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Dan Christensen

CEO | Attorney at DJC Law
Austin, TX30 years experience

About Dan Christensen

Daniel J. 'Dan' Christensen is the founder and CEO of DJC Law in Austin, Texas — the largest Austin-based veteran-owned personal injury firm in the state. With nearly 30 years of legal experience, he has tried close to 200 cases in federal and state courts and led DJC Law to recover over $400 million on behalf of injured clients across Texas.

Christensen began his career in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps at Fort Hood, where he served as both a prosecutor and defense counsel and tried complex cases in military courts. He transitioned to civil practice in Texas, served as Chief of Litigation for a Texas law firm, and led the firm's personal injury division supervising 15–20 trial lawyers before founding DJC Law.

He is double board-certified — in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy — credentials held by only a small fraction of Texas attorneys. He has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer, listed in Best Lawyers in America, and named to the National Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100. He is also a member of the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

Christensen earned his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business and his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law. He also serves as an adjunct professor and contributes writing to legal publications. His firm has a reported 99% success rate and has helped thousands of injured clients across nearly 25 years.

Proven verdicts and settlements at DJC Law

These results are credited to DJC Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$4.51 millionVerdict

A Travis County jury found J.D. Abrams LP 100% negligent after construction logs fell on a worker passing beneath the Highways 183 and 35 interchange project, awarding $4,507,000 in damages.

Travis County District Court, 201st District Court · 2024Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$3.96 millionVerdict

A Travis County jury found Texas Regional Landfill Co. 100% negligent after a visitor fell from a horizontal post at the landfill scale, suffering a traumatic brain injury and a torn elbow ligament, and awarded $3,962,887.

Travis County, 345th Civil District Court · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Iowa College of Law
B.B.A. Finance
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
The State Bar of Texas
National Association of Distinguished Counsel

Awards & recognition

Texas Board of Legal Specialization — Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law
National Board of Trial Advocacy — Board Certified in Civil Trial Law
Texas Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100

Other attorneys at DJC Law

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Austin firms

Slack Davis Sanger
Slack Davis Sanger
$52 Million Class Settlement for Texas Policyholders Charged More by Farmers for Being Loyal Customers
National Trial Law
National Trial Law
$230 Million Federal Judgment Over Sutherland Springs Church Shooting
Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson, LLP
Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson, LLP
$112.9 million · Austin Jury Awards $112.9 Million in Dram Shop Case Over Crash That Left a Six-Year-Old With a Brain Injury
Shaw Cowart
Shaw Cowart
$2 Million Verdict for Injured Motorists on Underinsured Motorist Claim Against State Farm
Zinda Law Group
Zinda Law Group
$591,560 · Parking-Lot Crash Yields $591,560 Jury Award for Austin Plaintiff

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.