Managing Partner
Mark Caruso is the founder of Caruso Law Offices, PC primarily based in Albuquerque, New Mexico with satellite offices in both Rio Rancho, New Mexico and Ontario, California. Mark attended undergraduate and law school at Pepperdine University. He is a licensed attorney in New Mexico, California and Arizona. He is licensed in all state and federal courts in these states.
Caruso Law Offices exclusively represents victims of motor vehicle accidents including those involving passenger cars, trucks, commercial vehicles, semi-trucks, tractor trailers, 18 wheelers, vans, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. Mark represented insurance companies until he grew tired of helping them cheat people involved in motor vehicle accidents. He changed sides to start helping these same victims with their own claims against large corporations and insurance companies. Mark Caruso knows the "ins-and-outs" of the insurance claims practice and their strategies don't work on him. He used to be one of them, before he exclusively began representing the victims of motor vehicle accidents.
Mark Caruso founded Caruso Law Offices in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since then, the law firm has grown with offices in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and Ontario, California. Today, Mark Caruso's two daughters are attorneys at the firm and are also helping the victims of motor vehicle accidents.
Mark served in the New Mexico Legislature from 1991 to 1995 and has been named by Republican and Democrat Governors to various Boards and Commissions. Mark remains active in various community organizations and continues to give back to his Albuquerque community. Ten percent (10%) of the firm's gross attorney fees are gifted to various non-profits.
Mark Caruso has received numerous awards and commendations for his work in personal injury and civil litigation. He is a member of state and national trial lawyer associations and the ATAA (Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys). Mark is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The Forum is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. There are over 4000 members throughout the country. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members
While the law firm continues to represent exclusively victims of motor vehicle accidents, Mark has become extremely focused on larger tractor-trailer and semi-truck collisions. Over the past few years he has had two jury trials in U. S. District Court in New Mexico with jury verdicts of $5.5 million and $7.8 million. He also recently settled two tractor trailer cases in excess of $12 million. Caruso Law Offices has now settled over $1 billion for its clients, a feat seldom accomplished by any law firm.
Mark Caruso is often consulted by other attorneys on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) and the application of these federal trucking regulations to New Mexico commercial motor vehicle crashes. In-state and out-of-state attorneys routinely refer their tractor-trailer and 18-wheeler cases to Mark Caruso. The firm has a profitable referral program for referring attorneys. Mark Caruso has been rated among the top 3 motor vehicle accident and truck accident attorneys in New Mexico.
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