Waddell Lawyers

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Gallagher steadily made his way westward before arriving in Phoenix Arizona in 2008. He graduated in 2005 from Drexel University in Philadelphia with a B.S. in Information Systems Technology. Working in this field while achieving his law degree. While a student at the University of Akron school of law Mr. Gallagher successfully tried out for, and then competed for Akron Law’s top rated mock trial team. Upon graduation, he began his legal career in Mohave county, Arizona. There, he prosecuted criminal cases as a Deputy County Attorney. As a prosecutor, Mr. Gallagher prosecuted numerous...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I started my career defending people accused of crimes in the Criminal Courts. I lived for the rush of a jury trial and the thrill of going up against "the system". As it does though, fate intervened when a close friend of mine got into a nasty custody dispute with his ex-wife. He asked me to step-up as a lawyer and as a friend and I did. At the conclusion of that matter I had found that I had a real talent for Domestic Relations law. It turns out I had the drive and ruthlessness it took to be...

Doug Imperi is a dedicated and passionate attorney that is prepared to fight zealously to defend his clients' rights. Doug works on an array of legal areas, including civil rights, personal injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, real estate, bankruptcy, estates & wills, family law, contract disputes, insurance law, shareholder disputes, and appellate law.

In practice, Doug has hit the ground running. Within a year of working at the Nathanson Law firm, Doug contributed to a motion that overturned a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a client. In addition, he had the opportunity to work on an appellate brief for a case that...