Appellate lawyers in Arizona

Firm: Lewis and Roca LLP

One South Church Avenue Suite 700 , Tucson , Arizona 85701

Practice Areas: Appellate , Construction , Corporate , Education , Labor , Appeals, Appeals

Firm: Van Cott & Talamante PLLC

2025 N 3rd St Ste 260 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Corporate , Employment & Labor , Insurance , Professional Malpractice, Business

Firm: The Cavanagh Law Firm

1850 N. Central Ave Suite 2400 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Appellate , ERISA, Insurance , Personal Injury, Securities , Litigation

My team and I represent victims who are injured or families who have lost loved ones in accidents caused by someone else's mistakes or wrongdoing.  I have completed over $25 million in settlements for my clients.  I am rated as a top 50 Super Lawyer in Arizona by Southwest Superlawyers Magzine and maintain a preeminent AV rating.  My team and I pride ourselves on winning cases at the highest possible level and maintaining open, direct, and constant communication with our clients.

Firm: Manolio & Firestone, PLC

8686 E. San Alberto Drive , Scottsdale , Arizona 85258

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Corporate , Criminal Defense , Lawsuits & Disputes, Lawsuits & Disputes, Criminal Defense, Appeals

I always welcome discussion about any case. If I'm not the right "match" for your needs, I will be up-front and will point you in another direction. I want people to find the right lawyer for the right purpose, and I'm always willing to refer to others. But I'm also hopeful that our Firm is right for you & can get you the results you want. Feel free to call or email me with your questions - no matter what!. Our firm specializes in Business Law - both litigation and transactions. Personally, I handle commercial matters, civil cases, and criminal defense. I also do Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ronan & Firestone is a great group of lawyers -- both professionally and personally, and I am more than excited to be the newest "partner" in the group. My personal aspirations include: 1) Making my clients satisfied with their representation; and 2) Maintaining the best possible service I can provide. I do not keep financial goals, as finances are only a fringe benefit of law practice for me. My passion lies in helping people and fighting for justice -- not in getting rich. But, of course, the occasional $1 Million verdict/settlement is always welcomed! Someday I hope to be a partner of Ronan, Firestone, Manolio-Deden. For now, I'm happy to enjoy life as a competent litigator and member/partner of the Firm.

Firm: The Foster Law Group

7301 N. 16th Street , Phoenix , Arizona 85020

Practice Areas: Appellate , Labor , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

A fourth generation Arizona native (born and raised in Prescott), Troy's experience is as vast as the State's many landscapes. For over two decades, Troy has assisted in employment and labor matters in private practice and as a General Counsel for a large healthcare organization in Phoenix. In addition to his legal experience, Troy has boots-on-the-ground experience as a Human Resources Director and consultant for local and large national companies. From this vantage, Troy represents both individual employees and business clients in harassment/discrimination, wrongful termination, employee discipline, wage and hour issues, contract disputes, severance agreements, and other employment matters. Troy helps his clients from consultation and advice all the way through litigation and appeal.. In his role as a General Counsel in the healthcare industry, Troy has expertise in provider disciplinary matters, compliance with federal and state laws, administrative and government audits and certifications, and preparing for those audits. Troy represents healthcare agencies, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and provider practice groups on these matters. Troy is also a go-to for reviewing individual provider and practice group agreements.. Troy served as the Editor-in-Chief for his law review and clerked for judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Arizona Court of Appeals.

Firm: Roshka DeWulf & Patten, PLC

400 East Van Buren Street Suite 800 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Appellate , Administrative Law

Firm: Littler PC

341 W Secretariat Dr , Tempe , Arizona 85284

Practice Areas: Appellate , Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Civil , Construction , Legal Malpractice, Mediation, Patents, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate , Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Professional Experience. Tom’s practice over the past 35 years has been extremely varied.. He’s practiced in complex litigation, hearings and trials in state courts, federal courts, and bankruptcy courts, in private arbitrations, mediations and appeals. He also has substantial experience representing debtors, creditors, trustees and committees in Bankruptcy Court and has successfully reorganized several companies and individuals, and represented creditors.. Tom started his practice in 1981 at Treon, Warnicke, Dann & Roush of Phoenix (after having been a law clerk there for two years) in the commercial practice section, where he was trained in litigation and trial skills by two former Maricopa County Superior Court judges. He started what became a substantial bankruptcy practice in 1982 when he represented Clifford Wolfswinkel in bankruptcy court in his dispute with his brothers. After that, he continued doing work in the bankruptcy court in several commercial cases.. Tom left the Treon firm in 1987 to practice in Chandler as Littler & Miller for a short time before forming Warnicke & Littler, P.L.C. in 1989 to perform the bankruptcy examination of Charlie Keating’s American Continental Corporation.. After twenty three years with his own firm, he joined the Las Vegas firm of Gordon Silver in March of 2010 to open and build its first Arizona office. He left Gordon Silver in August, 2013 to practice as a sole practitioner in order to provide less expensive and more personal service to his clients.. Tom was a judge pro tem of the Maricopa County Superior Court presiding over mediations and jury trials for fifteen years.. --. Personal Life. Tom was born in Buffalo, New York on October 10, 1954. He moved to Phoenix with his family in 1957.  He went to grade school in west Phoenix and graduated from West Phoenix High School in 1972.  He played the drums in both grade school and in the marching band at West High.  Tom obtained his Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in General Business Administration from the ASU College of Business in 1978 and graduated from the Arizona State University School of Law in 1981.  In law school he was on the Moot Court Board, was a member of the Order of the Coif, and participated every year as a writer and actor in the annual Law Follies. Tom now resides in Tempe.. Tom is married and has three children. His daughter, who graduated from the University of Southern California (English; Creative Writing) and Kings College, London (English Literature) is an editor at St. Martin’s Press in New York City; his son graduated from New York University (Dramatic Writing) and is a writer-producer living in New York City. His fourteen-year-old daughter was adopted from China and attends Basis Ahwatukee.. In his free time, Tom runs half marathons (ten so far), plays the drums (drum set in the basement), reads all kinds of literature – especially biographies, history and politics – and travels the world.

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: Mandel Young, plc

3001 East Camelback Road , Phoenix , Arizona 85016

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Appeals

Rob is an AV® Preeminent™ peer review-rated appellate and trial court litigator. Trained at two of the nation's preeminent law firms in New York City before relocating to Arizona in 2003, and thereafter elected shareholder at one the nation's largest law firms, Rob has helped clients large and small navigate business, constitutional and public law disputes for nearly two decades.. Mindful of his clients' desire to devote their resources to business growth rather than litigation, Rob makes it a priority to gain a precise understanding of the client’s objective and to formulate a strategy to achieve it as early as possible and within budget.. It seems like most cases that wind their way to trial are destined for appeal. Rob routinely appears in causes pending before the Arizona Supreme Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  Rob is passionate about appellate practice. He is recognized throughout the legal community for the potency of his appellate advocacy.. While Rob also thoroughly enjoys trial advocacy, he knows that clients are rarely enthusiastic about going to trial. He therefore places great emphasis on the deployment of forceful, dispositive pre-trial motions to bring the case to an end if it cannot sooner be settled.. Sometimes a case will wind its way to trial. When it does, Rob is ready. He co-chaired a two-week false advertising jury trial as recently as May 2010, resulting in victory. He co-chaired a three-and-a-half week jury trial of a distribution agreement dispute just months earlier, scoring a unanimous verdict for the client.. Rob is honored to have been endorsed by Practical Law Company both as an appellate advocate and business litigator based on its annual survey of in-house counsel.. Select accomplishments:. - Secured Arizona Supreme Court victory for mortgage lender, loan servicer and mortgage-backed securitization trustee in proceeding to resolve disputed questions of law pertaining to non-judicial foreclosures/trustees’ sales. Crafted principal brief, coordinated amici curiae counsel, engaged in extensive motion practice and presented oral argument, all within seven weeks.. - Persuaded Ninth Circuit to vacate natural gas company’s $60 million punitive damages award against former ACC Chairman as unconstitutionally excessive. Subsequently persuaded panel to vacate $4 million punitive damages remittitur on due process grounds, resulting in another published decision. Convinced trial court to stay enforcement of judgment without a supersedeas bond during appeals.. - Repelled Maricopa County Regional School District Superintendent’s petition for review and special action petition to Arizona Supreme Court, wherein superintendent sought to vacate trial court’s appointment of three-member panel to manage school district in the wake of her indictment.. - Co-chaired and prevailed in two-week bet-the-company trial in federal district court on behalf of multinational photo radar enforcement company after persuading district court to dismiss on summary judgment two-thirds of rival’s false advertising claims seeking tens of millions of dollars in purported damages.. - Co-chaired and prevailed in three-week jury retrial of wrongful termination claim in federal district court on behalf of electronics manufacturer after persuading Ninth Circuit to reverse seven-figure judgment in favor of former distributor based on trial court’s exclusion of probative evidence and other errors.. - Instrumental in securing eight-figure damages settlement for general contractor on construction design defect claims against Maricopa County arising out of public works project.

8601 N Scottsdale Rd Suite 300 , Scottsdale , Arizona 85253

Practice Areas: Appellate , Corporate , ERISA, Real Estate , Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Partnership

Firm: Mooney, Wright, & Moore, PLLC.

1201 S Alma School Rd , Mesa , Arizona 85210

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Taxation - State & Federal, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law

Firm: Chernoff Law Firm, P.C.

14300 North Northsight Boulevard. , Scottsdale , Arizona 85260

Practice Areas: Appellate , Corporate , Real Estate , Real Estate, Real Estate, Appeals, Litigation

1670 E River Rd Suite 200 , Tucson , Arizona 85718

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Corporate , Environmental , Insurance , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice

Michael F. McNamara has practiced law in Arizona for over 25 years. He is also a CPA. The emphasis of his practice has been in the areas of personal injury and insurance litigation matters. Over the last decade, a significant portion of his practice has included representing victims in medical malpractice cases, including psychiatric and psychological malpractice cases.. Mr. McNamara has also developed a particular interest in handling traumatic brain injury cases, including cases involving birth injuries. He is a member of the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) and the Brain Injury Association of Arizona (BIAAZ). He has won numerous multi-million dollar recoveries, both by jury verdict and private settlement for the victims of such injuries and their families. He has been the lead attorney on countless cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death claims, both for claimants and for defendants over the last 20 years.. Mr. McNamara's experience also includes having represented most of the major insurance companies in the United States on diverse litigation matters, including insurance coverage matters; business and property damage losses; complex mass tort claims, including environmental claims; complex civil rights actions; public entity liability; product liability claims; and medical anti-trust law claims.. Mr. McNamara was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arizona in 1980. He has been a Certified Public Accountant in Arizona since 1982. He received a juris doctorate degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1986, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Tulsa Law Review. He is admitted to practice in the State and Federal District Courts of Arizona, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. McNamara is a preeminent AV-rated lawyer with Martindale-Hubbell.

Firm: Ciaccio Law Firm, P.C.

4562 North 1st Avenue, Suite #100 , Tucson , Arizona 85718

Practice Areas: Animal Bites, Appellate , Civil , Head and Spinal Injuries, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

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: Galbut Beabeau, P.C.

6720 North Scottsdale Road , Scottsdale , Arizona 85253

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Appellate , Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Formation, Business , Class Actions, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate , Employment & Labor , Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities , Trademarks, Litigation, Litigation, Business, Partnership, Securities Offerings, Securities & Investment Fraud, Employment & Labor, Real Estate, Commercial, Arbitration, Mediation

Martin R. Galbut brings decades of counseling and litigation experience to the firm. He combines a distinct blend of corporate, securities, banking, real estate, antitrust, intellectual property, and finance counseling and litigation experience with tenacious thoroughness and unmatched client service. Martin represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of cases involving securities, banking and finance, labor and employment, corporate governance, intellectual property, antitrust, real estate, environmental, regulatory, and health care matters.. Martin is widely regarded as one of the leading business attorneys in Arizona. His excellence has been recognized as such on many occasions by The Best Lawyers in America®, Southwest Super Lawyers®, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in America, Legal Leaders, AZ Business Magazine, The Phoenix Business Journal, Phoenix Magazine, Arizona Executive Magazine, and AZ Big Media. He was named Best Lawyers 2019 Phoenix Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Banking and Finance; 2017 Phoenix Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Governance Law; and 2015 Phoenix Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Governance Law.. Because of his extensive experience and broad background across the wide range of legal practices areas implicated in running a successful business, Martin has the unique ability to provide fractional general counsel services in a manner that takes into account all relevant considerations – monetary and otherwise.. Martin's efficacy as an attorney and reputation for providing counsel in an ethical way have engendered great respect for him within the Arizona legal community. This respect is recognized by, among other things, his receipt of the Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent rating (the highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards) for the last 36 years (1984–2020).. Martin has been a lecturer and moderator for the State Bar of Arizona’s continuing education programs and a frequent panelist at professional conferences on securities, commercial real estate, and intellectual property law. He has also published numerous articles and seminar materials in the areas of securities law, commercial real estate litigation, arbitration, and mediation.. Appointed by the Governor of Arizona, Martin served on the Governor’s Task Force on Urban Air Quality. Appointed by the Mayor of Phoenix, Martin served on the City of Phoenix Environmental Quality Commission. For several years, Martin also chaired the Arizona State Air Pollution Control Hearing Board. He has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association (AAA), National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).. Martin graduated from Northwestern University in 1968. He earned his law degree cum laude from Northwestern University Law School in 1971, where he was an Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review, a Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholar, a Francis S. Kosmerl Foundation Scholar, and a recipient of the first 'Student Who Contributed the Most to the Intellectual Life of Northwestern University' award.. In addition to the law, Martin’s passions are his family, international travel, landscape painting, and collecting art and antiques. In 2019, he won First Place in Painting in the Arizona Bar’s Creative Arts Competition. Martin won this same award in two prior years. His works were most recently featured in the Arizona Attorney magazine in May 2019.

Firm: Shell & Nermyr pllc

90 South Kyrene Road, Suite 1 , Chandler , Arizona 85226

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

Practice Areas:  All criminal law, including all felonies and misdemeanors. Including but not limited to: domestic diolence, assault, criminal damage, disorderly conduct, homicide, DUI, DWI, drug possession, drug sales, white collar, fraud, aggravated assault, armed robbery, appeals, probation violations, thefts, burglary, molestation, sexual conduct with a minor, sex abuse, sex assault, child abuse, murder, manslaughter, car theft, assault on police, resisting arrest, and forgery.  Mr. Nermyr as well as all the attorneys at Shell&Nermyr keep their caseload low so that they can spend the necessary time on each and every case.. At Shell & Nermyr case will  be handled by a firm partner, either Mark Nermyr or Chad Shell.  Your case will never be handled by an inexperienced associate or paralegal.. Mark was born and raised in Minot, North Dakota.  Mark was instilled with a tremendous work ethic during his young years of working the family farm.  Mark has four older brothers and sisters that taught him how to work hard as well as stand up for himself.. In order to attend law school everybody has to take a test referred to as the LSAT.  Mark scored in the top 3% in the country on LSAT.  After doing well in undergrad and scoring so extremely high on the LSAT, Mark  had his pick of law schools to attend.  Mark was offered academic scholarships from several prestigious law schools.  But Mark put his family first, as his wife had just started her career as an teacher, so he entered law school at the Sandra day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State.  Mark graduated from law school and immediately started defending people from the persecution of the government.. After being admitted to practice law, Mark worked for a local criminal defense attorney by the name of David B. Smith.  In his first few year of practicing criminal defense, Mark got unbelievable experience.  Mark was lead counsel on at least one felony trial per month during his first two years.  Additionally, within two years Mark was lead counsel for several homicide cases.  During Mark’s first three years Mark won over 20 felony trials and got many more felonies dismissed.  A sample of the cases Mark won during his first three years is: MURDER; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (Knife); CHILD ABUSE; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (Baseball bat); RESISTING ARREST; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (on Police officer); BURGLARY; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (serious physical injury); AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (stabbing); AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (knife slashing); THEFT OF MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION; GRAND THEFT AUTO; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (gun).  The list goes on and on.. In 1999 Mark started his own criminal defense firm.  However within a year or two Mark joined up with Chad Shell to start one of the best and most successful criminal defense firms in Arizona.  Mark and Chad are partners to this day and have successfully represented thousands of clients charged with felonies and misdemeanors all across the state of Arizona.  They have represented clients in Kingman, Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona, Prescott Valley, Glendale, Peoria, Tucson, Casa Grande, Florence, Globe, Show Low, Pinetop, Verde Valley, Yuma, Avondale, Litchfield, Tolleson, Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Apache Junction, Payson, Wickenburg, Gila Bend, Winslow, Cave Creek, Queen Creek, and others.. Between Chad Shell and Mark the state of Arizona has dismissed more than 900 domestic violence cases alone.  The state of Arizona has dismissed other cases because of Shell & Nermyr ranging from murder, attempted murder, sex assault, aggravated assault, assault, criminal damage, disorderly conduct, misconduct involving weapons, child abuse, kidnapping.  This list also goes on and on.. Shell & Nermyr PLLC is the East Valley`s preeminent criminal defense firm.  Any law firm can go to court and have their clients plead guilty.  But Arizona`s team of criminal defense attorneys goes to court and wins for their clients.

Firm: Mushkatel, Robbins & Becker, P.L.L.C.

15429 N. 99th Avenue , Sun City , Arizona 85351

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Corporate , Criminal Defense , Divorce, Domestic Violence, Elder , Energy , Estate , Estate Planning, Felonies, General Practice, Personal Injury, Probate , Real Estate , Trusts, Wills, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury

Zachary Mushkatel discovered his affinity for the law by chance. As a political science major at the University of Arizona, he first aspired to become a professor. But an unexpected invitation to participate on a mock trial team at the university encouraged him to turn his competitive spirit and drive to help others into a legal career.. “The law is about representing the client’s best interest, being able to think on your feet, and being a master of language and persuasion,” he says. “It just felt like home to me.”. Mushkatel graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2004 and has gone on to build a thriving law firm representing clients in the Sun Cities, Northwest Valley and the Phoenix metro region.. Mushkatel brings a diverse array of legal expertise to his practice at Mushkatel, Robbins & Becker, PLLC. He started as a public defender before joining the law office of Henry Florence and Sherry Bell to work as a criminal defense attorney. In 2008, he joined forces with Mathis Becker to form Mushkatel and Becker. Throughout that period, he gained experience working in various practice areas, including personal injury, estate litigation, estate planning, guardianship and conservatorship work, probate, corporate litigation, real estate, and various civil matters. Mushkatel’s cross-disciplinary background provides for comprehensive counsel to clients to explore all possible legal avenues.. Today, Mushkatel assists individuals throughout the Valley in personal injury, estate and civil litigation matters. Providing exceptional client service and producing results are his top priorities.. “My job is to provide a lifeline to clients who feel stuck or helpless and to go to bat for them,” he says.. Several of Mushkatel’s personal injury cases have resolved in excess of one-million dollars. He is the recipient of the 2020 Top-Rated Lawyer Award from Avvo and has been named a “Top 40 Under 40” by The National Trial Lawyers and a Premier Attorney by The National Academy of Jurisprudence.. For Mushkatel, delivering maximum results does not mean sacrificing personal relationships. Success comes from taking the time to get to know each client’s individual needs and tailoring the legal approach to match his or her goals. Building those relationships results from creating an unpretentious yet professional environment that puts people at ease.. “Most law firms run like businesses,” says Mushkatel. “The problem is that a business’s interests may not always run in stride with a client’s best interests. Our clients are our Number One priority, and the way we show it is by sitting back and listening quite a bit.”. Community service is important to Mushkatel and every attorney in the firm. Each lawyer is required to work on at least two pro bono cases at all times. Mushkatel believes those services should be provided not for the accolades or to meet State Bar requirements, but simply because helping others is fundamental to the legal profession.. Mushkatel is licensed in the State of Arizona, the Federal District Court of Arizona and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is on the board and a faculty member for the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, a program of the State Bar of Arizona’s Trial Practice Section. He is a past president and a member of the West Maricopa County Bar Association and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Surprise Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Sun Valley Lodge.. A former semi-professional baseball pitcher, Mushkatel has coached his son’s Little League team for several years. When he is not working, he enjoys golf and spending time with his family.