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MORSE LAW GROUP Family Focused Family Law WE ARE READY TO LISTEN TO YOU Phoenix Family Law Attorneys Phoenix Family Law Attorneys Custody, Divorce, Separation Family Law Firm PRACTICE AREAS PRACTICE AREAS FAMILY LAW Morse Law Group is a family law firm which means we handle cases involving family relationships, divorce, custody, child support, parenting time, etc. CHILD SUPPORT In Arizona Child Support is calculated pursuant to Arizona Child Support Guidelines. If you need child support, are paying child support, or want to know more, contact us. DEPENDENCY Dependency occurs when the state determines that a parent is unfit or unable to care for their child or children. If you have questions, or need help with a dependency case, give us a call. GRANDPARENT & NONPARENTAL CUSTODY If you are a grandparent or a nonparent and want to know more about your rights and your options, we can talk you through it. MEDIATION With a focus on non-adversarial resolution, mediation gives you the opportunity to control the outcome of your discussions, and allows you to better maintain relationships. CHILD CUSTODY In Arizona "custody" is broken into two parts: legal decision making and parenting time. COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE Collaborative Divorce is a unique procedure which allows couples to go through the divorce process with a team of specialized lawyers, legal professionals, financial professionals, and mental health professionals to achieve a peaceful resolution. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE If you are a victim of domestic violence there are unique challenges and concerns that you may have when it comes to getting a divorce. But once you hire a law firm, you are not alone anymore. You have help fighting your battles. GUARDIANSHIP & CONSERVATORSHIP Many life changes leave you in need of assistance. You may find your elderly parents can no longer make reasonable decisions for themselves, or you need someone to take custody of your child. PRENUPTUAL/POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENTS If you are planning on getting married or are already married, we can walk you through your options to protect your property. CREATING POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR OVER 30 YEARS Morse Law Group is a focused family law firm with decades of experience. We believe every family deserves a quality attorney who will work tirelessly on their clients’ behalf. We combine years of excellence and creative thinking to bring you the best possible results. How Will You Achieve Your Family's Best Possible Future? At Morse Law Group, our legal team brings focused attention to your case. Whether you need a divorce or are working to find a stable co-parenting situation, our firm has the skills, experience and adaptability to find a solution that fits your family’s unique situation. Our attorneys work with you to: Identify clear and reasonable goals that accurately reflect your needs ​ Evaluate your options, including courtroom litigation, mediation, and collaborative law ​ Execute a strategy that works quickly to bring a stable solution to you and your loved ones Our firm has helped families and residents find solutions that reflect their needs and wishes since 1996. You can trust us to guide you forward. OUR VISION A Family Law Firm Focused on Peaceful Dispute Resolution When families experience changes, compassionate and dedicated representation can help minimize stress, providing thoughtful decision-making about the future. Since our inception in 1996, that is the type of legal representation Morse Law Group has provided to the residents of Phoenix and the surrounding communities. ​ Arizona families can entrust their delicate situations to our boutique law firm. Our attorneys possess a psychological understanding of conflict. Meanwhile, the combination of alternative dispute resolution methods and litigation enables us to provide comprehensive approaches to contentious, emotionally wrought family matters. ATTORNEYS OUR ATTORNEYS JUDITH A. MORSE PARTNER Tel: 602-277-6900 jmorse@morselawgroup.org KAELA N. GRAY ASSOCIATE Tel: 602-277-6900 kaela@morselawgroup.org CONTACT OUR ADDRESS 7220 N 16th Street Bldg D Email: admin@morselawgroup.org Tel: 602-277-6900 Click Here to Find Us For any general inquiries, please fill in the following contact form: First Name Last Name Email Phone Brief Description of Your Legal Issue Case Number (if applicable) How Would You Like To Be Contacted? Phone Email Upload File Upload supported file (Max 15MB) Submit Thank you for your inquiry. Someone from our firm will be in touch. If your matter is urgent, please give us a call at 602-277-6900 Company BACK TO TOP

Judy Morse As your attorney I will listen to you, and advocate for you. You can relax and hand over the reigns, knowing that I will address your case from a rational perspective, with your best interests in mind. Biography The founder of Judith A. Morse, P.C., now known as Morse Law Group, Judith A. Morse has been practicing law for more than 34 years. Judy graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, with a degree in Psychology. After working as an Adult Probation Officer in Maricopa County, Arizona, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School. During law school, she earned several honors, including being named as a Kiley Fellow and being selected for the Notre Dame Law Review. After law school, Judy worked for Gallagher & Kennedy, a large Phoenix law firm, specializing in insurance defense, highway design litigation, Indian Gaming law, and general commercial litigation. The partners at Gallagher & Kennedy recognized her skills and dedication by electing her partner/shareholder only five years after she joined the firm, making her the first elected female partner of the firm. The extensive training provided at Gallagher & Kennedy, along with the emphasis on strong writing skills and courtroom experience prepared Judy well to branch out and start her own firm. In 1996, Judy formed Judith A. Morse, P.C., a small boutique firm specializing in collaborative divorce, mediation, general family law litigation, complex divorce property issues, adoption, and guardianships. Over the past twenty years, Judy has represented her clients in a variety of cases with issues such as grandparents' rights, in loco parentis rights, child support modifications, spousal maintenance, business valuations, property valuations, custody valuations, parenting time issues, step parent adoptions, open adoptions, dependency cases with the Department of Child Safety, termination of parental rights, enforcement of divorce decree, and relocation cases. Judy's background and work experience in the field of psychology and mental health gives her an advantage in complex child custody and parenting time cases. She often involves mental health professionals in the process, especially when children are showing signs of being negatively impacted by the divorce, when one parent is alienating the other parent, or when the level of conflict has become so high that intervention is necessary. For her legal knowledge, experience and strong adherence to the Arizona Supreme Court professional standards of conduct and ethics, Judy has earned the AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating* through Martindale-Hubbell and an Avvo rating of 8.2. She is also recognized by her peers for the quality of her work by the numerous referrals from prior clients, parties against whom she has litigated, and attorneys practicing in family law as well as other areas. In order to serve the legal community, Judy serves as Judge Pro Tem for the Maricopa County Superior Court. She volunteers her time conducting ADR Settlement Conferences for parties wanting to resolve their disputes out of the courtroom. She is a member of the Arizona State Bar and its family law section, the Maricopa County Bar and its family law section. As part of her ongoing commitment to making the divorce process better for families, she is a member of the International Association of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) and member as well as former president of Collaborative Divorce Professionals of Arizona. Judy is a also a member of Arizona Association of Family Law Attorneys and both the National and Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Education Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana J.D. - 1986 Honors: magna cum laude Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts A.B. - 1980 Published Works Treble Damages Under RICO: Characterization and Computation 61 Notre Dame Law Review 526, 1986 Professional Associations State Bar of Arizona, Member Maricopa County Bar Association, Member American Bar Association, Member Collaborative Divorce Professionals of Arizona, President Contact I'm here to listen, and to help. Divorce and family law issues can be very emotional, let me be your advocate. jmorse@morselawgroup.org 602-277-6900

STUDENTS Morse Law Group proudly offers a student externship program, providing law students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge to real cases, while gaining exposure and experience in the different areas of family law during their academic year. Amanda Carrizales Penn State Law Extern, Spring 2023 Molly Li Hui Solan Penn State Law Extern, Fall 2023 Accepting Applicants Extern Accepting Applicants Extern If you are interested in a Morse Law Group Externship please: Email kaela@morselawgroup.org Call 602-277-6900 Follow

Paralegals Here to listen, here to help. In addition to your attorney, you will have a paralegal working on your case. Our paralegals are experienced professionals in family law, who will help walk you through different areas of your case, and facilitate communication between you and your attorney. Meet The Team Meagghi Cleary Paralegal Miranda Mitchell Paralegal

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Acerca de MEDIATION We Are Here To Put You In Control Often, no one is better at resolving the family law conflicts you may become embroiled in than yourself, and what you need most is a professional to guide you through the process and help you negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. At the law firm of Morse Law Group, our attorneys believe strongly in the collaborative method of conflict resolution to help mediation clients formalize a divorce. The truth is that most family law conflicts including custody issues, guardianships and even complicated financial property issues can be resolved through mediation. ​ Sometimes working together to negotiate a solution makes the most sense. Our founding attorney, Judith A. Morse, has helped clients throughout her career facilitate agreements utilizing her mediation and collaboration training as well as her experience as a settlement judge for Maricopa County. Making Mediation Work For You ​ Like collaborative divorce, mediation is an alternative dispute resolution format that avoids adversarial litigation, and more often than not leads to a more positive outcome for everyone affected by the family law conflict. Our office has seen many cases in family law, and we know from experience that couples who are able to work together to settle a divorce or conflict, despite how difficult that may be, usually find the results better in almost every respect. Like any divorce, mediation still requires you to address issues such as property division, spousal maintenance, child support and custody, but instead of having the state or a judge make the decisions, you are in charge. Charting A Complicated Course Mediation not only gives you the opportunity to control the outcome of your discussions and leaves you better able to maintain relationships, participating in mediation: ​ Is more cost-effective Gives you ultimate control so you can avoid handing decision-making over to a judge who doesn’t know you or your family Tends to be faster Can be much simpler Allows more flexible and “outside the box” solutions Contact our office to find out if we can put the benefits of mediation to work for you. A Phoenix Law Firm Focused On Solutions Our attorneys have extensive mediation experience. When you want to resolve a conflict by mediation, our attorney can put three decades of experience to work for you. We also have the experience to know that when you can negotiate solutions, you often have a far better outcome. Email us or call us at 602-857-9320 to learn more. First Name Last Name Email We can create a positive outcome. Message Send

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Acerca de COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE Collaborative Divorce Is Designed To Be Faster And Better At Morse Law Group, we have seen firsthand how collaborative divorce can not only improve the overall experience of the legal process, but leave all parties and their children in a better post-divorce relationship in the long run. ​ Traditionally, divorce can be a combative and destructive experience that not only dissolves a marriage, but also often poisons an already strained relationship. Especially in families where children are involved, a divorce does not spell the end of your relationship with your ex-spouse, but adversarial divorces are notorious for creating toxic relationships. ​ While any divorce is likely to be a painful experience, the collaborative divorce process puts the focus on negotiation and the preservation of dignity for both parties. Collaborative divorce encourages parties to resolve their differences justly and equitably. The entire collaborative divorce team relies upon an atmosphere of honesty, cooperation, integrity and professionalism. The Benefits Of Collaborative Divorce Collaborative divorce is not a viable option for every couple, particularly when abuse or violence has taken place leading up to the dissolution, but particularly for parents, collaborative divorce is a beneficial option for a variety of reasons. It Attempts To Minimize The Negative Economic And Emotional Consequences Of Divorce Without having to take a constant adversarial stance, issues such as child custody, spousal maintenance, property division and discovery of financial information, which can drag on in court for months, can sometimes be settled in a few private collaboration sessions. You Are In Control In a collaborative divorce, Morse Law Group will help you make informed choices for your future and your children. The goal is to help the divorcing couple work successfully within the collaborative divorce structure. Our goal is to achieve a positive resolution that minimizes the negative economic, social and emotional consequences that families often experience in traditional adversarial divorce processes. You Still Have Legal Counsel While you are in control of your decisions, you will be represented by an attorney who will advise you of the legal ramifications of your decisions. Both sides still have attorneys, they just agree to be open, have full disclosure and agree to resolve the conflict outside of the courtroom. It Is A Private Process Litigation is a matter of public record that can expose the personal details of your divorce to the public. Not so with collaborative divorce. It Is Often Better For Children Adversarial divorces can encourage parents to attack one another in an effort to “win.” Unfortunately, this approach can profoundly impact your children. Couples who work collaboratively on the terms of their parenting plan are more likely to have a more positive, workable post-divorce relationship within which to parent their children. Let’s Work Together Whether you want to negotiate a reasonable settlement through a collaborative divorce process, or need to pursue a traditional adversarial divorce, Judith Morse and her team have the experience and ability to provide reliable and effective representation. Contact our Phoenix office today online or call us at 602-857-9320 to schedule an appointment. First Name Last Name Email Lets stay family focused! Message Send

Kaela N. Gray Family law is an area of law that involves people, and people problems. Oftentimes, it can be very emotional. The lawyers involved can either exacerbate the issues, or can make a tough situation a little bit better. I work hard to do the latter. ​ As your attorney I will listen to you, and advocate for you. I am here to be your rational brain during what can be a very emotional time, so that you can feel and experience everything you need to, and know that someone is looking out for your and your children's best interests. Biography Born and raised in Calgary, AB, Canada, to a family of engineers, Kaela's childhood was a combination of hard work and time management. Her family valued togetherness, and often created memories by traveling and doing exciting activities. Even her extended family shares the same passion for family fellowship, and large dinners were often a nightly event. Her wholesome family upbringing imbued her with an enthusiasm to provide a shared happiness to families of all shapes and sizes throughout family law. After graduating from high school in Canada, she moved internationally to Oregon and finished her undergrad at Willamette, a small liberal arts college in Salem. She graduated from Penn State Law in May of 2021 and moved to Arizona to be closer to family, and to be able to hike in her free time. ​ Kaela's balance of empathy and positivity is her professional superpower. The emotional aspects of family law can be intense and difficult to deal with. With a full heart and your best interests in mind, Kaela wants her clients to know that she can empathize, understand, and support their situations so they can feel better about the transition period, and moving on to the next stages of their life. Education Pennsylvania State Law School, State College, Pennsylvania J.D. - 2021 William C. Vis Moot Oralist Willamette University, Salem, Oregon B.A. - 2018 Honors Professional Associations AzAFCC Board Member State Bar of Texas State Bar of Arizona Maricopa County Bar Association YLD Member Contact I'm here to listen, and to help. Divorce and family law issues can be very emotional, let me be your advocate. kaela@morselawgroup.org 602-277-6900

< Back Legal Assistant Apply Now Phoenix, AZ, USA Job Type Full Time About the Role Legal Assistant applicants are expected to be able to communicate with clients, coordinate consultations and meetings, distribute incoming and outgoing mail, answer phone calls, send documents to clients, and file documents, amongst other tasks. To be successful in this position, you should have a pleasant and outgoing personality, work well as a member of a team, and also be able to work independently when necessary. Strong candidates will also have good time management and organization skills. Morse Law Group provides employees with the opportunity to experience different roles within a firm, and the legal assistant role is a great opportunity to gain exposure to different legal tasks which vary from simple document review to more difficult and engaging projects. Legal Assistants work closely with the firm's paralegals as well as the attorney(s) and should know, or will learn, court procedures, how to prepare correspondence to the court, opposing counsel and the client. Legal Assistants work with process servers to get documents served, efile documents with the court, prepare shells of documents, review discovery and disclosure for completion, etc. The ideal candidate must have a strong work ethic, and take pride in helping our firm provide excellent legal representation to our clients. Requirements Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and telephone) Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with a high level of accuracy Ability to effectively prioritize work under deadline pressure and multi-task in a fast-paced environment Strong computer and document production skills including proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Time Matters

< Back Associate Apply Now Phoenix, AZ, USA Job Type Full Time About the Role Our Attorneys are experienced in the area of family law. Attorneys interested in joining our team must be able to support a client through their case while also providing exceptional, sound, and rational legal advice. Candidates should be organized, have good time management, and excellent client communication skills. Requirements 3+ years of family law legal experience Actively licensed to practice in Arizona Personable High Emotional Intelligence Strong legal writing and oral advocacy skills Excellent communication skills