Arizona Lawyers Melissa Faye to Michael A.

Firm: Gallagher & Kennedy

2575 E Camelback Road , Phoenix , Arizona 85016

Practice Areas: Family, Juvenile, Juvenile

Leading the firm's Family Law Practice, Melissa represents families and individuals in all types of domestic relations and disputes. She is a dedicated advocate, providing compassionate and concierge-style service to resolve her client’s most personal disputes. Melissa also brings over 17 years of experience working in Arizona’s criminal justice system as a victim advocate, probation officer, and sex crimes and domestic violence prosecutor. This courtroom experience and her mediation training enable Melissa to present the best case for her clients, often resolving disputes before trial.. Melissa's experience includes divorce, custody, property division, alimony, modification of orders, and beyond, including more serious issues like orders of protection. Just as every family is unique, so is each family's legal case. Melissa understands the complexities and sensitives of family law and thus tailors her services and legal strategy to each client's unique needs.

Firm: Polsinelli Shughart PC

One East Washington Street , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: White Collar Crime

Melissa S. Ho practices in the areas of government investigations and white-collar criminal defense. She has experience representing and advising individuals and corporations who are the target of complex governmental and regulatory investigations. Ms. Ho advises clients in all stages of litigation including pre-indictment, post-indictment and appellate review. Complementing her experience in criminal matters, Ms. Ho has experience handling parallel civil litigation matters, administrative law proceedings and professional licensing board matters. Ms. Ho has the ability to analyze a case from multiple vantage points and is uniquely positioned to counsel clients on both the immediate effects of criminal investigations as well as long-range planning for collateral consequences. She is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, a former felony crimes prosecutor and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese. For those with international matters, Ms. Ho is involved with Mackrell International and has access to and relationships with law firms all over the world. See .

1440 E Missouri Avenue   150  850 , Phoenix , Arizona 85014

Practice Areas: Civil ,Corporate ,Mediation

Firm: Wade & Nysather, P.C.

8961 East Bell Road, Ste. 201 , Scottsdale , Arizona 85260

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Slip and Fall, Brain Injury, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall Accident

Firm: Jaburg Wilk

1850 N. Central Avenue , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Litigation, Business, Contracts & Agreements, Insurance, Construction & Development, Life Insurance

Micalann C. Pepe primarily practices in the areas of insurance coverage and bad-faith litigation. Her diverse practice also includes commercial litigation, civil litigation, and transactional work. She has a wide-range of experience including medical marijuana, DUI, foreclosures, and workers’ compensation litigation. Before joining Jaburg Wilk, she successfully first-chaired multiple bench and jury trials with the City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office through a law student Rule 38(d) program.. She has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Southwest Super Lawyers since 2015. Micalann was named as Litigation Counsel Associate Fellow and is a member of their Diversity Law Institute and Trial Law Institute. She was selected to American Bar Association TIPS Leadership Academy for 2018-2019. She is a currently a member of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, and a member of “Women in the Law Liaison” for the AADC 2019-2020.. Micalann grew up in small-town South Dakota where she enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing with her Grandpa, and learning the long-standing work ethic that the Mid-West is known for. She moved to Arizona to pursue dual degrees at Arizona State University, ultimately graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in Women and Gender Studies and a B.S. in Finance from the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Forever a Sun Devil, she continued her education at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, graduating cum laude and gaining admission to the Arizona State Bar in 2011. She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court- District of Arizona, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.. She began participating as a board member of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, Young Lawyers’ Division in 2011, and has served as Board’s Vice President, President and Executive Board Member, and currently serves on the AADC’s main board. She has co-authored and contributed to publications for the Defense Research Institute and the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance on various topics, mainly focusing on developments in insurance law. Micalann was chosen as a participant in the inaugural class of the AADC’s “Ladder Down” program which focused on honing leadership, business development, and mentoring skills for women lawyers. She has been very active with the American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and is currently serving as a Vice Chair of the ICLC and Co-Chair of the ICLC’s Midyear Meeting.

Firm: U Haul International

2727 North Central Avenue , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Litigation

Mia is an Assistant General Counsel for U-Haul International, Inc. She handles lawsuits in the areas of products liability, personal injury, and premises liability.  Mia previously worked for private law firms, representing clients in the areas of personal injury, professional liability, construction defect, and contract.  Following law school, Mia clerked for the Hon. Andrew Gould at the Arizona Court of Appeals.

Firm: Meyer Law, P.C.

15331 W Bell Rd , Surprise , Arizona 85374

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy

Firm: Jaburg & Wilk PC

1850 North Central Avenue , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Corporate , Divorce, Family , Paternity, Prenuptial Agreement, Spousal Support, Family, Family, Divorce & Separation

Mervyn Braude is a divorce lawyer with extensive knowledge and more than two decades of family law experience; he is an advocate for protecting children from abusive and undesirable situations. As a State of Arizona Board Certified Family Law Specialist, Mervyn has the knowledge and experience to help people who are struggling through divorces and custody disputes by keeping his clients apprised of their rights so they can make well informed decisions during this difficult period of their life. Mervyn has expertise in all facets of family law including child custody, spousal support, child support, visitation rights, grandparents visitation rights, paternity, premarital agreements and alimony.. He knows that litigation can be emotionally taxing and often expensive, so Mervyn encourages his clients to consider alternative methods of dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration and other non-traditional methods. Mervyn is a fee arbitration committee member with the State Bar of Arizona. He has been hired to mediate for other attorneys in an effort to calm and resolve divorce and custody disputes. He uses a logical approach to get people focused on what is really important and what can be let go.

Firm: Turchik Law Firm, P.C.

2205 E. Speedway Blvd. , Tucson , Arizona 85719

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Representing public and private sector employees and employers in the areas of labor and employment law for more than 30 years. In recent years, her primary focus has been on employee rights. Ms. Turchik received her B.A. degree with distinction from the University of Arizona and her J.D. degree with distinction from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Ms. Turchik is admitted to practice in the state courts in Arizona and Illinois as well as the United States District Courts for the District of Arizona, the Northern District of Illinois, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. She is a past chair of the Executive Council of the Arizona State Bar's Employment and Labor Law Section and is a past president of the Arizona Women Lawyers Association. She is currently a member of the American Bar Association, the Arizona State Bar, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Pima County Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), the Arizona Employment Lawyers Association (AzELA), and the Arizona Women Lawyers Association. She serves as a Judge Pro Tempore in the Pima County Superior Court, and as an employment law arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Ms. Turchik has been a lawyer since 1986 and is a frequent presenter on employment law topics and is a Chapter Editor and author for the Arizona Employment Law Handbook.

Firm: Stolar & Pollins PLLC

177 N Church Ave Ste 807 , Tucson , Arizona 85701

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Stewart Law Group

2929 N Power Road , Mesa , Arizona 85215

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Perez Law Group, PLLC

5622 West Glendale Avenue , Glendale , Arizona 85301

Practice Areas: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

I'm practically an Arizona native, having lived in the Valley since I was six years old.  However, I was born in Pennsylvania and still have strong family connections on the East Coast.  I attended the University of Arizona for college and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Political Science.  When it came to law school, I wanted a change of scenery, but still wanted to stay warm!  I focused on schools primarily in the Southeastern region of the country.  I attended a small private school in Birmingham, Alabama called Cumberland School of Law.  Although I enjoyed the South, after three years it was time to return to the West.  I came back to Arizona and took the Arizona Bar Examination in 2008.  I have been licensed to practice law in this state since October 2008.  I have also been admitted to practice in Federal District Court for the District of Arizona.. After working for a small bankruptcy law firm, I was given the opportunity to join with my former colleague and friend, Cristina Perez, at her new law firm Perez Law Group.  We are enjoying running this practice and being able to offer clients the high level of service that we feel each of our clients deserves.. I enjoy traveling and have made it to Italy, Peru, and Spain (photos above).

Firm: Merchant Law Firm PLLC

1001 N Central Ave , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Business, Real Estate,

Firm: Sternberg & Singer Ltd

80 E Columbus Ave , Phoenix , Arizona 85012

Practice Areas: Divorce, Litigation, Divorce & Separation

Firm: Arizona Family Law Solutions, PLC

1152 E Greenway St Ste 3 , Mesa , Arizona 85203

Practice Areas: Family, Child Custody, Divorce & Separation, Uncontested Divorce

Melissa has lived in Mesa, Arizona for nearly 40 years. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Melissa was a paralegal for 14 years in Mesa and Phoenix.  She has extensive experience in civil litigation, particularly insurance defense, medical malpractice and personal injury.. During law school she was a law clerk at a Phoenix Law firm working in the areas of personal injury and commercial litigation.  She was also a legal extern at Legal Aid of Arizona working primarily in landlord/tenant disputes.. Melissa was a board member of Mesa Community Action Network from 1997 through 2006  of which she served two years as President.  Other volunteer activities include Past Board Member, Friends of the Mesa Public Library and Stepping Stones Mentoring Youth at Risk.  Melissa is an active member and serves on the Board of  Love of Christ Lutheran Church in Mesa.. Education: Phoenix School of Law, J.D. Ottawa University BA, Public Administration

Firm: Solyn Law PLLC

6262 N. Swan Road , Tucson , Arizona 85718

Practice Areas: Family

621 N 5th Ave , Phoenix , Arizona 85012

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence, Expungement

Firm: Righi Fitch Law Group

2999 N. 44th Street , Phoenix , Arizona 85018

Practice Areas: Construction Defects, Corporate , Personal Injury, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Litigation

Melissa Lin is a partner at Right Fitch Law Group and has earned the AV Preeminent Rating. Her practice includes insurance coverage and the representation of individuals, businesses, contractors, and municipalities in tort and contract litigation, primarily in the areas of general liability, personal injury, employment, construction defect, and product liability litigation. She was peer selected as a Best Lawyer in America in Construction Law for 2021-2023, in Insurance Law for 2023, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants for 2023. She was honored as a 2012-2019 Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star. In 2018 the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) recognized her as one of the nineteen Best Under Forty attorneys in the country for her prominence and distinction in the practice of law and her demonstrated commitment to Asian Pacific American civic or community affairs. In 2013 she was named to Lawyers of Color’s Inaugural Hot List for the Western Region, and as one of the top valley attorneys in Phoenix by North Valley magazine. She was honored as the December 2011 Volunteer of the Month by the Phoenix Art Museum. Prior to moving to Phoenix, she received the 2006 Pro Bono Service Award from Mohave County Community Legal Services. She has spoken and been published both locally and nationally on legal writing, diversity, and construction law.. Melissa is especially adept at dealing with difficult individuals and scenarios. In situations where most attorneys would snap and let their emotions take over, she is able to calmly diffuse the situation and move the case forward to the benefit of the client. She is a skilled counselor that is able to analyze complex matters and provide clear explanations and solutions for clients.. Her strong analytical skills have guided multiple carriers in evaluating difficult and complicated coverage claims. She has successfully assisted employers, dealing with complex discrimination and hostile work environment charges and navigating EEOC investigations. Her ability to effectively defend, litigate, and negotiate on behalf of clients is the result of her well-established reputation in the legal community as an accomplished and honest attorney

Firm: Shell, Nermyr, Burkhart, LLC

51 West Elliot Road 112 , Tempe , Arizona 85284

Practice Areas: Appellate ,Assault & Battery,Child Abuse,Consumer Fraud,Criminal Defense ,Domestic Violence,Drug Crimes,DUI/DWI,Felonies,Probate ,Traffic Violations

Firm: Michael & Casey - Attorneys at Law

2910 N 7th St , Phoenix , Arizona 85013

Practice Areas: Divorce & Family