Family Law

• Divorce
• Premarital Agreement
  Mr. Brown focuses his practice on family law and domestic relations at the trial and appellate levels.  Mr. Brown manages complex litigation involving interstate jurisdictional disputes, characterization and equitable division of assets, support issues, premarital agreements, and approaches child-related issues with a creative mind keeping children front and center.

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Karen Stafford’s practice is primarily focused on litigation and insurance coverage.  Ms. Stafford’s diverse litigation practice includes insurance bad faith litigation, professional liability, restaurant and hospitality liability, wrongful death, nursing home liability, and appellate law.  With respect to her insurance coverage practice, Ms. Stafford advises clients on a wide range of complex insurance issues, including first party, third party, and bad faith actions.
• Homicide
  Sep 28, 2021 | - News & Press Releases, Chrisanne Gultz, Debora L. Verdier Attorneys Debora Verdier and Chrisanne Gultz were victorious in their recent Title VII Gender Discrimination and Defamation case. The case was brought by a retired homicide detective who retired while he was under administrative investigation. The detective claimed he...

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Ms. Stafford has presented numerous seminars and continuing legal education presentations in the areas of insurance coverage, wrongful death, medical funding, and more.  Ms. Stafford has also served as an adjunct professor at Arizona State University at the W.P. Carey School of Business and at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in the areas of business law and legal research and writing.
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
  THE CAVANAGH LAW FIRM is committed to excellence in 45 practice areas including: appellate law, civil litigation, commercial litigation, construction litigation, environmental litigation, ERISA and employee benefits, estate planning and probate, immigration compliance, insurance, labor and employment litigation, real estate, tax planning and litigation. Our attorneys possess a wealth of experience in their chosen areas of practice and many are bar certified specialists in their practice area. Many of the firm’s attorneys have received an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell, the highest such rating available to any individual attorney.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Jan 21, 2021 | - News & Press Releases, Karen C. Stafford, Richard W. Mear Summary. The Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment to a general contractor in a negligence and premises liability suit brought by an employee of a painting subcontractor. The Court recognized the limited duty of general contractors under...
• Construction Litigation
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Health Law

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
  THE CAVANAGH LAW FIRM is committed to excellence in 45 practice areas including: appellate law, civil litigation, commercial litigation, construction litigation, corporate, environmental litigation, ERISA and employee benefits, estate planning and probate, family law, immigration compliance, insurance, labor and employment litigation, medical malpractice, real estate, tax planning and litigation. Our attorneys possess a wealth of experience in their chosen areas of practice and many are bar certified specialists in their practice area.  Many of the firm’s attorneys have received an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell, the highest such rating available to any individual attorney.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Sharon’s practice involves the preparation of Wills, Trusts, Domestic Property Agreements and related Estate Planning documents such as powers of attorney for finances and health. Sharon also works with her clients to effectuate Estate and Trust administration through Probate, small estate affidavits and other transfer methods which may or may not involve court involvement. Sharon also helps her clients with creation of limited partnerships and LLC’s for Estate Planning and business needs. Simplifying the challenges related to family asset and estate legal issues is her focus for her clients.  Business entities, such as corporations and LLC’s are incorporated in the estate plan by re-titling ownership interests in a manner to address the requirements of the Arizona Corporation Commission and financial institutions. Sharon has taught classes at the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business and PORA Lifelong Learning Center. Sharon draws clients from the east valley cities of Tempe, Scottsdale, Gilbert and Chandler who see her in the Phoenix office. Sharon’s clients from North Phoenix and North Scottsdale generally see her in the Sun City office since they can take the Loop 101 to the office. Clients from Sun City West, Peoria, Glendale, Arrowhead, Buckeye and Avondale also find the Sun City Office convenient.
• Wills
• Trusts
  A Revocable Living Trust allows you to create the legal framework for your assets to be handled if you become incapacitated or upon your death. Here are 5 of the top reasons to have a trust: Without a trust, a court conservatorship will be required if you want to...
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  These changes were instituted by the IRS pursuant to the federal law enacted in 2017.  However, the estate tax law is set to expire in 2025.  If Congress does not extend the estate tax law, the amount of the estate tax exclusion could revert back to under $6 million. There are pending bills which would decrease the estate tax exclusion even more than the prior federal law.