Michael A. Beale
Mr. Beale began practicing law in 1968. Prior to forming Beale, Micheaels & Slack, P.C. he was a partner at Jennings, Strouss & Salmon in Phoenix. Mr. Beale practices in the areas of general tort litigation, medical malpractice, products liability, personal injury, aviation law, insurance and utility litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
Mr. Beale has participated in well over 100 jury trials. He has been listed in the national publication, Best Lawyers in America , in every biannual edition since 1989. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the most prestigious society of trial lawyers in the country, with membership limited to the top 1% of lawyers in the U.S. He is certified as a Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death litigation by the State Bar of Arizona's Board of Legal Specialization. He routinely provides mediation and arbitration services to other attorneys and is a judge pro tern for the Maricopa County Superior Court.
Areas of Practice
- Torts
- Commercial Litigation
- Mediation
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, State Bar of Arizona's Board of Legal Specialization
Bar Admissions
- Arizona
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Arizona College of Law, Tucson, Arizona
- J.D. - 1968
- Law Review: Arizona Law Review, Associate Editor
- Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- B.A. - 1965
- Major: English
Classes/Seminars
- Faculty, Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, 1986 - 2000
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, International Society of Barristers
- Best Lawyers in America, 1989 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Maricopa County Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem
- American Board of Trial Advocates, National Executive Committee, 1983 - 1985
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Phoenix Chapter, President, 1980 - 1981
- State Bar of Arizona, Board of Governors, 1985 - 1987
- State Bar of Arizona, Chairman, Local Administrative Committee 5E, 1980 - 1985
- State Bar of Arizona, Trial Section, Past Chairman
- State Bar of Arizona, State Bar Convention, Chairman, 1983
- State Bar of Arizona, Former Member, Professionalism Committee
- State Bar of Arizona, Former Member, Advertising Committee
- State Bar of Arizona, Former Member, Conference Team, Commission on Judicial Performance
- State Bar of Arizona, Former Member, Zlaket Rules Committee
- Arizona Court of Appeals, Judge Pro Tern, 1987 - 1998
- Maricopa County Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees, 1993 - 1995
- Maricopa County Bar Association, Bench-Bar Relations Committee, 1993
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Alpha Delta
