About David P. Moody

David is a trial attorney with a passion for representing people who are disabled or incapacitated. Raised in Olympia, Washington, David received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in 1990. After graduating from George Washington University School of Law in 1993, David joined the Seattle office of Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, where he became a partner in 1998. He left the firm in 2005 and is currently a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

As the lead trial attorney in many cases on behalf of disabled or incapacitated citizens, David has:

• Obtained the largest jury verdict ever upheld against the State of Washington ($17.8 million). 
• Secured the largest single-plaintiff settlement against the State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services ($8.8 million). 
• Obtained the largest single-plaintiff jury verdict on behalf of an incapacitated adult in Kitsap County, Washington ($2.6 million). 
• Obtained the largest single-plaintiff settlement on behalf of an incapacitated child  ($4.5 million) in Spokane County, Washington.  
• Obtained the largest single-plaintiff settlement on behalf of a child ($6 million) in Snohomish County, Washington.
• Obtained the largest judgment ever awarded ($3 million) against Eastern State Hospital. 
• Secured the largest single-plaintiff settlement ($3 million) against Child Study and Treatment Center, the State of Washington's only inpatient psychiatric hospital for children.
• Secured the largest settlement in a physical abuse and neglect case ($9.75 million) against DSHS, Children's Administration.

David's cases are shaping the law and making positive changes.

David is proud to be a native Washingtonian and enjoys strong ties to the eastern side of the state. David’s grandfather Jack Edward Moody was born and raised in Dayton, Washington, and David’s great-grandfather Edward Maple Moody was the Sheriff of Columbia County, Washington. David’s maternal grandmother, Eva Armstrong, was one of the first female graduates of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.