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INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL · FIRM PROFILES · PHOENIX, ARIZONA
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A Best Lawyers-Recognized Practice Built on Answering the Phone Personally
Inside Sotelo Law Group, the small Phoenix personal injury practice attorney Daniel Sotelo built around a specific promise: he personally takes after-hours client calls, rather than routing them to an answering service.
BY THE AWESOME ATTORNEYS EDITORIAL TEAM · PHOENIX, ARIZONA · JULY 2026
SOTELO LAW GROUP — AT A GLANCE
| FOUNDED BY | Daniel H. Sotelo |
| FOCUS | Plaintiff-side personal injury: car accidents, motorcycle accidents, construction accidents, premises liability, dog bites, brain injury, and wrongful death |
| OFFICE | 2627 N. 3rd St., Ste. 102, Phoenix, Arizona, serving Glendale, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, and Tempe |
| RECOGNITION | Represented in the Best Lawyers® Awards for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs since 2024 (per Best Lawyers) |
| DISTINCTIVE EDGE | A small, Phoenix-based, bilingual (English/Spanish) practice where Sotelo personally handles after-hours client calls (per the firm) |
| FEE MODEL | Contingency — no fee unless the firm wins (per the firm) |
| KNOWN FOR | Direct, hands-on client communication rather than a large-firm intake structure |
Sources: sotelolawgroup.com (firm website), Best Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, LII/Cornell attorney directory, client reviews on the firm’s own website and Facebook. Compiled July 2026.
ORIGIN
A Phoenix-Based, Family-Focused Practice
Daniel Sotelo founded Sotelo Law Group as a Phoenix personal injury practice serving both English- and Spanish-speaking clients. The firm’s own materials emphasize direct, personal service over the intake-heavy structure common at larger volume firms — the firm’s about page describes Sotelo personally handling after-hours calls so clients “can reach an attorney when you need one most,” rather than routing overnight calls to a call center.
Awesome Attorneys was unable to independently verify Sotelo’s law school, bar admission year, or prior work history beyond what the firm and legal directories publish; his Justia and LII directory listings confirm active State Bar of Arizona licensure and a personal injury-focused practice, but do not provide extended biographical detail of the kind larger, more established firms in this series typically publish.
PRACTICE
Where Sotelo Law Group Concentrates
The firm’s website lists car accidents, motorcycle accidents, construction accidents, premises liability, brain injury, and wrongful death among its practice areas, alongside dog bite and animal-attack claims. Sotelo Law Group describes itself as serving Phoenix and nearby West Valley and East Valley communities including Glendale, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, and Tempe. The firm operates on a pure contingency basis and offers free consultations.
TRACK RECORD
The Results Board
Sotelo Law Group does not publish an itemized settlement or verdict table on its website. Its marketing materials emphasize communication and client satisfaction over specific dollar figures, and Awesome Attorneys did not locate independently verifiable case results for the firm.
| CATEGORY | WHAT’S PUBLICLY DOCUMENTED |
|---|---|
| Case results | Not itemized by the firm; clients describe settlements as exceeding their expectations in published reviews, without dollar figures disclosed |
| Peer recognition | Best Lawyers® Awards recognition for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, beginning 2024 |
Sources: sotelolawgroup.com, Best Lawyers. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter; every case is unique.
CLIENT VOICE
What Clients Report
Client reviews collected on the firm’s own site and social media consistently describe direct, personal contact with Sotelo himself. One client wrote that she “got much more than I anticipated for my settlement” and felt the firm “fought for me every step of the way.” Another highlighted a paralegal, Evelin, for consistent case updates, while a third credited Sotelo personally with “attention to detail and communication” that set the firm apart from other injury practices the client had contacted. A reviewer involved in a case with a shared-fault dispute said Sotelo “make[s] sure that the attorney doesn’t walk away with more money than the client.” Awesome Attorneys did not locate negative or critical reviews of the firm in its research.
COMMUNITY
Beyond the Courtroom
The firm describes itself as “deeply committed to the local community” and proudly serving both English- and Spanish-speaking Phoenix-area families, though Awesome Attorneys did not find documentation of specific charitable programs, sponsorships, or nonprofit board involvement tied to Sotelo or the firm beyond that general community-service framing.
RECOGNITION
Peer Standing
Sotelo Law Group’s clearest independently verifiable credential is its inclusion in the Best Lawyers® Awards, where Daniel Sotelo has been recognized for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs since the firm’s 2024 tenure began; Best Lawyers describes its process as based on peer feedback within a practice area and region. Sotelo also appears on the National Trial Lawyers’ membership roster, a paid or invitation-based professional association rather than a blind peer-review process comparable to Best Lawyers or Super Lawyers. Awesome Attorneys did not find a Super Lawyers listing, a Martindale-Hubbell peer rating, or any Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization certification for Sotelo.
THE LAW
The Arizona Backdrop, in Plain English
Readers considering a personal injury claim in Arizona should understand a few ground rules. What follows is general information, not legal advice.
The two-year clock. Arizona’s statute of limitations for personal injury claims is generally two years from the date of injury (A.R.S. § 12-542).
Suing the government is faster and stricter. Claims against Arizona public entities require a formal notice of claim within 180 days (A.R.S. § 12-821.01) and a lawsuit within one year (A.R.S. § 12-821).
Fault is shared, not all-or-nothing. Arizona follows pure comparative negligence (A.R.S. § 12-2505): an injured person’s recovery is reduced by their percentage of fault, but not eliminated even if they were mostly at fault.
Minors get more time. The limitations clock is generally paused for minors and people of unsound mind until the disability ends (A.R.S. § 12-502).
ASSESSMENT
The Awesome Attorneys View
The Best Lawyers recognition is a genuine, peer-feedback-based credential and is the strongest piece of independent evidence in this profile — it is not the kind of pay-to-play marketing award this series routinely flags. Client reviews are consistent in describing direct, personal attention from Sotelo himself, which is a credible differentiator for a smaller practice competing against high-volume Phoenix injury firms.
The honest trade-off: this is a young or thinly documented practice by the standards of this series — Awesome Attorneys could not verify Sotelo’s law school, admission year, or a detailed origin story the way it could for more established firms, and the firm publishes no case-results table. Prospective clients with a large or complex claim should ask directly about trial experience and verdict history, since neither is independently documented in what the firm makes public.
METHODOLOGY & INDEPENDENCE
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team in July 2026. Primary source: the firm’s own published website, sotelolawgroup.com. Secondary sources: Best Lawyers, the National Trial Lawyers, and the LII/Cornell attorney directory. Sotelo Law Group did not commission, pay for, or pre-approve this article. All claims are attributed to their sources; past results do not guarantee or predict future outcomes. This article is general information, not legal advice.
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