A note on names before anything else: this profile covers Kent Law PLC, founded by Adam C. Kent in Tempe/Phoenix in 2011. It is a different firm from Kent Law Group (klgaz.com), a separate Phoenix practice, and founder Adam C. Kent is a different person from Adam M. Kent, an unrelated employment attorney licensed in California and Wisconsin. Readers searching for this firm should confirm they have the right one.
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KENT LAW, PLC — At a Glance
| FOUNDED BY | Adam C. Kent, in 2011, after leaving a position as a managing attorney at a large Arizona law firm |
| OFFICE | 4001 E. Mountain Sky Ave., Suite 105, Phoenix, AZ (Ahwatukee Foothills area, marketed toward Tempe as well) |
| PRACTICE MODEL | Two declared tracks: personal injury and wrongful death (auto, bicycle, slip and fall) and criminal defense, handled together, not as separate departments |
| FOUNDER BACKGROUND | Nebraska Attorney General’s Office (2004) and Sarpy County Attorney’s Office, Nebraska, where he argued a manslaughter case before the Nebraska Supreme Court while still in law school; Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County (2006); managing attorney at a large Arizona firm before founding Kent Law |
| LICENSED | U.S. District Court, Arizona; all Arizona state courts (Superior, city/municipal, and justice courts) |
| CLIENT REVIEWS | Largely positive: roughly 26 reviews on Yelp with repeated named-staff praise; one critical review on Lawyers.com described below |
| FEE MODEL | Contingency for personal injury and wrongful death claims — no fee unless the firm recovers (per the firm) |
Sources: kent-law.org (firm website), Avvo, Yelp, Lawyers.com, about.me. Compiled July 2026.
From Nebraska Prosecutor to Maricopa County Deputy Attorney
Adam C. Kent’s career began in the Legal Services division of the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office in 2004, then moved to the Sarpy County Attorney’s Office, where — notably, while still attending law school — he argued a manslaughter case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. In 2006, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office recruited him as a Deputy County Attorney, where he prosecuted felony and misdemeanor cases. He later became a managing attorney at a large, unnamed Arizona law firm, where the firm’s own materials state he turned around an underperforming office before it grew and added locations under his management. He founded Kent Law, PLC in 2011.
That prosecutorial background — on both the Nebraska and Arizona sides — underpins the firm’s current criminal defense practice, which the firm’s own materials describe as running alongside personal injury work rather than as a separate specialty bolted on for marketing purposes.
Two Practices, Under One Roof
Kent Law’s personal injury docket covers auto accidents, bicycle accidents, and slip-and-fall or wrongful-death claims arising from negligence, handled on a contingency basis. Its criminal defense practice, run by the same firm, addresses state charges, DUI, and related matters across Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties, per the firm’s marketing. The firm frames its origin story around Kent’s own prosecutorial experience translating into insight for defendants, a similar narrative arc to several other dual-practice firms in this series, though built on a criminal- and public-sector background rather than an insurance-defense one.
The Results Board
Kent Law’s public materials do not publish an itemized settlement-and-verdict table, describing instead a general track record of “recovering millions of dollars for his clients” across the firm’s history. Awesome Attorneys did not locate an independently published results ledger to check that claim against. This profile does not supply figures the firm has not published.
Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.
What Clients Report
Kent Law’s reviews are largely positive. The firm’s roughly 26 Yelp reviews repeatedly name individual staff — JaeLynn, Zoe, Mikayla, Kristina, and Martha — for responsiveness and clear communication.
“At the end of the day, Zoe advocated on my behalf, and I got a much better outcome than I expected!”
— Client review, published via Yelp
One reviewer on Lawyers.com, who identified themselves as a registered process server in Arizona, described a more difficult experience: they said the firm disbursed more than $40,000 from a settlement to parties they did not recognize or authorize, and that the attorney handling the file changed without their knowledge. Awesome Attorneys could not independently verify this account, and did not find a public Arizona State Bar disciplinary action connected to Adam C. Kent as of this research pass. Prospective clients may want to ask the firm directly about how it handles settlement disbursements and case handoffs, alongside weighing the firm’s broader, largely positive review record.
Peer Standing
Awesome Attorneys did not locate Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, or State Bar Board of Legal Specialization recognition for Adam C. Kent, and this profile does not use the word “specialist” to describe him on that basis. His clearest verifiable professional credential is his history as a public prosecutor in two states before entering private practice.
The Arizona Backdrop, in Plain English
Readers weighing a Phoenix-area injury claim should understand a few baseline Arizona rules. What follows is general information, not legal advice.
The two-year clock. Arizona’s statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims is generally two years (A.R.S. § 12-542).
Fault is shared, not all-or-nothing. Arizona follows pure comparative negligence (A.R.S. § 12-2505): a claimant’s recovery is reduced by their share of fault but not eliminated entirely.
Clients are entitled to an accounting. Arizona’s Rules of Professional Conduct require an attorney holding client or third-party funds in trust to keep them separate from the firm’s own funds and to provide a full accounting on request — a rule directly relevant to any dispute over how a settlement was disbursed.
Suing the government is faster and stricter. Claims against a public entity require a formal notice of claim within 180 days (A.R.S. § 12-821.01) and suit within one year (A.R.S. § 12-821).
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Kent Law’s strongest asset is Adam Kent’s genuine prosecutorial background across two states, paired with a criminal defense practice that gives clients facing both a DUI charge and an injury claim a single point of contact. The majority of the firm’s client reviews are specific, positive, and name individual staff members repeatedly — a pattern this series generally treats as a good sign.
One area worth a direct conversation with the firm: a single detailed review describes concerns with settlement disbursement and a change in the attorney handling the case, which this profile could not independently verify. No published settlement table exists to check the firm’s general results claims against, either. A prospective client may want to ask how the firm handles trust-account disbursements and any change in assigned attorney before signing an engagement letter — and should confirm they are contacting Kent Law, PLC in Phoenix/Tempe, not a similarly named firm elsewhere.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team in July 2026. Primary source: the firm’s current website, kent-law.org, including Adam C. Kent’s individual attorney biography page. Secondary sources: Avvo, Yelp, Lawyers.com (including the review discussed above), and about.me. Awesome Attorneys searched for a public Arizona State Bar disciplinary record for Adam C. Kent and did not locate one through the State Bar of Arizona’s public disciplinary-decisions materials as of this research date; this is not a certification that no non-public or informal matter exists, and readers concerned about this should contact the State Bar of Arizona directly. Kent Law, PLC did not commission, pay for, or pre-approve this article. All figures 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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