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At a Glance
| Firm | Faulkner Law Offices, PLLC |
| Attorney | Elizabeth A. Faulkner |
| Office | 6945 E. Sahuaro Dr., Suite 125, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Focus | Employment law representing both employees and employers — this is not an employee-exclusive practice, and this profile discloses that plainly |
| Education | J.D. with honors, Arizona State University College of Law (1990), Managing Editor of the Arizona State Law Journal |
| Admitted | Arizona, 1991 |
Sources: Justia, Yelp, Martindale, Lawyer.com, attorneyatlaw.com. Compiled August 2026.
Origin
A Supreme Court Clerkship, Then Three Decades in Employment Law
Elizabeth A. Faulkner graduated with honors from Arizona State University College of Law in 1990, where she served as Managing Editor of the Arizona State Law Journal, then clerked for Vice-Chief Justice James Moeller of the Arizona Supreme Court before entering private practice at Gust Rosenfeld from 1991 to 1996, focusing on civil litigation and appellate work with an employment-law emphasis. She founded Faulkner Law Offices in 1996. An honesty note, stated plainly because it distinguishes this firm from an employee-exclusive practice elsewhere in this series: Ms. Faulkner’s own attorney biography states her practice “includes all aspects of employment law including both plaintiff and defense work” — she represents both employees and employers, not employees exclusively.
Practice
Employment Law From Both Sides of the Relationship
Ms. Faulkner’s stated practice spans discrimination law, wage and hour law, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, executive employment contracts, personnel policies and manuals, discipline issues, trade secrets and non-compete agreements — counseling both employees and employers across these matters. Her practice also extends to special education law, commercial litigation, and personal injury/insurance defense work.
Track Record
Employment law outcomes are not typically published as a comparable results table given case-specific confidentiality common to settlement agreements; no independent case-result compilation was located in the sources reviewed for this profile.
Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
Attributed reviews describe Ms. Faulkner as exhibiting “professionalism and a deep understanding of employment law,” being “upfront” and not sugarcoating advice, and one reviewer specifically credited her with helping “confidently navigate and settle a challenging employment issue.” A peer review independently described her as “highly intelligent and experienced” with “great judgment.” No negative reviews were located in the sources reviewed for this profile; that reflects the public record available, not a claim of a flawless history.
Community
Ms. Faulkner is a member of the Arizona Employment Lawyers Association and has published in the American University Journal of International Law and Policy and the Arizona State Law Journal — professional and scholarly involvement distinct from her direct client caseload.
Recognition
Ms. Faulkner holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent peer-review rating, the organization’s highest designation for legal ability and ethical standards. No Arizona Board of Legal Specialization certification was located for her in the practice areas covered by this profile, so this profile does not use the word “specialist” to describe her.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Employment discrimination claims run through both federal law (Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA) and Arizona’s own civil rights statute, A.R.S. § 41-1463. Arizona is an at-will employment state, with exceptions under the Arizona Employment Protection Act, A.R.S. § 23-1501. Arizona’s minimum wage and paid sick time requirements run through A.R.S. § 23-362 et seq., adopted via the 2016 Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Faulkner Law Offices’ genuine differentiator is Elizabeth Faulkner’s dual-perspective employment law practice — a former state Supreme Court clerk with three decades of experience counseling both sides of the employment relationship — which can be a genuine asset for employers seeking counsel who understands litigation risk from the employee side too, or vice versa. The honest caveat, stated as plainly as possible: employees specifically seeking counsel who represents only workers, with no employer-side practice anywhere in the firm, should look to the employee-exclusive firms elsewhere in this series rather than this one.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from Justia’s attorney directory, Yelp, Martindale-Hubbell, Lawyer.com, and attorneyatlaw.com. Faulkner Law Offices, PLLC did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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