Dyer Bregman & Ferris: The Phoenix Firm Where Three Principals Each Own a Different Piece of Estate Law

Dyer Bregman & Ferris Phoenix splits estate law into three specialized lanes across its principals, with roots in the Phoenix legal community back to 1968.

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At a Glance

Sources: dbfazlaw.com, Super Lawyers’ hosted directory, LinkedIn, catalog.lawyer, reellawyers.com. Compiled August 2026.

Origin

Dyer Bregman & Ferris Phoenix: A Second-Generation Firm Split Into Specialized Lanes

The firm’s roots trace to a practice established by Michael Dyer’s father in the late 1970s, making Michael Dyer a second-generation lawyer at the firm; Scott Ferris joined some years later to build out litigation. Mark Bregman, featured in this profile, earned his J.D. from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 1979, was admitted to the Arizona Bar the same year, and practiced in Scottsdale from 1979 until 2012 before the current Dyer Bregman & Ferris structure was established in 2015. The firm describes its three principals as each focusing on a distinct lane within estate law rather than functioning as generalists.

Practice

Three Attorneys, Three Distinct Estate-Law Functions

Per the firm’s own description, Bregman leads estate planning (wills, trusts, tax-aware planning, and philanthropic planning), Ferris heads probate and trust litigation, and Dyer specializes in fiduciary representation, including administration of trusts, probates, and conservatorships. That division of labor across roughly 12 attorneys and three specialized principals is a genuinely structural feature the firm’s own materials point to as a differentiator from single-generalist estate planning practices, and covers special needs planning, guardianship, and conservatorship work as well.

Track Record

Bregman was a lead probate attorney in litigation establishing, in Arizona, the enforceability of a living trust as a contract, and was involved in a decision approving pre-bankruptcy disclaimer planning with nationwide significance, per the firm’s own account. Awesome Attorneys did not independently verify the specific case citations for these matters beyond the firm’s own description.

Past-Results Disclaimer: Every matter is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.

Client Voice

A colleague-submitted review on the firm’s site describes Bregman as “a master estate planner and a generous mentor,” and reviews on legal directories describe the firm broadly as responsive and knowledgeable in probate and trust matters. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a large, independently hosted volume of individual client reviews specific to Bregman’s estate planning work, as distinct from peer endorsements.

Community

The firm’s own materials describe a reputation for volunteerism, including service on community boards and pro bono legal service recognized within the Phoenix legal community, though Awesome Attorneys did not identify independently documented specifics beyond the firm’s general description.

Recognition

Bregman is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell (the service’s highest peer-review tier), was selected to Super Lawyers from 2015 through 2020, has been named to “Arizona Finest Lawyers” (described as limited to the top 10% of Arizona lawyers), and holds the Certified Advisor of Philanthropy (CAP) credential. These are a mix of independent peer-review recognitions (Super Lawyers, AV rating) and marketing-adjacent designations (Arizona Finest Lawyers, Phoenix Magazine recognition) worth distinguishing from each other.

The Arizona Legal Backdrop

What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.

Arizona’s probate process is governed by Title 14 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, with the trust code codified at A.R.S. § 14-10101 et seq. Guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, core to Dyer’s fiduciary-representation practice, are governed by A.R.S. § 14-5101 et seq. Special needs trusts, another named practice area, must be structured to preserve eligibility for means-tested public benefits under both state and federal rules.

The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Dyer Bregman & Ferris’s clearest differentiator is genuine functional specialization across three named principals — planning, litigation, and fiduciary administration each led by a different attorney — backed by Bregman’s AV rating and multi-year Super Lawyers selection.

The honest trade-off: as a roughly 12-attorney firm, clients should confirm which of the three principals (or which associate) will directly handle their specific matter, since the firm’s structural specialization means the right fit depends on whether the need is planning, litigation, or administration.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was researched in August 2026 from dbfazlaw.com, Super Lawyers’ hosted directory, LinkedIn, catalog.lawyer, and reellawyers.com. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a competing “Mark Bregman” or “Dyer Bregman & Ferris” practicing estate law elsewhere that could create identity confusion. Dyer Bregman & Ferris, PLLC did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.

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