Charles “Chuck” Carson has more than 40 civil jury trials as lead counsel along with many more bench trials, appeals, arbitrations, and mediations. Chuck’s litigation experience includes a broad variety of commercial litigation and insurance matters (professional liability, commercial premises liability, product liability, construction law, municipal liability, bodily injury, commercial outdoor recreation activities liability, complex insurance matters before state insurance departments, real estate, environmental torts, and more).
- Filed a motion for summary judgment that resulted in dismissal of a seven-figure wrongful death claim by heirs of a worker who was crushed to death by an interior warehouse wall that collapsed.
- Prevailed on a dispositive motion that resulted in dismissal of a claim where client admittedly caused $300,000 damage to a neighbor’s property.
- Settled for very favorable terms a seven-figure wrongful death claim against client by heirs of a teenage boy who died of a drug overdose in client’s hotel.
- Settled for very favorable terms a seven-figure wrongful death claim against college student client for, after drinking alcohol at a restaurant, crashing his vehicle into a light pole at a high rate of speed and instantly killing one of his passengers.
- Settled for very favorable terms a claim against elevator company client by an elevator passenger for significant injuries she suffered when the elevator suddenly shot up and crashed into the top of the elevator shaft.
- Obtained dismissal for construction signage client of a claim for significant damages arising from a driver who claimed that confusing construction signage caused her to drive off the freeway and strike a concrete barrier at night.
- Successfully teamed with San Francisco attorneys to represent local school student parents in a national media covered politically charged lawsuit brought by the father of the school board president, which involved student parent free speech rights and a nine-hour evidentiary hearing that led to a precedent setting Arizona anti-SLAPP decision by the Court in favor of clients.
- Settled for very favorable terms a tenant lawsuit against landlord client for significant health problems to adults and child due to mold infestation.
- Represent clients in several seven-figure and eight-figure professional liability claims.
- Settled for very favorable terms a claim against boring company client for boring through an underground utility’s fiber optic line.
- Long history of consistently achieving successful awards at arbitrations and negotiating favorable settlements at meditations in a wide variety of cases.
- Berry v 352 E. Virginia, 228 Ariz. 9, 261 P.3d 784 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011) established Arizona law re determining the prevailing party and the meaning of “judgment finally obtained” statutory language for purposes of awarding ARS Section 12-341.01 attorney fees and awarding Rule 68 Offer of Judgment sanctions in the circumstance of competing claims, counterclaims, and setoffs all tried together.
Admissions
- Arizona
- California
- Nevada
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Education
- J.D., University of Illinois Chicago Law School
- Represented law school in International Jessup Cup Moot Court Competition in International Law
- Represented law school in National Client Counseling Competition
- Participated in Advanced Trial Advocacy Program
- B.A., Finance-Investment, University of Illinois Urbana
- Varsity football
Honors
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® since early in his career