Mark Melter
Partner
Mark Melter joined Rush Hannula Harkins & Kyler as a partner in 2022 so he could focus his practice on helping injured individuals. Previously a defense attorney, Mark’s early practice involved representing healthcare providers, insurance companies, and businesses in all aspects of civil litigation including medical malpractice and serious personal injury lawsuits. Mark has been named a “Rising Star” or “Super Lawyer” in the field of medical malpractice every year since 2020. His years of experience representing defendants and insurance companies makes him uniquely qualified to now represent injured parties and their families. Since joining RHHK, Mark has obtained more than $10 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients.
Prior to joining RHHK, Mark was part of a litigation team that recovered a multi-million-dollar settlement for a Tacoma family whose wife/mother was killed when a tow company failed to secure its dangerous load. Mark played a key role in holding not just the tow truck company accountable, but also the multinational company that negligently sold the load without doing anything to secure it. Mark’s experience on that case solidified that he wanted to spend his career helping injured individuals.
Mark was born in Tempe, Arizona. He worked his way through college at Arizona State University, where he received a degree in Political Science. He obtained his law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude and serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Gonzaga Law Review. He has a Master’s in Business Administration, and he has published in the Gonzaga Journal of International Law.
He is married to Alyssa Melter, also an attorney. Mark and Alyssa have three young children and can be found on weekends at the farmer’s market or at one of Tacoma’s many playgrounds. Mark is the first lawyer in his family.
Areas of Practice
- Serious Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home and Vulnerable Adult Claims
- Brain Injury Including Traumatic Brain Injury, Hypoxia/Anoxia, and Drowning
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Auto Accident
Admitted to Practice
- Washington State, 2013
- Arizona, 2013
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2015
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 2017
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2017
Education
- Gonzaga University Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 2013
- Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D., 2012, Magna Cum Laude, Editor-in-Chief, Gonzaga Law Review
- Arizona State University, B.A., Political Science, 2006
Honors & Awards
- Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Medical Malpractice, 2020
- Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Medical Malpractice, 2021
- Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Medical Malpractice, 2022
- Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Medical Malpractice, 2023
- Super Lawyers, Medical Malpractice, 2024
