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There is a reason why I have twice as many reviews as anyone else! 2012-2021 SUPER LAWYER * Top 100 Trial Lawyer * Top 40 Under 40 * AV-Preeminent Rated * AVVO 10.0 * Top Valley DUI Lawyer * Top 1% ***. "I Understand That Even Good People Sometimes Find Themselves In Bad Situations.". Listed in Southwest Super Lawyer Magazine as a 2014-2021 Super Lawyer in Criminal Defense and DUI:. Aaron was raised in Phoenix, AZ and attended Brophy College Preparatory. After graduating high school he attended The University of Arizona where he majored in Political Science. While in college, Aaron was president and player for the Arizona Rugby Football Club. After graduating college Aaron decided pursue a Law Degree. Aaron attended the University of South Dakota. While obtaining a very fine education he spent time on the South Dakota family farm hunting and fishing.. After passing both the Arizona and South Dakota Bar Exams Aaron was quickly employed by the Office of the Maricopa County Public Defender. As a Deputy Public Defender he defended hundreds of individuals against serious felony charges. Aaron defended Drug, Conspiracy, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated DUI, Manslaughter, Murder, Money Laundering and almost every other crime in Arizona. Aaron has spent countless hours in the courtroom, has argued over 20 trials, and is extremely experienced.. Currently, Aaron is in private practice. His practice is limited criminal defense and DUI defense in all Arizona justice, municipal, state and federal courts. In addition, over the last three years has placed a strong emphasis on DUI and DUI related crimes such as vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault.. If you ever have any questions or would like to know more about Aaron Black please feel free to contact the Law Office of Aaron M. Black, PLLC.. Aaron M. Black

The practice area of Asset Protection is unique and has really only been a recognized area of law for the past 20 years.  Lodmell & Lodmell has practiced Asset Protection law exlusively since 1997.

Mr. Guild was a founding Senior Member for The Cavanagh Law Firm since its inception in 1999, and started his career with O’Connor Cavanagh in 1981.. Mr. Guild is a Certified Tax Specialist and holds a Masters in Law in Taxation.  Over the past 35+ years he has focused primarily on estate planning, general commercial work entailing all manner of federal income tax issues, and state and local tax controversy work.  He has handled more than 250 tax controversy matters, including administrative hearings, litigation in the Arizona Tax Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and the Arizona Supreme Court, collection negotiations and lobbying efforts.  He also has extensive experience in setting up homebuilder clients in the two-tier homebuilder technique mode.. Mr. Guild handles financial and commercial aspects associated with complex divorce matters, as well as being a qualified domestic relations order specialist.. He also has an extensive general business background, including the formation of entities, corporate reorganizations, merger-acquisitions, family-owned businesses, and the preparation of buy-sell agreements, employment contracts and succession planning.. Active in the community, he has served two terms as the President of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix Foundation, and has served as a Trustee of the Foundation for more than 25 years.

Mike Galloway practices in the area ofstate and local taxation, including sales tax, use tax, municipal sales tax,real and personal property tax, corporate and individual income tax (includingunitary) and unemployment tax, as well as related administrative and judicial appealsand governmental relations.  He has had successful client representations beforenumerous state courts and agencies including the City of Phoenix, Municipal TaxHearing Officer, Arizona Department of Revenue, Internal Revenue Service,Office of Administrative Hearings, Board of Tax Appeals, State Board ofEqualization, Department of Economic Security, and the Arizona Tax Court, Courtof Appeals and Supreme Court.

Josh Kolsrud has practiced criminal law since 2006, when he began prosecuting juveniles as a third-year law student. Since then, Josh has tried over 100 trials, including winning jury trials in Maricopa County, Coconino County, U.S. Federal District Court of Arizona, and internationally in the Republic of Palau. Josh also handled 3,528 cases as a federal prosecutor.. Josh began his legal career handling thousands of felony cases at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for over five years. Josh was awarded the “Attorney of the Month” award several times for his outstanding trial work. Josh was promoted to Major Crimes and spent two years in the Repetitive Offender Bureau.. Josh then headed to the South Pacific working for the tiny island-nation of the Republic of Palau. Palau’s attorney general heard about Josh’s reputation as an aggressive trial attorney and recruited Josh to spearhead an anti-human sex trafficking operation. The operation was successful as Josh helped save hundreds of Filipino girls from sexual slavery. Josh also successfully tried the only second jury trial in Palau’s history while helping bring Palau into the modern legal system.. The Coconino County Attorney’s Office recruited Josh as its Senior Trial Attorney handling all high-profile cases as well as training and supervising less experienced attorneys. Josh handled most homicide, capital cases, sex crimes, and white-collar crimes in Coconino County.. The United States Attorney’s Office later recruited Josh to work on a variety of cases including drug trafficking, illegal reentry, human smuggling, gun crimes, white-collar, undeclared cash, and Fish and Wildlife crimes. Josh spent over five and a half years as an Assistant United States Attorney working closely with federal agencies on complex criminal cases. Josh also worked in the “ACE” unit prosecuting complex civil fraud cases.. Josh is a talented legal writer authoring and winning two complicated appeals before the Ninth Circuit. Josh also has an excellent reputation from his peers, including many judges and attorneys. It is no surprise that Josh has received numerous awards and accommodations for his outstanding trial work.. Josh is a leader at the State Bar of Arizona, which began in 2007 after he volunteered and was accepted by the Young Lawyer’s Division. Josh was later accepted and graduated from the prestigious Bar Leadership Institute. Josh passionately volunteers much of his time helping the disabled. Josh is a member of the Bar’s Council on Persons with Disabilities in the Legal Profession, which he chaired for three years. During Josh’s time as chair, the Bar recognized Josh’s outstanding leadership by rewarding him the prestigious “Presidential Award” twice for outstanding leadership, and excellence in the legal community for its seminar at the annual Arizona Bar Convention. Josh is an outstanding public speaker as noted by his trial experience, and the Bar’s frequent requests to have Josh serve as a faculty member giving motivational speeches.. Josh is a native Phoenician and graduated from Central High School in 1999. Josh later graduated, summa cum laude, from ASU’s Barrett Honors College in 2004. Josh received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 2007.

In the area of criminal law, Mr. Cates has experience handling a variety of cases from major felonies in Federal Court to misdemeanors in municipal court. No matter what the case, Mr. Cates, has the experience to handle your case effectively and at a reasonable rate.Mr. Cates founded the firm in 1997 and has owned and managed the firm to the present. He has experience at all levels of criminal law from first degree murder cases in Federal Court to misdemeanor DUI cases in municipal court. He has handled several high profile cases including the "baby formula" case in federal court and the matricide murder case. Mr. Cates has experience handling a variety of cases from major felonies in Federal Court to misdemeanors in municipal court. No matter what the case, Dwane Cates, has the experience to handle your case effectively and at a reasonable rate.. Dwane Cates is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Bar Association, Criminal Law Section; the Maricopa County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section; the American Association for Justice, Criminal Law Section; and attended the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy.Dwane M. Cates has a wealth of life experiences ranging from the oil fields of Wyoming to various sales positions here in the valley. This wide variety of life experience is extremely valuable in the representation of the diverse clientele found here Phoenix and the state of Arizona.Areas of Practice:. Criminal LawDUI/DWIWhite Collar CrimesFelonies. Drug Crimes. Sex CrimesFederal CourtMisdemeanorsMunicipal CourtBar Admissions:Arizona, 1997Education:Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, ArizonaJ.D.Honors: Oral Argument Competitions, Trial Advocacy TeamArizona State UniversityHonors: Summa Cum LaudeMajor: Communication / persuasionProfessional Associations and Memberships:National Association of Criminal Defense LawyersMemberAmerican Bar Association, Criminal Law SectionMemberMaricopa County Bar Association, Criminal Law SectionMemberAmerican Association for Justice, Criminal Law SectionMemberArizona College of Trial Advocacy

Beth is a shareholder at Jaburg Wilk and has been practicing law for more than three decades. She chairs the firm’s Estate Planning and Business Law Department. As both a Tax Specialist certified by the State Bar of Arizona – Arizona Board of Legal Specialization and a Certified Public Accountant, she has a unique expertise in assisting her clients with their estate planning as well as closely held businesses. She has assisted hundreds of families – including ones with substantial assets – with their estate needs ranging from simple estate plans to complex multi-generational gifting plans.. Her expertise and wide range of experience in structuring business entities and succession plans allows her clients to take advantage of tax and business opportunities, as well as protecting the individual business owner’s assets from the reach of creditors. She assists families, closely held businesses’ owners, and individuals by providing succession planning, business planning and estate planning. Whether trusts, wills, powers of attorneys, living wills or healthcare directives, Beth has the skills to help clients preserve the wealth they have created to benefit themselves, their family, and succeeding generations. She has also assisted in formation of (501(c)(3)) non-profits and assisted clients with charitable gifting.. Beth has represented clients from the start-up phase of their business to growing into multi-million dollar companies. These are longtime clients and Beth has been an integral part of that growth. She has assisted them with mergers, acquisitions and sales, real estate transactions, entity formation to maximize tax advantages, stock sales, leases, and like-kind exchanges. Representative transactions include:. She has appeared on various television programs to discuss estate planning topics, gifting strategies and other effective estate planning techniques. She authored Charitable Gift Planning, which appeared in the Arizona Attorney and has spoken locally on a number of estate planning topics.

All litigators are lawyers but not all lawyers are litigators. Aaron Reed is a proven, skilled, and winning trial attorney. Call today for a free consultation.. Aaron J. Reed is originaly from Las Vegas, NV, and lived there for 23 years before moving to Phoenix, Arizona to attend law school. Aaron received his bachelors degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he was a 3-time letterwinner for the football team as a wide receiver as well as  two-time Academic All Conference selection.. Aaron's passion for criminal defense started during his time at UNLV. Aaron began an internship with his uncle Norman Reed, who was a deputy public defender with the Clark County Public Defender's Office. Norman was a member of the homicide unit and routinley handed death penalty homicide cases. Aaron fell in love with criminal defense and immediately began the process of applying to law school.. Upon moving to Phoenix, Aaron's passion for criminal defense only intensified. He began a judicial externship with the Honorable Sherry Stephens of the Maricopa County Superior Court.  After this, Aaron worked as an extern for the Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, working on a project to help illegal immigrants who were convicted under a law that was deemed unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.  After this, Aaron became a law clerk for Kenneth S. Countryman before passing the bar.. Aaron was originally hired by the Dwane Cates Law Group in 2018 and began specializing in major felony cases. While at DCLG, Aaron was lead attorney on modt types of felony cases, including first-degree murder, Aggravated assaults, kidnappings, sexual assaults and high level drug cases. This experience led to a partnership with Dwane Cates in 2022. Together they handle any type of criminal matter and bring the aggression and experience with them.  Aaron is also a well traveled attorney. He has been the lead litigator on felony cases in every county in Arizona except for one (Greenlee County) and continually gets fantastic results for his clients, including numerous outright acquittals after jury trials.. Aaron has never been a prosecutor. He has never worked together with the police to convict people of crimes. Lots of attorneys believe this is something to brag about, and that it gives them a leg up on the competition. This isn't true. Former prosecutors still know many police officers, other prosecutors and people who help put people in prison. Don't hire someone who has been in bed with the other side. Hire an attorney who has always been an advocate for the accused.. Aaron is a hard working, dedicated attorney who takes pride in fighting for people's rights. He is a 7-time SuperLawyer Rising Star (2019-2025). Most recently, Aaron was selected for the Top 100 Trial Lawyers from The National Trial Lawerrs. Previously, Aaron had been voted to theTop 40 Under 40 from the National Trial Lawyers from 2019-2024. He also is a regular contributor on Court TV, Law and Crime Network, LiveNow, and NewsNation. He understands that his clients are going through an extremely trying time in their lives, and is compassionate to each situation and each case. Aaron believes in maintaining client relationships, and finds that effective communication with clients is the most important trait an attorney can have. Aaron will return your phone calls and emails within 24 hours because he is devoted to serving his clients.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Phoenix and surrounding areas.