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En resumen
| Despacho | Lara Law Firm, PLLC |
| Fundada | 2011 (per business listings); BBB-accredited since March 2014 |
| Office | 177 N. Church Ave., Ste. 909, Tucson, AZ 85701 |
| Abogado | Adolfo Lara — University of Arizona (B.A., 2001); James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona (J.D., 2005, cum laude) |
| Bar admission | Arizona, 2010 |
| Enfoque de práctica | Exclusively Arizona personal injury: auto, motorcycle, and truck accidents, dog bites, wrongful death |
| Idiomas | Inglés y español |
| Contacto | laralawfirm.com · (520) 577-0707 |
A Practice Deliberately Limited to One Field
Adolfo Lara earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona in 2001 and returned to the same campus for law school, graduating cum laude from the James E. Rogers College of Law in 2005. He was admitted to the Arizona bar in 2010 and founded Lara Law Firm the following year. The firm’s own marketing states its scope plainly: “we limit our practice to Arizona personal injury law” — no family law, no criminal defense, no general civil practice as a sideline. That focus has held for more than a decade, and the firm has been accredited by the Better Business Bureau since 2014.
Peer attorneys in Tucson’s plaintiff bar have publicly endorsed Lara’s injury practice specifically. Fellow injury attorney Jeff Gould, whose own practice is also profiled in this series, wrote that Lara “does an amazing job for anyone I refer to him” and called him “easily one of the top personal injury attorneys in Tucson.” Another peer endorsement described him as “thoughtful, creative and energetic” in analyzing legal issues.
Áreas de práctica
The firm’s docket covers the standard range of Arizona personal injury claims: car and motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, dog bites, and wrongful death arising from any of the above, along with broader negligence and third-party liability matters. The firm’s stated approach emphasizes obtaining full compensation for medical expenses, vehicle damage, lost wages, and pain and suffering, and explicitly frames itself as taking the long view on client recovery — assessing how an injury will affect someone’s ability to work over time, not just the immediate bills.
Historial
Awesome Attorneys did not locate a published verdicts-and-settlements ledger with case-specific dollar figures for Lara Law Firm as of the research date. The firm’s Martindale-Hubbell listing reflects a broad range of personal injury categories — from dog bites and wrongful death to catastrophic and traumatic brain injury — consistent with a general plaintiff practice, but Awesome Attorneys could not independently verify specific case outcomes. Prospective clients should ask the firm directly for outcome examples relevant to their situation.
En palabras de los clientes
Client reviews on FindLaw describe consistent, hands-on service: one client wrote that Lara “drove to my house and personally returned all of my phone calls,” adding, “I dealt with an attorney and not a staff member.” Another described a car accident claim as “handled well because the lawyer was always in contact with me,” and said the result was “very good.” A third reviewer called the demand letter Lara prepared “extensive” and said it exceeded their expectations for the claim.
Más allá de la sala del tribunal
Lara is a member of the Arizona Association for Justice, the state’s plaintiff-bar trial lawyers organization, and is fluent in Spanish, which the firm markets as part of its capacity to serve Tucson’s bilingual community directly rather than through an interpreter.
Reconocimientos
Lara carries a 5.0 client rating on Martindale-Hubbell and has been endorsed in writing by multiple fellow Tucson injury and family-law attorneys on Avvo’s peer-endorsement system. Awesome Attorneys did not locate Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, or State Bar Board of Legal Specialization credentials for this attorney as of the research date.
Awesome Attorneys also identified a disclosed item on Lara’s public Avvo licensing record indicating he was “disciplined by state licensing authority” in 2016. Public sourcing available to Awesome Attorneys did not specify the nature or severity of that action, and the firm’s BBB accreditation and Martindale ratings appear unaffected in the years since. Consistent with this publication’s disclosure policy, Awesome Attorneys is noting the existence of this record rather than omitting it; readers who want the underlying details should consult the State Bar of Arizona’s public attorney discipline records directly.
Contexto legal de Arizona
| A.R.S. § 12-542 | Two-year statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims |
| A.R.S. § 12-821.01 | 180-day notice of claim requirement before suing a public entity or employee |
| A.R.S. § 12-821 | One-year statute of limitations for suits against public entities |
| A.R.S. § 12-2505 | Arizona’s pure comparative negligence rule — recovery is reduced, not barred, by the injured person’s own share of fault |
| A.R.S. § 12-502 | Tolling of limitations periods for minors and persons under a legal disability |
For the auto-accident claims that make up the bulk of Lara’s practice, the two-year window under § 12-542 and Arizona’s pure comparative-negligence rule under § 12-2505 — which lets a partially at-fault claimant still recover, reduced by their own share of fault — are typically the two most relevant provisions.
La evaluación de Awesome Attorneys
Lara Law Firm’s strongest credential is peer, not marketing: unsolicited endorsements from fellow Tucson plaintiff attorneys, including one profiled elsewhere in this series, describing Lara specifically as a top injury practitioner. Client reviews consistently describe direct, personal attorney contact rather than a paralegal-run assembly line, and a decade-plus of BBB accreditation and an exclusively injury-focused practice support a picture of a stable, specialized solo firm.
The honest caveat, consistent with this publication’s disclosure standard, is the 2016 disciplinary record noted above. Awesome Attorneys could not determine its substance from public sources, and it should not be assumed to be either minor or serious without further inquiry — but omitting a documented adverse finding would violate this series’ own editorial standard, the same standard applied when disclosing other profiled attorneys’ bar history elsewhere in this directory. A prospective client should feel free to raise it directly with the firm.
Metodología & fuentes
This profile was researched using laralawfirm.com, the Better Business Bureau, Avvo (attorney profile, endorsements, and licensing record), FindLaw, Martindale-Hubbell, Justia, and Yelp. All statutory citations were checked against the Arizona Revised Statutes as published by the Arizona State Legislature. No compensation was sought or received from the firm, and the firm was not contacted prior to publication of this profile.
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