Bio

Jay Terry joined the firm in 2007. Mr. Terry’s practice focuses on resolving and litigating commercial disputes and assisting individuals and businesses with contracting issues and risk identification. He works with general contractors, subcontractors, developers and design professionals to solve all types of construction disputes. He has multiple years of experience with construction claims, construction defect litigation, construction contracts, and construction site personal injury cases. Jay is one of the few attorneys in Washington State and the country who has been a LEED Accredited Professionals (AP) by the United States Green Building Council. The LEED Green Building Rating System is a nationally accepted rating and certification system for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. He understands and is able to assist both contractors and developers in interpreting LEED certification requirements, with appeals, and contract drafting and assignment of responsibilities and consequences. In addition to his construction experience, Mr. Terry handles litigation of products liability matters involving commercial and construction equipment as well as consumer products. He has been involved in defending product manufacturers in cases ranging from medical devices and home appliances to heavy machinery and lawn and garden equipment. He is well versed in the types of questions that arise in products matters such as whether the product was used as intended, whether it was reasonably safe as designed, whether the risks were known, and whether warnings or recalls were done appropriately. Mr. Terry also has experience handling real estate matters and litigation involving breach of residential real estate contracts, broker/agent liability, liens, title disputes and other real property disputes, including inverse condemnation and easement and boundary disputes. He also has experience in school district and special education law. Mr. Terry serves on the board of the Washington branch of the International Dyslexia Association and is the past president of the board for Country Village Day School. He is also a past president and coach for Northeast Seattle Senior Little League and currently coaches Bellevue baseball. Mr. Terry was born in New York, New York, and has lived in many of the major metropolitan areas in the United States (New York, Houston, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Seattle). He is an avid baseball fan and still attempts to play in the Olympic Division of the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League. He is also a dedicated fly fisherman. He enjoys any outdoor activity involving his family. Education: JD, University of Washington School of Law, 1998, BA, cum laude, Washington State University, Bachelor of Arts, 1994.