Shannon Giles Law: Tucson’s Employment Attorney Admitted to Argue Before the U.S. Supreme Court

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At a Glance — Shannon Giles Law, PLC

Origin

Shannon Giles received her LL.B. from the University of Alberta in 1996 and moved to Tucson to earn an LL.M. from the University of Arizona in 1998, then worked as a litigation associate at Streich Lang, P.A. — a firm that merged into Quarles & Brady in 2000. She opened her own solo practice in 2009, joined Awerkamp & Bonilla, PLC in 2012, became a named partner in 2017, and in February 2025 the firm transitioned to her own name, Shannon Giles Law, PLC. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Arizona State Bar’s Labor & Employment Section and volunteers with the Volunteer Lawyers Program in Southern Arizona and Step Up to Justice.

Practice Areas

Giles describes her practice as “almost exclusively” employment law and litigation, “heavily focused” on representing employees, including wrongful discharge, discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, and due-process claims for both private and government employees. The firm’s current site also states it represents employers in the same categories of disputes — a disclosed dual-representation practice.

Track Record

We did not locate a published, itemized table of verdicts or settlements on the firm’s public materials at the time of writing. As with any employment litigation practice, results depend on the specific facts and law of each matter.

Client Voice

Martindale-Hubbell’s peer-review platform shows Giles with a 4.4 out of 5.0 overall client-service rating across 12 reviews, including a 5.0-out-of-5.0 attorney-submitted review for a litigation matter. This is a peer/client-review-platform score rather than a hand-selected testimonial, which gives it somewhat more independence than a firm-published quote.

Community

Giles’ seat on the Arizona State Bar’s Labor & Employment Section Executive Committee and her volunteer work with the Volunteer Lawyers Program in Southern Arizona and Step Up to Justice are documented, independently verifiable civic and bar-association involvement.

Recognition

Giles has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America since 2018 in Employment Law – Individuals and Litigation – Labor and Employment, a peer-reviewed credential. She also holds admission to the U.S. Supreme Court bar, the Arizona Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the Ninth Circuit, and the Judicial Court of the Tohono O’odham Nation — the last a notable, specific jurisdictional credential for an attorney handling tribal-adjacent employment matters in Southern Arizona.

Arizona Legal Backdrop

Employment discrimination claims in Arizona generally require filing with the Arizona Attorney General’s Civil Rights Division or the federal EEOC before a lawsuit can proceed, with administrative deadlines that can run as short as 180 days depending on the claim type. This is a materially shorter and more procedurally distinct timeline than Arizona’s two-year personal injury statute of limitations under A.R.S. § 12-542. This is general information, not legal advice.

The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Shannon Giles Law is one of the few genuinely Tucson-based employment practices in this category rather than a Phoenix firm with a satellite presence, and Giles’ Executive Committee seat on the State Bar’s Labor & Employment Section along with continuous Best Lawyers recognition since 2018 are real, checkable credentials. The honest caveat is the same one that applies broadly in this practice area: the firm’s own site discloses it represents both employees and employers, so a prospective client should confirm which side of a specific dispute the firm would be representing them on before assuming an exclusively employee-side relationship.

Methodology & Sourcing

Sourced from the firm’s website (shannongileslaw.com, formerly abdilaw.com), Best Lawyers’ individual listing, Super Lawyers’ Tucson Employment & Labor rankings, Martindale-Hubbell’s peer-review and client-review platform, and LinkedIn. No court-record verdict search was performed. Awesome Attorneys did not contact the firm directly in the preparation of this profile.

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