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Craig R. McClellan 
San Diego, California
phone (866) 492-0302
(619) 677-1641
fax 619-544-0540
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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
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
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


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


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


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


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


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The McClellan Law Firm
1144 State Street
San Diego, California 92101
Tel: 619.677.1641
Toll Free: 866.492.0302
Fax: 619.544.0540
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