Young Lawyers

After thirty years of practice in NY, my wife, Shelley, and I moved to Boca Raton, FL (NY with FL weather). In addition to creating, editing and publishing CasePrepPlus.com, a comprehensive paid subscription online annotated advance sheet service for the NY Bar from 2006 to 2014, which is now published by NYSBA as a member benefit, I continued providing consultations and drafting motions and appeals for a few of my colleagues back in NY, and handled first party PD hurricane and tropical storm claims, private LTD and group ERISA claims, and general legal matters as a member of the FL...

Michael Aurit, JD, MDR is a professional family mediator, Arizona attorney and Founder of The Aurit Center for Divorce Mediation in Scottsdale, AZ. Michael serves on the National Board of Directors of the Academy of Family Mediators and he is a Fellow of the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section. Michael is a member of The Association for Conflict Resolution and he is current Ethics Chair of MCAFM. Michael received his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law, his Master's Degree in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute at Pepperdine and his Bachelor's of Fine Arts from...

George Smith is a third-generation Arizonan who has been practicing law throughout the state since 1997. Mr. Smith attended Arizona State University, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1992 and his law degree from Arizona State University in 1996. He has been with Berk & Moskowitz since 2000. Mr. Smith has a broad, interdisciplinary practice in the state and federal courts including litigation of commercial and business disputes, real estate disputes, personal injury cases and family law matters. He prides himself on providing not only legal solutions and advice, but also practical solutions and advice to his clients. ...

Matthew Lara is the founding member of the Lara Law Group, PLC and a licensed attorney with the Arizona State Bar and with the Federal District Courts in Arizona. Matthew Lara is a native to Arizona, born and raised in Chandler and a graduate of Chandler High School. He has lived in various areas around Arizona and currently resides in Mesa, Arizona. Matthew Lara has assisted clients in a variety of legal matters. Matthew Lara speaks fluent Romanian and interned for a prominent law firm in Romania while in law school, learning various matters of international and EU laws.

Jonathan M. McGee is an attorney authorized to practice law in Arizona, California and Nevada.

Thomas A. Gorman, (lawyergorman.com) has specialized in criminal law for over 25 years. Mr. Gorman is certified as a Specialist in Criminal Law by the State Bar of Arizona and recognized as Learned counsel in United States District Court. Mr. Gorman has a statewide trial, appellate and habeas corpus practice. Mr. Gorman is well versed in the 4th Amendment suppression issues and the law of search and siezure. Mr. Gorman challenges all Interstate 40, Interstate 17 traffic stops by law enforcement who seize money or drugs from travelers. Mr. Gorman has tried cases and/or defended citizens around...

Throughout his professional career, Chris Goodnow has advocated for injury victims across the country. As an undergraduate, Chris graduated with honors from Arizona State University with a degree in political science and earned his law degree from University of Denver Sturm College of Law. As a lawyer, Chris has devoted his career to the practice of personal injury law, with a special focus on cases involving death and catastrophic injury. Chris also has significant experience handling injury and wrongful death claims in both Arizona and Colorado. Since then, he has been able to assist hundreds of clients throughout the country...

Hi, I'm Lisa Hobson. I am super with clients. Love people! I definitely feel my area of practice in Family Law or Divorce is the most interesting and complicated field of law there is and I balance it with Estate Planning, which includes Wills, Trusts, powers of attorney, and Living Wills. Family law includes: Property division, business division, protective orders, temporary orders, child support, parenting time (formerly known as visitation), legal decision-making authority (formerly known as custody), and spousal maintenance. Your case may need experts in financial, business, rehabilitative, or psychological evaluations. So, it is important to assess these issues early. I passed my first...

I have been practicing since 2001. I began my practice by working on cases involving personal injuries, slip and falls, criminal defense, and family law. I currently have an office in Mesa, Arizona and an office in Phoenix, Arizona, and I focus my practice around Personal Injury Law/Auto Accident Injuries and Family Law.

Pamela T. Allen, Associate Attorney, is a native of Atlanta, GA. She received her law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, FL. She also received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Georgia State University. Pamela is admitted to the the Virginia and Arizona State Bars and The Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy and family law in our extremely busy Phoenix area offices. Her husband is active duty in the United States Air Force.

Charles Morrow is a business and real estate lawyer specializing in the negotiation and documentation of complex corporate transactions and strategies in an efficient, proactive, and organized manner. He regularly counsels entrepreneurs and business owners in all phases of the business life-cycle, from formation through the sale of the business, with a solutions-oriented approach. Mr. Morrow was a business and real estate lawyer with the firm for ten years before joining a local business as its COO and General Counsel in 2018. In that role, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations, financial reporting and planning, and all legal matters...

Samin Adib graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from University of Arizona in 2006, minoring in sociology. Ms. Adib went on to receive her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2009. After having worked both in criminal prosecution offices as well as immigration law firms, the pursuit of quality advocacy on behalf of her clients led her to open her own private practice where she practices immigration and criminal law. Ms. Adib is licensed in both California and Arizona. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and...

Shad M. Brown, J.D., LLM, is a managing partner of the Brown Naegle Crider & Jensen Law Firm. Shad’s practice is concentrated in estate planning, tax planning, tax controversy and qualified domestic relation orders. Prior to forming Brown & Jensen, Shad was an attorney with the Dana Law Firm. It was there Shad established a premier tax practice for the firm involving complex tax planning and tax controversy resolution. Before entering private practice, Shad worked as an attorney at the IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel where he represented the IRS in civil and criminal tax matters. Shad’s experience includes work...

Ladd is an associate attorney who grew up in Arizona and graduated from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. During law school, Ladd worked at both the Maricopa County Superior Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals. He received litigation experience working as a student law clerk at the Goldwater Institute, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and the Maricopa County Prosecutor’s Office. He served as an editor on the Journal of Law, Policy, and Military Affairs as well as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Before law school, Ladd lived in Paraguay for two...