Top Companies To Work For In Arizona 2025
Frazer Ryan selected for 11 consecutive years (2014-present)
Best Places To Work 2025
Frazer Ryan selected for four consecutive years (2022-present)
Arizona’s 2023 Most Admired Companies
Frazer Ryan selected for two consecutive years (2022-2023)
Ranking Arizona 2026
We are ranked #1 in Tax Law (for four consecutive years), #2 in Commercial Litigation, #3 in Estate/Trust Law, #4 in Real Estate Law, and #4 among Law Firms: 26 Attorneys or Fewer. We also ranked as a finalist in Best Places to Work: Law.
Best Lawyers Best Law Firms® Rankings
Metropolitan Tier 1
- Phoenix
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Trusts and Estates
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Phoenix
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Tax Law
The Best Lawyers in America© Honorees
- Jimmy Cool (2023-present)
- Scott A. Erickson (2010-present)
- John R. Fitzpatrick (2018-present)
- Gary Fletcher (2026)
- Douglas S. John (2018-present)
- Brandon A. Keim (2024-present)
- Kelsi T. Lane (2024-present)
- Jonathon M. Morrison (2022-present)
- Lisa Reilly Payton (2023-present)
- James W. Ryan (2007-present)
- T.J. Ryan (2015-present)
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America Honorees
- Afsanieh Rassti (2021-present)
The Best Lawyers in America© Phoenix “Lawyer of the Year”
- James W. Ryan, Trusts and Estates (2013)
- T.J. Ryan, Trust and Estate Litigation (2015)
- John R. Fitzpatrick, Trust and Estate Litigation (2023, 2026)
Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ AV Preeminent®
- Scott A. Erickson
- John R. Fitzpatrick
- James W. Ryan
- T.J. Ryan
- Jon A. Titus
- Charles W. Whetstine
- Philip B. Whitaker
Super Lawyers® Honorees
- James Cool (2024-present*)
- John R. Fitzpatrick (2015-present)
- James W. Ryan (2009-present)
- T.J. Ryan (2019-present**)
- Jon A. Titus (2008-2016 and 2020-present)
- Charles W. Whetstine (2008-present)
- Scott A. Erickson (2008-2015)
Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars® Honorees
- Kelsi T. Lane (2024-present)
- Afsanieh Rassti (2025)
- Mia Samartinean (2025)
- Lisa Reilly Payton (2020-2021)
* James Cool was also a Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars® honoree from 2014 – 2023.
**T.J. Ryan was also a Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars® honoree in 2016 and 2017.
Certified Specialists
- Scott A. Erickson, Estate and Trust Law
- Brandon Keim, Tax Law
- Jonathon M. Morrison, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law
- James W. Ryan, Estate and Trust Law
Certifications for all attorneys are granted by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, except for Jonathon Morrison (State Bar of California) and Roger Stahl (Minnesota State Bar Association).
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- John R. Fitzpatrick
- Gary L. Fletcher
- David R. Frazer (Partner Emeritus)
- James W. Ryan
- T.J. Ryan