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At a Glance
| Firm | Solomon & Relihan, P.C. |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Office | 1951 W. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ |
| Founding attorney | Martin J. Solomon — University of Arizona College of Law; licensed in Arizona since 1970 |
| Other attorneys | Kevin J. McAlonan (ASU College of Law, with the firm since 1993); Danielle Solomon (ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, State Bar member since 2019; Martin’s daughter) |
| Practice focus | Nursing home abuse and neglect, elder abuse, exclusively — the firm does not handle general personal injury outside this niche and related matters |
| Leadership | Martin Solomon: Past President, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association |
| Recognition | Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, since 2026; Top 100 National Trial Lawyers |
| Contact | solomonrelihan.com · (602) 387-3000 |
Fifty-Five Years, One Statewide Niche
Martin Solomon has been licensed to practice law in Arizona since 1970 and founded what became Solomon & Relihan in 1974, making the firm one of the longest continuously operating nursing home abuse and neglect practices in the state. The firm states it was the first law firm in Arizona to win a punitive damage verdict in a nursing home abuse and neglect case, and specifically cites winning the first $10 million punitive nursing home judgment in the state’s history.
The practice has become a genuine family operation: Martin’s daughter, Danielle Solomon, joined the State Bar in 2019 after graduating from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and now practices alongside her father, with a specific focus on the American Association for Justice’s Nursing Home Litigation Group. Kevin McAlonan, an ASU law graduate admitted in 1990, has been with the firm since 1993, giving the practice three decades of institutional continuity in this specific niche.
Practice Areas
Unlike most firms in this series, Solomon & Relihan’s docket is deliberately narrow: nursing home abuse, nursing home negligence, nursing home wrongful death, and elder abuse, spanning care facilities, assisted living, hospice care, and group homes. Martin Solomon is a member of the Nursing Home Litigation Group within the American Association for Justice, the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, and the Maricopa Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance, and has also served on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Center for Disability Law and the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest.
Track Record
The firm’s headline result — the first $10 million punitive damage judgment against a nursing home in Arizona history — is a specific, verifiable historical claim rather than a generic marketing statement, though Awesome Attorneys did not independently confirm the case citation or date as of the research date. Awesome Attorneys did not locate a broader itemized verdicts-and-settlements ledger with additional individual case dollar figures.
ABOUT THESE RESULTS. The result described above is drawn from the firm’s own published materials. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future case; every matter turns on its own facts and law.
In Clients’ Words
Client testimonials on the firm’s site are brief but positive: one reviewer called the firm “a great law firm to work with,” adding that “they care about their clients and make their clients their number one priority.” Another described the firm as “very professional and down to business.” Awesome Attorneys did not locate detailed, case-specific reviews on major third-party platforms as of the research date.
Beyond the Courtroom
Martin Solomon’s civic and professional service spans decades: Past President of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, board service with two Arizona public-interest legal organizations, and ongoing membership in national nursing-home-reform advocacy groups. The firm’s attorneys also publish public-facing educational content, including a “Nursing Home Survival Guide” and press commentary on recognizing elder abuse warning signs, most recently in August 2025 coverage discussing rising Adult Protective Services reports in Maricopa County.
Recognition
Martin Solomon has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs beginning in 2026, based on the publication’s peer-review survey process. The firm is also described as a Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyer and a Top 100 National Trial Lawyer — the latter tied to National Trial Lawyers Association membership. Awesome Attorneys did not locate a State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization certification for Solomon, though his nursing-home niche sits within the broader personal injury and wrongful death specialty this series tracks.
Arizona Legal Backdrop
| A.R.S. § 12-542 | Two-year statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims |
| A.R.S. § 12-821.01 | 180-day notice of claim requirement before suing a public entity or employee |
| A.R.S. § 12-821 | One-year statute of limitations for suits against public entities |
| A.R.S. § 12-2505 | Arizona’s pure comparative negligence rule |
| A.R.S. § 12-502 | Tolling of limitations periods for minors and persons under a legal disability |
Nursing home cases in Arizona typically proceed under the Adult Protective Services Act (A.R.S. Title 46) in addition to the general negligence and wrongful death framework above, and punitive damages — central to the firm’s headline case — require clear and convincing evidence of an especially aggravated or egregious standard of conduct beyond ordinary negligence.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Solomon & Relihan’s fifty-plus years of exclusive focus on nursing home abuse and neglect, a genuinely multi-generational practice, and a specific historical claim to Arizona’s first $10 million punitive nursing home verdict make this a distinctive and substantive niche practice. Danielle Solomon’s continued involvement signals institutional continuity beyond a single founder’s career.
The honest caveat: several of the firm’s marketing statistics (95–99% success rates, “Top 10” and “Top 100” designations) are self-reported or tied to paid trial-lawyer association memberships rather than independently audited or peer-reviewed in the way Best Lawyers or a State Bar certification would be; Awesome Attorneys could not independently verify the historic $10 million verdict claim or locate a fuller results ledger.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched using solomonrelihan.com and nursinghomeadvocates.com (firm sites, attorney biographies), the National Trial Lawyers member directory, Best Lawyers, Avvo, and an August 2025 press release covering the firm’s elder-abuse advocacy work. All statutory citations were checked against the Arizona Revised Statutes as published by the Arizona State Legislature. No compensation was sought or received from the firm, and the firm was not contacted prior to publication of this profile.
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