Thomas L. Toone has served as a court-appointed settlement judge, a private mediator, an arbitrator and special master in over 4100 cases during 35 years. He was certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a Specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death litigation for 20 years, has mediated and arbitrated civil cases of all categories throughout his career.
Mr. Toone has litigated in Jury and non-jury trials for wrongful death, personal injury and property damages, including claims involving aircraft crashes (commercial and private airplanes, gliders, ultra lights, helicopters, and balloons), airport and airline liability, products liability, pesticides, bailment and contract disputes, auto accidents, and insurance coverage/bad faith litigation. He also has litigation experience in professional malpractice (medical practitioners, insurance agents and adjusters), toxic torts, real estate and commercial transactions, premises liability, bankruptcies and receivership proceedings, and administrative law, primarily dealing with FAA enforcement proceedings. He has appellate practice experience before the Arizona Court of Appeals, Arizona Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Firm was A-V rated and has been listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers for over 35 years. Mr. Toone is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, has served as President of the Maricopa County Bar Association and in every position on its Board of Directors, and is a member and past president of the American Board of Trial Advocates (Phoenix Chapter). He was honored by ABOTA (Phoenix) as its “Lawyer of the Year” for 2015. He was a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, and has formerly held memberships in the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Aviation Insurance Association. He has been listed in "The Best Lawyers in America", "Valley’s Best 125 Lawyers” (Phoenix Magazine), and Southwest Super Lawyers in both categories of Personal Injury Defense and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He was named by Best Lawyers ® as its 2016 Phoenix Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants “Lawyer of the Year”. Mr. Toone was also certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a specialist in the area of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death for 20 years.