New River Lawyers

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.

In 2009, I started to practice law, but that was not until after a 25 year career in law enforcement. For those 25 years I worked for the City of Plantation, Florida, Police Department and 9 of those years I was in charge of the “Major Crimes Unit.” The major crimes unit investigated all sorts of violent crimes including murder and rape. During my career in law enforcement, I was able to experience all levels of police work from being a patrol officer all the way up to a supervisor of detectives. I believe that my career in law enforcement has...

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.

Cari McConeghy-Nolan is an experienced appellate attorney. Cari was formerly a Unit Chief in the Criminal Appeals Section of the Arizona Attorney General's Office, supervising appellate attorneys. And, while many defense attorneys shy away from appellate work, Cari is dedicated to providing quality appellate representation, including representing clients in all appeals and post-conviction matters. If you've been convicted of a crime in Arizona, including Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale and Phoenix, you need Cari McConeghy Nolan.

Gervais R. (Gary) Brand is a graduate of the University of Arizona School of Law and a former Arizona Supreme Court Clerk, Deputy Maricopa County Attorney and Superior Court Commissioner, who has practiced before the Superior Court, the Industrial Commission, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, and the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. For the last twelve years, he has devoted his practice almost exclusively to serving the needs of consumer debtors in Maricopa, Yavapai, Mohave, and Coconino Counties in the State of Arizona before the United States Bankruptcy Court, from...

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...

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.

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...

Specializes in CRIMINAL DEFENSE & PERSONAL INJURY

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. ...

David W. Hume, Esq. Born: June 28, 1958 in Portage, Wisconsin Undergraduate Education: Marquette University College of Business, Milwaukee, WI BS in Accounting and Economics (cum laude), 1981 Law School Education: Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI Juris Doctorate in Law, 1984 Bar Admissions: State Bar of Arizona, 1985, and Wisconsin State Bar, 1984 Court Admissions: Arizona Supreme Court, U.S. District Court of Arizona, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Wisconsin Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin Academic...

Personal Injury Attorney, Howard Snyder is recognized throughout the country as an authority in complex personal injury and wrongful death litigation including medical negligence, products liability, inadequate security and construction accident cases. As a partner in the Phoenix, Arizona law firm of Snyder & Wenner, P.C., Mr. Snyder has spent the past 25 years litigating catastrophic injury and death cases. Admission to Bars 1974 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1975 U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1975 U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania 1977 Supreme Court of the United States 1980 State of Arizona 1980 U.S. District Court, District of Arizona Appointments Arizona...

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