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Tyler Allen Law Firm, PLLC offers legal representation in Employment Law, Commercial and Non-commercial Traffic, Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, and Domestic Partnership Planning matters.. Attorney Tyler K. Allen prides himself on providing superior representation and cost-effective solutions to your legal issues.. When you hire Tyler to represent you, you gain the knowledge that that your case is going to be handled by an attorney whom you will work closely with. Open communication is key to effective legal service. You need to feel comfortable speaking with your attorney when you have questions or concerns. When you retain Tyler, you can be confident that you will be empowered with the information you need to make the right decisions.. Attorney Tyler K. Allen was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tyler completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Utah. There, he founded the Mock Trial team and was a judiciary intern for United States Senator Robert F. Bennett. Prior to attending law school, Tyler worked in Utah Governor John Huntsman's office in communications, campaign finance, and voter outreach.. During law school, Tyler served as a judicial extern for The Honorable Patrick J. Irvine in the Arizona Court of Appeals. He spent time as a law clerk at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office where he worked on juvenile criminal matters. Tyler worked as a law clerk on business litigation matters and participated in Mock Trial.. Admitted: Arizona, U.S. Dt. Ct. of Arizona Law School: Arizona State University College of Law, J.D. Undergraduate: University of Utah, B.S. Political Science, cum laude

Ty Frankel is an Employment Law and Class Action attorney. He represents clients before federal and state courts and agencies in a wide variety of class action and employment law matters and has extensive experience litigating and providing counsel related to wage and hour, equal pay, wrongful discharge, retaliation, discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and related claims.. Mr. Frankel’s practice is primarily devoted to wage and hour litigation. He has litigated numerous national, regional, and state-wide class and collective actions on behalf of employees seeking to recover unpaid overtime and minimum wage against businesses of all sizes, ranging from local companies to publicly traded corporations.. Mr. Frankel has navigated his cases through each stage of litigation, including the initial case investigation, filing the complaint, class and collective action certification, engaging in discovery and depositions, dispositive motion practice, pretrial procedures, trial, and appeal.. Mr. Frankel is proud to have represented workers in litigation to recover unpaid wages by challenging corporate practices violating federal and state wage and hour laws.. His experience includes litigation representing:• workers misclassified as independent contractors, independent operators, or independent franchisees who should be receiving benefits as employees, plus minimum wage and overtime, because their work is dependent on and controlled by the company they work for;• workers misclassified as salaried exempt when they should be entitled to overtime because the duties they perform are routine as opposed to managerial in nature;• sales employees whose bonuses and incentive pay should be calculated into their overtime rate;• call center sales employees who spend greater than ten minutes per day loading their systems before they are clocked in;• employees required to perform work duties off-the-clock before, during, and after their scheduled shifts;• employees required to put on and take off personal protective equipment necessary to perform their job without compensation for that time;• workers required to remain on-call and engaged to wait during downtime that they are not paid for;• laborers not paid for drive time after picking up equipment at headquarters and then driving to job sites throughout the day;• workers who have training costs deducted from their paychecks causing their wages to fall below the minimum wage; and• legal assistants and paralegals not paid overtime at time and half their regular rate for hours over forty in a workweek.. Mr. Frankel was included in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in America for his work in Labor and Employment Law.  Mr. Frankel is proud to have been nominated by his peers as a Super Lawyers’ Southwest Rising Star for his litigation work on behalf employees. For years, Mr. Frankel has served as a contributor for the American Bar Association Treatise on the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is the federal law mandating minimum wage and overtime for most workers across the United States. He has also been a contributor to the Arizona Republic regarding a wide array of employment law issues.. Mr. Frankel has experience counseling employers about employment law practices and litigation, including matters involving compensation practices, employment policies, hiring, separation from employment, internal workplace investigations, and discrimination charges.. Mr. Frankel is active in community service. He serves on the Board of the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, which is the only organization in Arizona that provides pro bono legal services to vulnerable immigrants in detention, many of whom are refugees. He served as President of the Board during implementation of the Trump administration’s family separation policy, which resulted in immigrant children being separated from their parents at the border. During his tenure as President, the organization grew from just under 40 to more than 150 employees because of a significant increase in donations. This growth enabled the organization to better respond to the family separation crisis and provide even more widespread services to immigrant children and adults detained in Arizona. In addition to his time serving on the Board, Mr. Frankel has also provided pro bono legal services on behalf of immigrants and refugees.. Mr. Frankel earned his law degree from Boston College Law School, graduating cum laude. During law school, he was a LEND Fellow at the Boston Children’s Hospital, where he studied legal and public policy concerning children with developmental disabilities. He was also a Student Attorney at the Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project, representing clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service and Immigration Court. Mr. Frankel attended his first year of law school at Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans where he earned positions on the Loyola Law Review and Moot Court Staff, as well as the Legal Excellence Award in Property and Torts.. Mr. Frankel earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College in political science and communications. During his undergraduate education, he was an Immigration Intern in the Senate office of the Honorable Edward M. Kennedy for several years.. Mr. Frankel is admitted to practice in Arizona and Massachusetts.

Thomas Griffin counsels and represents public and private employees and private businesses in a wide variety of state and federal employment matters including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, overtime, minimum wage, equal pay and other wage issues, contract issues, claims under Arizona’s paid sick leave laws, the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), Charges of Discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Civil Rights Division of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, retirement/disability issues (including issues relating to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (“PSPRS”), the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (“CORP”) and the Arizona State Retirement System (“ASRS”)), administrative appeals and drafting, reviewing, negotiating and litigating restrictive covenants (including non-competition/non-compete and non-solicitation/non-solicit provisions, confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements (“NDAs”) and trade secret agreements), severance agreements, settlement agreements and other employment agreements.

Steven Plitt is one of Arizona’s premier insurance coverage lawyers. Although he has provided coverage advice in 40 states, he currently manages a robust regional insurance coverage practice.  His practice involves the handling of complex, high exposure insurance coverage and bad faith cases. Unlike most coverage lawyers who are only litigators, Mr. Plitt has first chair jury experience having tried to jury verdict cases in both state and federal court. As a trial lawyer, Mr. Plitt has extensive litigation experience and has managed a large litigation practice throughout his professional career. He has been inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Coverage and Extra-Contractual Counsel and The American Law Institute where he serves as a consulting member on the ALI’s development of the Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance Law. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for insurance coverage (10+ years)  In 2012 and 2017, he was selected as the Insurance Lawyer of the Year – Phoenix by Best Lawyers. Mr. Plitt has been selected every year (10+ years) as one of the top 50 lawyers in Arizona by Southwest Super Lawyers. Only a handful of lawyers have continuously made the list for each year it has been published.  AZ Business Magazine lists Mr. Plitt within the top 100 lawyers in Arizona. Mr. Plitt has a national reputation as an insurance law scholar and commentator.  As an Adjunct Professor, he has taught the Insurance Law curriculum at Arizona State University College of Law and is currently teaching insurance law at the University of Arizona College of Law.  He is the current successor author of the nationally recognized and authoritative insurance coverage treatise Couch on Insurance 3d.  He has also authored other national treatises on insurance law.  Regarding Arizona law, his is the author of the treatise Arizona Liability Insurance Law and the senior contributing editor to the Arizona Tort Law Handbook.  Mr. Plitt has authored more than 350+ law reviews and other professional legal publications involving insurance law issues.  His scholarly writings have been cited by the Supreme Courts in 32 states, the Intermediate Appellate Courts in 22 states, 10 of the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, 38 Federal District Courts, the Federal Court of Claims and the Federal Bankruptcy Court.  His writings have been cited in more than 91 scholarly articles on insurance law issues.  These numbers are constantly out of date as more courts throughout the United States rely upon Mr. Plitt’s throught leadership on common and cutting edge insurance coverage issues. Mr. Plitt has been an expert consultant and witness for both insurance companies and insureds.  He has reviewed and analyzed more than 6,000 claim files in his practice career from 100 different insurance companies.  He has been an expert consultant in 600+ matters throughout the United States.  He is a nationally recognized expert in the area of insurance claim handling practices, insurance company compliance with the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, as well as industry standard, custom and practice.  He has been a licensed insurance broker (Arizona) since 1974.  He also consults as an expert in insurance agent E&O claims. Mr. Plitt’s practice includes the handling of professional liability, wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases.

Stephanie R. Leach has years of extensive experience handling employment law issues and representing clients throughout Arizona and Florida.. Stephanie earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida (B.A., cum laude 1998) and her Juris Doctorate at the University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude 2001) where she received the Order of the Coif.  While a law student, Stephanie was an editor for the University of Miami Law Review, and tutored fellow law students as a Dean's Fellow.. Before forming Stephanie R. Leach, PLLC, Stephanie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Federico A. Moreno on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and also for the Honorable Chief Justice Charles E. Jones of the Arizona Supreme Court.  Stephanie also spent years working for large national law firms, representing employers in a wide range of matters.. Stephanie now continues to provide experienced, high quality representation to her clients that she did while practicing at large national law firms, but in a more cost efficient manner.. Stephanie is also actively involved in her community.  She volunteers her time as a Judge Pro Tempore, and works as an adjunct professor at Arizona Summit Law School.

Samuel Randall is an employment, immigration and litigation attorney. He counsels and represents small businesses and public and private sector employees in a broad range of employment and labor law related issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, equal pay, employment contracts, employee discipline, restrictive covenants, severance agreements, retirement and disability issues and other employment related matters. Mr. Randall regularly represents clients in state and federal courts, administrative hearings, mediation and arbitration.. Mr. Randall assists a wide range of immigration clients with their business and family based immigration needs including work authorizations, becoming a permanent resident (green card), petition to sponsor family members, becoming a U.S. citizen, asylum applications, provide relief from removal, deportation and detention.. Mr. Randall also has experience in civil litigation, business law, bankruptcy, criminal law, family law, probate, wills and trusts and landlord tenant disputes.

Professional Experience -. I am an Attorney and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE®) with over ten years experience advising clients in the private and public sectors.  My areas of practice involve Commercial and Government Contracts, Federal Labor Law, Regulatory Compliance, Internal Investigations and Litigation & Administrative Actions.. Additionally, I have significant management experience, serving in leadership positions in both the Legal and Human Resources functions.. My Ideal Job -. "I'm incredibly lucky, actually! I have my ideal job."  It is one that leverages the analytical, writing, verbal communications and management skills that I've continuously developed over the past decade as a trusted advisor and counselor. My job also requires a hybrid knowledge base in both Law and Human Resources management. This allows me to have a direct impact on Agency functioning and employee engagement.. What Motivates Me -. A desire to resolve complex business, operational and compliance issues---for the betterment of the employer and its employees---is what motivates me.  I strive to be a culturally aware leader who brings about positive organizational change, thereby, helping my clients to achieve their missions.  As a result, others have consistently recognized me for my professionalism, knowledge, solutions-oriented approach and ability to deliver results.. Professional Certifications -. Six Sigma Greenbelt, 2003. Certified Fraud Examiner, 2015. Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General, Local Command - Joint IG Investigator's Certification, 2016. Bar Licensure -. State Bar of Arizona, 2006. U.S. Federal District Court - District of Arizona, 2010. Indiana State Bar, 2002 (inactive)

Neil received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2002, and received his Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University in 2005. Neil is a graduate from the Arizona State University Civil Practice Clinic as well as the Arizona State University Lodestar Mediation Clinic. Following law school, Neil joined Yen Pilch & Landeen. His practice emphasizes employment law, administrative law and personal injury.. In representing many of Arizona’s law enforcement officers, Neil regularly responds to scenes of police officer-involved critical incidents, where he ensures that the rights of law enforcement officers are protected.  Neil has responded to numerous critical incidents and has handled hundreds of administrative investigations and disciplinary action appeals.  Neil also regularly represents clients in cases involving wrongful termination, EEOC discrimination charges and mediations, wage and overtime claims, whistleblower claims, public records requests and litigation, and other complex employment and civil litigation matters.. Neil has practiced and argued cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court, the Arizona Supreme Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and the Arizona Superior Courts.  Additionally, he represents federal employees in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and before the federal Merit Systems Protection Board.. In June of 2009, Neil was awarded the pro bono “HIV/AIDS Law Project Team Award” for his commitment to providing legal services to the less fortunate.  He has also taught Continuing Legal Education courses on police use of force issues and related ethics.

Natalie Virden is an Employment and Labor Law Attorney who has received industry recognition as one of the top 2.5% of attorneys in the state to be named a Super Lawyers’ Rising Star. Natalie has represented employees in various areas of employment law, including wage and hour law, collective and class action lawsuits, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the National Labor Relations Act. Natalie assists individuals with negotiating and litigating employment contracts, including restrictive covenants. Natalie also advises labor associations and their members on their legal rights and responsibilities.Natalie regularly assists employers with drafting Employee Handbooks, employment agreements and restrictive covenants. Natalie represents employers in litigation, arbitration, mediation and before various administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

My philosophy of practicing law is to change the world one case at a time. I believe that aiming to deliver just results in every case builds a better society. My goal is to provide excellent representation as efficiently as possible.

Ms. Shifa Alkhatib is the managing partner at HKM Employment Attorneys in Phoenix, Arizona. Ms. Alkhatib represents employees in all aspects of employment law matters. Prior to joining HKM Employment Attorneys, she served as a Public Defender for Maricopa County where she gained extensive jury trial experience. Ms. Alkhatib graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 2013. As a student, she worked with the Arizona Justice Project, the ACLU, and the Clark County Public Defender’s Office. Ms. Alkhatib also interned for an international NGO that advocated for prisoners rights. Ms. Alkhatib is a board member for the Homeless Legal Assistance Project and the Treasurer of the Central Arizona National Lawyers Guild.

Ms. Pace concentrates her practice in the fields of employment law, immigration compliance, OSHA, health care, and construction. She defends claims of sexual harassment, employment discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, and wrongful discharge, and against charges by the EEOC and ACRD. She handles matters involving OSHA, ICE, OFCCP, DOL, NLRB, Davis-Bacon, FAR, ADA, FMLA, and wage and hour laws, audits and issues.. Ms. Pace also handles issues involving the Affordable Care Act and addresses the changes and options it presents to companies.  Her Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage practice includes counseling and training on state and federal prevailing wages and benefits requirements, coverage and applicability of prevailing wage laws, coverage exemptions, worker classification and pay issues, addressing wage determinations, wage surveys, and representation of employers before the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division and similar state agencies.. She frequently conducts investigations and provides training to managers and employees, including I-9 and E-verify audits and training. She regularly represents employers in dealing with ICE and E-verify and has handled over 1,000 I-9 audits. She was described by Arizona Business Magazine as the “go to” lawyer for employer immigration compliance in Arizona.. She is the presenter and narrator of an award winning video on respectful conduct in the workplace. She is the co-editor or primary author of three books on employment law. She has conducted national training programs for clients and industry groups.. Ms. Pace counsels employers on non-compete contracts, confidentiality agreements, employee discipline, drug testing, accommodation of disabled individuals, leaves of absence, workplace violence, safety policies, and other human resource policies and procedures. She also handles contract disputes, business torts, trade practices, and construction matters. She regularly prepares and reviews employee handbooks and safety manuals.. For over the past 20 years, Ms. Pace has regularly represented companies in hundreds of OSHA proceedings and more than 100 fatalities in the workplace. She has been working on fall protection issues since the fall protection standard went into effect in 1995.. She has represented companies in government contracting disputes and numerous commercial litigation matters involving contracts, trade practices, financing, acquisitions, and other matters. She is known for creative, practical solutions to businesses’ legal challenges.. Ms. Pace regularly coordinates crisis response plans for clients to deal with workplace accidents, government investigations and other matters. She has been interviewed and quoted in news media across the nation, including ABA Journal, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, Associated Press, USA Today, L.A. Times, CBS News, FOX News, Arizona Republic, East Valley Tribune, Arizona television stations, Arizona Daily Star, The Tucson Citizen, HR Magazine, and many more.

Ms. Miller has a diverse practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in employment and business-related matters. Ms. Miller has a passion for problem-solving and assists clients with developing a strategic approach to legal disputes. She is a fierce advocate and has served as lead counsel and assistant counsel in over one hundred lawsuits. Ms. Miller has counseled multi-million-dollar companies as in-house counsel and has litigated against national and global entities supporting workers and alleging violations of employment laws. In that role, she has collected cumulatively more than $2,000, in settlement funds for clients. She has also filed appellate briefs and argued in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a matter that gained national attention from the EEOC. Ms. Miller has been recognized by Super Lawyers and was selected as a “Rising Star” based on peer recognition and professional achievement.Ms. Miller’s employment practice extends to healthcare and other licensed professionals with complaints against their licenses.Ms. Miller graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law as one of the most distinguished in her class. She was an appointed Chairwoman on the Arizona State Law Review where she was a staff editor.

Ms. Chahbazi advocates on behalf of employees with labor and employment law claims. Ms. Chahbazi has considerable experience litigating employment discrimination and whistleblower lawsuits. She previously worked as an attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission where she litigated numerous cases on behalf of the Commission to obtain relief for victims of employment discrimination. She also worked for a class action law firm in Washington D.C. where she litigated class action, False Claims Act, and whistleblower lawsuits.. Ms. Chahbazi graduated from Harvard Law School and attended U.C. Berkeley as an undergraduate. Prior to beginning her litigation career, she clerked with Chief Justice Dana Fabe at the Alaska Supreme Court and with Judge Lawrence B. Hagel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.. Ms. Chahbazi is licensed to practice and litigates cases in Arizona and California.

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.

Michael Zoldan is the founding attorney of The Zoldan Law Group in Phoenix, AZ. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business where he majored in Finance. He earned his Juris Doctor at Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 2010. He devotes 80 percent of his practice to litigation in employment and business law. He is backed by experience working as an intern for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the Trial Attorney Department. Prior to opening his own law office, Mr. Zoldan worked for numerous firms that gave him the opportunity to hone his litigation skills by handling multiple cases at a time with highly-skilled and proven litigators. He currently provides legal counsel to individuals and small businesses throughout the state handling cases ranging from workplace discrimination to breach of contract. He offers aggressive advocacy and a commitment to results.

Melissa L. Shingles represents management in traditional labor law matters. She also represents and counsels clients in all aspects and stages of employment litigation, arbitration, and mediation, including claims based on:. Title VII of the Civil Rights ActThe Americans with Disabilities ActThe Age Discrimination in Employment ActThe Arizona Civil Rights ActThe Family and Medical Leave ActDiscrimination and harassmentRetaliationWrongful dischargeWage and hour class and collective actionsUnfair competition, trade secrets, and restrictive covenants

Megan N. Weides is an attorney in the Phoenix, Arizona Metro Area. She grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and earned her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. While in her undergraduate studies, Megan worked at the EEOC and various law firms as a Paralegal gaining valuable knowledge in different areas of law. She continued to work as a Paralegal while earning her Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.. While in law school, Megan received a student license to practice law under the supervision of the law firm she had been working for during the majority of law school. This gave her the ability to argue cases in front of the Michigan Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, Michigan District Court, and Indiana Superior Courts.. After law school, Megan moved to Arizona to practice law and find her calling.  She re-discovered her passion for employment law and saw the need for representation to those who have been wrongfully terminated.  Being a source of comfort to her clients who feel the stress of losing employment is her favorite thing about what she does.

Kris Leonhardt is an associate in the firm’s Phoenix office. She focuses her practice on defending employers against a wide range of employment law claims, including disability, race, age, and sexual harassment, retaliation, and unlawful termination of employment.. Kris earned her J.D., cum laude, (2008) from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where she was a Pedrick Scholarship Recipient, worked for the Arizona Justice Project and participated in the ASU Lodestar Mediation Clinic.. Before joining Fisher Phillips, Kris gained significant litigation and trial experience practicing family, criminal, and general civil law. She also spent two years at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.  Kris has an Preeminent AV Rating, has earned the “Client Distinction Award” by Martindale-Hubbell, and was rated “Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyers in Arizona” by National Trial Lawyers.. Ms. Leonhardt was admitted to the practice of law in Arizona in 2008 and Kentucky in 2010. Ms. Leonhardt is a second-generation attorney, following in the footsteps of her father, uncles, and brother.

Josh Woodard is licensed in Arizona, California and Nevada, with a practice concentrated in labor and employment law. He advises and represents employer/management clients before state and federal agencies, including the Arizona Civil Rights Commission, the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the United States Department of Labor. Josh has extensive litigation experience in both state and federal jurisdictions in wage and hour issues, misappropriation of trade secrets, non-competition/non-solicitation matters, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, employment contracts, and related matters. He instructs and trains (including several Fortune 500 companies) in a variety of areas including sexual harassment prevention, supervision and leadership, organizational behavior, human resources management, and corporate ethics.. In addition, Josh has defended for-profit universities in a variety of employment-related matters including wage and hour class actions, DOL audits, EEOC investigations, and individual suits alleging discrimination, FMLA violations, and breach of contract.. Josh has formerly served as vice president and in-house counsel and brings a "real-world" perspective to clients.

Jonathan is a licensed litigation attorney with more than fifteen years of litigation experience, practicing primarily in the areas of real estate, employment, commercial disputes, and insurance defense and bad faith in all state and federal courts in Arizona. Jonathan holds active licenses in Arizona and California and represents clients in civil and commercial matters throughout both states at both the trial and appellate level.. Jonathan’s clients include businesses, large and small, as well as individuals desiring superior, prompt and effective legal services without the unnecessary hefty price tag that is often standard with larger firms. He founded the firm with the belief that quality, skilled legal representation can be provided to clients at a reasonable rate.  He and the other lawyers at the Dessaules Law Group are actively committed to providing exceptional, individualized service to the firm’s clients, protecting their interests, and achieving their goals promptly and efficiently, regardless whether the case is a complex commercial litigation matter, defense of a “simple” automobile accident, or an adverse possession dispute.. Jonathan is a 1997 graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, and received his undergraduate degrees from Rutgers University in 1994.  He previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Earl H. Carroll of the United States District Court for District of Arizona and presently serves as a pro tem judge on the Maricopa County Superior Court’s civil calendar.  Before forming the Dessaules Law Group, Jon spent several years at one of the country’s largest law firms in its commercial litigation section.. Jonathan is Peer Review Rated AV® PreeminentTM in Martindale-Hubbell. An AV® rating is the highest possible rating available.

Jodi's employment and labor law practice consists of representing employers with regards to litigation, class actions, and human resource matters. Jodi adeptly counsels and advocates for her clients, which are businesses of all sizes.  Her experience both in and out of the courtroom has provided her with unique insights into case strategy, and her practice has made her expertly versed in procedural processes and rules, as well as employment laws and regulations.  Jodi’s dogged determination and responsive style consistently earns client trust and confidence as well as successful results.  Jodi was noted as a Rising Star in the 2012, 2013, and 2014 issues of Super Lawyers.. One concentration within Jodi’s practice has been representing employers in federal and state court, as well as before administrative agencies.  Another significant portion of Jodi’s practice encompasses advising businesses in their day-to-day employment decisions, including leaves of absence and terminations, wage and hour laws, policy manuals, and investigations into employee conduct and complaints regarding discrimination and/or harassment.. Jodi advises clients on all matters relating to employment and labor law, including EEOC, ACRD, NLRB, and Office of Special Counsel charges, ADA, Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, ADEA, and GINA, wrongful discharge and unemployment matters, trade secret, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, and I-9 immigration compliance strategies.. As co-editor of the Arizona Employment Law Letter, Jodi keeps employers abreast of employment law developments and offers employers insight to human resources issues that frequently cross her desk.  Links to most her articles can be found below.

Jeff is a solution-oriented employment lawyer with top-tier law firm and in-house experience.

Isaac Hernandez leverages extensive experience handling employment law issues to provide support to clients throughout Arizona.After graduating in 2004 from the University Of Arizona, James E. Rogers College Of Law, Isaac began his career as an associate in the San Francisco office of Jackson Lewis, LLP, a national management-side labor and employment law firm. During his tenure with the firm, he handled a wide range of employment law cases on behalf of employers.He returned to his home in Phoenix, Arizona in 2007, and continued his management-side work on with the national law firms of Steptoe and Johnson, LLP and Ballard Spahr, LLP.In February 2012, Mr. Hernandez opened the Hernandez Law Firm, PLC, which has allowed him to focus his practice on providing experienced representation for employees in Arizona and California, as well as the opportunity to continue providing representation to small and medium sized Arizona-based employers.

I was born and reared in Los Angeles, Calffornia and have practiced law since 1975-- first in California and then in Arizona for 35 years.  Since 2015, I have practiced law in both California and Arizona.  I began my legal career as a Law Clerk and Field Attorney with Region 21 of the National Labor Relations Board in Los Angeles. As a lawyer, I exclusively practice labor and employment law, representing small to mid-size businesses (40%) and individuals and employee associations (60%).  Over the years, my work has successfully contributed to the development of labor and employment law through precedent-setting court cases. I have also served as a court and privately appointed arbitrator.