Lawyer Overview

Craig R. McClellan has the distinction of being voted by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America. He is the first and only San Diego personal injury attorney selected for admission to the Inner Circle of Advocates, a prestigious invitation-only group of top plaintiff's attorneys, limited to 100 members nationwide.

Mr. McClellan has obtained more than 85 verdicts and settlements in excess of one million dollars, and is a three-time recipient of the "outstanding Trial Lawyer Award" from the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego for cases in which million and multi-million dollar verdicts were obtained. One of his final arguments is featured in Million Dollar Arguments. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Board Member and President-Elect of the San Diego Chapter, a Master of the American Inns of Court, and a former Member of the Board of Directors of the San Diego Chapter of the American Business Trial Lawyers. He has appeared on public radio and television programs, including 60 Minutes, 20/20, and the McNeil-Lehrer Report. One of his cases is featured in No Contest by Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith.

Mr. McClellan has focused his career on complex, high stakes litigation. His cases include complex personal injury litigation such as brain injury, wrongful death, car accident, and truck accident cases, as well as defective product and product liability cases. As a business litigator, he represents businesses whose owners or shareholders have been harmed.

Areas of Practice

• Serious Injury or Death
• Product Liability
• Insurance Claims Practices
• Business Litigation

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Member, Board of Directors (1983 - 1990))
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• American Inns of Court, William B. Enright Chapter (Master)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors (2005 - 2007))
• Attorneys Information Exchange Group (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Sustaining Member, Board of Directors (1985 -1987))
• Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (Member, Board of Directors (1983 -1990), Officer (1987 -1988))
• Inner Circle of Advocates (Member)
• State Bar of California (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Three-time Recipient of the Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award Winner, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
• Selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America
• Profiled in American Lawyer Magazine
• Selected as one of Lawdragon's Top 500 Plaintiff's Lawyers in the Country
• Named to Southern California Superlawyers, Top 50 in San Diego
• Named one of the Best Attorneys in the Los Angeles Area by the Los Angeles Times

Past Employment Positions

• Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Partner, 1976 - 1986
• Oil Policy Subcommittee Cost of Living Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., Director, 1972 - 1973
• United States Marine Corps, Captain, 1969 - 1972

Education

• California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, 1976
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Editor-in-Chief, California Western Law Review
• University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1969
  B.S., Bachelor of Science

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Published Works

• Physicians' Liability: The Sale and Insertion of A Dalkon Shield, 11 California Western Law Review 347, 1975
• Garrison v. Porsche, Professional Techniques Library, Million Dollar Arguments, 1983
• The Honda ATC and Other Dangerous All-Terrain Vehicles, Trial Bar News, San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, May, 1985

Address

1144 State Street
San Diego, CA 92101

Phones

(866) 492-0302
(619) 677-1641

Faxes

619-544-0540

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mcclellanlaw.com