Law Firm Overview

Brian Clymer is an attorney who represents injured workers in workers' compensation cases and Social Security disability cases.  He graduated with high distinction from the University of Virginia in 1975 with a double major in speech and government and received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1978, graduating in the top 10% of his class.  He has been licensed to practice law in the state of Arizona since October 7, 1978 and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He is a certified specialist in Workers' Compensation law by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization since 1983 and has won cases before the Arizona Court of Appeals and the Arizona Supreme Court on a variety of issues including heart attacks caused by emotional stress, hearing loss from gradual noise exposure, exposure to pesticides, and gradual injury claims for muscular conditions.  Brian is a contributing writer to two chapters of the Arizona Workers Compensation Handbook, published by the State Bar of Arizona.  He is a past member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Board of Directors; past secretary and past co-chairman of the Workers' Compensation Section of the State Bar of Arizona, and past chairman of the Southern Arizona Workers' Compensation Claimants' Attorneys' Association.  Brian served as a member of the Industrial Committee of Arizona's Ad Hoc Advisory Committee which looked into ways to improve the hearing process, and he has also appeared before committees of the Arizona state legislature to advocate for improvements in our workers' compensation system.  Brian has been listed since 1995 in The Best Lawyers in America for the area of workers' compensation law, and has an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell legal directory.

Areas of Practice

• Social Security -- Disability
• Workers' Compensation Law

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America (Workers Comp), 1995 - 2006

Classes and Seminars

• Workers Compensation Law to Union Counselors Program, Southern Arizona Central Labor Council, 1999 - 2001
• Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability to the People's Law School, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 1991
• Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability to the People's Law School, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 1999

Representative Clients

• United Food And Commercial Workers Local 99

Representative Cases

• Rodriquez v. Bowen, 876 F.2d 759 (US Ct App. 9th 1989)
• Pacific Fruit Express v. Industrial Commission, 735 P.2d 820 (Court of Appeals of Arizona 1987)

West Practice Categories

Social Security -- Disability, Workers' Compensation Law