El Mirage Lawyers

Kelly is an expert in domestic relations law, adoptions, and probate. She also specializes in criminal defense, civil litigation, and contract dispute. In her free time Kelly spends it with her daughter or relaxing with her friends at a Arizona Diamondbacks game.

Litigation: I help clients resolve disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and courtroom trials. I take cases involving business disputes, protection of religious liberty, employee rights, employer defense, intellectual property (especially internet related disputes), insurance defense, pest control regulation, and firearms law.

Lauren Garner is a partner with the law firm of Jaburg Wilk, P.C. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in May, 1982 and to the Arizona Bar in May, 1999. Her practice emphasizes probate and trust litigation as well as guardianships and conservatorships. Lauren is a Judge Pro Tem for Maricopa County Superior Court in the Probate and Mental Health Division. She was Chair of the Executive Council of the Probate and Trust Committee for the State Bar of Arizona (2008-2009), and Chair of the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Maricopa County Bar Association (2007). Lauren was...

Mark D. Bogard is a partner with the Arizona law firm Jaburg & Wilk, P.C., where his practice focuses on construction related matters and disputes, with an emphasis on construction payment rights and remedies including private and public payment bonds, mechanics'/materialmen's liens, stop notices, prompt pay law, and 'no-pay' claims before the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. Mr. Bogard regularly appears before the Arizona Registrar of Contractors and Arizona Superior Court, with civil trial court experience that includes jury and bench trials. He also serves as an arbitrator for the Maricopa County Superior Court. For the past eight years, he has...

Michael Dvoren focuses his legal practice on intellectual property litigation, pre-litigation enforcement, intellectual property transactions, and trademark and copyright prosecution. Before joining Jaburg Wilk, Michael was a partner at Weiss & Moy, P.C. and an associate attorney at Bryan Cave LLP prior to that. During law school, he externed in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona and counseled start-up companies as part of Arizona State University’s Technology Venture Services Group. Prior to law school, he was a television producer in Los Angeles.

Kathi Sandweiss is the lead attorney in Jaburg|Wilk's Appellate Department and past chair of the Arizona State Bar Appellate Practice Section. Kathi has the ability to merge technical expertise with stylized legal prose.

Allyson Del Vecchio is a divorce and family law attorney at Bishop Law Office. She has experience in a range of family law matters including, but not limited to, paternity, relocation, custody, child support, parenting time, grandparents, rights, and spousal support issues. She has practiced family law in both Arizona and Connecticut and has experience with high-net worth divorce cases and highly complicated divorce and custody issues.

Dustin Christner's practice is concentrated on complex civil litigation. He has experience defending products liability and automobile warranty actions. Many of these cases involve large document production against aggressive, well-financed plaintiff's counsel. In defense of product manufacturers, Dustin has represented automobile, tire, construction equipment and consumer product manufacturers. He has defended these corporations against claims of personal injury, wrongful death, crashworthiness, seat belts, rollover/roof crush, airbag deployment, tire tread/belt separation and electrical fires. Dustin's automobile and motorcycle warranty practice has included automobiles and motorcycle manufacturers in breach of contract, Magnuson-Moss, Arizona Lemon Law and breach of warranty claims in both state and...

Attorney Eric W. Schmidt, a seasoned litigator who has dedicated over 15 years to practicing exclusively in the area of personal injury law and insurance claims, Eric has helped many injured victims and families who have been injured by the negligence or wrongful acts of others.

Over the course of his career, he has gained experience practicing personal injury law in both California and Arizona. He was also the founding Partner of two law firms. During this time, he effectively translated his legal abilities and passionate approach into more than $30 million in compensation recoveries for his clients.

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Randy Hinsch was born in South Bend, Indiana. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Arizona State University in 1982 and graduated law school with his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University in 1985. Randy went to work for a small litigation firm in Phoenix, Arizona, to gain trial experience immediately while being able to provide clients the hands-on, personable representation often missing from larger firms. He joined the law firm of Plattner Verderame, P.C. in 1992, again enjoying the opportunity given in a small litigation firm to provide personal, quality representation to clients. Randy became a Partner in 2001.

Dan Beeks is an Arizona attorney with over 25 years of experience. He used his extensive knowledge in matters of complicated litigation from everything including medical malpractice to intellectual property before becoming a well known and trusted divorce attorney with Bishop Law Office in Phoenix. Dan often handles high-dollar family law cases, but also enjoys helping with smaller scale divorce cases and appeals.

Nick Verderame was born in Phoenix. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in 2008, with a major in broadcast journalism and a minor in Sports, Commerce and Culture. After working for CBS Network News and ESPN, he graduated from law school with his Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona in 2013. After working for two of the United States’ largest law firms, Nick came to Plattner Verderame, P.C. in 2016 to represent individuals who are injured and need assistance in their pursuit of justice and just compensation.

Jason has been practicing family law and criminal defense for more than a decade, handling all types of dissolution actions ranging from simple to very complex cases. His primary focus is on high conflict custody issues including allegations of sexual and/or physical abuse.

Prior to starting his legal career, he was a social worker for “at risk” children which provided him with the understanding of the non-legal components of such situations. His litigation skills developed during his time spent working at the prosecutor’s office, where he prosecuted many criminal offenses in front of juries and judges. Jason then transitioned...

Partner Frank Verderame is a seasoned trial attorney, who has dedicated his life to helping victims of serious injuries. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, and has been an active part of legal communities and organizations since he started his practice, back in 1983. A lifelong motorcycle rider, Frank represents riders who have been hurt in crashes and collisions. He is also a licensed pilot (since 1989), and has handled some of the most complex aviation accident and plane crash cases in the state, including one which ended in a $10 million verdict...

If you have been injured in the Phoenix, Arizona area, attorney Elliot Wolfe can represent you with your personal injury case. He specializes in defending clients with injury law related matters such as medical malpractice, defective products, trucking collisions, railroad collisions, and aviation crashes. Personal injuries are extremely serious. The law office of Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo exists to help victims of accidents. Contact a personal injury lawyer in Phoenix at the firm for reliable support.

30+ years civil trial practice; personal injury and wrongful death; State Bar certified specialist, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, AV Preemintent; Top 100 Trial Lawyers; Arizona's Finest Lawyers Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Court; Instructor, State Bar College of Trial Advocacy; Law Clerk, Arizona Court of Appeals

Associate attorney Jennifer Nichole Oblinger (“Nichole”) is a 5th generation native Arizonan. Nichole was raised in Gila County, in the city of Miami, home of the Inspiration Mine. At 17, she graduated from Miami High School (Go Vandals!) and headed to ASU. Very proud of her Arizona heritage, Nichole’s ancestors carved out a Territorial life for themselves in the 1880s. When copper was king, these tough-minded prospectors followed the mining towns and experienced boom-and-bust cycles firsthand. Silver strikes were another draw. “My great great great grandpa, Merritt Jackson McAlister, is buried in Tombstone’s Boothill,” says Nichole. “It was a rugged existence.” (A...

Joey Hamby is a criminal defense attorney in practice in Arizona since 1994. Over the years he has personally been counsel of record on hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases in state and federal courts. Joey represents clients in all stages of their cases, from pre-charge investigation through jury trial.

Joey began working on death penalty cases over twelve years ago. In that time period he represented approximately 16 defendants charged with first degree murder and facing the possibility of capital punishment. He has also been a Rule 32 expert on a capital case. Joey...

Russell's practice focuses on the needs of businesses and individuals in the areas of commercial/business law, real property and land use law and construction law.

Daniel M. Hodes is a founding and managing partner of Hodes Milman & Liebeck, LLP. He has extensive expertise in the area of medical malpractice suits, and his successes make him one of the most sought-after lawyers in California for representing victims in negligence cases. Daniel has earned more than 50 jury verdicts, including a landmark decision where an HMO was ordered to pay nearly $11 million for the wrongful death of a young mother-- the largest medical malpractice wrongful death verdict in Orange County history. He followed up with winning the second largest medical malpractice verdict in the county,...

I have over nineteen years of criminal law and DUI experience. I am a former Assistant City Prosecutor and Deputy County Attorney. I am a Criminal Defense Attorney / Lawyer accepting DUI and criminal cases throughout Maricopa County, including cities of Phoenix, Peoria, Glendale, El Mirage, Surprise, Goodyear, Avondale, Buckeye, and the Maricopa County Justice Courts.

Patel Law, P.L.C. is a Phoenix, Arizona law firm dedicated to serving clients throughout Greater Phoenix Area in Bankruptcy and Immigration matters. The firm also serves clients throughout Maricopa, Pinal and Pima Counties, including Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek, Apache Junction and Tucson. At Patel Law, we are dedicated to protecting the rights of our clients and have an individualized approach to client representation. We are a boutique firm focusing on counseling individual clients and businesses, with a goal of providing high quality, personalized and affordable legal services. We have the requisite experience and skill to successfully resolve complex...

Eric Jeide grew up in a small farming town in northwestern Wyoming. As the youngest of seven children, Eric’s childhood consisted largely of tag-team wrestling matches, makeshift tree swings, and general mayhem at every turn– never a dull moment! After living most of his life in the Mountain West, Eric moved to the Valley of the Sun in 2009 with his wife and kids. Eric worked for a large insurance company defending their insureds against personal injury lawsuits. He saw first-hand how insurance companies callously deny legitimate injury claims. Eric believes his clients deserve better treatment from insurance companies and works...

I have been a licensed personal injury lawyer since 1980. I am licensed in both Michigan and Arizona, as well as the Federal Courts located in those jurisdictions. I have devoted my entire career to helping the victims of negligence recover their medical expenses, pain and suffering and related damages from those at fault for their injuries. I only handle plaintiff cases and never represent large businesses or insurance companies. I have extensive litigation and trial experience in all types of injury cases, including motorcycle accidents, automobile accidents, and trucking accidents - whether simple or complex. I...

David Wenner, M.S.W., J.D. is nationally recognized as an authority on juror bias and decision-making. As a partner in the Phoenix law firm of Snyder & Wenner, P.C., Mr. Wenner has spent the last two decades prosecuting wrongful death and catastrophic injury accident cases, speaking to lawyers across the country on juror bias and decision-making, and creating a successful juror bias model. Admission to Bars 1984 - Supreme Court of Arizona 1984 - United States District Court of Arizona 1984 - United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit 1990 - United States Supreme Court Special Distinctions Co-Author of the Jury Bias Model™,...

Robert Wooten has extensive experience as a criminal lawyer, everything from complex high-profile cases to misdemeanors, and everything in between. Robert is a partner at Curry, Pearson & Wooten, PLC and licensed to practice law in both Arizona and Florida. A horse trainer and roper himself, Robert's favorite hobby is going to rodeos throughout Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and California with his wife.

I am Attorney Jason Lamm, a Phoenix criminal defense attorney who has served as a major felony prosecutor in my more than 15 years of experience. I have handled thousands of cases including the most complex and have come away with a successful track record. I know that every individual is different, thus every case must be handled with personalized care. This is the kind of attention when you come to me to handle your case. I provide thorough, detailed, and tenacious counsel for your case so you can move forward with confidence. Call me today to get started.

Tim A. Tarter is president of the U.S. law firm Woolston & Tarter, P.C. Mr. Tarter previously served as an IRS Senior Attorney and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. Mr. Tarter’s national tax dispute resolution practice focuses on all aspects of IRS audit defense, IRS administrative settlement negotiations and U.S. Tax Court litigation, including criminal and international tax matters. Mr. Tarter resolves disputes in all three Federal tax forums: U.S. Tax Court, Federal District Courts, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Most recently, he lead his trial team in the Avrahami case,...

Steven Meyerand received his law degree, summa cum laude, from Michigan State University College of Law in 2007. While in law school, Steven focused his legal education on trial practice as a member of the Geoffrey Feiger Trial Practice Institute. Additionally, Steven received national recognition as a member of the Moot Court program. When Steven graduated, he accepted a position as a Deputy County Attorney with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. As a Deputy County Attorney , Steven focused on continuing to develop his skills as a trial attorney. During Steven’s more than 5 years as a Deputy County...

A lawyer with an exceptional track record and life achievements dedicated to Service and the Law Bob has been practicing law since 1980, when he graduated with honors from Brigham Young University School of Law, where he obtained the highest score ever received in ethics and was given the Am Juris Award for Civil Procedure. He earned his law degree while working as a special agent in law enforcement investigating organized crime, political corruption and major frauds. A member of the Arizona State Bar since 1994, Bob has concentrated on litigation in such areas as Family Law, Criminal...