Since 1991, Paul Englander has held a credential fewer than one percent of Arizona attorneys ever earn: Certified Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation from the State Bar of Arizona’s Board of Legal Specialization — a real, regulated designation, not a marketing phrase.
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AT A GLANCE
| FIRM Paul Englander, PLC | FOUNDED Practicing personal injury exclusively since 1983 |
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| ATTORNEY Paul Englander (J.D., University of Arizona College of Law, 1979) | BAR ADMISSION State Bar of Arizona, admitted December 22, 1980 |
| PRACTICE FOCUS Personal injury & wrongful death; auto and trucking accidents; premises liability | PHOENIX OFFICE 1440 E Missouri Ave, Phoenix, Arizona |
| SIGNATURE EDGE Certified Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, since 1991 | RECOGNITION Best Lawyers in America; Southwest Super Lawyers; Arizona’s Finest Lawyers |
| CREDENTIALS Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Board of Trial Advocates (Phoenix ABOTA President, 2016) | CONTACT (602) 266-7986 · paulenglander.com |
The Arizona Board of Legal Specialization’s Certified Specialist designation in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation appears throughout this series only inside individually attributed lines about specific attorneys, precisely because it is a genuinely regulated credential rather than a phrase any firm can claim. Paul Englander has held it since 1991, and by the Board’s own description, fewer than one percent of Arizona attorneys ever earn it.
Englander runs a solo Phoenix practice devoted entirely to personal-injury and wrongful-death representation. This profile covers his background, what he handles, his recognitions, and what clients say about being represented by a single, long-tenured trial attorney rather than a larger firm.
Origin: Legal Aid to Certified Specialist
Born in New York City and educated at the Bronx High School of Science, Paul Englander graduated from the University of Arizona in 1976 and earned his J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1979. He was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona on December 22, 1980. Early in his career, Englander received a Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship and worked as an attorney for Iowa Legal Services and Southern Arizona Legal Aid — public-interest legal aid work rather than private-firm practice.
Since 1983, Englander has devoted his practice entirely to representing personal-injury and wrongful-death clients, and in 1991 he earned the State Bar of Arizona’s Certified Specialist designation in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation — a credential the Board limits to attorneys who meet substantial trial-experience and testing requirements, and one the firm notes is held by less than one percent of Arizona attorneys.
What Paul Englander Handles
- Automobile and trucking accidents (per the firm)
- Pedestrian accidents (per the firm)
- Premises liability (per the firm)
- Wrongful death (per the firm)
- Uninsured and underinsured motorist claims (per the firm)
Englander’s practice is based in Phoenix but extends to rural Arizona matters, including cases arising in Show Low, Navajo County, and the White Mountains region — a geographic reach distinct from the Valley-focused firms elsewhere in this series. He works on a contingency-fee basis and offers free initial consultations.
In Their Clients’ Words
Client reviews and peer endorsements describe Englander as thorough, ethical, and personally attentive, with several clients noting that he represented them across more than one matter years apart. One reviewer, hit by an underinsured motorist while crossing the street, credited Englander with handling the underinsured-motorist claim directly. Peer endorsements on Avvo describe him as an experienced trial attorney who has achieved what one colleague called “extraordinary jury trial verdicts,” while also being attentive to clients’ welfare.
Recognition
Beyond his Board of Legal Specialization certification, Englander is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum (limited to attorneys who have obtained million- or multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements) and the American Board of Trial Advocates, where he served as Phoenix chapter president in 2016. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Southwest Super Lawyers, and Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, and is a sustaining member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information about Arizona law, not legal advice. Arizona’s general statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims is two years (A.R.S. § 12-542). Claims against a government entity 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), and uninsured/underinsured motorist claims — a stated focus of this practice — are typically governed by the injured person’s own policy terms in addition to these statutes.
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 claim should consult a licensed Arizona attorney promptly.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Paul Englander represents the opposite end of this series’ spectrum from its largest, most heavily advertised firms: more than four decades of practice, a single attorney’s name on the door, and a Board-certified specialization that fewer than one percent of Arizona lawyers hold. For a client who wants one experienced trial lawyer handling their case personally — including matters far outside metropolitan Phoenix — rather than a case-management team, that combination of tenure and certification is a genuine, verifiable credential rather than a marketing claim.
METHODOLOGY & SOURCING
This profile was compiled from publicly available sources, including the firm’s own website (paulenglander.com) and Paul Englander’s attorney biography; third-party legal directories (Avvo, Justia via Cornell’s Legal Information Institute directory, Got.Law, Mighty Lawyers); and business listings (LinkedIn, Yelp). Certifications, awards, and years of experience are the firm’s own published claims or named third-party/regulatory recognitions and are attributed as such. Client review themes are paraphrased from publicly posted reviews and endorsements rather than reproduced verbatim. All figures, dates, and credentials should be re-verified against primary sources, including the State Bar of Arizona’s own specialist directory, prior to publication.
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