Craig Sims
About Craig Sims
Craig is an accomplished trial lawyer with over 25 years of litigation and leadership experience. His practice focuses on seeking accountability while honoring the lives of his clients and their families. Craig has a proven record of litigation including large verdict wins and settlements exceeding $20 million, and he has been the lead trial lawyer in multiple trials with successful plaintiff verdicts, including the largest asbestos jury award in the state of Oregon. Prior to entering private practice, Craig served as the Criminal Division Chief in the Seattle City Attorney's Office, leading a team of more than sixty attorneys and staff. He also served as a Senior King County Prosecutor. Craig has taught as an adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law and a visiting lecturer at the University of Washington Law School. He is a member and past president of the Loren Miller Bar Association.
Notable case results
For Washington worker who developed mesothelioma after asbestos exposure at a Tacoma pulp mill
For 66-year-old mesothelioma victim; largest verdict in Oregon state history for an asbestos-related disease contracted from occupational exposure
Of road design and wrongful death claims against the City of Seattle on behalf of the family of a 22-year-old motorcyclist
Of civil rights and wrongful death claims on behalf of the family of a Black man killed by Kent Police
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
