Richard S. Plattner

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 46 years of experience

Personal Injury, Bad Faith Insurance

316 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85012

About Richard S. Plattner

Practice Areas

Education

Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona, 1977
Juris Doctor
Michigan State University
B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Member: Honors College
- Honors: National Merit Scholar

Representative Cases

Malone v. Sullivan, 124 Ariz. 469, 605 P.2d 447, Ariz., January 15, 1980
St. Paul Property and Liability Ins. Co. v. Eymann, 166 Ariz. 344, 802 P.2d 1043, Ariz.App. Div. 1, August 23, 1990
Plattner v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 168 Ariz. 311, 812 P.2d 1129, Ariz.App. Div. 1, May 28, 1991
Pruett v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Arizona, 175 Ariz. 447, 857 P.2d 1301, Ariz.App. Div. 1, February 11, 1993
Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. v. Superior Court In and For County of Maricopa, 176 Ariz. 619, 863 P.2d 911, Ariz.App. Div. 1, November 23, 1993
Matter of Conservatorship of Fallers, 181 Ariz. 227, 889 P.2d 20, Ariz.App. Div. 1, May 31, 1994
Cunningham v. Goettl Air Conditioning, Inc., 194 Ariz. 236, 980 P.2d 489, 295 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 7, Ariz., May 19, 1999
Walk v. Ring, 202 Ariz. 310, 44 P.3d 990, 378 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 61, Ariz., April 24, 2002
Safeway Ins. Co., Inc. v. Guerrero, 210 Ariz. 5, 106 P.3d 1020, 446 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 51, Ariz., February 24, 2005
Assyia v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 229 Ariz. 216, 273 P.3d 668 (Ct. App. 2012)

Classes and Seminars

Faculty, Trial Practice College, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1987 - 1988
Appellate Highlights, Arizona Association for Justice

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

Arizona Association for Justice (Past President & Life Member)
ABOTA (Member)
Sustaining & Leaders Forum Member, AAJ
Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Legal Ethics Reform, 1994 - Present
Arizona State Bar Association, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, 1987 - 1999
Arizona State Bar Association, Committee on Recommended Arizona Jury Instructions, 1991 - 1992
Arizona State Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1986 - 1988
Arizona State Bar Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, 1986 - 1987
Arizona Association for Justice, Life Member since 12/2004. President, 1991. Sustaining Member, 1983-present. Board of Directors, 1986-present
Phoenix Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1986-1987. Board of Directors, 1983-present
American Association for Justice, Sustaining Member, 1986-present; Leaders’ Forum, 2001-present
Arizona State Bar Association
Maricopa County Bar Association
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Past Positions

Published Works

Author, Appellate Highlights, monthly article in the AzTLA Advocate, 1985-present
Principal Editor, Maricopa County Superior Court Judges, published by AzTLA, 1985
Author, “Evaluation & Settlement of Personal Injury Cases in Arizona: Plaintiffs’ Perspective,” PESI, 1990
Author, “ADVOCACY: The Last Bastion of Caveat Emptor,” Petition to Arizona Supreme Court to Modify Arizona Ethics Rules, 1993
Author, “Lawyering: Beyond the Adversary System,” Arizona Attorney, 1994
Author, “Locking the Courthouse Door,” Trial Practice, 1995
Author, “The Discovery Czar Approach to Limiting Litigation Abuse,” Unpublished article for the Maricopa County Superior Court Civil Study Committee, August, 1997
Author, “Discovery Disputes: How to Run the Railroad Without Railroading Anybody,” Maricopa Lawyer, November, 1997
Author, “What Lawyers Want,” Arizona Attorney, February, 2005
Discussed, Up And Running: The Jami Goldman Story, by Goldman & Cagan, Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster, Inc.), 2001

Richard S. Plattner

Phone:: (602) 730-7436
Website:: https://plattner-verderame.com/https://plattner-verderame.com/blog/
Address:: 316 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85012

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