John A. Micheaels
Mr. Micheaels began practicing law in 1979. His practice is concentrated in the areas of medical negligence, general tort liability, professional liability, and insurance bad faith.
Mr. Micheaels has taken over 75 trials to a jury in the state and federal courts in Arizona. He has a Martindale-Hubbell "AV" attorney rating and is a State Bar Certified Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation. He is currently listed in Best Lawyers in America and is a Fellow in two of the most prestigious societies of trial lawyers in the country, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (with membership limited to the top 500 trial lawyers in the U.S.) and the American College of Trial Lawyers (with membership limited to only 1% of lawyers in the U.S). He was named by Phoenix Magazine as one of the top lawyers in the Valley specializing in personal injury, medical malpractice and civil litigation.
Areas of Practice
- Plaintiffs Personal Injury
- Medical Liability
- Legal Malpractice
- Products Liability
- Insurance Bad Faith Litigation
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, State Bar
Bar Admissions
- Arizona
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, California
- J.D. - 1979
- Honors: Member, Moot Court Board
- University of California, Santa Barbara, California
- B.A. - 1974
- Honors: With Highest Honors
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America
- Fellow, International Society of Barristers
- Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys
- Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate), Phoenix Chapter, President, 1995 - 1997
- Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, Member, 1992 - 1999
- Commission on Trial Court Appointments for Maricopa County, Commissioner, 1987 - 1991
- Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, Member, 1992 - 1999
- Maricopa County Superior Court, Judicial Civil Study Advisory Committee, 1983 - 1986
- State Bar of Arizona, State Bar Convention, Chairman, 1989
- State Bar of Arizona, Trial Practice Section, Chairman, 1985 - 1986
- State Bar of Arizona, Member, Committee on Jury Instructions, 1988 - 1989
- State Bar of Arizona, Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, 1983 - 1984
- Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, Chairman, 1987 - 1989
- Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, Chairman, 1994 - 1995
- Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, Chairman, 1997 - 1999
