Firm: The Shanker Law Firm, PLC
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.
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Firm: Daniel I. Ziskin, PC
Practice Areas: Adoption, Animal Bites, Automobile Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Wrongful Death
My practice includes adoptions (since 1982), surrogacy (since 1998) and plaintiff personal injury law (since 1981).. I am a sustaining member of both the American Association for Justice and Arizona Attorneys for Justice. I am a member of the AzAJ Board of Directors and a member of the seminar and membership committees and the Phoenix Trial Lawyers Board. I am past president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyers Board, a member of the Maricopa County Bar Association and has been the co-chair of the Bar Bench Committee of the Maricopa County Superior Court. I am a fellow of the Arizona Bar Foundation and a member of the State Bar of Arizona.. I have been practicing plaintiff’s personal injury law since 1981 in Arizona and have also practiced adoption and surrogacy law nationally, and within Arizona. Since 1982, I have participated in approximately 2200 adoptions as attorney for adoptive persons, adoptive couples, or birth parents. I have participated in many surrogacy cases over the last 19 years. I am a fellow of both the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and the American Academy of Reproductive Technology Attorneys since each was founded. I have represented the Maricopa County Bar Association before the legislature with regard to adoption matters and was a member of multiple committees which redrafted Arizona's adoption laws over the last 30+ years.. I am AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubble and have been admitted to practice law in Arizona since 1975. I am also admitted to practice in the District Court of Arizona, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
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Firm: Wattel & York
Practice Areas: Accidents, Animal Attacks, Aquatic Injuries, Automobile Accidents, Automobile Negligence, Bicycle Accidents, Boating Accidents, Bodily Injury, Brain Injury, Bus Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, Commercial Vehicle Liability, Dog Bites, Electrical Injury, Head Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Personal Injury Arbitration, Personal Injury Appeals, Personal Injury Mediation, Plaintiffs Personal Injury, Psychological Injury, Rental Vehicle Litigation, School Bus Accidents, Severe Burns, Slip and Fall, Spinal Injury, Third Party Wrongful Death, TMJ Dysfunction, Traumatic Brain Injury, Whiplash, Wrongful Death
Firm: Alex & Saavedra, P.C.
Practice Areas: Accidents, Animal Attacks, Automobile Negligence, Bicycle Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, Bodily Injury, Dog Bites, Head Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury Appeals, Personal Injury Arbitration, Motorcycle Accidents, Plaintiffs Personal Injury, Slip and Fall, Severe Burns, Wrongful Death, Whiplash
Firm: Benavidez Law Group, P.C.
Practice Areas: Animal ,Civil ,Criminal Defense ,Municipal
Contact: 520-623-1461
