Richard B. Lumley - Tacoma, WA

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2016
    J.D.
    Honors: Public Interest Law Scholarship

• Non Legal Education

  • Santa Clara University, 2007
    M.T.S.
  • Santa Clara University, 2005
    B.A. & B.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, “Accountings and Distributions in Trust Administration,” Washington Probate and Trust Administration Online Seminar, National Business Institute, Sept 2025.

Representative Cases

• Construction Law: Obtained dismissal of all tort-based claims brought against construction materials producer in Superior Court, which was affirmed on appeal.
• Business and Corporate Law: Secured favorable high six-figure global settlement of tangible property tax appeals on behalf of family-owned towing and transportation company.
• Trust and Estate Litigation: Represented corporate fiduciary in successfully resigning and appointing a suitable successor trustee in contested Superior Court proceedings involving an eight-figure family trust share, resulting in court approval of all the trustee’s attorney fees.
• Trust and Estate Litigation: Represented corporate fiduciary in contested Superior Court proceeding to divide seven-figure trust into individual shares, with court approval of all the trustee’s attorney fees.
• Land Use and Real Estate Law: Obtained dismissal of breach of fiduciary duty claim brought against clients in connection with the transfer of real property under a durable power of attorney.
• Business and Corporate Law: Represented prominent supplier of heavy equipment and power systems in securing repossession of commercial property and obtaining a stipulated judgment on six-figure breach of contract claim brought in federal court.
• Employment Law: Counseled clients on various labor and employment law disputes, including enforcement of noncompete agreements, advancing and defending wrongful termination and discrimination-based claims, and resolving administrative proceedings initiated by former employees and customers.
• Pro Bono: Amicus curiae counsel in Washington Supreme Court case affirming that a respondent is not entitled to present a criminal affirmative defense against a petitioner seeking a civil sexual assault protective order.

Published Works

Articles

• Author, “Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements for Low Wage Workers,” Pierce County Lawyer, Sept/Oct 2025, Vol 66.
  

Bar Admissions

• Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association, Executive Committee, Corporate Counsel Section, 2025-present
• Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association