Dana Jacobs

Shareholder at Coker Law Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL17 years experienceAdmitted 2008

About Dana Jacobs

Dana Jacobs is a shareholder at Coker Law in Jacksonville, Florida, with extensive experience in personal injury and civil trial litigation. Licensed in both Florida and Georgia, she has built a career spanning premises liability, automobile and trucking accidents, wrongful death, and toxic tort cases.

Jacobs earned her J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 2008 and her B.S. from the University of Florida in 2004, where she graduated in the top five of her class from the College of Journalism and Communications with a focus on public relations and a minor in criminology. In law school, she won Best Oralist and Best Team awards in the Final Four Moot Court Competition.

After law school, Jacobs practiced insurance defense at Boyd & Jenerette in Jacksonville before joining the Saalfield Shad firm, where she was promoted to partner in 2012. She transitioned to plaintiff-side personal injury at Coker Law, where she now serves as a shareholder and member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Proven verdicts and settlements at Coker Law Jacksonville

These results are credited to Coker Law Jacksonville. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$8.1 millionVerdict

A Duval County jury awarded $8,183,993 to a Jacksonville family after their one-year-old son choked on an apple slice at Primrose School of Glen Kernan, went into cardiac arrest, and sustained permanent brain damage from oxygen deprivation.

Duval County, FL (Circuit Court, Case No. 16-2021-CA-000012) · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$2.5 millionVerdict

A Duval County jury returned a $2.5 million verdict for the family of Anne Fiorito, an elderly dementia patient who lost sight in one eye after a Vitas Healthcare hospice aide struck her during a bathing routine at Cypress Village Retirement Community.

Jacksonville, FL (Duval County Circuit Court) · 2021Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Florida College of Law
B.S. in Public Relations, 2008
University of Florida
Undergraduate, 2004

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida, admitted 2008
State Bar of Georgia, admitted 2012
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association
Jacksonville Justice Association
Florida Justice Association
Jacksonville Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
Florida Super Lawyers (2023-present)
Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2022)
Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury, Plaintiff (2023-present)
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Member (2024)
Moot Court Best Oralist and Best Team - Final Four Competition

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AndersonGlenn LLP
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$23.94 million · Copilot Burned in Fatal Wildfire Helicopter Crash Wins Verdict Against Engine Maker
Farah & Farah
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$27.01 million · Jury Awards Former Smoker With COPD $27 Million Against Philip Morris USA
Fasig Brooks Law Offices
Fasig Brooks Law Offices
$5.46 million · Neighbor's Unguarded Angle Grinder Costs Man His Sight: $5.46 Million Verdict in Gadsden County

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.