Fred Rispoli spent his early career defending Fortune 500 healthcare clients at a large national firm before founding a small Phoenix boutique focused on the opposite side of the same subject matter: nursing home negligence, surgical errors, and wrongful death.
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AT A GLANCE
| FIRM Rispoli Law, PLLC | FOUNDED 2008 (per Super Lawyers); listed as 2014 elsewhere; Phoenix, Arizona |
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| FOUNDER Frederick A. “Fred” Rispoli (J.D., ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, 2008) | PRIOR CAREER Healthcare-litigation associate at an Am Law 200 firm; later a national plaintiff’s firm |
| PRACTICE FOCUS Personal injury & medical malpractice, with an emphasis on nursing-home negligence | PHOENIX OFFICE 420 W Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ 85003 |
| SIGNATURE EDGE Small-firm model that pairs private investigators and licensed medical professionals on case workup (per the firm) | RECOGNITION The National Trial Lawyers (2014); Avvo Clients’ Choice (2014); Super Lawyers (2024) |
| BAR ADMISSION State Bar of Arizona #026617 | CONTACT (602) 412-5775 · rispolilaw.com |
Fred Rispoli’s path to plaintiff’s work runs through the opposite side of the courtroom in a specific and unusual way: rather than defending insurers generally, he spent his early career as an associate at a large, Am Law 200-ranked firm handling healthcare litigation for Fortune 500 clients — giving him direct exposure to how hospitals, nursing facilities, and their insurers build a defense before he ever represented a patient or resident against one.
He later moved to a national plaintiff’s firm and, in the years that followed, founded Rispoli Law, PLLC in Phoenix, a small practice concentrated on medical malpractice, nursing-home negligence, and wrongful-death claims. This profile covers his background, what the firm handles, its recognitions, and what its clients say.
Origin: From Healthcare Defense to Nursing-Home Plaintiff’s Work
Per his own account, Rispoli found meaning in advocacy early: after college he taught seventh-grade science in a low-income area of Los Angeles through Teach For America, later serving as president of Teach For America’s Phoenix Junior Board. He earned his J.D. from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, graduating in 2008, and was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona (Bar No. 026617).
His first legal job was as an associate at one of the largest law firms in the world by Am Law 200 ranking, where his practice focused on healthcare litigation for Fortune 500 clients. Per his own account, he found the work gratifying but believed he could find it more rewarding representing people seriously injured by others’ wrongdoing; he moved to a national plaintiff’s firm before eventually founding his own practice in Phoenix, concentrated on nursing-home abuse, medical malpractice, and wrongful-death cases.
What Rispoli Law Handles
- Medical malpractice, including surgical errors (per the firm)
- Nursing-home abuse and neglect (per the firm)
- Wrongful death (per the firm)
- Vehicle accidents (car, truck, motorcycle) (per the firm)
- Workplace injuries and slip-and-fall claims (per the firm)
- Defective products and animal-related incidents (per the firm)
The firm describes itself as intentionally small, working with private investigators and licensed medical professionals to build cases and frequently co-counseling with other trial lawyers on referred matters. Awesome Attorneys notes that at least one page on the firm’s own site lists a Los Angeles-area contact number alongside a reference to “TorkLaw” at the same Phoenix address — a detail worth confirming directly with the firm, since it may indicate an affiliation or referral relationship with a national firm that was not otherwise documented in the sources reviewed for this profile.
In Their Clients’ Words
Client reviews published on the firm’s own site describe Fred Rispoli personally handling nursing-home wrongful-death and healthcare cases with consistent, proactive communication, including preparing clients thoroughly for depositions and testimony. Reviewers describe him as trustworthy and responsive, often citing quick answers to questions raised after business hours.
Recognition
Fred Rispoli was named to The National Trial Lawyers and received Avvo’s Clients’ Choice Award in 2014, and was selected to Super Lawyers in 2024 across Personal Injury – General, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice, Health Care, and Class Action/Mass Torts categories. He is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Arizona Association for Justice.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information about Arizona law, not legal advice, and is especially relevant given this firm’s medical-malpractice and nursing-home focus. Arizona’s general statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims is two years (A.R.S. § 12-542), though Arizona’s discovery rule can delay the start of that period in some medical-malpractice cases until the injury reasonably should have been discovered. Claims against a government-run care facility instead 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 is a pure comparative-negligence state (A.R.S. § 12-2505).
This section is general legal information about Arizona statutes, not legal advice, and may not reflect changes after July 2026. Anyone with a potential injury or malpractice claim should consult a licensed Arizona attorney promptly.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Rispoli Law is among the smallest, most specialized firms in this series, built around one attorney’s shift from defending healthcare institutions to suing them on behalf of injured patients and nursing-home residents. Its client reviews consistently describe close, personal attorney involvement rather than a case-management team, consistent with a small-firm model that leans on outside co-counsel for larger matters. Prospective clients should ask directly about the apparent TorkLaw association noted above, since Awesome Attorneys could not fully resolve it from public sources.
METHODOLOGY & SOURCING
This profile was compiled from publicly available sources, including the firm’s own website (rispolilaw.com) and Fred Rispoli’s attorney biography and blog posts; third-party legal directories (Justia, Super Lawyers, FindLaw, Avvo, Lawful.com); and business listings (Yelp, RocketReach, CityOf.com). Awards, recognitions, and the firm’s founding date (which differs slightly between sources) are attributed to their respective sources. Client review themes are paraphrased from publicly posted reviews rather than reproduced verbatim. All figures, dates, and credentials should be re-verified against primary sources prior to publication.
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