DeShon L. Pullen

DeShon Pullen is the owner and founder of DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC. DeShon is a skilled attorney with a solid litigation background in family and civil law. Prior to establishing her own boutique law office, she worked for Snell & Wilmer, Arizona’s largest law firm.

DeShon is certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of Arizona and has extensive training in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has completed extensive mediation training through Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and advanced training in the field of Collaborative Divorce including Full Time Protocol for Collabrative Divorce Practice.

• Arizona, 1998
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1998

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
  • J.D. – 1998
• Arizona State University
  • Master’s Degree – 1993
  • Major: Public Administration
• Arizona State University
  • Bachelor’s Degree – 1990
  • Major: Political Science

• Snell & Wilmer, 1998 – 2002

• Family Law Litigator of the Year , Maricopa County Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyers Program, 2011
• Small Firm of the Year, Maricopa County Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyers Program, 2007
• Sole Practitioner of the Year, Maricopa County Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyers Program, 2002
• Volunteer Lawyer of the Year, Maricopa County Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyers Program, 2001

• Scottsdale Bar Association, Member
• Maricopa County Bar Association, Member
• State Bar of Arizona, Member
• Arizona Women Lawyers Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member
• Arizona Collaborative Divorce Professionals, Member
• Arizona Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, Member

• Stand Up Lawyers, Arizona State Bar Magazine , 2002