Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC

What Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC does

Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC is a boutique personal injury law firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, operating from The Presqui'le House at 2 Amherst Street. The firm is co-owned by three named partners — Sam Clawson Jr., Christy Fargnoli, and Bert 'Skip' Utsey — with one associate attorney (Laura Wilkes-D'Amato) and a small support staff, totaling approximately five employees. Its practice is 100% plaintiff-side personal injury representation, spanning 20+ specialized areas including motor vehicle and trucking accidents, maritime and boating law, premises liability, medical malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, government liability, insurance bad faith, dram shop claims, nursing home abuse, and defamation.

The firm has no proprietary technology and offers no digital products, APIs, or software platforms; its core assets are attorney expertise, litigation experience, and case-specific legal strategy. The founding partners collectively bring nearly 50 years of combined litigation experience, including prior defense-side work at a multi-state insurance defense firm (Clawson) and a respected regional insurance defense firm (Wilkes-D'Amato), which gives them direct insight into insurance company and defense counsel tactics. The firm has publicly disclosed multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, including a $13M product liability verdict, $8M wrongful death settlement, $7.733M commercial dispute, $6.5M motor vehicle accident settlement, $4.95M child abuse case, $4M premises liability verdict, and $3M medical malpractice case.

The business model is contingency fee-based: clients owe nothing unless the firm recovers compensation. Free initial consultations are offered. Go-to-market is primarily referral-driven (the majority of cases originate from other attorneys, with the firm explicitly noting this as a point of pride), supplemented by direct consumer acquisition through the cfulaw.com website, phone intake, and a presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The firm serves individuals and businesses across South Carolina, with an addressable market extended through out-of-state referral partnerships. The firm holds no funding rounds, has no parent company, and operates as a private partnership with no disclosed external capital.

Name

Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC

Legal name

Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC

Website

https://cfulaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC is a boutique personal injury law firm in Charleston, South Carolina, representing injured individuals and businesses on a contingency fee basis across 20+ specialized practice areas. Founded in 2017 by three experienced litigators, the firm leverages prior defense-side experience to advocate for plaintiffs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Civil litigation
• Wrongful death cases
• Maritime injury law
• Insurance bad faith

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fees: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis, meaning clients owe nothing unless the firm wins their case. This is the primary revenue model for personal injury law firms, where attorneys receive a percentage of settlements or verdicts recovered on behalf of clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC is a boutique personal injury law firm that represents plaintiffs in negligence-based injury and wrongful death cases across South Carolina. The firm handles case evaluation, negotiation, and trial litigation on a contingency-fee basis (no fee unless the case is won), with practice modules spanning motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, product liability, maritime law, government liability, insurance bad faith, dram shop claims, and nursing home abuse.

Product overview

Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC is a boutique personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services for individuals injured due to negligence. The firm provides a unified suite of legal representation services, with specialized practice modules covering motor vehicle accidents, maritime/boating law, premises liability, medical malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, government liability, insurance bad faith, dram shop claims, nursing home abuse, dog bites, defamation, and bicycle/pedestrian accidents. The firm leverages decades of combined litigation experience and past insurance defense expertise to aggressively advocate for clients in both state and federal courts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Representation Full-service plaintiff-side legal representation for individuals injured due to negligence, including case evaluation, settlement negotiation, and trial litigation, offered on a contingency-fee basis.
• Motor Vehicle Accident Representation Legal representation for victims of car, truck, motorcycle, drunk driving, and police chase accidents seeking compensation from negligent drivers and insurance companies.
• Maritime and Boating Law

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully recovered millions of dollars for clients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Steinberg Law Firm: Charleston-based plaintiff personal injury firm with multiple attorneys handling car accidents, wrongful death, premises liability, and other PI matters. Directly comparable as a same-geography boutique-style PI competitor relying on reputation and referrals.
• Joye Law Firm: Charleston-headquartered personal injury firm with offices across South Carolina handling car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, workers' comp, and wrongful death. Closely comparable plaintiff-side PI practice in the same primary market.
• David Aylor Law Offices: Charleston-based plaintiff-side injury and criminal defense firm serving South Carolina. Comparable as a same-market boutique firm with contingency-fee PI practice and similar client demographic.
• Pruett Injury Law: South Carolina personal injury firm handling car accidents, truck accidents, and wrongful death on contingency. Directly comparable contingency-fee PI firm operating in the same state.
• Lewis & Keller: Plaintiff personal injury firm with offices in Greenville, SC and Asheville, NC handling car accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death. Comparable contingency-fee PI practice in the broader Southeast.
• Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane: Plaintiff-side personal injury firm with a Charleston office handling serious injury, mass tort, and catastrophic injury cases. Comparable in contingency-fee PI model with overlapping South Carolina market presence.
• McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips: Plaintiff personal injury and insurance bad faith firm headquartered in Rock Hill, SC serving clients statewide. Comparable contingency PI practice with overlap in insurance bad faith litigation specialty.
• Shelly Leeke Law Firm: Charleston-area plaintiff personal injury firm with offices in SC and GA handling car accidents, wrongful death, and premises liability. Directly comparable same-region contingency PI competitor.
• Goings Law Firm, LLC: Charleston-headquartered personal injury firm handling car, truck, motorcycle, and wrongful death cases on contingency. Comparable boutique-style PI practice competing for similar Charleston-area clients.

Regional players

• Auger & Auger Injury Attorneys: Plaintiff personal injury firm based in South Carolina serving broader Southeast markets including auto, trucking, and premises cases. Comparable contingency-fee PI practice operating in overlapping geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/clawsonfargnoli
• Facebookfacebook.com/clawsonfargnoli
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clawson-fargnoli-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/clawsonfargnoliutsey

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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