By Leah LeMoine, Craig Outhier, Madison Rutherford & Nora Burba Trulsson | PHOENIX Magazine
The jury has spoken!
The votes have been tallied, and our fourth annual list of the Valley’s top legal eagles is a matter of record. From appellate law to criminal defense to malpractice litigation, these peer-selected attorneys will always do your case justice.
How we Picked our Top Lawyers
PHOENIX magazine generates its Top Lawyers list via an online survey of practicing attorneys in the Greater Phoenix area. Partnering with Colorado Springs-based information research firm Data Joe, PHOENIX disseminates emails to each of the roughly 16,000 active attorneys licensed with the State Bar of Arizona, directing them to an online portal managed by Data Joe. The survey, which takes place over six weeks, asks respondents to provide the names of up to three attorneys they deem the best in 39 legal specialties. To spread the votes democratically, respondents are asked to nominate at least one attorney in each category who works in a firm other than their own.
At the conclusion of the voting, Data Joe tallies the votes digitally and verifies that vote recipients are in good standing with the State Bar. PHOENIX editors then set the vote thresholds in a manner that ensures the top 10 to 20 percent of vote-getters in each category make the Top Lawyers list. Our fact-checkers then call each attorney on the final list to confirm their affiliation with a Valley-based firm and obtain accurate contact information.
PHOENIX does not give preference to attorneys who advertise. Top Lawyers earn their place on the list purely by virtue of the votes they receive, and our sales staff does not see the list until the lawyers have been confirmed by our fact-checkers. 2025 is the fourth year PHOENIX has conducted Top Lawyers.
Congratulations to:
• Jordan Rose (Founder & President)
• Court Rich (Co-founder, Senior Partner, Director of Renewable Energy & Utility Infrastructure Department)
• Cameron Carter (Senior Partner, Director of Transactional Department)
• Kaine Fisher (Senior Partner, Certified Family Law Specialist, Family Law Director)
• Logan Elia (Partner, Litigation Attorney)
• Shruti Gurudanti (Partner, Director of Corporate Transactions, Leader of Space Law)
•Andrew Turk (Partner, Co-Chair of Litigation)
• Ryan Curry (Partner, Chairman of Insurance Defense Department)
• Paul Coble (Chairman of AI, Intellectual Property & Technology Law)
• Howard Meyers (Certified Bankruptcy Specialist, Of Counsel)
• Liz Goodman (Senior Attorney, Chair of Government Affairs Department)
• Darius Amiri (Chair of Immigration Law Department)
• Briana Campbell (Attorney, Litigation, Insurance Defense, Real Estate)
• Heather Stanton (Attorney, Litigation)
• Aaric Siesco (Family Law Attorney)
