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En resumen
| Despacho | Musgrove Drutz Kack & Gautreaux, PC |
| Office | 1135 W. Iron Springs Rd., Prescott, AZ |
| Abogado | Mark W. Drutz — University of Kentucky (B.A. cum laude); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 1980) |
| With the firm since | 1985, founding member |
| Enfoque de práctica | Litigation including bodily injury, wrongful death, real estate, and commercial cases |
| Career results | Verdicts and settlements in excess of $25 million, per the attorney’s own biography |
| Reconocimientos | AV rated, Martindale-Hubbell; member, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association |
| Contacto | mdkglaw.com |
Forty-Four Years in Yavapai County
Mark Drutz has practiced law in Yavapai County since 1981, the year after earning his law degree cum laude from the University of Iowa College of Law. He became a founding member of what is now Musgrove Drutz Kack & Gautreaux in 1985 and has called the firm home ever since. Over his career, he has represented clients in more than 100 jury and non-jury trials and has appeared before the Arizona Court of Appeals at least 20 times.
Áreas de práctica
Drutz’s litigation practice spans bodily injury and wrongful death cases alongside real estate and commercial litigation. The firm itself is a general practice serving Prescott and Yavapai County, with attorneys also covering criminal defense, employment law, family law, business law, estate planning, and construction law — personal injury sits within that broader docket rather than being the firm’s sole focus, and readers should understand Drutz’s practice in that context.
Historial
Drutz’s own biography states he has obtained verdicts and settlements in excess of $25 million over his career. Awesome Attorneys did not locate an itemized, case-by-case results ledger as of the research date.
ACERCA DE ESTOS RESULTADOS. The cumulative figure is drawn from the attorney’s own published biography and has not been independently confirmed. 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
One client review specifically involving a catastrophic auto accident described Drutz as stepping up and going “over and beyond” after a family member was found unresponsive and left with lasting injuries, crediting him with results beyond what the family expected. Awesome Attorneys did not locate a broader base of detailed reviews on major platforms as of the research date.
Más allá de la sala del tribunal
Drutz is a member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association (now the Arizona Association for Justice) and the State Bar of Arizona, and has practiced continuously in the Prescott legal community for more than four decades.
Reconocimientos
Drutz holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV rating, its highest peer-review distinction. Awesome Attorneys did not locate a State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization certification, Best Lawyers, or Super Lawyers recognition for this attorney as of the research date.
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 |
| A.R.S. § 12-502 | Tolling of limitations periods for minors and persons under a legal disability |
La evaluación de Awesome Attorneys
Mark Drutz’s four decades in Yavapai County, over 100 trials, 20-plus Court of Appeals appearances, and AV rating reflect a genuinely substantial litigation career, and the one detailed client review located describes a meaningful catastrophic-injury result.
The honest caveat: this is a general practice firm where personal injury is one department among several rather than the firm’s exclusive focus, and no Board of Legal Specialization certification or itemized results ledger was located. Prescott and Yavapai County residents evaluating this firm should confirm they’ll be working with Drutz specifically for an injury matter rather than a general litigation associate.
Metodología & fuentes
This profile was researched using mdkglaw.com (firm site, Mark Drutz attorney profile), Lawyers.com, Avvo, MoreLaw, USAttorneys.com, and the Yavapai County Bar Association directory. 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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