DeShon Laraye Pullen: The Phoenix Family Law Attorney With 13 Straight Years on Super Lawyers

Anyone comparing a well-established, peer-recognized Phoenix family law attorney will find DeShon Pullen hard to overlook — a Bar-certified specialist with over a decade of consecutive Super Lawyers selections and a track record of volunteer-service recognition most firms in this batch can’t match. This independent profile examines what that Phoenix family law attorney practice actually offers.

At a Glance

Origin and Founder History

DeShon Pullen graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1998 and was admitted to the Arizona bar the same year. Before founding her own boutique practice, she worked at Snell & Wilmer, Arizona’s largest law firm — a detail independently corroborated across multiple third-party attorney directories rather than firm marketing alone. She completed mediation training through Pepperdine University School of Law’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and advanced training in Collaborative Divorce practice. This platform independently confirmed her Certified Family Law Specialist designation is consistent with State Bar of Arizona practice, though her specific listing on the Bar’s current published specialist roster was not independently re-verified name-by-name beyond the firm’s own repeated claim across many years of marketing materials and third-party legal directories.

Practice Area Breakdown

The firm handles divorce (collaborative, contested, uncontested, military, and same-sex divorce), property division, spousal support and alimony, domestic violence restraining orders and victims’ rights matters, and broader family law and civil litigation for both individuals and business owners. The firm’s own materials describe representing “individuals and business owners involved in complex civil litigation” alongside family law — a dual focus distinct from the family-law-exclusive boutiques elsewhere in this batch.

Case Outcomes

Public sourcing did not surface an itemized case-results table with specific settlement or custody-outcome figures, consistent with the confidential nature of most family law proceedings. Past results do not guarantee similar outcomes in any future case; case results depend entirely on the specific facts of each matter.

Client Voice

“DeShon is an excellent attorney. She is very knowledgeable, organized and an effective trial attorney. She is a strong advocate for all of her clients.” — Avvo review

“I have had the pleasure of working against DeShon in several highly contentious cases, as well as with DeShon as a co-worker. She serves her clients well and consistently strives to raise the level of practice in her field.” — Avvo peer endorsement from an opposing attorney

Several of Pullen’s Avvo endorsements come specifically from fellow attorneys, including at least one who identifies as having opposed her in contested litigation — a peer-credibility signal distinct from client testimonials alone.

Beyond the Courtroom

Pullen has a substantial volunteer-service record: Family Law Litigator of the Year (2011, Volunteer Lawyers Program), Small Firm of the Year (2007, Volunteer Lawyers Program), Sole Practitioner of the Year (2002, Maricopa County Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyers Program), and Volunteer Lawyer of the Year (2001, same organizations). Four distinct volunteer-service awards across a decade is a genuinely unusual concentration of pro bono recognition compared to other firms in this batch.

Recognition

Independently verified: Selection to Super Lawyers for 2013 through 2026 (13 consecutive years), confirmed via Super Lawyers’ own published attorney directory — one of the longest continuous Super Lawyers streaks documented in this batch.

Firm-stated, not independently verified: Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of Arizona (consistently claimed across years of marketing and third-party directories, though not individually re-confirmed against the Bar’s current roster for this profile); “Top 25 Women Lawyers in Arizona” (2015) and “Best Law Firms in Arizona” (2019) are presented as the firm’s own claimed recognitions.

Arizona Legal Backdrop

Arizona is a community property state, dividing marital assets and debts between spouses regardless of whose name is on the title. Spousal maintenance eligibility is governed by A.R.S. § 25-319. Child custody and parenting time decisions follow the “best interests of the child” standard under A.R.S. § 25-403. Domestic violence protective orders are governed by A.R.S. § 13-3602, and can affect custody and parenting-time determinations in a concurrent family law case. This is general legal information, not legal advice specific to any individual’s circumstances.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Pullen’s 13 consecutive years of Super Lawyers selection and her four separate volunteer-service awards are genuine, well-documented strengths that few other firms in this batch can match on that specific dimension. The honest gap: this platform did not independently re-confirm her Certified Family Law Specialist status against the Bar’s current published roster (unlike Davis, Ellsworth, and Halterman elsewhere in this batch, whose specialist claims were directly checked), so that credential should be treated as consistently and repeatedly claimed rather than freshly Bar-roster-confirmed for this specific profile.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile draws on the firm’s own website (deshonpullenlaw.com), Super Lawyers’ published attorney directory, Avvo’s attorney profile and peer endorsements, LinkedIn’s company profile, and Justia’s attorney listing. See our other Phoenix-metro Family Law & Divorce attorney profiles for comparison.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

This profile was independently researched and written by Awesome Attorneys. It is not a paid placement, and inclusion here was not influenced by any payment or business relationship with the firm. Any future sponsored placement on this platform will be clearly and separately labeled as such. This content is legal information, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney–client relationship with this firm or with Awesome Attorneys.