Janelle Carney Boston
Shareholder
Spokane, Spokane Valley, and Tri-Cities Offices
115 N. Washington St., Floor 3
Spokane, WA 99201
509.455.3636
Email: jboston@glpattorneys.com
Janelle Carney Boston is the Managing Shareholder for the Spokane and Tri-Cities offices of GLP Attorneys.
Professional Overview
Janelle Carney Boston is an experienced personal injury attorney and serves as the Managing Shareholder for the Spokane and Tri-Cities offices of GLP Attorneys. Janelle wanted to become a lawyer when she was 9 years old and was steadfast and determined in her path to become one. She has always been passionate about fairness and justice. Her decision to become a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer was solidified when she worked in the insurance industry. She saw first hand the need for passionate advocates to represent injured people who were unable to achieve justice on their own. After this realization, she has dedicated her career to helping her clients get justice and compensation for the injuries that change their lives. Janelle truly values the clients who choose her to represent them, their lives, and their stories. Because of this, Janelle has been awarded the Client’s Choice Award, which is her greatest honor.
Janelle serves clients throughout the state of Washington and focuses her legal practice on all aspects of personal injury law, including wrongful death claims, fire claims, premises liability, products liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, motor vehicle collisions, and insurance bad faith claims. She is a passionate trial lawyer, who enjoys being in the courtroom and will never back down from a difficult case.
She is passionate about insurance bad faith law and is committed to doing everything she can to make insurance companies do right by the people they insure – and that they are held accountable when they don’t. She consistently presents on the topic of insurance law all across Washington state, including serving as the moderator for the Insurance Law Seminar on the Insurance Fair Conduct Act and presenting on bad faith in both underinsured motorist claims and personal injury protection claims. She also has litigated fire claims that resulted in insurance denials.
Janelle was born and raised in Spokane, Washington and remains actively involved in the community. She is the co-founder of Lady Boss, a professional group dedicated to the advancement and support of women in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area.
In addition to being a passionate advocate for her injured clients, Janelle prides herself on being a thoughtful leader in her role as Managing Shareholder of GLP Attorneys in Eastern Washington. Under her stewardship, GLP Attorneys’ Spokane office received the honor of winning the Spokane Journal of Business’s Best Place to Work award for the Inland Northwest region for three years in a row. Janelle’s genuine care for her clients and employees alike is the cornerstone of her success as an attorney and as a leader.
She also loves spending time with her family of five, her 15 year old dog Bruiser, and her extended family, who are all here in the Pacific Northwest.
More Information
- Recognized as a Super Lawyer by Washington Super Lawyers, 2023 - Present
- Recognized as a Rising Star by Washington Super Lawyers, 2013 – 2022
- Top Women Attorneys, 2013 – Present
- Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Top Lawyers, 2014 – Present
- Highest rating by Avvo.com - 10.0
- Top 100 National Trial Attorneys
- Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Top 100 Registry, for Lawyers, 2020
- Avvo Clients' Choice Award, 2021
- Arizona State University, J.D., 2007
- University of Washington, B.A, 2005
- Arizona State Bar, 2008
- Washington State Bar, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 2013
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2014
- Washington State Association for Justice, Eagle Member, 2011 – Present
- Founder, "Lady Boss" - a Spokane networking group for professional women with over 100 members and growing, 2022
- Benton Franklin Counties Bar Association, Member, 2012 – Present
- Spokane County Bar Association, Member, 2012 – Present
- Campaign for Equal Justice, Chair, 2021
- Washington State Association of Justice – Insurance Law Section, Chair, 2019
- Washington Women Lawyers, Member, 2014
- Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2008 - 2010
- Pro Bono Lawyer for a Domestic Violence Shelter, 2008 – 2010
- Arizona State University Mock Trial Group, Attorney Volunteer, 2009
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Spokane County, Mentor
Co-author, "Leading with Purpose at GLP Attorneys," Forbes Magazine, October 2024
Co-author, "Leading with Purpose at GLP Attorneys," Fortune Magazine, October 2024
Co-author, "Leading with Purpose at GLP Attorneys," Entrepreneur Magazine, November 2024
Speaker, Building Damages in a Product Liability Case, Washington State Association of Justice, 2023
Speaker, Charting & Documentation In A Personal Injury Case, GLP Attorneys Healthcare Provider Seminar, May 2022
Chair, Insurance Law Seminar, Washington State Association for Justice, 2019
Presenter, CLE on Traumatic Brain Injuries: How to prove a TBI, 2018
Presenter, Insurance Law Seminar - UIM Bad Faith: How to Defeat the Top Ten Defense Arguments, Washington State Association for Justice, 2018
NBI, Demand Letters That Get Results, 2017
Presenter, Insurance Law Seminar - Personal Injury Protection, Washington State Association for Justice, 2015
Moderator, Insurance Law Seminar, Washington State Association for Justice, 2014
Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living Magazine, Top Attorney of 2014, p. 56
Inland Business Catalyst, Top 20 Under 40 Issue, p. 37
Moderator, Insurance Law Seminar, Washington State Association for Justice, 2014