Elfrida Lawyers

I have been serving the people of Southern Arizona since 1992. I graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona College of Law. I have personally handled hundreds of Social Security disability cases. From initial application through final appeals, I have worked on all aspects of this area. I concentrate my practice on those persons over the age of fifty who have back, neck, and spine limitations or injuries.

Attorney David Wattel is a personal injury attorney based in Arizona handling cases such as: Automobile Accidents Truck Accident Motorcycle Accident Brain Injury Wrongful Death Spinal Cord Injuries Diminished Value Property Damage Medical Malpractice David Wattel is a founding member of the law firm of Wattel & York with over 20 years of experience helping those who have been seriously injured receive the compensation they deserve for injuries suffered. Mr. Wattel is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, and the State Bar of Arizona. He is licensed to practice in the State of Arizona, as well as the United States District...

Jeff Miller has spent almost 40 years representing injured parties in personal injury matters, particularly complex matters such as professional malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, construction, trucking and motorcycle accidents. He has tried over 50 cases to verdict and has had the highest verdict in Arizona with a psychiatric malpractice matter. Like the other partners in Miller Kory Rowe LLP, he does not handle large numbers of cases so that personal attention can be paid to each client. He is certified as a Specialist by the Arizona State Bar in the are of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death law,...

JUDGE LAW FIRM plc is a consumer/small business bankruptcy law firm serving Southern Arizona. We help people and small businesses file for Bankruptcy protection. Our goal is to “grant a fresh start to the honest but unfortunate debtor” - Marrama v Citizens Bank, 549 U.S. 365 (2007). ...

Phoenix personal injury lawyer Triumph Curiel was born and raised in Arizona and is dedicated to fighting for its citizens today. Triumph spent summers when he was a child working as a migrant farm worker along with his thirteen siblings. He went on to double-major in Spanish and microbiology at Arizona State University before earning his master’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Phoenix in 2006. But eventually, the legal field won Triumph over and he earned his Juris Doctor from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2010. Triumph immediately began fighting on behalf...

Lisa C. Thompson is licensed to practice law in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of Arizona, College of Law with her Juris Doctorate in 1995 and in 1997 with her LL.M. (Master of Laws) in international trade law. Lisa’s publications include: Arizona Legal Forms - Volume 3 - Debtor-Creditor (Second and Third Editions); Arizona Legal Forms - Volumes 10 and 11 – LLCs and Partnerships (Third and Fourth Editions); Arizona Business Law Deskbook (Volumes 9, 9A, 9B, 10, 10A and 10B – updated annually) and the Nevada Business Law Deskbook. ...

Mr. Mercaldo has been named to “Arizona’s Finest Lawyers”, “Southwest Super Lawyers,” and “Best Lawyers in America”. He has also been named one of America’s top 500 lawyers.

Ron Mercaldo established the Mercaldo Law Firm in 1978 for the purpose of representing plaintiffs in serious injury and wrongful death cases. The firm has specialized for the last 15 years in the area of medical malpractice. Mr. Mercaldo left a larger firm in 1978 where he was a partner doing both insurance defense and plaintiffs representation. Mr. Mercaldo obtained his undergraduate and juris doctor degrees from the University of Arizona completing his...

Ms. Catsaros represents plaintiffs in personal injury cases including motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death and slip and fall. She also represents individual and business clients in immigration matters including adjustment of status (green cards), visas and consular processing, removal (deportation) defense, naturalization and citizenship, student visas, work permits and work visas.

I am a bankruptcy attorney with offices in Mesa and Tucson, AZ. I help individuals and businesses resolve all manner of financial and debt problems. My focus is on personal attention to each client and quality of service. I strive to ensure that we resolve each client's issue in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible.

The services I provide include: • Bankruptcy (Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11) • Collection Defense • Debt Settlement and Negotiation (credit cards, medical bills, and loans) • Loan Modifications (mortgages and auto loans) • Business Reorganization and Restructuring

I have been working in criminal defense since 2008. I am a proud graduate of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, where I earned my Juris Doctorate. Prior to that, I attended Loyola University Chicago and worked hard to get two degrees; Bachelors of Arts in History and Political Science. I began my career at the Pima County Public Defender's Office as a law clerk, researching and writing. As an attorney, I have represented clients in over 900 felony cases. I've spent countless hours in the courts in thousands of hearings. I have...

I spent the last 30 years of my life helping people who've sustained serious injuries on the job. My passion is to represent the injured worker against the corporations, against the big companies, against the giant insurance carriers who have intentionally made it so hard for the injured worker to get the benefits they deserve under the Arizona Worker's Compensation Act. Truth is, you may not need an attorney in your case. If you don't I'll tell you straight up. If you do, I'll tell you that as well. I guarantee that after a...

Schooled and trained in Arizona; shown the ropes by the best lawyers I have ever known in Los Angeles, matured as a lawyer in Virginia and Washington, DC; and now having returned to Arizona, I am the best lawyer I have ever been, and the most capable of helping my clients.

Darren Clausen is a Tucson native and a third-generation Arizonan. He attended West Virginia Wesleyan College on a basketball scholarship, graduating on the Dean’s List in 1994. He then returned to Tucson, earning his law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law.

Mr. Clausen is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, and is a Board Member of the Trial Practice Section of the State Bar of Arizona. He has argued before the Arizona Court of Appeals and is admitted to US District Court. Darren is active in the Volunteer Lawyers Program, having been honored as a Top...

Ryan M. Gibson was born in Virginia, raised in Massachusetts and moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona. Later, he attended the well regarded Washington Semester program at American University. During his stay in Washington D.C. he was a legislative intern in the United States Senate. He later received his law degree from the University of the Pacific in Sacramento, California. Since then, he has relocated to his beloved Tucson. He is a sole practitioner and focuses his practice on criminal defense and immigration matters. When Ryan is not practicing law he enjoys traveling, reading for pleasure,...

Ed Comitz heads the healthcare and disability insurance practice of Comitz | Stanley, earning a national reputation for successfully litigating wrongfully denied or terminated disability insurance claims on behalf of dentists, physicians, attorneys, corporate executives, and others. He has built one of the largest and most successful practices in the country, tirelessly representing aggrieved policyholders on the most difficult cases. Experience, hard work and a successful track record, including the return of tens of millions of dollars to his clients, have earned Mr. Comitz well-deserved respect within the corporate disability insurance industry. Mr. Comitz knows that too often, insurance carriers make...

The Law Office of Brian S. Longebaugh, P.L.C. is a service oriented law firm located in central Tucson. Among the services we provide are the following: Estate Planning: * Wills * Trusts * Powers of Attorney * Living Wills Probate/Elder Law * Probate administration * Non-probate transfers * Guardianship/Conservatorship * Contested Matters and Litigation * Trust Administration Mr. Longenbaugh has practiced law in the State of Arizona since 1999. He is a member of the Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council, the Probate and Elder Law/Mental Health Sections of the State Bar of Arizona and the American Bar Association, and a member of board of directors for the Arizona Chapter of the...

My name is Brad Thrush and I have been defending folks accused of DUI for nearly 20 years. I know the damage a DUI conviction can cause to your family, your job, your future and your license. If you’ve been accused of a DUI you NEED a lawyer. You need a DUI attorney that knows the Arizona courts, the system, and most of all, how to fight. A DUI conviction can follow you for years. Don’t let the system victimize you. You HAVE rights-stand up for them. Thrush Law Group has experienced lawyers who will fight to protect your rights...

For over 20 years, Eric Ollason, an experienced bankruptcy lawyer and founder of our Tucson-based firm, has helped Arizona residents when they needed it most. Harassing creditors, final notices and wage garnishments have made an otherwise orderly life a mess. Like many of our clients, you are facing unexpected hardships that have forced you to consider bankruptcy. If you want to end your stress and fear, contact our firm immediately. Time is of the essence. There is nothing to be ashamed of in filing for bankruptcy protection. Throughout his career, Mr. Ollason has helped clients from all backgrounds with good...

Doug is a former Navy Nuclear Submarine officer and Air Force JAG who worked with the Department of Defense and Department of State (the US Embassy in Kabul) while deployed to Qatar and Afghanistan to help draft the Status of Forces Agreement and Bilateral Security Agreement signed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in September 2014. Also, while Doug was deployed, he briefed a 1-Star General on developing Intelligence Law issues on a weekly basis, as well as (among other things) advising US Central Command on information releases regarding detainees and other sensitive records.

How does this help you? Doug...

Extensive experience in all aspects of family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support and property division, paternity issues and guardianships.

I'm a Tucson native who enjoys helping local clients build and expand their business through intellectual property protection. I serve clients from all backgrounds - especially independent inventors, startups, and small businesses - and I work hard to develop IP strategies that provide value where it is needed most.

Areas of Practice:
• US and foreign patent prosecution, including patent searching,
patentability opinions, and patent drafting
• Design patents
• Inter Partes Review
• US trademark prosecution, including clearance searching and
preparing trademark applications

Technology Experience Overview
• Optical systems and devices
• Telescopes and astronomy
• Robotics
• Medical devices
• Healthcare...

I am an experienced Tucson criminal defense attorney having successfully represented people in hundreds of felonies and misdemeanors throughout Arizona, including: domestic violence, DUI/DWI, criminal traffic, assault, disorderly conduct, shoplifting, and more. I can also assist you Arizona criminal record clearing such as expungements, set asides, restoration of civil rights and firearms rights, reducing felony convictions to misdemeanors, and early probation terminations.

Lance Entrekin is managing partner for The Entrekin Law Firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Lance Entrekin's practice focuses on legal malpractice in Arizona.

Tamara Mulembo is a fierce and tireless advocate for her clients and brings over seventeen years of experience and innovation to her cases. Tamara has defended high profile criminal cases in state and federal court, including death penalty cases. Tamara clerked for the Honorable Philip G. Espinosa of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two. After her clerkship, she practiced criminal defense in the Offices of the Pima County Public Defender in the Spanish Felony Trial Unit. Tamara left the County Public Defender's Office to join State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company's Corporate Law Department as Claim Litigation Counsel where...

Jefferson Keenan received his undergraduate degree in philosophy and his law degree from the University of Arizona (summa cum laude). Mr. Keenan was an Articles Editor of the Arizona Law Review. In addition, Mr. Keenan was elected Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Coif. He is a recipient of the University Scholarship Award and the Charles E. Ares Fellowship. Mr. Keenan served as clerk to Vice Chief Justice Stanley G. Feldman of the Arizona Supreme Court. His publications include: "Non-Evidentiary Use of Compelled Testimony and the Increased Likelihood of Conviction," 32 Arizona Law Review 173 (1990); "Entrapment Targets...

Abbey Dunn is an Attorney at Quarles & Brady whose practice focuses on wealth planning and probate law, with an emphasis on trusts and estates. A substantial portion of her practice is spent creating estate plans for clients. This includes the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorneys, and complex estate planning tools such as charitable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts, and irrevocable family trusts. Additionally, she assists clients in estate administrations including probating wills, post-death trust administrations, heirship determinations, and the preparation and filing of estate tax returns. She is licensed in both Texas and...

I help private property owners defend their property rights. I can help with rezoning, planning, development agreements, zoning permits & appeals, planned area developments, board of adjustment petitions, conditional use permits, redevelopment, easements, annexations, wells and well agreements, rights of way, CC&Rs, and interpreting the sign code and permitting signs. I can help you with the following real estate issues: eminent domain, condemnation, government takings, inverse condemnation, regulatory takings, total takings, partial takings, Proposition 207 losses (the Private Property Rights Protection Act), and utility easement takings. I also can help you appeal your property taxes and property tax assessments.

Amy Hernandez received her law degree in 2003 from Drake University (with Honors). After law school she served as a law clerk at the Arizona Court of Appeals. Ms. Hernandez has served on the Civil Practice & Procedure Committee for the State Bar of Arizona and as the Chair of the State Bar Trial Practice Section. She is a former member of the Morris K. Udall Inn of Court and a former board member for the Arizona Association of Justice. Ms. Hernandez served in the United States Army from 1996 - 2000 as a military intelligence...

Arizona Real Estate, Probate and Business Attorney. Trusted legal services, statewide, since 1980.

Henry H. Wood is the principal at Wood Law Firm, PLLC, in Tucson, Arizona. Legal Services offered include estate planning (wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate avoidance), probate of decedents' estates, guardianship & conservatorship, and trust & estate administration. The office in located in north Tucson on Oracle Road between Ina and Orange Grove.

Michael L. Piccarreta received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Toledo (1971, 1974). Mr. Piccarreta’s practice is limited to the criminal defense of corporations and individuals. Mr. Piccarreta has extensive experience in representing corporations and corporate officers for alleged improprieties such as securities violations, fraud, environmental matters and other complicated white collar crimes. Mr. Piccarreta has extensive experience in representing those accused of murder, fraud, narcotics and marijuana violations, money laundering, vehicular homicide and other serious matters. Mr. Piccarreta has been involved in many highly publicized cases and as a result has appeared on 60...

I represent businesses and individuals, handle legal issues, and facilitate business and real estate deals in: - Sales, acquisitions, leasing and ground-leasing - Solar energy facility development (ground leasing, PPAs) - Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements - Business and real estate transactions - Real estate development - Business agreements and trademark matters - Employment issues and conflicts - General Counsel Services for Businesses

Don Awerkamp is a partner in the law firm of Awerkamp & Bonilla, PLC. He has represented employees since 1983, and for the past twenty years his practice has been almost exclusively in the area of employment and labor law. He provides representation for private and government employees in most forums, including State and federal trial and appellate courts, the National Labor Relations Board, merit commissions of city, county, state, and federal governments, and other administrative agencies. He also provides advice and representation to employer clients giving him a dual perspective. Mr. Awerkamp chaired the State Bar of Arizona Labor and...