UNA NOTA PARA LOS LECTORES. This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team. Clausen Law Offices did not pay for, request, or review this article prior to publication, and placement on Awesome Attorneys’ editorial pages cannot be purchased. Case results described here are drawn from the firm’s published materials and are attributed to that source. Nothing in this article is legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney–client relationship. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future case.
En resumen
| Despacho | Clausen Law Offices |
| Fundada | 2018 (per Yelp business listing); Darren Clausen has practiced 20–25 years per the firm’s own varying published figures |
| Office | 2730 E. Broadway Blvd., Ste. 240, Tucson, AZ 85716 |
| Abogado | Darren M. Clausen — James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona; B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College (Dean’s List, 1994) |
| Enfoque de práctica | Plaintiff-side personal injury, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury and wrongful death |
| Reported recoveries | Over $45 million recovered for injured individuals and families, per the firm |
| Reconocimientos | AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell; Top 50 Pro Bono Attorney in Arizona; Board Member, Trial Practice Section, State Bar of Arizona |
| Contacto | clausenazlaw.com · (520) 327-5000 |
A Tucson Native, Three Generations Deep
Darren Clausen is a Tucson native and, per his own biography, a third-generation Arizonan — a detail the firm treats as central to its identity as a genuinely local practice rather than a franchise operation. He attended West Virginia Wesleyan College on a basketball scholarship, graduating on the Dean’s List in 1994, then returned home to earn his law degree from the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law. He has practiced exclusively as a plaintiff’s injury and medical malpractice attorney in Southern Arizona since.
Clausen serves as a Board Member of the Trial Practice Section of the State Bar of Arizona and has argued before the Arizona Court of Appeals. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court and is a member of the Arizona Association for Justice, the state’s plaintiff-bar organization.
Áreas de práctica
The firm’s docket spans personal injury and medical malpractice: car, motorcycle, and truck accidents, premises liability, construction accidents, dog bites, brain injury, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims on the personal-injury side; birth injury, medical misdiagnosis, pharmacy errors, and surgical errors on the medical malpractice side. Clausen’s own description of his practice emphasizes range — from complex, multi-party litigation down to straightforward car-accident claims — with a consistent contingency-fee structure and free initial consultations.
Historial
The firm states that Clausen has recovered over $45 million for individuals and families injured or killed by the negligence of others over the course of his career, per his Justia attorney biography. Awesome Attorneys did not independently verify this cumulative figure or locate a itemized verdicts-and-settlements page breaking it down by case; it is reproduced here as the firm’s own reported total. One detailed client account describes a rear-end collision with a distracted driver that totaled the client’s car and caused a serious back injury requiring major surgery, which the client says resolved in a settlement “better than I expected.”
ACERCA DE ESTOS RESULTADOS. The cumulative recovery figure and case description 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.
En palabras de los clientes
Client testimonials collected on the firm’s own site describe a consistent pattern: clients frustrated by insurers who resisted paying valid claims, and relief once Clausen intervened. One client whose insurer denied a claim after a break-in wrote that Clausen “helped us to make sure they honored the coverage we paid for.” A referral source called his practice-area knowledge “exemplary,” and a repeat client described “very professional and friendly attention” across two separate matters. A Martindale peer reviewer, identified as government counsel, rated Clausen 5.0 out of 5.0 in Plaintiffs Personal Injury.
Más allá de la sala del tribunal
Clausen is active in Arizona’s Volunteer Lawyers Program and has been honored as a Top 50 Pro Bono Attorney in Arizona and as an “Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney of the Month,” per his firm biography. He also serves in an elected capacity on the State Bar of Arizona’s Trial Practice Section board, a peer role rather than a marketing credential.
Reconocimientos
Clausen holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating, the service’s highest peer-review distinction, along with its Client Champion, Avvo Top Contributor, and Avvo Client’s Choice badges. His Justia listing additionally references U.S. News & World Report recognition, though Awesome Attorneys was not able to confirm the specific U.S. News – Best Lawyers category or year from independent sourcing as of the research date. No State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization certification was identified for this attorney.
Contexto legal de Arizona
| 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 — recovery is reduced, not barred, by the injured person’s own share of fault |
| A.R.S. § 12-502 | Tolling of limitations periods for minors and persons under a legal disability |
Because Clausen’s docket includes medical malpractice, his practice also operates under A.R.S. § 12-2603 (the preliminary expert opinion affidavit requirement) and § 12-2604 (same-specialty expert qualification rules) — the two statutes that most directly shape how a malpractice claim against a hospital or physician gets off the ground in Arizona.
La evaluación de Awesome Attorneys
Clausen Law Offices presents a straightforward, well-documented case for inclusion: a genuinely local, third-generation Arizona attorney with an AV Preeminent peer rating, an elected leadership role in the State Bar’s Trial Practice Section, a documented pro bono record, and consistent, specific client testimonials describing real disputes with resistant insurers resolved in the client’s favor.
The honest caveat is precision: the firm’s own materials give inconsistent figures for Clausen’s years of experience (20 versus 25, across different pages of the same site) and the founding date of the current firm name versus his start in practice, and the $45 million cumulative recovery figure is the firm’s own report rather than a court-verified sum. None of this undercuts the substance of a genuinely credentialed, community-engaged Tucson practice, but a prospective client should ask directly for current, specific case examples relevant to their own situation.
Metodología & fuentes
This profile was researched using clausenazlaw.com (firm site, attorney biography, and client testimonials page), Justia, Martindale-Hubbell, and Lawyers.com. 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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