Kenneth L Tucker (Retired)

Ken has over three hundred jury trials representing claimants and defendants, concentrating for the last 20 years on representing plaintiffs, for whom he has numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in the areas of medical malpractice, product liability, police department negligence, truck accidents, complex multi-state multi-party cases, banking cases and insurance bad faith. In 2005, he won the second largest plaintiffs medical malpractice verdict in Arizona history. He has also testified as an expert in professional negligence and insurance bad faith litigation. And he has represented licensees before numerous regulatory boards and commissions, including extensive experience in equine cases and law with particular concentration on race track and racing issues as counsel for jockeys, trainers, owners and owner and trainer associations before the Arizona Horse Racing Commission. He has been listed in BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA since 1997.

After graduation from Syracuse University’s college of law, Ken began practice in Arizona with one of Phoenix’s largest and oldest firms, then moved on with a senior partner to establish an insurance defense firm which represented insured’s statewide; and eventually, after years of litigation in the Superior Courts throughout Arizona, as well as courts in California and Nevada and The White Mountain Apache Tribal Court, he put together this compact prestigious law firm representing plaintiffs in complex civil litigation, focusing on personal injury and wrongful death.

Year Joined Firm

1980

Areas of Practice

Complex Civil Litigation
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death

Litigation Percentage

95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

Arizona, 1967
U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1967
White Mountain Apache Tribal Court

Education

Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York
- LL.B. – 1966
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
- B.A. – 1962

Representative Cases

References

Security Pacific Bank
Northern Trust Bank

Classes/Seminars

Examination and Cross-Examination of the Expert Witness, State Bar of Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
Voir Dire- Rules and Tactics, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, Phoenix Arizona
Damages- For the Plaintiff, PTLA, Phoenix, Arizona
Trial Advocacy- A Demonstration in a Mock Trial to a Jury, PTLA, Phoenix, Arizona
Ethics- The Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawyer, PTLA, Phoenix, Arizona
Seat Belt – The Defense, Cross-Examination of the Expert and Closing Statement, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, Phoenix, Arizona
Damages, State Bar of Arizona

Honors and Awards

Martindale Hubbell – “AV” Rated
Best Lawyers in America, 1997 – Present
National Registry of Who’s Who – 1999 Edition
Woodward/White Inc., National Survey: Selected as one of the Top 3000 Lawyers in America, 1997 – 1998
Arizona State Bar Certification: Specialist in Personal Injury & Wrongful Death

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Board of Trial Advocates, Phoenix Chapter, Vice President, 1990 – 1991
Personal Injury Trial Lawyers Association, Phoenix Chapter, President, 1992 – 1993
Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, CLE Seminar Director, 1991
Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, CLE Advisory Committee, 1992
Phoenix Trial Lawyers, Director, 1988
Phoenix Association of Defense Counsel, 1970 – 1978
American Association for Justice