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At a Glance
| Firm | Borowiec & Borowiec, P.C. |
| Attorneys | Joel Borowiec and William Borowiec, Founders |
| Office | Sierra Vista, AZ (Cochise County) |
| Focus | Criminal defense (including DUI), personal injury, family law, and estate planning throughout Cochise County |
| Founded | 1997, by brothers Joel and William Borowiec |
| Family note | Their father, Matthew Borowiec, a retired Cochise County Superior Court judge, joined the firm in 2000 |
Sources: firm website (borowieclaw.com), Justia Lawyer Directory. Compiled August 2026.
Origin
Raised in Bisbee, Returning to Practice Where Their Father Once Judged
Joel and William Borowiec, brothers who grew up in Bisbee, Arizona, founded Borowiec & Borowiec in 1997. Their father, Matthew Borowiec, had a long career in Cochise County law before them: he practiced with the firm of Gentry, McNulty, Toci & Borowiec in Bisbee from 1962 to 1978, then served as a Cochise County Superior Court judge, before joining his sons’ firm in 2000 after retiring from the bench. The brothers have a sister, Anne M. Borowiec, who is also listed as an attorney in the Sierra Vista area; this profile covers Borowiec & Borowiec, P.C. specifically and does not represent that her practice is the same firm without further confirmation.
Practice
A Multi-Practice Firm, With DUI and Criminal Defense as a Core Focus
Per the firm’s own materials, Borowiec & Borowiec handles personal injury, DUI, family law, criminal matters, and estate planning. This profile categorizes the firm under Criminal Defense specifically, since Awesome Attorneys’ personal injury coverage of Sierra Vista is already anchored by a separate, previously published profile; a client with a different kind of matter should confirm which Borowiec attorney, or which practice group, is handling their case.
Track Record
No independently verifiable, itemized case-result compilation was located in the sources reviewed for this profile. Criminal case outcomes are also generally unsuitable for public “results” marketing under Arizona’s advertising rules in the way civil verdicts sometimes are.
Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
No independently attributable, dated client reviews were located in the sources reviewed for this profile.
Community
The firm’s multi-generational history in Cochise County — two brothers raised in Bisbee, joined by a father who spent decades on the local bench and in local practice — is itself a form of long-standing community rootedness, though this profile did not locate additional documented civic or charitable involvement beyond that family history.
Recognition
No independently verifiable peer-reviewed credentials (such as Martindale-Hubbell AV ratings, Super Lawyers selection, or board certification) were located for the firm’s attorneys in the sources reviewed for this profile. This profile does not use the word “specialist” for any Borowiec & Borowiec attorney, since no documented Board of Legal Specialization certification was found.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Arizona treats DUI aggressively: standard DUI is charged under A.R.S. § 28-1381, and “extreme” or “super extreme” DUI — based on higher blood alcohol content — carries mandatory minimum jail time under A.R.S. § 28-1382. Arizona is also one of relatively few states with no plea-bargain leniency built into its DUI statutes, meaning even first offenses typically carry mandatory minimum sentencing once convicted.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Borowiec & Borowiec’s differentiator is a genuinely unusual family story — two brothers who built a firm in the same county where their father later served as a Superior Court judge, giving the firm a depth of institutional familiarity with local Cochise County practice that’s hard to replicate. The honest trade-off: this profile located no independently verifiable peer ratings, board certifications, or dated client reviews for the firm, so prospective clients evaluating fit should ask directly about the attorneys’ specific DUI and criminal trial experience rather than relying on third-party credentialing that simply wasn’t found in public sources.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from the firm’s own website and the Justia Lawyer Directory. Borowiec & Borowiec, P.C. did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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