Arizona Lawyers Suzette Belle to Tamera Shanker

Firm: Impact Family Law

1255 West Baseline Road Ste 192 , Mesa , Arizona 85202

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family, Child Custody

Caring and assertive advocate for those facing family law issues. Our team is committed to helping clients receive excellent representation while remaining cost effective. We take great pride in the fact that a majority of our clients are a result of referrals from prior clients. We are efficient, organized and result oriented.. Prior to obtaining her law license, Suzette was a paralegal at the Arizona Attorney General's Office. She worked in the Child Support Enforcement Section and obtained considerable knowledge about child support, relevant rules and statutes and interpersonal relations.. Navigating family law cases involving children is often very emotional for clients. We believe that it is important to remember that children are not objects and should be free to love both parents even when the parents no longer choose to be together. “Winning” at the children’s expense is never a real “win”.. Suzettte comes from a large and diverse family. Suzette has two adult sons, an amazing daughter-in-law and two sweet grandchildren. She loves playing softball, camping, skiing, riding roller coasters and spending time with her family and friends. She also loves hiking and has hiked the Grand Canyon on a number of occasions. She loves talking friends and family into joining her on her hiking adventures.

Firm: T Scott Legal Support Services

, Phoenix , Arizona 85032

Practice Areas: Process Servers

Firm: Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros, PA

One North Central Suite 900 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Regulatory , Transportation , Government Contracts, Government Contracts, Transportation, Employment & Labor, Federal Regulation, Medical Malpractice, Slip and Fall Accident, Class Action, Litigation

Firm: Engelman Berger PC

2800 N Central Ave Ste 1200 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Agricultural , Bankruptcy & Debt

Firm: Best Law Firm

9383 E. Bahia Dr., Suite 100 , Scottsdale , Arizona 85253

Practice Areas: Family, Child Custody, Child Support, Mediation

Firm: Fountain Hills Law Firm

13034 North Verde River Drive, Suite 104 , Fountain Hills , Arizona 85268

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Estate Planning, Personal Injury

Firm: Tait & Hall Law Firm

4455 E Camelback Rd , Phoenix , Arizona 85018

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Divorce & Family

Firm: Hallier & Lawrence PLC

3216 North Third Street. , Phoenix , Arizona 85012

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Firm: Anderson and Cabrera Law Group, PLLC

7150 E Camelback Suite 444 , Scottsdale , Arizona 85251

Practice Areas: Family, Criminal Defense

Tabitha was born in San Diego, California and lived there until she was 12. She then moved to Billings, Montana where she received her Bachelors of Science in Human Service and a Associates in Chemical Dependency Rehabilitation from Montana State University, Billings. After graduating from college Tabitha went to work for the the Billings Family Drug Court treatment team, and was a case manager for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Tabitha’s experience with the family drug court is what lead Tabitha to attend law school. She wanted the opportunity to help individuals on more of a personal level by working to resolve some of the legal issues they were facing.. While attending law school Tabitha was awarded the Certificate of Service for her Pro-Bono work. Tabitha has worked in several public offices in Maricopa County including the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Arizona Department of Liquor.. Additionally, Tabitha has worked for several private law firms in the valley. Tabitha’s first job was at a high volume firm which focused primarily on criminal defense and family law. Subsequently, Tabitha worked for the Harding Firm and MyAZLawyers where she focused her practice on family law. Tabitha had the opportunity to work in the courtroom appearing at resolution management conferences, temporary order hearings, child support hearings, enforcement hearings and trials.. After working in private law firms, Tabitha had the opportunity to work as a Staff Attorney for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. While working for the Salt River Pima-Mariocpa Indian Community, Tabitha focused primarily on family law. Her practice included divorce, custody, establishment of paternity, parenting time, and child support. She also worked with step parents to complete severance of parental rights and adoptions. She also worked on complex Indian Child Welfare cases. Further, Tabitha worked with clients to resolve consumer credit issues and worked with insurance companies to resolve car accident payments. She had the opportunity to complete over a hundred cases while with the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community.. Tabitha is licensed by the Arizona Supreme Court and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Court.. In her spare time Tabitha enjoys volunteering in the community, attending Suns games, and taking her dogs to the dog park.

Firm: Fennemore Craig PC

2394 E Camelback Rd Ste 600 , Phoenix , Arizona 85016

Practice Areas: Business Formation, Estate Planning, Probate , Trusts

My practice focus is estate planning for ultra high-net-worth inviduals and families, including charitable giving and business formation and structuring. I counsel clients on wealth transfer strategies, including the use of revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance and gifting trusts, family limited partnerships and LLCs, qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, installment sales to grantor trusts, and other sophisticated tax planning techniques. As an adjunct to my estate planning practice, I advise clients on planned giving methods, and establishing charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, private foundations, support foundations, public charities, and other tax-exempt organizations and charitable-giving mechanisms. I also advise trustees and executors on their fiduciary responsibilities and tax implications in the administration and distribution of trusts and probate estates. In designing estate and business plans, I apply an integrated approach enabling clients to reduce personal and business liability exposure, minimize tax consequences, and meet multi-generational family objectives. Estate planning documents and business succession plans can be tailored to provide incentives to beneficiaries and successors (such as children and grandchildren) to become productive and contributing members of society. Incorporating each client’s unique family dynamic into such planning is emphasized.

Firm: Leonardo Law Offices PLLC

2632 N Campbell Ave , Tucson , Arizona 85719

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Suzette Marquez Leonardo graduated from The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. As a former prosecutor for both the city of Tucson and Pima County, Suzette has tried numerous bench trials (before a judge) and jury trials in both misdemeanor and felony cases.. Suzette’s work as a prosecutor provided her with training and courtroom experience that most defense attorneys never get. This experience, and the perspective it provided, serves her well while defending clients in criminal cases, but it also provides the courtroom skills that propel her family law practice.. While in law school, Suzette served as vice-president of the Family Law & Juvenile Association at the College of Law. In addition, Suzette earned her Family and Juvenile Law Juris Doctorate Certificate by demonstrating academic proficiency in the family law courses she completed and engaging in interdisciplinary studies through clinical courses, which gave her hands-on experience in family law matters. This included judicial clerkships with family law judges. Upon graduation, Suzette was hired as the judicial law clerk for the Honorable James E. Marner, the then-presiding family law Judge, who also sat on the criminal law bench during her clerkship.. Prior to becoming an attorney, Suzette was a professional singer and actress. Her experience as a performer translates to the courtroom and makes her unique as a trial lawyer. Suzette earned her bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in Spanish language from The University of Arizona. She is a native Spanish speaker. She is admitted to the State Bar of Arizona and the District of Arizona.

Firm: Cotto Law Firm

1152 E. Greenway St. , Mesa , Arizona 85203

Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation, Criminal Defense , Divorce, Family , Wills & Living Wills, Wills & Living Wills, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Probate, Trusts

I am an experienced attorney dedicated to helping clients successfully memorialize their end of life wishes and adequately prepare for their possible incapacitation. I follow a "boutique firm" format that allows me to provide clients meaningful personalized services.. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and graduated from Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor Law School in December of 1992.. I started as a law clerk at the Maricopa County Public Defender's Office right after I graduated from law school and began handling cases as soon as I passed the bar exam in the spring of 1993. As a public defender, I was in court litigating almost every day. By the time I left the Public Defender's office I was training and supervising new recruits.. In 1999 I left government work for private practice. I had enjoyed family law classes in school and found the transition easy and the new area of practice a good fit. My degree and experience in psychology have also been a tremendous resource. It was then that I realized how many of my clients were running into problems because of poor or no end of life planning. And I fell in love with yet another area of law: estate planning (probate, trust administration and adult guardianship)!. Through my 31 years of practice I have been involved in many Arizona State Bar committees, a Supreme Court committee, as well as other law related organizations, such as Los Abogados. As an estate planning attorney, I find the State Bar Probate and Trust Section a tremendous resource.

Firm: Nova Law Group, PLLC (Formerly Tait & Hall)

4455 E. Camelback Rd. , Phoenix , Arizona 85018

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Administrative Law

Chicago born Criminal Defense Attorney Sydney Oshinski pursues justice as a bilingual Criminal Litigation and Defense Associate. Sydney joined Nova Law Group, PLLC (formerly Tait & Hall) to align her passion for criminal defense and for the pursuit of protecting People’s Constitutional Rights.. Sydney attended the highly competitive Chicago-Kent College of Law where she graduated cum laude. She worked towards her dream career while in law school and completed an international criminal defense internship in Mexico City, a highly sought-after clerkship for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, and an internship with a well-respected local criminal defense firm in Chandler, Arizona. After graduation she was admitted to the Arizona Bar and began her criminal defense career in Arizona where she is admitted to practice in all State Courts and the United States District Court of Arizona.. She now brings her unique hands-on experience throughout all stages of a criminal case to those that are in need of her passion and expertise. Sydney is driven to work diligently and creatively to discover solutions for her Clients and deliver their success. Her practices are focused on criminal defense in both felony and misdemeanor courts; federal court; and post-conviction matters such as petitions to seal, set asides, and rights restorations.. Sydney’s passion for the success of her clients manifests not only in her criminal defense practices but also other practices of the firm where she carefully explains to  clients and their loved ones the details of the legal process. Her attention to detail, care of others, and organization have certainly become her personal trademarks.

Firm: Swiren & Witzleb

1440 E Missouri Ave , Phoenix , Arizona 85014

Practice Areas: Divorce & Family

, Phoenix , Arizona 85020

Practice Areas: personal injury attorney

Firm: Budge Law Firm PLLC

1910 S. Stapley Dr., Suite 221 , Mesa , Arizona 85204

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Wrongful Death, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accident, Trucking Accident, Animal & Dog Bites, Spinal Cord Injury

Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Attorney.

, Phoenix , Arizona 85016

Practice Areas: general practice attorney

Firm: Collinsworth, Specht, Calkins & Giampaoli, LLP

2600 N Central Ave Ste 620 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Construction & Development, Car Accidents, Litigation

Firm: The Shanker Law Firm, PLC

700 East Baseline Road, Building B , Tempe , Arizona 85283

Practice Areas: Adoption, Animal , Appellate , Automobile Accidents, Civil , Juvenile , Personal Injury, Wrongful Death

"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." …Nelson Mandela. Tamera focuses on Adoption Law, Juvenile Law, Child Advocacy and Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”) matters. She has dedicated her entire legal career to championing children’s interests in the foster care system, having been the “voice” for thousands of abused and neglected children. Tamera has legally assisted in creating thousands of “forever families” through representation of Foster Families, Blended Families, Relatives, Private Couples, Same-Sex Couples, LGBTQ families and Birth Mothers.. Tamera has served as an Associate Justice for the White Mountain Apache Tribe Court of Appeals (three-year term); served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Maricopa County Superior Court (three years); is a member of the Arizona State Bar, Juvenile Law and Indian Law Sections; the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA); the Native American Bar Association of Arizona (NABA-AZ); National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA); and National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC). Tamera serves as a founding member on the National Adoption Day Planning Committee for Pinal County. Tamera is on the Advisory Council and is Chair-Emeritus for the Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation (AFFCF) after serving as a Director for 20 years, Board Chair for three years, and 18 years as the Scholarship Program Chair for AFFCF. Since its inception in 2012, Tamera has served as a Community Advisor on the Fostering Advocates Arizona (formerly Arizona Youth Opportunities Initiative). She served on the State of Arizona’s Foster Care Review Board from 1993-1996. Publications include: A Citizen’s Guide to Fact Finding and Action in the Juvenile Justice System, Children’s Action Alliance/Juvenile Justice Project, Arizona, contributor, 1995; Financial Services in the European Market of 1992, American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice, 1989 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.; Europe 1992: Obstacles & Opportunities for United States Business, Utah Business Magazine, August 1989. Tamera (Arapaho) was one of the founding directors of the Inter-Tribal, Native American Communications Council, established in 1993. Tamera worked directly with Senator Ted Kennedy on the drafting of the “Torture Victims Protection Act.”. Tamera is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (1994) in Washington D.C., where she served as the Senior Editor on the Law Center’s Legal Journal: Law & Policy in International Business. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California (1984) where she majored in International Relations. Tamera is admitted to practice in state, federal and Tribal courts in Arizona: Hopi, Pascua Yaqui, Gila River Indian Community, and Tohono O’odham Tribal Courts; and admitted before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Firm: Sweet James Accident Attorneys

10869 N Scottsdale Rd , Scottsdale , Arizona 85254

Practice Areas: Personal Injury