Highly Rated Mesa AZ Criminal Defense Attorney & DUI Attorney

• Martindale-Hubbell: 2012-2018, “AV Preeminent Attorney”, the highest rating, the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous peer review rating process.
• Martindale-Hubbell: 2017-2018, “AV Preeminent, Judicial Edition”, highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, reflecting the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary.
• Martindale-Hubbell: 2016-2017 (2018 awards are not yet released), “America’s Most Honored Professionals – Top 1%”.
• 2018 Top Lawyers in Arizona, Highest in Ethical Standards and Professional Excellence.
• American Society of Legal Advocates 2016 Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona – Criminal Defense.
• Arizona Republic’s Arizona’s Top Rated Lawyers – Criminal law 2016, 2018.

• Arizona Bar Association, 1991 to present.
• East Valley Bar Association, Member and Board Member since 2001, Vice-President 2002-2003, President 2003-2004. I have participated in the EVBA Lawyer Make a Difference Day held in Mesa, providing pro bono legal services for those in need.
• Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Lifetime Member since 2000.

I have served through family, church, and school. My children’s sports activities allowed me to coach soccer, softball, baseball, and basketball over 16 years. I served in the Boy Scouts of America as an Eleven Year Old Scout Leader, Assistant Scout Master, Varsity Coach, Assistant Crew Advisor, and Charter Organization Representative. I am a founding member of the Mesa High School Community Advocates, an organization committed to beautifying Mesa High School’s campus and community. From 2011-2013, I served as an attorney coach for Westwood High School’s Mock Trial team. I am on the board of the John Volken Academy located in Gilbert. The JVA provides life-changing rehabilitation for substance abuse addicts.

• Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Arizona, 1988-1991, Juris Doctorate.
• Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1982-1988, Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude.
• Westwood High School, Mesa, Arizona, 1979-1982, Top Ten in Class.

I was born in 1964 in Los Angeles, California. In 1966, my family moved back to the Valley and a year later to Mesa. I grew up in Mesa with my three older siblings. From 1983-1985, I served an LDS mission in South Korea. In 1986, I married a Mesa native, Julie. We have six children and seven grandchildren.