About Trinette Kent

Trinette G. Kent is of counsel at SL Chapman LLC. She earned her B.A. in Humanities with a Spanish emphasis from Loyola Marymount University in 1996, her M.A. in Spanish Linguistics and Literature from Middlebury College in 1997, and her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 2002. Kent began her legal career in California representing consumers against insurance companies in bad faith litigation, then continued that practice after relocating to Arizona. She is admitted to practice in California and Arizona, including the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California, the District of Arizona, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Arizona Bankruptcy Court. Her practice covers consumer protection litigation, bad faith insurance claims, debt collector disputes, credit reporting agency disputes, car manufacturer liability, and sex abuse survivor representation.

Proven verdicts and settlements at SL Chapman LLC

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

$16.75 millionVerdict

A federal jury in St. Louis awarded Teddy and Melanie Scott $46.75 million after a nitrogen oxide gas cloud from Dyno Nobel's nitric acid plant in Louisiana, Missouri engulfed Teddy at a neighboring worksite. In 2024 the Eighth Circuit affirmed liability and all $16.75 million in compensatory damages but reversed the $30 million punitive award.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · 2022Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Loyola Law School
J.D., 2002
Loyola Marymount University
Undergraduate, 1996

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Arizona

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