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Mr. Mercaldo has been named to “Arizona’s Finest Lawyers”, “Southwest Super Lawyers,” and “Best Lawyers in America”. He has also been named one of America’s top 500 lawyers.. Ron Mercaldo established the Mercaldo Law Firm in 1978 for the purpose of representing plaintiffs in serious injury and wrongful death cases. The firm has specialized for the last 15 years in the area of medical malpractice. Mr. Mercaldo left a larger firm in 1978 where he was a partner doing both insurance defense and plaintiffs representation. Mr. Mercaldo obtained his undergraduate and juris doctor degrees from the University of Arizona completing his studies in 1970. He has been actively involved in the litigation of personal injury and medical malpractice cases since that time, including insurance defense litigation and plaintiff’s personal injury/medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Mercaldo has not accepted insurance company clients for 25 years.. Since his admission to the Bar, Mr. Mercaldo has served on various prestigious committees for the State Bar of Arizona including the judicial selection committee, jury instruction committee, and professionalism and peer review committee where he served as chairman for 4 years. Mr. Mercaldo is certified by the State Bar of Arizona in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation and has sat for over 20 years as a member of the commission passing on the qualifications of other attorneys to become certified specialists. He has been president of the Southern Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, the president of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Ariz., and president of the Morris K. Udall American Inn of Court. He has been a frequent lecturer to both the State Bar of Arizona and the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association on various litigation topics. He is an AV rated lawyer in Martindale-Hubble and is listed in the bar registry of Preeminent Lawyers.. Mr. Mercaldo has been made a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The “College” was created in 1950 to recognize excellence in trial lawyers. Its purpose is to improve the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession. Fellowship in the college is by invitation only, after a careful examination of the experience, skill, ability and ethical standards of the nominee. A lawyer must be an active trial lawyer for a minimum of 15 years to be considered for nomination and Fellowship is limited to 1% of the lawyers in any given state or province.

As the founder of Pahl & Associates, Danette uses her experience and training as a former Tucson City Prosecutor to represent individuals and families in divorce proceedings.  Whether at the negotiating table or inside the courtroom, Danette aggressively advocates for the best interests of her clients and their children.  She ensures that the issues of community property division, spousal maintenance, legal decision-making authority, and child support are resolved fairly to enable clients to successfully move on from the dissolution of marriage or other family law dispute.. Danette is fluent in Spanish and accepts cases in Pima, Pinal, Cochise, and Santa Cruz Counties.  She attended college and played intercollegiate soccer at the University of Illinois, and she received her M.A. in Latin American and Iberian Studies and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Danette has practiced exclusively in the area of family law for over ten years.. Danette is married to a veterinarian and has two children.  She is a sports enthusiast and dog lover.  In her spare time, Danette loves to travel.

A native Tucsonan, Carlo joined the Mercaldo Law Firm in the Spring of 2012 as a partner and shareholder. Prior to joining the Mercaldo Law Firm, Carlo spent three years in public practice in Washington, D.C. Carlo served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the General Counsel from 2009 to 2011. With DHS, Carlo managed the legal review of issues concerning the department’s numerous sub-components and agencies on behalf of the department’s leadership. Carlo also represented DHS in two different White House initiatives focused on civil rights. In 2011, Carlo moved to the Department of Justice, where he served as Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, prosecuting bank fraud, drug trafficking, immigration violations, criminal conspiracies as well as many misdemeanor offenses. There, Carlo participated in numerous felony jury trials. Previously, Carlo worked for several years at a large firm in Phoenix where his practice focused on the representation of plaintiffs in matters involving medical malpractice and personal injury; as well as in breach of contract cases and real estate transactions. In his spare time, Carlo enjoys tennis, golf, bocce and exploring all that the gorgeous Tucson area has to offer.

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