DJS Accident Law Peoria: At a Glance
| Firm | DJS Accident Law, PC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998, by David J. Shtogren |
| Location | Peoria, AZ (serving the Northwest Valley: Glendale, Surprise, Sun City) |
| Practice Area | Personal injury: auto, motorcycle, truck, and boating accidents; slip and fall; wrongful death |
| Fee Structure | Contingency |
| Website | djsaccidentlaw.com |
Origin & Founder History
David J. Shtogren, founder of DJS Accident Law in Peoria, earned a B.S. in Business Administration with a finance focus from Creighton University in 1994. According to his own attorney biography, he spent his first 19 years in practice at a larger Phoenix personal injury firm before founding DJS Accident Law, PC in Peoria in 1998. He was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky to a career Army officer father and spent part of his childhood in Seoul, South Korea before the family relocated to Sierra Vista, Arizona, where he completed his primary and secondary education, per his profile on the Arizona Attorney Search Network.
Practice-Area Breakdown
DJS Accident Law is a solo, plaintiff-side personal injury practice — car, motorcycle, truck, and boating accidents, slip-and-fall, and wrongful death claims, according to Shtogren’s own site. The firm’s site also separately advertises an unrelated real-estate service line: setting up Arizona LLCs to hold Mexican property through a Mexican bank trust structure. This is a distinct, non-legal-practice-area service rather than a competing legal specialty, and Awesome Attorneys did not find it to dilute the firm’s personal injury focus.
Track Record
Shtogren’s own materials state he has “recovered millions of dollars” for injury victims across his career, but Awesome Attorneys did not locate an itemized, case-by-case results page with specific settlement or verdict figures — a third-party directory (Arizona Attorney Search Network) notes he “has not submitted notable case results” to that platform. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes; each case is decided on its own facts.
Client Voice
DJS Accident Law holds a 5-star rating from 37 client reviews aggregated on AllUsInjuryLawyers.com. A third-party summary on ReachAttorneys states reviewers “consistently commend David for his thoroughness, professionalism, and ability to secure favorable settlements.” Awesome Attorneys was not able to pull individual, independently attributable review text beyond these aggregator summaries, and is noting that limitation rather than fabricating specific quotes.
Community & Beyond the Courtroom
Shtogren supports charitable organizations focused on animal protection and advocacy, and has completed two marathons and several endurance events, according to his Arizona Attorney Search Network profile. Awesome Attorneys did not find more specific, named community or pro bono commitments beyond this general description.
Recognition
Awesome Attorneys did not find evidence of Super Lawyers selection, Best Lawyers recognition, Martindale-Hubbell peer ratings, or Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization certification for this attorney.
Arizona Legal Backdrop
Anyone pursuing a personal injury claim in Arizona should know a few statutory basics. Under A.R.S. § 12-542, most personal injury claims must be filed within two years of the injury. If the at-fault party is a government entity, separate and much shorter deadlines apply: A.R.S. § 12-821.01 requires a notice of claim within 180 days, and A.R.S. § 12-821 requires the lawsuit itself to be filed within one year. Arizona follows pure comparative negligence under A.R.S. § 12-2505, meaning an injured person can still recover damages even if partly at fault, with recovery reduced by their percentage of fault. For minors or people who are legally incapacitated, A.R.S. § 12-502 can toll these deadlines.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
DJS Accident Law Peoria’s core strength is Shtogren’s depth of experience — nearly two decades at a larger PI firm before going solo, now approaching three decades running his own practice — paired with a strong, if aggregator-reported, client review record. The honest gaps: no independently verifiable itemized case results, no peer-review recognition (Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Martindale) that Awesome Attorneys could locate, and the firm’s unrelated Mexican real-estate LLC service is worth asking about directly if it’s not relevant to your situation, simply so you understand the full scope of what the practice offers.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was compiled from DJS Accident Law’s own website (djsaccidentlaw.com), David Shtogren’s Avvo attorney profile, his Arizona Attorney Search Network profile, BBB’s business profile, and third-party review aggregators including AllUsInjuryLawyers.com and ReachAttorneys.
Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice
This profile is part of Awesome Attorneys’ independently researched directory of Arizona personal injury firms. DJS Accident Law did not pay for inclusion or influence its content. Awesome Attorneys periodically offers paid, clearly labeled sponsored placements as a separate product; this editorial profile is not one of them.