Current Role
  • Senior Counsel, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
  • A trial attorney with a passion for representing children, the disabled, elderly and incapacitated citizens
Recognition
  • In Rupke v. State of Washington, et al., Mr. Moody acted as lead counsel for Mr. Rupke, a developmentally disabled man who suffered alleged severe neglect in Whatcom County, Washington. The case settled for a record $22.69 million, the largest personal injury settlement in the state of Washington in 2023, the largest settlement on behalf of a developmentally disabled citizen in Washington state history, and one of the top 10 personal injury settlements in the nation for 2023.
  • Mr. Moody served as lead attorney in Tobin v. State of Washington, which involved the neglect of a developmentally disabled woman who was confined to a state licensed home. During the litigation, the court issued hundreds of thousands of dollars in monetary sanctions against Washington’s Attorney General’s Office for discovery violations.
  • Top 25 Personal Injury Settlement Awards Nationwide, Vernon Gray v. State of Washington, $9 million, 2019
  • Top 100 Personal Injury Settlement Awards Nationwide, Case Confidential, $3 million, 2019
  • Top 50 Personal Injury Settlement Awards Nationwide, Jacob Gilligan v. State of Washington, $5.5 million, 2018   
  • Top 100 Personal Injury Settlement Awards Nationwide, Case Confidential, $4 million, 2018
  • Top 50 Personal Injury Settlement Awards Nationwide, Heather Curtis v. State of Washington, Crosby, $5.52 million, 2017
  • 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2025
Notable Cases

Mr. Moody has secured many multi-million dollar recoveries on behalf of vulnerable citizens who have been abused, neglected or exploited, including:

  • Largest jury verdict ever upheld against the State of Washington, DSHS, $17.8 million
  • Largest single-plaintiff settlement against the State of Washington, DSHS, $8.8 million
  • Largest recovery on behalf of three foster children, $7.3 million
  • Largest single-plaintiff settlement on behalf of a child in Snohomish County, Washington, $5 million
  • Largest judgment on behalf of an incapacitated child in Spokane County, Washington, $4 million
  • Judgment for a disabled woman in Santa Clara County, California, $4 million
  • Largest judgment ever obtained against Eastern State Hospital, $3 million
  • Largest judgment ever obtained against the State of Washington, Child Study and Treatment Center, $3 million
  • Judgment for a boy neglected and abused in Snohomish County, Washington, $2.85 million
  • Judgment for a girl neglected and abused in Pierce County, Washington, $2.85 million
  • Settlement on behalf of brain-injured infant abused in day care setting, $2.84 million
  • Largest single-plaintiff jury verdict on behalf of an incapacitated adult in Kitsap County, Washington, $2.6 million
  • Judgment in the amount of $2.5 million for a client abused at Eastern State Hospital
  • Largest single-plaintiff settlement on behalf of a developmentally disabled male in eastern Washington, $2.25 million
  • Several additional settlements in excess of $1 million
Personal Insight

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.

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