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Mick Levin, PLC: The Dram Shop Liability Specialist Who Argues at the Arizona Supreme Court

Mick Levin, PLC · 2011 years in practice

The Dram Shop Liability Specialist Who Argues at the Arizona Supreme Court

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At a Glance

Firm Mick Levin, PLC
Founded 2011
Office 3336 N. 32nd St., Ste. 100, Phoenix, AZ
Attorney Mick Levin — Arizona State University (undergraduate and law degree, J.D. 2002); admitted 2003
Practice focus Personal injury, professional negligence, and insurance bad faith, with a particular concentration in alcohol-service (dram shop) liability cases
Recent results Verdicts of $1.2 million and $2.7 million; settlements including $3 million (pedestrian) and $2.85 million (overservice case), per the firm
Recognition Super Lawyers 2022–2026
Contact mlplc.com · (480) 865-3051

“Victims Are Insufficiently Represented in Arizona”

Mick Levin earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from Arizona State University, graduating law school in 2002 and being admitted to practice the following year. Before founding his own firm in 2011, he worked as an associate at Tidmore Law Offices, prosecuting personal injury cases spanning automobile collisions, slip and fall, medical malpractice, product liability, and insurance bad faith. In his own words, he went to law school “to help people,” and describes his mission as addressing what he sees as insufficient representation for crime victims and injured Arizonans facing corporations and insurance companies with far greater resources.

Levin has built a specific niche within personal injury: cases involving the service of alcohol to patrons who go on to hurt others or themselves, an area of law known as dram shop liability, and one that requires specialized knowledge of Arizona’s liquor licensing and liability statutes distinct from ordinary negligence claims.

Practice Areas

The firm’s docket includes alcohol-related injuries, automobile accidents, child abuse or neglect claims, drug side effects, insurance claims, product liability, and professional and medical negligence. Levin has served as Lead Attorney in dozens of state and federal bench and jury trials, participated in scores of arbitrations both as advocate and as arbitrator, and has appeared before the Arizona Court of Appeals and the Arizona Supreme Court more than a dozen times.

Track Record

The firm reports recent verdicts of $1.2 million and $2.7 million, and recent settlements including more than $1.3 million for a shooting injury, more than $3,000,000 for a vehicle-versus-pedestrian case, and $2,850,000 in a dram shop overservice case that led to a vehicle-versus-pedestrian injury. A separately documented matter, AMEX v. Sisler, resulted in a jury verdict finding that AMEX Assurance Company breached a homeowner’s insurance contract and committed bad faith.

ABOUT THESE RESULTS. The figures above are drawn from the firm’s own published materials and have not been independently confirmed against court records. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future case; every matter turns on its own facts and law.

In Clients’ Words

One detailed client account describes a family that lost a loved one after an overservice incident at a restaurant, and specifically credits Levin with traveling in person to represent the client’s elderly mother during a remote mediation hearing when the case couldn’t otherwise be resolved, ultimately taking the matter toward trial. Peer endorsements describe Levin as knowing “personal injury and insurance issues inside and out” and as an attorney who “puts his clients’ interests first.”

Beyond the Courtroom

Levin’s service as both an advocate and an arbitrator in dispute resolution reflects a dual role within the Arizona legal community beyond direct client representation.

Recognition

Levin has been selected to Super Lawyers for 2022 through 2026. Awesome Attorneys did not locate a State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization certification or Best Lawyers recognition for this attorney as of the research date.

Arizona Legal Backdrop

A.R.S. § 12-542 Two-year statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims
A.R.S. § 12-821.01 180-day notice of claim requirement before suing a public entity or employee
A.R.S. § 12-821 One-year statute of limitations for suits against public entities
A.R.S. § 12-2505 Arizona’s pure comparative negligence rule
A.R.S. § 12-502 Tolling of limitations periods for minors and persons under a legal disability

Levin’s dram shop niche operates under Arizona’s liquor liability framework (A.R.S. § 4-311 and related statutes), which imposes potential liability on licensees who serve alcohol to an obviously intoxicated person or a minor, a distinct legal theory layered on top of the general negligence framework above.

The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Mick Levin’s specific dram shop liability niche, more than a dozen appearances before Arizona’s appellate courts, and a documented range of recent seven-figure results give this profile real substance. The detailed client account of in-person mediation attendance for an elderly, out-of-state client is a specific, credible signal of client-focused practice rather than generic marketing language.

The honest caveat: no Board of Legal Specialization certification was located, and the reported case results, while specific, come from the firm’s own published materials rather than independently audited court records.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was researched using mlplc.com (firm site, Mick Levin attorney biography), Avvo, Justia, Super Lawyers, and LinkedIn. All statutory citations were checked against the Arizona Revised Statutes as published by the Arizona State Legislature. No compensation was sought or received from the firm, and the firm was not contacted prior to publication of this profile.

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