Peter M. Ritchie

230 S. Second Street

P.O. Box 22680

Yakima, WA 98907

Tel: (509) 575-8500 Fax: (509) 575-4676

Peter is a trial attorney whose broad litigation defense practice includes catastrophic damage, medical malpractice against hospitals, phycisians, and other healthcare providers, personal injury, premises liability, and construction defenct cases. He has extensive experience working on appeals. In addition to medical negligence awsuits, Peter presents health care providers before disciplinary boards. He is a Shareholder and Vice-President at Meyer, Fluegge & Tenney, P.S.

Peter practices in state and federal court. He is admited to practice in Virginia, Wshingon, and Oregon. He has been seelcted to Washington Super Lawyers from 2019-2024, and a Rising Star from 2014-2018. He is a member of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). He served as President of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL). He is also a member of Defense Research Institute (DRI), Washington State Bar Association, and Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC).

He earned a Masters degree in international politics and his juris doctor from Regent University in Virginia in 2008. During law school, he served on Law Review, the Journal of Law & Public Policy, and worked as a law clerk for the American Center for Law & Justice.

About Mr. Ritchie

Appellate Advocacy

Washington Supreme Court

Cornu-Labat v. Hospital Dist. No. 2 Grant County, 177 Wn.2d 221 (2013)

Fast v. Kennewick General Hospital, 188 Wn. App. 43 (2015)

Henne v. City of Yakima, 182 Wn.2d 447, 341, P.3d (2015), as corrected (Apr. 7, 2015)

Washington Court of Appeals

Franklund v. Olson, 168 Wn. App. 1046 (2012)

OB-1, LLC v. Pinson, 161 Wn. App. 1044 (2011)

Wilson v. Sunnyside Community Hospital, 162 Wn. App. 731 (2011)

Blum v. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital at Pasco, WL 4676036 (2013)

Geffe v. Providence Yakima Medical Center, (Division III, Washington Court of Appeals Cause No. 283071-III), 2009, court granted Motion for Discretionary Review, case settled

Diaz v. Sunnyside Community Hospital, (Division I, Court of Appeals, Cause No. 64894-2-I) Motion for Discretionary Review (2010)

Anderson v. Central Washington Hospital, et al., (Division I, Court of Appeals, Cause No. 69170-8-I) Motion for Discretionary Review (2013)

Bechard v. Dalrymple, 189 Wn. App. 1044 (2015)

In re: the Adoption of Infant G.-C., 185 Wn. App. 1053 (2015)

Lennox v. Lourdes Health Network, 195 Wn. App. 1003 (2016)

Summit Leasing, Inc. v. Chhatrala Edes, 196 Wn. App. 1030 (2016)

Burksfield v. Sali, 194 Wn. App. 1052 (2016)

Stadelman v. Voorhies, 35165-3-III, 2018 WL 3359659 (Wash. Ct. App. July 10, 2018)

Areas of Practice

Medical Malpractice

Commercial Litigation

Products Liability

Premises Liability

Complex Civil Litigation

Healthcare Licensing

Catastrophic Injury

Appellate Practice

Education

Regent University - International Politics, M.A. 2008

Regent University, J.D. 2008

Regent Journal of Law & Public Policy - Associate Editor
Regent Law Review - Associate Editor
American Center of Law & Justice - Law Clerk

Admitted to Practice

State Courts

Washington
Virginia
Oregon

Federal Trial Courts

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Oregon

Federal Courts of Appeal

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

2010 - present