falling at a construction site., 2024
- $1.56 Million settlement for a client T-boned by a driver who failed to yield suffering from rib pain, concussion, and total hearing loss in his left ear., 2024
- $1.3 Million for a trip & fall victim who broke her ankle after she was forced to wear shoes too large for her school sporting practice., 2024
- $1.3 Million verdict from a Skagit County jury for a client who suffered loss of function and leg numbness in a low rear-end car crash., 2024
- $1,060,000 recovery for a client with cervical and lumbar facet joint injuries requiring nerve ablations., 2024
- $1 Million for a man involved in a violent collision while on the job suffering significant injuries including a concussion with post concussive syndrome., cervical and thoracic strain, left leg pain, and left shoulder injury., 2024
- $1 Million recovery for a nursing home abuse and neglect client., 2024
- $1 million recovery for a pedestrian cluck struck by a vehicle who suffered extreme facial trauma., 2024
- $970,388 for victim of multiple sexual assaults while at work., 2024
- $950,000 settlement for a slip and fall while on the job resulting in 5 wrist surgeries and eye damage., 2023
- $765,000 recovery for a premises liability client who suffered a fractured right humerus, dislocated right shoulder, head contusion, knee and foot injuries, and circulation issues with her arm. , 2024
- $750,000 recovery for a client suffering from intentional infliction of emotional distress., 2024
- $750,000 recovery for a pedestrian cluck struck by a vehicle who suffered an Achilles tear., 2024
- $750,000 settlement for a client who suffered a concussion and a neck sprain, as a result of a trucking collision., 2024
- $738,000 for an MVA-Pedestrian client with injuries to the head, left shoulder, lower back, left hip, left knee and foot. , 2024
- $700,000 for a slip and fall client who needed shoulder surgery., 2024
- $676,285 settlement for a client t-boned in a car collision who suffered neck, back, pelvis, and sacral region injuries; and numbness in his hands., 2024
- $600,000 for a client who sustained a permanent ankle injury, requiring surgery, after stepping into an unmarked hole., 2024
- $600,000 for a mother who was sideswiped with her three children in the car suffering serious physical injuries and PTSD., 2024
- $550,000 for a client who sustained permanent injuries to her lower back, resulting in her being placed on SSDI, after a T-bone car collision , 2024
- $500,000 recovery for a slip and fall client who suffered from insomnia, headaches, face pain, neck pain, and neuropathy bilaterally in her hands. , 2024
- $500,000 recovery for a client involved in a motor vehicle collision., 2024
- $350,000 settlement for an individual who was injured in a head-on motor vehicle collision. , 2023
- $317,500 settlement for an individual who was injured in a parking lot motor vehicle collision, 2023
- $690,000 settlement for an individual who was injured in rear-end motor vehicle collision., 2023
- $400,000 settlement for an individual who was injured in a slip and fall., 2023
- $500,000 settlement for a client who was suffered injuries in a resedential premise injury., 2023
- $1,000,000 settlement for a minor who was injured in a trucking collision., 2023
- $1,535,000 settlement for a minor who suffered injuries on a playground., 2023
- $560,000 settlement for an individual who was injured in a head-on motor vehicle collision., 2023
- $625,000 settlement for an individual who was injured in a wrongful death motorcycle collision., 2023
- $1,000,000 resolution for a client who was injured in a residential construction premise injury., 2023
- $1,000,000 settlement for a family that suffered a wrongful death mobile home fire., 2023
- $7 million for a playground accident resulting in serious injuries to a child.
- $3.5 million for wrongful death of nursing home patient.
- $3 million for injuries to two construction workers injured by a wall collapse
- $2 million for victim of small plane crash.
- $1.87 million for medical malpractice wrongful death of an adult child.
- $1.25 million for a bicyclist struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk resulting in serious ankle fractures.
- $1 million for the passenger of a semi-truck involved in a collision resulting in a serious arm degloving injury.
- $800,000 for victim of water ski accident resulting in multiple leg and arm fractures.
- $500,000 for victim of car accident resulting in thoracic outlet syndrome.
- 2022-2024 Washington Super Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2024
- Highest rating by AVVO, 2017-2024 10.0 Rating, Avvo.com, 2024
- Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% are names to the Rising Stars list. , 2015-2020 Washington Rising Star List, Super Lawyers
- Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA, J.D., 2007
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA, B.A., Communications and Sociology, 2004
- Punitive Damages in Nursing Home (and other) Cases, WSAJ Trial News, March 2013. Co-authored with James Gooding , Co-Author, Punitive Damages in Nursing Home (and other) Cases, WSAJ Trial News, 2013
- Aviation
- Construction
- Logging
- Maritime
- Nursing Home
- Trucking
Office location for Alex French
2601 4th Ave
6th Floor
Seattle, WA 98121
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2022 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2015 - 2020