UNA NOTA PARA LOS LECTORES. This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team. The Slavicek Law Firm did not pay for, request, or review this article prior to publication, and placement on Awesome Attorneys’ editorial pages cannot be purchased. Case results described here are drawn from the firm’s published materials and are attributed to that source. Nothing in this article is legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney–client relationship. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future case.
A NOTE ON THE NAME. Attorney Justin Henry of this firm shares his name with the actor Justin Henry, known for his Academy Award–nominated role in Kramer vs. Kramer. They are not the same person, and this profile concerns the Phoenix attorney only.
En resumen
| Despacho | The Slavicek Law Firm |
| Fundada | 2001, by Brett Slavicek |
| Office | 5500 N. 24th St., Phoenix, AZ |
| Fundador | Brett Slavicek — Rhodes College (B.A. Philosophy, with honors, 1995); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1998) |
| Key associate | Justin Henry — Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (2009); admitted 2010 |
| Enfoque de práctica | Severe and catastrophic personal injury exclusively; referral-only client base |
| Reported recoveries | Approximately $700 million in total verdicts and settlements over Slavicek’s career, per the firm |
| Reconocimientos | Justin Henry: Super Lawyers 2023–2026, Rising Stars 2020–2022 |
| Contacto | brettslavicek.com |
Trained by Two Arizona Trial Legends
Brett Slavicek studied philosophy at Rhodes College, graduating with honors in 1995, before attending Northwestern University School of Law, where he earned the highest grade in his class in negotiation. After graduating in 1998, he joined Treon, Strick, Lucia & Aguirre, working directly under Dick Treon and Jerry Strick — two Arizona trial lawyers the firm describes as having record-setting verdicts of their own. Slavicek made partner there in under two years before leaving to found his own firm in 2001, deliberately structuring it around a small number of high-value, complex injury claims rather than volume.
Justin Henry, who joined the firm and earned his law degree from ASU in 2009, is described by the firm as “well-known to attorneys in Arizona as a brilliant legal mind” who has made an impact not only on his own clients’ cases but on how injury settlements are handled under Arizona law more broadly. He holds a clean plaintiff-only classification from Super Lawyers and has been recognized continuously from Rising Stars status through the main Super Lawyers list.
Áreas de práctica
The firm accepts only severe and catastrophic injury claims, and states that its clients come exclusively as referrals from former clients, other attorneys, and others familiar with the practice’s track record. It also counsels select high-profile individuals and corporations in business torts and disputes, a smaller secondary practice line alongside its injury work.
Historial
The firm reports Slavicek has personally obtained more than 160 seven-figure settlements and verdicts and 12 cases resolved above $10 million, including three eight-figure jury verdicts — a distinction the firm says only a handful of Arizona attorneys share. Slavicek’s cases include Arizona’s largest jury verdict in 2012, again in 2015, and a third time in 2024, and in 2024 the firm served as lead counsel on what it describes as Arizona’s largest wrongful death verdict in state history. Total career recoveries are reported at approximately $700 million. Published individual case results include a $3,460,000 motorcycle rollover settlement, a $3,282,500 contested-liability intersection settlement, and a $3,000,000 loss-of-consortium verdict, among many others in the seven-figure range.
ACERCA DE ESTOS RESULTADOS. The figures above are drawn from the firm’s own published case-results page and have not been independently confirmed against court records. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future case; every matter turns on its own facts and law.
En palabras de los clientes
Because the firm’s client base is referral-only and deliberately small, Awesome Attorneys did not locate a broad base of public consumer reviews on major platforms; the firm’s own materials note that new clients arrive through direct referral rather than public advertising or review-driven marketing.
Más allá de la sala del tribunal
Justin Henry’s described role in “changing the law with respect to injury settlements in Arizona” suggests involvement beyond individual case work, though Awesome Attorneys did not locate specific published details of legislative or appellate advocacy to independently verify the scope of that claim.
Reconocimientos
Justin Henry has been selected to Super Lawyers for 2023 through 2026, following a Rising Stars designation from 2020 through 2022 — a clean progression through Super Lawyers’ peer-review tiers. Awesome Attorneys did not locate a State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization certification for either attorney as of the research date, though the firm’s self-reported results place Slavicek among the state’s most successful plaintiff trial lawyers by dollar volume.
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 |
| A.R.S. § 12-502 | Tolling of limitations periods for minors and persons under a legal disability |
The firm’s municipal-liability case (a leg injury claim against a municipality, per its published results) would have triggered the shortened 180-day notice-of-claim deadline under § 12-821.01 rather than the standard two-year window.
La evaluación de Awesome Attorneys
Brett Slavicek’s training under two of Arizona’s most accomplished trial lawyers, a deliberately selective referral-only practice, and a documented history of record-setting verdicts — including Arizona’s largest wrongful death verdict in state history in 2024 — make this one of the more substantively credentialed high-end injury practices in this series. Justin Henry’s clean Super Lawyers progression adds a second, independently verified layer of peer recognition.
The honest caveat: because the firm deliberately doesn’t market for volume clients, Awesome Attorneys could not locate independent consumer reviews, and the reported results, while extensive and specific, come from the firm’s own published case list rather than independently audited court records.
Metodología & fuentes
This profile was researched using brettslavicek.com (firm site, Brett Slavicek and Justin Henry attorney biographies, published case results page), Super Lawyers, and Crunchbase. 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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