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Samuel P. Moeller: A Former Bedside Nurse’s Plaintiff-Exclusive Phoenix Injury Practice

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At a Glance

Firm Law Offices of Samuel P. Moeller, PLLC
Attorney Samuel P. Moeller, Founder
Office 1419 N. 3rd St., Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Focus Personal injury exclusively — auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and nursing home abuse, on a contingency-fee basis
Education Nursing degree, University of Utah (2000); J.D., Baylor University School of Law (2003)
Admitted Texas and Arizona

Sources: localinjurylawyers.org (attorney bio), Avvo, LinkedIn, Cornell Law lawyer directory. Compiled August 2026.

Origin

From Bedside Nurse to Defense-Side Associate to Plaintiff’s Advocate

Samuel Moeller earned a nursing degree from the University of Utah in 2000 and worked as a registered nurse in cardiac care and geriatrics at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas, while attending Baylor University School of Law, graduating in 2003. He began his legal career in the Dallas area working for trial lawyers who defended liability lawsuits — a defense-side start his own materials describe directly. An honesty note on his career history: a LinkedIn listing shows a past position as “Criminal and Personal Injury Defense Attorney” at Killham Law Office, a Scottsdale firm this publication has separately assessed and found to be criminal-defense-primary; that appears consistent with his documented defense-side beginnings before he transitioned fully to plaintiff’s work and founded his own firm. Every source reviewed for his current practice — his own bio and multiple independent directories — describes the Law Offices of Samuel P. Moeller, PLLC as devoted exclusively to personal injury plaintiffs today. As a survivor of an airplane crash himself, he describes understanding firsthand the claims process his clients go through.

Practice

A Nursing Background Applied to Injury Claims

The firm’s stated caseload covers auto and motorcycle accidents, personal injury generally, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and nursing home abuse claims, handled on a contingency-fee basis. Mr. Moeller’s clinical nursing background — cardiac and geriatric care specifically — is presented across his materials as informing how he evaluates medical documentation and communicates with injured clients, a distinctive combination of credentials among Phoenix PI attorneys covered in this series.

Track Record

The firm’s own materials describe “many million-dollar settlements” secured for clients without an itemized, independently verifiable case table; no such compilation was located in the sources reviewed for this profile.

Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.

Client Voice

Attributed Avvo reviews from other attorneys describe Mr. Moeller as “one of the most knowledgeable personal injury attorneys I know” and someone “other attorneys go to for answers,” with his nursing background specifically cited as an asset. Client reviews describe him as “very responsive, empathetic, and knowledgeable.” No negative reviews were located in the sources reviewed for this profile; that reflects the public record available, not a claim of a flawless history.

Community

Mr. Moeller has lived in Mexico and is fluent in Spanish, which his own materials describe as helping the firm serve Phoenix’s Hispanic community — a language-access consideration distinct from his direct legal caseload.

Recognition

No Arizona Board of Legal Specialization certification was located for Mr. Moeller in the sources reviewed, so this profile does not use the word “specialist” to describe him. His recognition centers on peer endorsements from fellow attorneys rather than formal awards or board certifications.

The Arizona Legal Backdrop

What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.

Arizona personal injury claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations under A.R.S. § 12-542. Claims against a public entity or public employee — relevant to some nursing home and premises matters — require a Notice of Claim within 180 days under A.R.S. § 12-821.01. Arizona follows a pure comparative negligence rule under A.R.S. § 12-2505, so a plaintiff found partly at fault can still recover damages, reduced by their percentage of fault.

The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

The Law Offices of Samuel P. Moeller’s genuine differentiator is a combined clinical-nursing and legal background applied to a now fully plaintiff-exclusive injury practice — his own airplane-crash survival experience adds a further personal dimension to how he frames his client relationships. The honest caveat: his career included defense-side work early on (Dallas liability defense, and per LinkedIn, a past role at a firm this publication has flagged as criminal-defense-primary), which this profile discloses plainly even though every source describing his current, independently founded practice confirms it is exclusively plaintiff-side today.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was researched in August 2026 from localinjurylawyers.org (attorney bio), Avvo’s attorney profile and reviews, LinkedIn, and the Cornell Law lawyer directory. The Law Offices of Samuel P. Moeller, PLLC did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.

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