A native of the Yakima Valley, Jared received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Sociology from Central Washington University in 2004, his Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, and his Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 2010.

Jared is a member of the Washington Bar Association, the Washington State Association for Justice, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Jared began his legal career defending insurance companies, but after witnessing first-hand the underhanded tactics of insurance companies, decided instead to take up the cause of the injured, fighting greedy insurance companies.