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Paul J. McGoldrick – Partner
email: paulmcgoldrick@smbattorneys.com
phone: 602.230.5429

Paul chairs the firm’s litigation practice group along with Tom Shorall.  Paul focuses his practice on personal injury cases.  He also has experience as lead counsel in complex business disputes.  Paul routinely represents clients in nearly every locale of Arizona, and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, both in tort cases and in the context of commercial and professional liability suits.

In addition to his litigation practice, Paul is a frequent mediator and arbitrator, helping to provide effective alternative dispute solutions to other attorneys and their clients.  The American Board of Trial Advocates has elected Paul a member based upon his many jury trials and peer review.  Paul draws upon his broad experience as a trial lawyer in helping to reach resolutions to lawsuits short of more expensive jury trials.

Before entering private practice in Phoenix, Paul was a law clerk to the Honorable Frank X. Gordon, the then Vice Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.  Since that time, Paul has been appointed a judge pro tempore of the Maricopa County Superior Court.  The State Bar has certified him as a specialist in personal injury and wrongful death litigation since 1997.  Martindale-Hubbell, the directory of American law firms, has consistently given Paul its highest “AV” rating, based upon the reviews of his fellow Arizona attorneys since 1995.  Paul has also been listed by Southwest SuperLawyers since 2007, a distinction given to only the top 5% of the practicing bar. He has also been selected for inclusion in Arizona’s Finest Lawyers.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Personal Injury Litigation
  
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
  
• Commercial Litigation
  
• Professional Liability Litigation

JURISDICTIONS

• State of Arizona (1985)
  
• State of Colorado (1986)
  
• U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (1986)

EDUCATION

• J.D., University of Arizona, College of Law (1985)
  
• B.S., cum laude, Arizona State University (1980)

PUBLISHED DECISIONS

• Navajo Transportation, Inc. v. Schroeder, No. SC-CV-44-06 (Nav. Sup. Ct. Apr. 30, 2007)
• Johnson v. Pointe Community Ass’n, Inc., 205 Ariz. 485, 73 P.3d 616 (App. 2003) on remand 2004 WL 3248435 (Ariz. Super. 2004)
• McGrath v. Scott, 250 F. Supp.2d 1218 (D. Ariz. 2003)
• Wester v. Crown Controls Corp., 974 F. Supp. 1284 (D. Ariz. 1996)
• Shoen v. Shoen, 933 F. Supp. 871 (D. Ariz. 1996)
• Hayes v. Continental Ins. Co., 178 Ariz. 264, 872 P.2d 668 (1994)
• Martinez v. Ind. Com’n of Ariz., 168 Ariz. 307, 812 P.2d 1125 (App. 1991)
• Maricopa County v. Federal Ins. Co., 157 Ariz. 308, 757 P.2d 112 (App. 1988)

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