team-member

David Horowitz

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Licensed for 31 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Child custody

Language

English

About

Mr. Horowitz is a shareholder with May Potenza Baran & Gillespie. He is the head of the Family Law/Domestic Relations Practice Group. David’s practice focuses on family law and domestic relations matters, including collaborative divorce, mediation, custody and child support. He is a past President of Collaborative Divorce Professionals of Arizona, and serves on the Arizona Supreme Court’s Child Support Guidelines Review Committee and the State Senate’s Domestic Relations Committee. David also serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Maricopa County Superior Court.David is a certified family law specialist and is appointed to the Family Law Advisory Commission of the State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. David teaches family law at Phoenix College and The Arizona Summit Law School.  David has presented for the following organizations/conferences:Arizona Judicial Conference Arizona Judicial Council Quarles Brady Streich Lang Employment Law Symposium Arizona Family Law Institute American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Commercial Law League of America Office of the Attorney General National Business Institute/Institute of Paralegal Education City of Phoenix “Faces of Diversity” Lecture Series Arizona Woman Lawyers Association State Bar of Arizona: Court on Professionalism; annual convention; numerous Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars; CLE Award, 2006 Employee Assistance Professionals Association City of Phoenix Attorney’s Office NALS…the Association for Legal Professionals: national, local, state and regional conferences Arizona Minority Bar Convention International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Collaborative Divorce Team Training Instructor of legal writing, legal ethics, family law and economics, Phoenix College Maricopa County Bar Association Arizona State University Public Events

Practices Areas

Child custody

Divorce and separation

Family

Language

English

Contact

May Potenza Baran & Gillespie201 North Central Ave22nd FloorPhoenix, AZ, 85004

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

Sue
December 10, 2011

I went to David after my dissatisfaction with another attorney who was handling my spousal support case. David took over at the last minute, did all the work required and best of all, I felt very taken care of and protected by David. He is very well respected by the judge on our case and because he knew her style, he did not push things even though I wanted him to. He knew if we waited things out, she would see my ex for the liar he was and that happened! Because of David's tactics she eventually found my ex in contempt of court and even imposed sanctions on him, which David said almost never happens. I have two separate actions against my ex that I have to file one at a time, but because David was so proactive and has a positive non aggressive attitude (but assertive), he got my ex to agree to the second matter, which will avoid us from having to go to court again to file for that, saving us money. David is extremely trustworthy and knowledgeable about the issues I was dealing with. When we did have another issue arise (my ex filing for bankruptcy) that he was not expert in, he referred me another attorney in his firm. I would highly recommend David.

anonymous
June 7, 2010

Over $8,ooo retainer up front. His legal assistant frankly did more than he did. Office has a lot of overhead so I doubt he himself saw much of this fee. But the overall presentation for family court was to the last second and when an opportunity to "settle" presented it self you are forced to JUMP. Try someone one pro active and able to present themselves in court as something other than the nice guy next door. David can not take on witnesses on the stand. His soft demenaor will not allow it.

anonymous
September 29, 2018

I rarely write reviews, however I felt the need to warn others. Mr. Horowitz is greedy, unprofessional, and all he cares about is money. Mr. Horowitz did not communicate appropriately, did not do the necessary research, created a complete mess out of my case, and severely damaged my family. Both parties involved agreed that his practice was fraudulent, at best. I wish I had found a different person for the job, and I would never return to his firm.

Carrie
May 23, 2014

My experience with David has been over the past two years of my divorce. David has not been responsive and has not advocated for me and my children. In hindsight, I probably should have been more forceful or consulted with a different attorney. David is extremely nice, but in a divorce environment that is really not a quality that is necessary for an attorney. I have paid over $49,000 over the past two years to David and his firm. They have not been responsive when I have called for information and are extremely disorganized. I was embarassed to see how organized the opposing counsel has been and continues to be . I am happy my situation has come to a resolution but I do not believe David provided good represenatation.

Mary
May 21, 2014

I would never recommend David Horowitz. I signed a retainer agreement for $15,000 in August, 2012. I paid David $12,500 after two months of unclear communication, mistakes and stress. 1.The Process Server did not having the facts correct when serving my husband with divorce papers. Due to the miscommunication, my children were put in the middle and frightened to say the least. 2. Appointments scheduled with opposing attorney and husband without me being included. After learning of this, I did not agree and told him so. Appointment was not scheduled. There were no financials discussed as of yet. 3. Appointments that I paid for, where follow up appointments were supposed to be scheduled by Paralegal, and were not. No apologies from David. 4. A Consent to Withdraw was recommended. Without knowledge of what this meant, or how long it would take to get signed, numerous emails were sent back and forth due to my lack of understanding. In conclusion, if I still lived in the State of Arizona, I would arbitrate with the Stare Bar. Due to the circumstances of my divorce, I cannot endure the travel cost and stress. I called David in February, 2013 and asked if he would settle on an amount. He refused and said I signed a fee agreement.

anonymous
February 18, 2011

This attorney is the worst that I have ever dealt with. He is unresponsive and does not follow through with anything. He provdied no results as a mediator, and his office staff is just plain ignorant and incompetent. His secretary did not how to schedule a meeting. David finds ways to require his client to perform certain activities which he would charge them for to run up the bill in excess. David wasted my time and money on his useless rambling and after his mediation, there were no positive results.

anonymous
January 19, 2011

As an attorney myself, I ended up doing most of the work and drafting of documents since David has zero attention to detail, forgot what we had discussed/agreed on etc., with David "reviewing" said documents then over-billing me for work performed. He told me that all of the docs would be filed by early October but I never even saw his draft until the middle of November and they were completely inadequate. I paid him a 5k retainer for what was essentially an amicable paternity/child custody/child support issue and 4 months later we are still at square one but he has blown through the 5k. His paralegal and assistant appear to do most of his work; he is not timely in responding to inquiries or does not respond at all; every time I needed to speak with him or he spoke to opposing counsel I would have to schedule a time to speak with him, generally at least 3 days out and each time he was to call me he was 15-30 minutes late on calling me and once failed to call me at all. He is not aggressive with opposing counsel and appears to want to take the path of least resistance when push comes to shove.

anonymous
April 3, 2008

While David is an incredibly nice person, I do not believe that he did what he was supposed to do for myself and my child as clients. The things I asked for from the very beginning where never done. He never got me an accurate AFI from my son's father. My initial request is for him to do whatever was necessary to get arrears from my son's father from 2004. He never did the paperwork necessary. Over $24,000 in fees and absolutely nothing that I could have accomplished on my own. I started questioning what was happening from 2005 and 2006 when I had used him with friends who were lawyers and they told me that he should be getting the AFI's, that since my ex was lying on his income, that his wife's could be considered I have since found out. I did need him to help me with one other issue and he made agreements with someone who had falsely accused me of harassment. The person blatantly lied on a harassment charge and David entered into agreements that would have me agreeing to what was filed. The guy who filed it eventually admitted to me he lied to please someone else he was in trouble with and that he was sorry. The thing is, I look at it as a reflection on my character and a no time did I ever do anything to threaten or harass anyone. David had a document prepared for me to sign and I refused. As my lawyer he should have been able to fight for what was in my best interest.

Sue
December 10, 2011

I went to David after my dissatisfaction with another attorney who was handling my spousal support case. David took over at the last minute, did all the work required and best of all, I felt very taken care of and protected by David. He is very well respected by the judge on our case and because he knew her style, he did not push things even though I wanted him to. He knew if we waited things out, she would see my ex for the liar he was and that happened! Because of David's tactics she eventually found my ex in contempt of court and even imposed sanctions on him, which David said almost never happens. I have two separate actions against my ex that I have to file one at a time, but because David was so proactive and has a positive non aggressive attitude (but assertive), he got my ex to agree to the second matter, which will avoid us from having to go to court again to file for that, saving us money. David is extremely trustworthy and knowledgeable about the issues I was dealing with. When we did have another issue arise (my ex filing for bankruptcy) that he was not expert in, he referred me another attorney in his firm. I would highly recommend David.

anonymous
June 7, 2010

Over $8,ooo retainer up front. His legal assistant frankly did more than he did. Office has a lot of overhead so I doubt he himself saw much of this fee. But the overall presentation for family court was to the last second and when an opportunity to "settle" presented it self you are forced to JUMP. Try someone one pro active and able to present themselves in court as something other than the nice guy next door. David can not take on witnesses on the stand. His soft demenaor will not allow it.

anonymous
September 29, 2018

I rarely write reviews, however I felt the need to warn others. Mr. Horowitz is greedy, unprofessional, and all he cares about is money. Mr. Horowitz did not communicate appropriately, did not do the necessary research, created a complete mess out of my case, and severely damaged my family. Both parties involved agreed that his practice was fraudulent, at best. I wish I had found a different person for the job, and I would never return to his firm.

Carrie
May 23, 2014

My experience with David has been over the past two years of my divorce. David has not been responsive and has not advocated for me and my children. In hindsight, I probably should have been more forceful or consulted with a different attorney. David is extremely nice, but in a divorce environment that is really not a quality that is necessary for an attorney. I have paid over $49,000 over the past two years to David and his firm. They have not been responsive when I have called for information and are extremely disorganized. I was embarassed to see how organized the opposing counsel has been and continues to be . I am happy my situation has come to a resolution but I do not believe David provided good represenatation.

Mary
May 21, 2014

I would never recommend David Horowitz. I signed a retainer agreement for $15,000 in August, 2012. I paid David $12,500 after two months of unclear communication, mistakes and stress. 1.The Process Server did not having the facts correct when serving my husband with divorce papers. Due to the miscommunication, my children were put in the middle and frightened to say the least. 2. Appointments scheduled with opposing attorney and husband without me being included. After learning of this, I did not agree and told him so. Appointment was not scheduled. There were no financials discussed as of yet. 3. Appointments that I paid for, where follow up appointments were supposed to be scheduled by Paralegal, and were not. No apologies from David. 4. A Consent to Withdraw was recommended. Without knowledge of what this meant, or how long it would take to get signed, numerous emails were sent back and forth due to my lack of understanding. In conclusion, if I still lived in the State of Arizona, I would arbitrate with the Stare Bar. Due to the circumstances of my divorce, I cannot endure the travel cost and stress. I called David in February, 2013 and asked if he would settle on an amount. He refused and said I signed a fee agreement.

anonymous
February 18, 2011

This attorney is the worst that I have ever dealt with. He is unresponsive and does not follow through with anything. He provdied no results as a mediator, and his office staff is just plain ignorant and incompetent. His secretary did not how to schedule a meeting. David finds ways to require his client to perform certain activities which he would charge them for to run up the bill in excess. David wasted my time and money on his useless rambling and after his mediation, there were no positive results.

anonymous
January 19, 2011

As an attorney myself, I ended up doing most of the work and drafting of documents since David has zero attention to detail, forgot what we had discussed/agreed on etc., with David "reviewing" said documents then over-billing me for work performed. He told me that all of the docs would be filed by early October but I never even saw his draft until the middle of November and they were completely inadequate. I paid him a 5k retainer for what was essentially an amicable paternity/child custody/child support issue and 4 months later we are still at square one but he has blown through the 5k. His paralegal and assistant appear to do most of his work; he is not timely in responding to inquiries or does not respond at all; every time I needed to speak with him or he spoke to opposing counsel I would have to schedule a time to speak with him, generally at least 3 days out and each time he was to call me he was 15-30 minutes late on calling me and once failed to call me at all. He is not aggressive with opposing counsel and appears to want to take the path of least resistance when push comes to shove.

anonymous
April 3, 2008

While David is an incredibly nice person, I do not believe that he did what he was supposed to do for myself and my child as clients. The things I asked for from the very beginning where never done. He never got me an accurate AFI from my son's father. My initial request is for him to do whatever was necessary to get arrears from my son's father from 2004. He never did the paperwork necessary. Over $24,000 in fees and absolutely nothing that I could have accomplished on my own. I started questioning what was happening from 2005 and 2006 when I had used him with friends who were lawyers and they told me that he should be getting the AFI's, that since my ex was lying on his income, that his wife's could be considered I have since found out. I did need him to help me with one other issue and he made agreements with someone who had falsely accused me of harassment. The person blatantly lied on a harassment charge and David entered into agreements that would have me agreeing to what was filed. The guy who filed it eventually admitted to me he lied to please someone else he was in trouble with and that he was sorry. The thing is, I look at it as a reflection on my character and a no time did I ever do anything to threaten or harass anyone. David had a document prepared for me to sign and I refused. As my lawyer he should have been able to fight for what was in my best interest.

Sue
December 10, 2011

I went to David after my dissatisfaction with another attorney who was handling my spousal support case. David took over at the last minute, did all the work required and best of all, I felt very taken care of and protected by David. He is very well respected by the judge on our case and because he knew her style, he did not push things even though I wanted him to. He knew if we waited things out, she would see my ex for the liar he was and that happened! Because of David's tactics she eventually found my ex in contempt of court and even imposed sanctions on him, which David said almost never happens. I have two separate actions against my ex that I have to file one at a time, but because David was so proactive and has a positive non aggressive attitude (but assertive), he got my ex to agree to the second matter, which will avoid us from having to go to court again to file for that, saving us money. David is extremely trustworthy and knowledgeable about the issues I was dealing with. When we did have another issue arise (my ex filing for bankruptcy) that he was not expert in, he referred me another attorney in his firm. I would highly recommend David.

anonymous
June 7, 2010

Over $8,ooo retainer up front. His legal assistant frankly did more than he did. Office has a lot of overhead so I doubt he himself saw much of this fee. But the overall presentation for family court was to the last second and when an opportunity to "settle" presented it self you are forced to JUMP. Try someone one pro active and able to present themselves in court as something other than the nice guy next door. David can not take on witnesses on the stand. His soft demenaor will not allow it.

anonymous
September 29, 2018

I rarely write reviews, however I felt the need to warn others. Mr. Horowitz is greedy, unprofessional, and all he cares about is money. Mr. Horowitz did not communicate appropriately, did not do the necessary research, created a complete mess out of my case, and severely damaged my family. Both parties involved agreed that his practice was fraudulent, at best. I wish I had found a different person for the job, and I would never return to his firm.

Carrie
May 23, 2014

My experience with David has been over the past two years of my divorce. David has not been responsive and has not advocated for me and my children. In hindsight, I probably should have been more forceful or consulted with a different attorney. David is extremely nice, but in a divorce environment that is really not a quality that is necessary for an attorney. I have paid over $49,000 over the past two years to David and his firm. They have not been responsive when I have called for information and are extremely disorganized. I was embarassed to see how organized the opposing counsel has been and continues to be . I am happy my situation has come to a resolution but I do not believe David provided good represenatation.

Mary
May 21, 2014

I would never recommend David Horowitz. I signed a retainer agreement for $15,000 in August, 2012. I paid David $12,500 after two months of unclear communication, mistakes and stress. 1.The Process Server did not having the facts correct when serving my husband with divorce papers. Due to the miscommunication, my children were put in the middle and frightened to say the least. 2. Appointments scheduled with opposing attorney and husband without me being included. After learning of this, I did not agree and told him so. Appointment was not scheduled. There were no financials discussed as of yet. 3. Appointments that I paid for, where follow up appointments were supposed to be scheduled by Paralegal, and were not. No apologies from David. 4. A Consent to Withdraw was recommended. Without knowledge of what this meant, or how long it would take to get signed, numerous emails were sent back and forth due to my lack of understanding. In conclusion, if I still lived in the State of Arizona, I would arbitrate with the Stare Bar. Due to the circumstances of my divorce, I cannot endure the travel cost and stress. I called David in February, 2013 and asked if he would settle on an amount. He refused and said I signed a fee agreement.

anonymous
February 18, 2011

This attorney is the worst that I have ever dealt with. He is unresponsive and does not follow through with anything. He provdied no results as a mediator, and his office staff is just plain ignorant and incompetent. His secretary did not how to schedule a meeting. David finds ways to require his client to perform certain activities which he would charge them for to run up the bill in excess. David wasted my time and money on his useless rambling and after his mediation, there were no positive results.

anonymous
January 19, 2011

As an attorney myself, I ended up doing most of the work and drafting of documents since David has zero attention to detail, forgot what we had discussed/agreed on etc., with David "reviewing" said documents then over-billing me for work performed. He told me that all of the docs would be filed by early October but I never even saw his draft until the middle of November and they were completely inadequate. I paid him a 5k retainer for what was essentially an amicable paternity/child custody/child support issue and 4 months later we are still at square one but he has blown through the 5k. His paralegal and assistant appear to do most of his work; he is not timely in responding to inquiries or does not respond at all; every time I needed to speak with him or he spoke to opposing counsel I would have to schedule a time to speak with him, generally at least 3 days out and each time he was to call me he was 15-30 minutes late on calling me and once failed to call me at all. He is not aggressive with opposing counsel and appears to want to take the path of least resistance when push comes to shove.

anonymous
April 3, 2008

While David is an incredibly nice person, I do not believe that he did what he was supposed to do for myself and my child as clients. The things I asked for from the very beginning where never done. He never got me an accurate AFI from my son's father. My initial request is for him to do whatever was necessary to get arrears from my son's father from 2004. He never did the paperwork necessary. Over $24,000 in fees and absolutely nothing that I could have accomplished on my own. I started questioning what was happening from 2005 and 2006 when I had used him with friends who were lawyers and they told me that he should be getting the AFI's, that since my ex was lying on his income, that his wife's could be considered I have since found out. I did need him to help me with one other issue and he made agreements with someone who had falsely accused me of harassment. The person blatantly lied on a harassment charge and David entered into agreements that would have me agreeing to what was filed. The guy who filed it eventually admitted to me he lied to please someone else he was in trouble with and that he was sorry. The thing is, I look at it as a reflection on my character and a no time did I ever do anything to threaten or harass anyone. David had a document prepared for me to sign and I refused. As my lawyer he should have been able to fight for what was in my best interest.

Sue
December 10, 2011

I went to David after my dissatisfaction with another attorney who was handling my spousal support case. David took over at the last minute, did all the work required and best of all, I felt very taken care of and protected by David. He is very well respected by the judge on our case and because he knew her style, he did not push things even though I wanted him to. He knew if we waited things out, she would see my ex for the liar he was and that happened! Because of David's tactics she eventually found my ex in contempt of court and even imposed sanctions on him, which David said almost never happens. I have two separate actions against my ex that I have to file one at a time, but because David was so proactive and has a positive non aggressive attitude (but assertive), he got my ex to agree to the second matter, which will avoid us from having to go to court again to file for that, saving us money. David is extremely trustworthy and knowledgeable about the issues I was dealing with. When we did have another issue arise (my ex filing for bankruptcy) that he was not expert in, he referred me another attorney in his firm. I would highly recommend David.

anonymous
June 7, 2010

Over $8,ooo retainer up front. His legal assistant frankly did more than he did. Office has a lot of overhead so I doubt he himself saw much of this fee. But the overall presentation for family court was to the last second and when an opportunity to "settle" presented it self you are forced to JUMP. Try someone one pro active and able to present themselves in court as something other than the nice guy next door. David can not take on witnesses on the stand. His soft demenaor will not allow it.

anonymous
September 29, 2018

I rarely write reviews, however I felt the need to warn others. Mr. Horowitz is greedy, unprofessional, and all he cares about is money. Mr. Horowitz did not communicate appropriately, did not do the necessary research, created a complete mess out of my case, and severely damaged my family. Both parties involved agreed that his practice was fraudulent, at best. I wish I had found a different person for the job, and I would never return to his firm.

Carrie
May 23, 2014

My experience with David has been over the past two years of my divorce. David has not been responsive and has not advocated for me and my children. In hindsight, I probably should have been more forceful or consulted with a different attorney. David is extremely nice, but in a divorce environment that is really not a quality that is necessary for an attorney. I have paid over $49,000 over the past two years to David and his firm. They have not been responsive when I have called for information and are extremely disorganized. I was embarassed to see how organized the opposing counsel has been and continues to be . I am happy my situation has come to a resolution but I do not believe David provided good represenatation.

Mary
May 21, 2014

I would never recommend David Horowitz. I signed a retainer agreement for $15,000 in August, 2012. I paid David $12,500 after two months of unclear communication, mistakes and stress. 1.The Process Server did not having the facts correct when serving my husband with divorce papers. Due to the miscommunication, my children were put in the middle and frightened to say the least. 2. Appointments scheduled with opposing attorney and husband without me being included. After learning of this, I did not agree and told him so. Appointment was not scheduled. There were no financials discussed as of yet. 3. Appointments that I paid for, where follow up appointments were supposed to be scheduled by Paralegal, and were not. No apologies from David. 4. A Consent to Withdraw was recommended. Without knowledge of what this meant, or how long it would take to get signed, numerous emails were sent back and forth due to my lack of understanding. In conclusion, if I still lived in the State of Arizona, I would arbitrate with the Stare Bar. Due to the circumstances of my divorce, I cannot endure the travel cost and stress. I called David in February, 2013 and asked if he would settle on an amount. He refused and said I signed a fee agreement.

anonymous
February 18, 2011

This attorney is the worst that I have ever dealt with. He is unresponsive and does not follow through with anything. He provdied no results as a mediator, and his office staff is just plain ignorant and incompetent. His secretary did not how to schedule a meeting. David finds ways to require his client to perform certain activities which he would charge them for to run up the bill in excess. David wasted my time and money on his useless rambling and after his mediation, there were no positive results.

anonymous
January 19, 2011

As an attorney myself, I ended up doing most of the work and drafting of documents since David has zero attention to detail, forgot what we had discussed/agreed on etc., with David "reviewing" said documents then over-billing me for work performed. He told me that all of the docs would be filed by early October but I never even saw his draft until the middle of November and they were completely inadequate. I paid him a 5k retainer for what was essentially an amicable paternity/child custody/child support issue and 4 months later we are still at square one but he has blown through the 5k. His paralegal and assistant appear to do most of his work; he is not timely in responding to inquiries or does not respond at all; every time I needed to speak with him or he spoke to opposing counsel I would have to schedule a time to speak with him, generally at least 3 days out and each time he was to call me he was 15-30 minutes late on calling me and once failed to call me at all. He is not aggressive with opposing counsel and appears to want to take the path of least resistance when push comes to shove.

anonymous
April 3, 2008

While David is an incredibly nice person, I do not believe that he did what he was supposed to do for myself and my child as clients. The things I asked for from the very beginning where never done. He never got me an accurate AFI from my son's father. My initial request is for him to do whatever was necessary to get arrears from my son's father from 2004. He never did the paperwork necessary. Over $24,000 in fees and absolutely nothing that I could have accomplished on my own. I started questioning what was happening from 2005 and 2006 when I had used him with friends who were lawyers and they told me that he should be getting the AFI's, that since my ex was lying on his income, that his wife's could be considered I have since found out. I did need him to help me with one other issue and he made agreements with someone who had falsely accused me of harassment. The person blatantly lied on a harassment charge and David entered into agreements that would have me agreeing to what was filed. The guy who filed it eventually admitted to me he lied to please someone else he was in trouble with and that he was sorry. The thing is, I look at it as a reflection on my character and a no time did I ever do anything to threaten or harass anyone. David had a document prepared for me to sign and I refused. As my lawyer he should have been able to fight for what was in my best interest.