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Elmm Law Group Phoenix: At a Glance
| Firm | Elmm Law Group |
|---|---|
| Founder | Gordana “Gordi” Mikalacki, Founder and Managing Partner |
| Offices | 3401 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ 85018 (open 24/7); 2135 E University Dr, Suite 111, Mesa, AZ 85213 (by appointment) |
| Admitted | Arizona, 2009, per her firm biography |
| Practice Area | Plaintiff-side personal injury only: car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian crashes, dog bites, slip and fall, wrongful death, catastrophic injury |
| Languages | English, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, per the firm’s site |
| Fee Structure | Contingency, per the firm’s site |
| Website | getgordi.com |
Origin & Founder History
Gordana Mikalacki, known to clients as Gordi, studied political science with a Spanish minor at Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College, graduating in 2004, and earned her J.D. from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 2008, according to her firm biography. She was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 2009; her Avvo profile, which draws on state bar data, lists her as licensed in Arizona for 16 years.
Her biography describes her first legal job as a law clerk at the Arizona Court of Appeals, a role that put her on the deciding side of written briefs before she ever filed one. She then joined the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as an Assistant Attorney General, representing the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which her biography describes as one of the state’s largest agencies, across the tenures of three different Attorneys General. She carried that government litigation background into private practice when she founded Elmm Law Group, which she now runs as Founder and Managing Partner.
Practice-Area Breakdown
Elmm Law Group handles personal injury claims exclusively, per its own site. Its case list covers motor vehicle crashes (car, truck, motorcycle, rideshare), bicycle and pedestrian accidents, dog bites, slip-and-fall and premises cases, nursing home abuse, product liability, child injury, catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Mikalacki’s biography also lists insurance claims and bad-faith practices, pre-litigation mediation, and settlement negotiation among her areas of emphasis.
The firm serves clients across the Valley and beyond, with area pages for Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Glendale, Avondale, El Mirage, Flagstaff and Tucson. It offers service in Spanish and Serbo-Croatian, both of which her biography says she speaks fluently, and it describes its approach as one-on-one contact between client and attorney.
Track Record
The firm reports more than $115 million recovered for injured clients and more than 1,000 clients with winning outcomes. Those are the firm’s own aggregate figures, repeated in a June 2026 firm press release. Elmm Law Group’s site does not publish itemized case results with court case numbers, so Awesome Attorneys could not independently tie these totals to specific verdicts or settlements. Prospective clients should ask for examples of results in cases like theirs.
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome; every personal injury case turns on its own facts.
Client Voice
Client testimonials published on the firm’s site return to the same few themes: quick responses, being treated as a person rather than a file number, and Mikalacki handling negotiations with the other driver’s insurer directly. One client who suffered a concussion in a rear-end collision described not being in a state to make quick decisions and being grateful to have the firm take the claim over.
Community & Beyond the Courtroom
According to the firm’s site, Elmm Law Group runs an annual Backpack to the Future drive that gives school-supply-filled backpacks to local children in need, and it offers a Successful Small Business Scholarship. Mikalacki hosts the podcast Talk Legal To Me with Lawyer Gordi, interviewing guests from law, medicine and business, and her biography lists appearances on several legal-industry podcasts. It also lists speaking engagements at Women in Leadership by Betty (WILBETTY) in 2025 and 2026, the 2026 Fireproof Law Firm Growth Conference, and a brand-authority panel at the 2026 Lawyer Growth Summit in Las Vegas.
Recognition
Mikalacki was selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 in 2026, according to a June 2026 firm press release that describes the distinction as invitation-only. The firm’s site also displays a Trucking Trial Lawyers Association Top 10 membership, Avvo and Justia ratings, a BBB business profile, and a feature in Attorney at Law Magazine. Her biography lists memberships in the Maricopa County Bar Association and the Arizona Women Lawyers Association. Honors such as the Top 100 and Top 10 lists are selected by the organizations that issue them, and Awesome Attorneys presents them as listed credentials rather than independent rankings.
Arizona Legal Backdrop
Anyone pursuing a personal injury claim in Arizona should know a few statutory basics. Under A.R.S. § 12-542, most personal injury claims must be filed within two years of the injury. If the at-fault party is a government entity, separate and much shorter deadlines apply: A.R.S. § 12-821.01 requires a notice of claim within 180 days, and A.R.S. § 12-821 requires the lawsuit itself to be filed within one year. Arizona follows pure comparative negligence under A.R.S. § 12-2505, meaning an injured person can still recover damages even if partly at fault, with recovery reduced by their percentage of fault. For minors or people who are legally incapacitated, A.R.S. § 12-502 can toll these deadlines.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Elmm Law Group’s clearest differentiator is its founder’s path into injury law: an appellate clerkship followed by years litigating for a major state agency, giving Mikalacki experience on the court and government side of a case before she opened a plaintiff-side firm. The firm’s injury-only focus, 24/7 availability at its Phoenix office, and Spanish and Serbo-Croatian service are practical advantages for the clients it serves. The main gap is transparency on results: the $115 million figure is not broken down into individual cases, so clients weighing a serious claim should ask directly about comparable outcomes and who will handle their file day to day.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was compiled from Elmm Law Group’s website (getgordi.com), including Gordana Mikalacki’s attorney biography, practice-area pages and testimonials; a June 2026 firm press release; her Avvo attorney profile; and details supplied by the firm. Recognitions are listed as the firm displays them on its site.
Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice
This profile is part of Awesome Attorneys’ independently researched directory of Arizona personal injury firms. Elmm Law Group did not pay for inclusion or influence its content. Awesome Attorneys periodically offers paid, clearly labeled sponsored placements as a separate product; this editorial profile is not one of them.
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