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Woodnick Law, PLLC is a boutique law firm that serves individuals and families in Maricopa County, Coconino County, Pima County, and all throughout Arizona. Our involvement in the Arizona legal community is not limited just to the courtroom. In addition to practicing law, our attorneys are actively involved in legal, medical and community education. Our trial and appellate team has successfully navigated cases to the Arizona Supreme Court. Good lawyering often happens outside of court. Our team consists of skilled trial lawyers with decades of experience, but it is always best when parties are able to come to mutually agreeable resolutions without having to face the expense of trial.
Our office is located in North Central Phoenix, but our attorneys provide representation throughout the state, with representative cases in Pima, Pinal, Gila, Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and other counties.
By Brad TenBrook As a criminal defense attorney who handles child abuse and failure-to-report cases in Arizona, I have spent years watching the intersection of good intentions and bad legislation. A recent law passed in 2025, Senate Bill 1437, fundamentally changed the stakes for Arizona educators by amending the mandatory reporting (A.R.S. § 13-3620) and the duty to report immoral
When most people picture a family on the receiving end of a child welfare investigation, they don’t picture someone like Pete Buttigieg. Someone with the nickname “Mayor Pete” has created a public image of a happy, healthy family life. But this past week, the former U.S. Transportation Secretary revealed that his home was visited by police and Child Protective Services
By Ryan T. McGuire In 2020, Paul Petersen pled guilty to running an illegal adoption ring. Petersen was the former Maricopa County Assessor and an attorney in Mesa, Arizona. He arranged for pregnant women from the Republic of the Marshall Islands to travel to the United States, paid them a $10,000 stipend plus postpartum payments, and charged adoptive families a
By Brad TenBrook As a criminal defense attorney who handles child abuse and failure-to-report cases in Arizona, I have spent years watching the intersection of good intentions and bad legislation. A recent law passed in 2025, Senate Bill 1437, fundamentally changed the stakes for Arizona educators by amending the mandatory reporting (A.R.S. § 13-3620) and the duty to report immoral
When most people picture a family on the receiving end of a child welfare investigation, they don’t picture someone like Pete Buttigieg. Someone with the nickname “Mayor Pete” has created a public image of a happy, healthy family life. But this past week, the former U.S. Transportation Secretary revealed that his home was visited by police and Child Protective Services
By Ryan T. McGuire In 2020, Paul Petersen pled guilty to running an illegal adoption ring. Petersen was the former Maricopa County Assessor and an attorney in Mesa, Arizona. He arranged for pregnant women from the Republic of the Marshall Islands to travel to the United States, paid them a $10,000 stipend plus postpartum payments, and charged adoptive families a
by Ryan T. McGuire When Arizona accuses a person of child abuse, that person faces more than potential criminal charges and juvenile court proceedings; they also risk placement on the “central registry.” The central registry is a semi-confidential list of individuals against whom the Department of Child Safety (“DCS”) has substantiated findings of child abuse or neglect. Although the general