Ely, Bettini, Ulman, Rosenblatt & Ozer: Six Decades of Phoenix Injury Practice, Under a Growing Name

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At a Glance — Ely, Bettini, Ulman, Rosenblatt & Ozer

Origin

The firm’s own materials date its founding to 1965 and describe more than 200 years of combined attorney experience across its history — a figure that reflects the accumulated tenure of the firm’s lawyers over six decades rather than any one attorney’s career. Alicia Funkhouser, listed among current name partners in some directory records (“Ely Bettini Rosenblatt Ozer & Funkhouser”), sits on the board of directors of the Arizona Association for Justice, the state’s plaintiff trial-lawyer association — a detail worth noting because it places a current firm leader inside the same professional body that vets much of this publication’s sourcing for the Personal Injury category.

Practice Areas

The firm’s stated practice spans personal injury generally — automobile, motorcycle, and trucking accidents — alongside medical and professional malpractice, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, insurance bad faith, and, per Martindale’s listing, police brutality and civil rights matters. That range positions the firm as a broad-spectrum plaintiff practice rather than a single-niche boutique.

Track Record

The firm states it has recovered “over $100 million” for clients across its history. That is an aggregate, firm-published figure rather than an itemized table of individual verdicts and settlements, and readers should treat it as the firm’s own claim rather than an independently audited total. We did not locate a case-by-case results table on the firm’s public materials.

Client Voice

Best Law Firms’ listing describes the firm’s recognitions and client-facing reputation but the pages we reviewed did not include individually attributed, verbatim client testimonials suitable for direct quotation. We are noting the absence rather than substituting composite or paraphrased language for a genuine sourced quote.

Community

Alicia Funkhouser’s seat on the Arizona Association for Justice board is documented professional community involvement. We did not identify additional independently verified civic or pro bono activity specific to the firm at the time of writing.

Recognition

Best Law Firms and Martindale both list the firm with peer-reviewed practice-area recognitions in personal injury and related fields; Martindale’s listing in particular reflects a peer-review-based rating system rather than a purchased placement. No individually named Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization certification was identified for a current attorney at the firm at the time of writing.

Arizona Legal Backdrop

Arizona personal injury claims generally carry a two-year statute of limitations under A.R.S. § 12-542. Claims against a public entity require a notice of claim within 180 days (A.R.S. § 12-821.01) and suit within one year (A.R.S. § 12-821). Arizona applies pure comparative negligence under A.R.S. § 12-2505, and minors or individuals with certain incapacities may have limitations periods tolled under A.R.S. § 12-502. This is general information, not legal advice.

The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Ely, Bettini, Ulman, Rosenblatt & Ozer’s core asset is longevity: a firm operating continuously in Phoenix since 1965 carries institutional knowledge and referral relationships that a newer practice simply cannot replicate, and its current leadership includes an active plaintiff-bar board member. The trade-off of a firm with this much history is that its public-facing materials lean on aggregate, decades-spanning figures (“$100 million,” “200 years combined”) rather than the itemized, per-case results tables that let a prospective client compare recent outcomes directly. A client evaluating this firm should ask which of the current attorneys would actually handle their matter, and request recent, case-specific results rather than relying on the firm’s historical aggregate.

Methodology & Sourcing

Sourced from the firm’s website (eburlaw.com), Martindale’s attorney/firm directory listing, Best Law Firms’ ranking listing, and the Arizona Association for Justice’s published board of directors roster. No court-record verdict search was performed. Awesome Attorneys did not contact the firm directly in the preparation of this profile.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, reviewed, or approved by Ely, Bettini, Ulman, Rosenblatt & Ozer prior to publication.