Jacob Gent

Senior Trial Attorney at Davis Law Group
Seattle, WA20 years experienceAdmitted 2010

About Jacob Gent

Jacob W. Gent is a Senior Trial Attorney at Davis Law Group in Seattle, Washington, with over 20 years of experience representing injury victims.

Gent earned his J.D. from Widener University School of Law in 2009 and his B.A. in Theater Arts from Eastern Illinois University in 1994. He was admitted to the Washington bar in 2010.

He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has received the Client Choice Award on Avvo. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Washington State Association for Justice (EAGLE status), the King and Snohomish County Bar Associations, and the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. He has authored and lectured on personal injury topics.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Davis Law Group

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

$28 millionVerdictTop 20 in Washington · #18

A Kitsap County jury found Clallam County 95 percent at fault when a sheriff's deputy's AR-15 discharged during a mandatory rifle qualification in March 2020, leaving him an amputee below the right knee. The September 17, 2026 verdict totaled $30,176,905 before fault was applied, and after the court applied the county's 95 percent share and other adjustments, the county was ordered to pay almost $28 million. The award includes $5 million to the deputy's wife for loss of consortium.

Kitsap County Superior Court, Washington · 2026Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$10 millionSettlement

Davis Law Group won a $10 million settlement for Carl Schwartz, a retired hospital administrator left paralyzed when his bicycle struck an unmarked metal post on King County's Green River Trail.

Tukwila / King County, WA (Wash. Supreme Court) · 2023Premises 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

Widener University School of Law
B.A. Theater Arts, 2009
Eastern Illinois University
Undergraduate, 1994

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington, admitted 2010
Washington State Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Washington State Association for Justice (EAGLE status)
King County Bar Association
Snohomish County Bar Association
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
Client Choice Award (Avvo)

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$16.67 million · King County's Largest Asbestos Verdict: $16.67 Million for Camas Paper Mill Worker's Family

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