About Daniel Swinford
Daniel Swinford is a personal injury attorney in Washington Law Center's Tacoma office. He graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law and earned the CALI Award for Negotiation for achieving the top grade in his class. Before becoming an attorney, Daniel gained experience as a researcher for the City of Kent prosecutor's office and as a legal intern at Washington Law Center.
He is also a graduate of Washington State University. Over the years, he has built a reputation for commitment to clients and his ability to secure meaningful results in personal injury, sexual abuse, and wrongful death cases across Washington. When not practicing law, Daniel enjoys spending time with his wife and son, along with golfing, baseball, fishing, and time outdoors.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Washington Law Center
These results are credited to Washington Law Center. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Pierce County jury awarded $16.7 million to the family of a pregnant Puyallup woman who died of H1N1 influenza after Summit View Clinic failed to tell her that Tamiflu was available to treat the infection. Ashton Dennis of Washington Law Center served as co-counsel for the family alongside Connelly Law Offices.
University Place School District agreed to pay $9.5 million to three former students sexually abused by volunteer wrestling coach David O'Connor, settling days before a scheduled four-week trial. Washington Law Center's Ashton Dennis served as co-counsel with Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala.
University Place School District agreed to pay $4.25 million to six former student-athletes who were sexually abused by convicted sex offender David O'Connor while he served as a volunteer wrestling coach at Curtis Junior High and Curtis High School.
Washington Law Center secured a $3.5 million settlement against the Marysville School District after two former students came forward with claims that art teacher and cheerleading adviser Kurt Hollstein sexually abused them in a school darkroom during the mid-1980s.
Washington Law Center attorney Ashton Dennis secured a $1 million settlement from the Marysville School District on behalf of a male former student who said art teacher Kurt Hollstein sexually assaulted him on school grounds starting in 1981, when the victim was approximately 14 years old.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
