Levi
T.
Claridge
Biography
As a member of the firm's litigation department, Levi Claridge represents clients in a variety of cases before state and federal courts. His practice is concentrated on insurance defense, transportation, insurance coverage and products liability.
Seven generations of his family have lived in Arizona. In actuality, on February 14, 1912, the day Arizona became a state, Mark Valentine Gardner, his great-grandfather, was the first child to be born there. Mr. Claridge graduated from the University of Arizona with both his undergraduate and legal degrees. Mr. Claridge served as the Note and Comment Editor for the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law during his time in law school. He was also a member of the J. Reuben Law Society, got a CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Regulation and Antitrust, and consistently made the dean's list. Mr. Claridge served as a legal clerk for Judge Stephen M. McNamee of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona following law school.
Mr. Claridge enjoys triathlons, being outdoors, and traveling with his wife and two daughters when he's not practicing law.
Practice Areas
Industries
- Hotels and Resorts
- Insurance
- Restaurants
- Retail
- Transportation
Education
- University of Arizona College of Law, Tucson, Arizona
- J.D. - 2015
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Dean’s List, all semesters
- Honors: CALI Awards in Regulation and Antitrust
- Honors: Students of Arizona Health Law
- University of Arizona
- B.A. - 2012
Bar Admissions
- Arizona, 2015
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 2015
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2023
Past Positions
- The Honorable Stephen M. McNamee, Summer 2013, September 2015 – August 2016
- Office of U.S. Senator John Kyl, Public Opinion Research Intern, 2011
Classes & Seminars
- University of Arizona, Supreme Court Teaching Fellow, Spring 2014, Spring 2015