Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Employment Litigation, Business Litigation; view more
Licensed in Washington since: 1989
Education: University of Oregon School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024 Montoya Hinckley
4301 Tieton DriveYakima, WA 98908 Phone: 509-895-7373 Email: Kevan T. Montoya Visit website
Details
Kevan T. Montoya is an attorney providing legal services covering Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Defense, Business Litigation, Business / Corporate, Employment & Labor: Employee and General Litigation.
Kevan Montoya, who practices law in Yakima, Washington, was selected to Super Lawyers for 2019 - 2024. This peer designation is awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. The Super Lawyers selection process takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement in legal practice, and other cogent factors.
Prior to becoming an attorney, he studied at University of Oregon School of Law. He graduated in 1989. After passing the bar exam, he was admitted to legal practice in 1989.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Defense, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Employment & Labor: Employee, General LitigationFirst Admitted: 1989, Washington
Professional Webpage: https://www.montoyalegal.com/attorneys/bio.html
- President - Yakima County Bar Association, 2011
- $900,000 settlement of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury case in Yakima County Superior Court. The Plaintiff was 36 years old at the time of the accident. The Plaintiff was hit from behind at a stop sign. The Defendant initially denied liability, but later admitted it. The Plaintiff developed migraine headaches that affected her work and off-work activities., 2024
- $300,000 settlement of claim by High School student that two teachers groomed her., 2023
- $1,800,00 settlement of wrongful death case in which the Plaintiff's estate alleged that the Defendant truck driver negligently backed up in a road at night., 2023
- $1,000,000 policy limit settlement on car/pedestrian accident in which the pedestrian had head injuries, 2021
- $135,000 settlement from defendant and underinsured carrier for low impact parking lot accident that plaintiff alleged caused her cervical anterior discectomy and fusion. Approximately $500 of damage was done to the plaintiff's vehicle., 2020
- $520,000 settlement of Tri-Cities underinsured motorist claim in which plaintiff suffered a moderate disc protrusion, a disc fusion and radiculitis., 2018
- $400,000 settlement of 1983 action against school district for violation of school principal's First Amendment rights and for violation of of school principal transfer rights., 2018
- $600,000 settlement - wrongful death, 2009
- $221,000 - summary judgment (property fire loss claim), 2014
- $3.1 million jury verdict (largest wrongful death jury verdict in Yakima County history at the time) - (wrongful death), 2004
- $300,000 settlement - wrongful death, 2013
- $300,000 settlement - automobile accident (neck/spine injuries), 2013
- Summary judgment dismissal of $1.2 million claim for breach of confidentiality agreement and tortious interference, 2013
- Admitted to practice in Oregon
- Former member Yakima Downtown Rotary
- Former Chair and Member of the Board of EPIC
- Monsignor John A. Ecker Foundation - former Board Member
- University of Oregon School of Law, 1989
- Eastern Washington University, BA Business Administration - Finance, 1985
Office location for Kevan T. Montoya
4301 Tieton Drive
Yakima, WA 98908
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024