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Mark A. Clausen

Mark A. Clausen has provided strategic and forceful representation of clients since the mid-1980s.  A significant portion of his work has been on behalf of plaintiffs in personal injury matters and on behalf of consumers.  Mr. Clausen has repeatedly been named a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics magazine.  He has maintained his own practice since 1993, and represented personal injury clients since the 1980s.  He has handled major matters in Washington, Alaska, California, Texas and Michigan.

As a result of Mr. Clausen’s work in trade practices and consumer protection he was appointed Chairman of the Washington State Bar Association Consumer Protection Committee.  While serving as chair he wrote an amicus brief on behalf of the Washington State Bar Association in a major appeal of a personal injury and consumer protection case before the Washington State Supreme Court.  The Court’s decision was a major victory for injured parties.  He is a frequent seminar speaker and lecturer, having spoken at seminars for the University of Washington Engineering School, the Washington State Bar Association, Washington State Trial Lawyers’ Association, and numerous other organizations. 

A native of Michigan, Mr. Clausen received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He served as an award-winning investigative reporter in Indiana between college and law school. Mr. Clausen attended law school at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and received his law degree in 1984.  In law school he was a moot court champion and a fellow in the John Marshall Society. After a judicial clerkship with the Washington Court of Appeals and Washington Supreme Court, 1984-85, he began in private practice.   Mr. Clausen is admitted to practice in Washington State, the federal district courts of Washington, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Court of Claims.

Mr. Clausen lives near Seattle with his wife and three children.  He is a foster parent.  He has served as a board member for the Northwest Chamber Chorus and on the council of the University Lutheran Church.  He is a member of the Associated Builders & Contractors, various bar associations, the Brain Injury Association of Washington and the Washington Farm Bureau,  He has climbed mountains in Washington, Oregon, Canada and Peru, and reached the summit of Mt. Rainier five times.  He is an avid cyclist, and has done the Seattle-Portland Bicycle Classic.

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