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Dana M. Levy: A Family Law Specialist Who Also Sits as a Judge Pro Tem

Dana M. Levy has practiced nothing but family law for three decades at Dickinson Wright, and volunteers her time running settlement conferences from the other side of the bench as a Maricopa County Judge Pro Tempore.

Dana M. Levy — At a Glance

Sources: dickinson-wright.com (firm website), State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell. Compiled August 2026.

Origin

Twenty-Five Years, One Practice

Dana Levy earned her undergraduate degree at Brandeis University before completing her J.D. at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 1994, and was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona the following year. Per the firm, she has practiced family law exclusively for more than 25 years — dissolution, post-dissolution disputes, paternity, child custody and support, spousal maintenance, and complex property and debt division, including business valuations in high-net-worth cases.

She earned the State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization’s Family Law Specialist certification in 2010 and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, an organization the Academy itself describes as representing the recognized leaders of the family law bar. She also serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Maricopa County Superior Court, volunteering her time to run settlement conferences — meaning she regularly sits on the other side of the process she practices in.

Practice

Where the Work Concentrates

Per the firm, Levy’s caseload spans the full range of Arizona family law matters: divorce, post-decree modification, paternity, legal decision-making (custody) and parenting time, child support, spousal maintenance, and property/debt division — including business valuation disputes that arise when a marital estate includes a closely-held company or professional practice.

Track Record

What’s Documented

Family law settlements are typically confidential, and Levy’s firm does not publish a dollar-figure results table, consistent with standard practice in this area of law. What is independently verifiable is the sustained recognition record below and her active service as a court-appointed settlement-conference judge, a role Maricopa County only extends to attorneys the bench considers qualified to help resolve other people’s cases fairly.

Client Voice

A Thin Public Record

No detailed, attributed client reviews for Levy turned up in a public search as of this writing — a gap in the record, not a claim about the quality of her work. We’re noting the absence honestly rather than filling it with composite or unsourced impressions.

Community

On the Other Side of the Bench

Levy’s role as a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore is itself a form of public service — she volunteers to run settlement conferences for family law litigants, a role that requires the court’s confidence in her judgment and neutrality. No additional bar-section leadership or community-board involvement turned up in public sources.

Recognition

Genuinely Peer-Reviewed

Levy’s Board Certified Family Law Specialist credential is a formal State Bar of Arizona certification — the basis for this profile’s use of the word “specialist.” She also holds an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell, was named to the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America, and has been recognized by Southwest Super Lawyers, alongside her AAML Fellowship. None of these are pay-to-play placements.

Arizona Legal Backdrop

The Framework Behind an Arizona Divorce

Arizona divides marital property under community-property rules (A.R.S. § 25-211), aiming for an equitable — not necessarily equal — division. Spousal maintenance eligibility runs through A.R.S. § 25-319’s threshold factors before amount and duration are even considered. Custody matters — legal decision-making and parenting time under Arizona’s current terminology — are governed by A.R.S. § 25-403, centered on the child’s best interests. None of this is legal advice; a Judge Pro Tempore’s day-to-day experience with how these statutes actually get applied in Maricopa County settlement conferences is a genuinely distinctive vantage point.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Levy’s file is short on public client testimonials but long on the credentials that are harder to manufacture: a real state specialist certification, an AAML Fellowship, and a volunteer judicial role that puts her inside the county’s own settlement process. The gap in publicly available client reviews is worth naming rather than glossing over — prospective clients weighing her against a competitor with a fuller public review record should ask for references directly. For someone who wants a credentialed specialist with visibility into how Maricopa County family court actually resolves cases, this is a strong, if less publicly documented, option.

Methodology & Sourcing

Compiled from Dickinson Wright’s website, the State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers directory, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Martindale-Hubbell. No claim was taken from firm marketing without a second-source check where one existed. Compiled and verified August 2026.

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