Miller Kory Rowe built its practice in Phoenix for a decade before opening a Tucson office in 2020 — not to expand into new territory, but because the firm had already been litigating and trying cases in Southern Arizona the whole time and finally gave that caseload a physical address.
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MILLER KORY ROWE LLP — At a Glance
| FOUNDED | 2010, by partners Jeffrey B. Miller, Gabriel V. Kory, and Teri M. Rowe |
| OFFICES | Phoenix (650 N. 3rd Ave., headquarters) and Tucson (2135 E. Grant Road, Suite 100, opened September 2020) |
| PRACTICE MODEL | Plaintiff-only personal injury: auto, motorcycle, trucking, bicycle and pedestrian, and construction accidents; medical malpractice; elder abuse and nursing home neglect; wrongful death |
| NAMED PARTNERS | Jeffrey Boyd Miller · Gabriel V. Kory · Teri Marscovetra Rowe, J.D., Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University |
| COMBINED EXPERIENCE | More than 60 years across the firm’s attorneys (per the firm) |
| PEER RECOGNITION | Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion award (client-review-based; platinum/gold/silver tiers by review volume and score) |
| FEE MODEL | Contingency — “no fees unless we win” (per the firm) |
Sources: mkrfirm.com (firm website), Martindale-Hubbell, Lawyers.com, Newswire.com. Compiled July 2026.
A Tucson Office That Followed the Caseload, Not the Other Way Around
Miller Kory Rowe LLP was founded in Phoenix in 2010 by partners Jeffrey B. Miller, Gabriel V. Kory, and Teri M. Rowe, an ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law graduate. For its first decade the firm operated as a Phoenix practice representing clients statewide, including in Southern Arizona. In September 2020, the firm made that Southern Arizona presence official, opening a dedicated office just north of the University of Arizona in Tucson’s Campbell Grant neighborhood. Partner Teri Rowe framed the move at the time as a formalization rather than an expansion: the firm, in her words, had “been litigating and trying cases in Tucson and Southern Arizona since we began” and wanted to give that existing caseload a physical office and a higher level of local service.
That sequencing — a decade of litigating in a market before opening an office there — is a different growth story than the more common pattern in this series of firms expanding into new cities primarily for marketing reach.
What the Firm Handles
Miller Kory Rowe’s caseload spans the standard range of plaintiff injury work — auto, motorcycle, and trucking accidents, bicycle and pedestrian collisions, and construction site injuries — alongside two more specialized lines: medical malpractice and elder abuse or nursing home neglect claims, plus wrongful death matters arising from any of the above. The firm’s trucking-accident practice pages emphasize familiarity with federal trucking regulations and corporate liability theories specific to commercial carriers, a more technical niche than a general auto-accident practice.
The Results Board
Miller Kory Rowe’s public materials do not publish an itemized settlement-and-verdict table, and Awesome Attorneys did not locate one through independent research. The firm’s own positioning leans on its combined attorney experience and trial-readiness — “we are not afraid to take cases to trial” — rather than a published results ledger. 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
Client reviews collected on the firm’s own site and Lawyers.com consistently name individual attorneys rather than offering generic praise for “the firm.” Multiple reviewers single out Gabriel Kory specifically for nursing-home and elder-abuse matters, describing him as available, responsive, and personally engaged even in emotionally difficult cases. Jeffrey Miller is credited by name in a separate review for a settlement negotiation outcome.
“Without Miller Kory Rowe LLP, my claim settlement would not have even covered my medical bills. Jeff Miller and Sharon Maggio worked diligently on my behalf to ensure I received a fair settlement.”
— Client review, published via Lawyers.com
A separate reviewer, describing a family’s experience after a relative’s death in a care facility, wrote that “Gabe and his team were compassionate, caring and great advocates for our mom and took the worry of dealing with the elder abuse she suffered off of our hands” — a theme that recurs across several of the firm’s published nursing-home-related reviews.
Peer Standing
The firm has received a Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion award, a designation based on the volume and quality of client reviews rather than peer nomination, with platinum, gold, and silver tiers keyed to specific review-count and score thresholds. Awesome Attorneys did not locate Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, or State Bar Board of Legal Specialization recognition for any named partner, and this profile does not use the word “specialist” to describe any attorney at the firm on that basis.
The Arizona Backdrop, in Plain English
Readers weighing a claim in either Phoenix or Tucson should understand a few baseline Arizona rules, several of which are particularly relevant to the firm’s medical malpractice and nursing-home caseload. What follows is general information, not legal advice.
The two-year clock — with a wrinkle for malpractice. Arizona’s statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims is generally two years (A.R.S. § 12-542); medical malpractice claims are subject to the same general period but can involve separate discovery-rule questions about when the injury was or should have been discovered.
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.
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) — relevant to any construction-site case involving a government contractor or public roadway.
Vulnerable adults get added protection. Arizona’s Adult Protective Services Act creates separate civil remedies for abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults, layered on top of ordinary negligence claims against a care facility.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Miller Kory Rowe’s strongest asset is the combination of genuine dual-market depth — a decade of Southern Arizona litigation experience before the Tucson office existed — and a nursing-home and elder-abuse practice that draws specific, emotionally detailed positive reviews rather than generic praise. For a family dealing with suspected nursing-home neglect in either Phoenix or Tucson, that specialization is a genuine differentiator within this series.
The honest gap is the same one facing several firms in this batch: no published settlement or verdict figures to check against the firm’s trial-readiness claims, and limited independent media coverage of specific case outcomes. A prospective client with a high-value malpractice or trucking claim should ask directly about the firm’s recent results in that specific category. For an Arizona family navigating a nursing-home abuse situation specifically, Miller Kory Rowe’s reviews suggest a firm well worth the conversation.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team in July 2026. Primary source: the firm’s current website, mkrfirm.com, including its practice-area and nursing-home-abuse pages, which provided founding, partner, and case-type detail. Secondary sources: a September 2020 Newswire.com press release announcing the Tucson office opening, Martindale-Hubbell (Client Champion award and Tucson office listing), and Lawyers.com (client reviews). Awesome Attorneys did not independently verify combined-experience figures beyond the firm’s own published account. Miller Kory Rowe LLP 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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