Langley Law Firm, P.C.

Law Firm Overview

History

Langley Law Firm is an Arizona AV rated* law firm located in Scottsdale. The firm began in October 2004 when its principals moved from active law practice in California to Arizona. The firm consists of four attorneys and four support staff. Though we are litigation and trial practice attorneys, our objective is to provide clients with aggressive, professional and efficient representation with an emphasis on early alternative dispute resolution, if appropriate.

Larry Langley

Mr. Langley has been a coverage attorney and insurance defense litigator since 1973, having attained his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Francisco Law School. He is actively licensed in Arizona and California and has tried over 70 jury trials in federal and state courts, including several first party bad faith, serious injury, wrongful death, professional liability and punitive damages cases.

Mr. Langley's most recent trial in Arizona involved a false light invasion of privacy and intentional interference of business relationships case. He has diversified expertise in construction defect, property, fraud, arson and insurance coverage matters, including examinations under oath and appraisals, as well as in estate planning and probate litigation. He is also a licensed civil engineer in the State of California.

Mr. Langley is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Bar Association, the Arizona and California Bar Associations, the Defense Research Institute, the Northern California Association of Defense Counsel, the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel and the Maricopa County and Scottsdale Bar Associations. He has presented at various continuing education courses and seminars including the ABA and the Property Loss Research Bureau. In 2004 he was featured in Law Technology News regarding his successful defense verdict in a brain injury trial in Santa Monica, California.

Kathleen M. Langley

Ms. Langley is the managing partner for the firm and has been a litigator since 1982. She has handled several California state court jury trials to verdict involving wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury and dental malpractice claims, has co-tried several jury trials in Arizona and has handled hundreds of binding ADR proceedings, including arbitrations and mediations. She handles a variety of cases, including personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice matters in the area of misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose melanoma, and children's claims against school districts for failure to report child abuse. As managing partner, she supervises and mentors the firm's associate attorneys and paralegals and is responsible for teaching them trial practice skills. She has coached the firm's former and present associate attorneys in several Arizona jury trials to verdict.

Ms. Langley received her Juris Doctorate degree from San Francisco Law School in 1981 and is actively licensed in the States of Arizona and California. She is a member of the Arizona and California Bar Associations, the Defense Research Institute, the Maricopa County and Scottsdale Bar Associations and the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel. She is a trained mediator and co-taught mediation and negotiation courses at Stanford and Hastings Law Schools. She was a faculty member of the 2009 Arizona College of Trial Advocacy. Ms. Langley is also a member of the Board of Directors for a Scottsdale community association, an Advisory Board Member of a charitable non-profit corporation dedicated to cancer research and is a former Advisory Board Member of a non-profit corporation dedicated to the resolution of child abuse. Ms. Langley is co-authoring a paper for medical publication with a renowned surgical oncologist on the legal consequences of melanoma misdiagnosis.

Steven T. Long

Mr. Long has practiced law since 2001, formerly in Nevada, and has been with the firm since 2005 as an associate and a litigator. He has experience in the areas of medical malpractice, insurance coverage, personal injury, insurance bad faith, uninsured and underinsured motorist claims, business litigation, minors' conservatorship matters, product liability cases, chapter 7 & 13 bankruptcies, foreclosures and short sales. He has jury and non-jury trial experience in commercial, personal injury and medical malpractice cases.

Mr. Long received his Juris Doctorate degree from Wayne State University Law School and he is actively licensed to practice law in Arizona and Nevada.

James A. Robles

Mr. Robles has been practicing law since 2005 and joined the firm in 2007 as an associate. He attained his B.A. from The University of Arizona and Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law. While in law school, Mr. Robles externed for the US District Court in Tucson, Arizona, was a member of the Moot Court Editorial Board and participated in Moot Court Trial Competition. His areas of practice include personal injury, wrongful death, complex construction defect matters, bankruptcy, foreclosures, short sales, environmental class actions and mass tort cases. He is a native of Arizona and is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Business Organizations
• Construction Law
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Trusts
• Wills
• Insurance Defense
• Insurance Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Eminent Domain
• Foreclosure & Alternatives
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Construction, Contracts, Debtor-Creditor, Elder Law, Eminent Domain, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord-Tenant, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate, Trusts, Wills