Profiles of the Attorneys at the Langley Law Firm, P.C.
Lawyers in Scottsdale, Arizona
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 practice in California to Arizona. The firm consists of three attorneys and four support staff. Although a litigation and trial practice firm, its 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 in excess of seventy jury trial in federal and state courts including several first party bad faith, serious injury, wrongful death, professional liability, and punitive damages cases. His 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 coverage matters including examinations under oath and appraisals, as well as in estate planning. He is also a licensed civil engineer in the State of California.
Mr. Langley is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, American Bar Association, Arizona and California Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute, Northern California Association of Defense Counsel, 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 of 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, and medical malpractice matters, particularly in the area of misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose melanoma. As managing partner, she supervises and mentors the firm's associate attorney 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, Defense Research Institute, 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 is 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 and for a charitable non-profit corporation dedicated to cancer research. 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 been practicing law since 2001, formerly in Nevada, and has been with the firm since 2005 as 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 and product liability cases. 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.
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