
Michael Edgell
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Licensed for 20 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Employment & Labor
Language
English
About
Michael Edgell is a director of the law firm Schmitt Schneck Smyth Casey & Even. He concentrates his practice in the area of labor and employment law with an emphasis on counseling businesses with regard to: 1) policies and procedures; 2) defending against allegations of discrimination and harassment; 3) employment agreements; 4) restrictive covenants; 5) EEOC investigations; 6) how to avoid claims of discrimination and harassment.Michael also practices adoption law, including private placement adoptions, contested adoptions, interstate adoptions, termination of parental rights and private dependency. Michael represents birth parents, adoptive parents and agencies. Additional practice areas include business transactions, estate planning, and litigation.
Practices Areas
Estate Planning
Business
Employment and labor
Language
English
Contact
Schmitt Schneck Smyth Casey & Even PC1221 E Osborn Rd Ste 105Phoenix, AZ, 85014-5540
Office: N/A
Website: N/AReviews
Michael helped our family with our Estate Planning and he did a great job. There were so many issues we had not considered and Michael brought it our attention and helped navigate us through it all. We would recommend Michael to anyone considering Estate Planning.
We hired Mr. Edgell for the adoption case of our son. Mr. Edgell and his paralegal were always very prompt and thorough every step of the way. It was a joy working with them and we would definitely recommend their office.
Michael was a fantastic help to my family in our case to adopt my step daughter. His staff was professional and always responsive to everything we needed or any questions we had about the process. I can’t recommend Michael and his firm enough! Not too many great lawyers out there but this is one.
Mr. Edgell was hire for an adoption case of my daughter. He was always in contact for every step he did. The day before the appointment to be front the judge, he gave me a call and went through what was going to happen in court.
I am so happy I choose Michael Edgell to take forward with my step daughter adoption. Michael along his paralegal Shelly helped both my wife and myself make this process go well and smooth. They were very patient with us and never felt pressured or rushed in anything. They always made sure we understood everything and always answered our questions within an hour of sending an email. I totally recommend them for all of your adoption services. Our process took less then 6 months and a lot of that time was us gathering paperwork. Thank you for your kindness and professionalism and for helping us finalize our daughters adoption.
We were a foster kinship placement , and sought out Mike due to questions regarding a possible upcoming severance. Being very familiar with the DCS system and the adoption process, he was able to provide us the answers to our questions. He also sought out outside counsel to a complicated question related to our situation that he was not completely familiar with. Once severance occured, he walked us through the adoption process with no problems. He is very professional as well as very personable.
We engaged Mike while we were foster parents to children of a complicated kinship situation. He is very knowledgeable about DCS, the process and legal implications to consider as you follow the adoption journey. He and his colleagues are well connected with DCS leadership so various options can be well assessed along the way. His expertise and leadership on our case resulted in a successful adoption.
Michael Edgell handled our adoption very professionally and efficiently. For the most part, it was a standard foster care to adoption case, and everything went smoothly. There was a bit of a snag with the middle/last name that was caused by a mistake by the court clerk. Mr. Edgell handled the correction completely without charge even though it was not his fault. I appreciate his work and would highly recommend him to anyone needing legal help.
My husband and I started our adoption journey in 2013 when we were placed with our son. We did not have your typical smooth transition into finalization once we were placed. Our adoption was long and filled with many bumps. Mr. Edgell started with the firm we were working with part way through our process, we were asked if we would be willing to let him take over our case and we trusted the firm and agreed. Even though Mr.Edgell came in part way through it never felt that way. He had thoroughly reviewed our case and while he had a few additional questions the transition was very smooth. He was very professional and he did his best to investigate all paths while kepting us informed of everything going on. His response times were always very prompt and he did his best to answer any questions we had, if he did not know the answer he would look into it till he could. Our adoption was finalized on June 20, 2016 with Mr. Edgells help. We were very happy with his services and would recommend him to anyone.
Michael helped our family with our Estate Planning and he did a great job. There were so many issues we had not considered and Michael brought it our attention and helped navigate us through it all. We would recommend Michael to anyone considering Estate Planning.
We hired Mr. Edgell for the adoption case of our son. Mr. Edgell and his paralegal were always very prompt and thorough every step of the way. It was a joy working with them and we would definitely recommend their office.
Michael was a fantastic help to my family in our case to adopt my step daughter. His staff was professional and always responsive to everything we needed or any questions we had about the process. I can’t recommend Michael and his firm enough! Not too many great lawyers out there but this is one.
Mr. Edgell was hire for an adoption case of my daughter. He was always in contact for every step he did. The day before the appointment to be front the judge, he gave me a call and went through what was going to happen in court.
I am so happy I choose Michael Edgell to take forward with my step daughter adoption. Michael along his paralegal Shelly helped both my wife and myself make this process go well and smooth. They were very patient with us and never felt pressured or rushed in anything. They always made sure we understood everything and always answered our questions within an hour of sending an email. I totally recommend them for all of your adoption services. Our process took less then 6 months and a lot of that time was us gathering paperwork. Thank you for your kindness and professionalism and for helping us finalize our daughters adoption.
We were a foster kinship placement , and sought out Mike due to questions regarding a possible upcoming severance. Being very familiar with the DCS system and the adoption process, he was able to provide us the answers to our questions. He also sought out outside counsel to a complicated question related to our situation that he was not completely familiar with. Once severance occured, he walked us through the adoption process with no problems. He is very professional as well as very personable.
We engaged Mike while we were foster parents to children of a complicated kinship situation. He is very knowledgeable about DCS, the process and legal implications to consider as you follow the adoption journey. He and his colleagues are well connected with DCS leadership so various options can be well assessed along the way. His expertise and leadership on our case resulted in a successful adoption.
Michael Edgell handled our adoption very professionally and efficiently. For the most part, it was a standard foster care to adoption case, and everything went smoothly. There was a bit of a snag with the middle/last name that was caused by a mistake by the court clerk. Mr. Edgell handled the correction completely without charge even though it was not his fault. I appreciate his work and would highly recommend him to anyone needing legal help.
My husband and I started our adoption journey in 2013 when we were placed with our son. We did not have your typical smooth transition into finalization once we were placed. Our adoption was long and filled with many bumps. Mr. Edgell started with the firm we were working with part way through our process, we were asked if we would be willing to let him take over our case and we trusted the firm and agreed. Even though Mr.Edgell came in part way through it never felt that way. He had thoroughly reviewed our case and while he had a few additional questions the transition was very smooth. He was very professional and he did his best to investigate all paths while kepting us informed of everything going on. His response times were always very prompt and he did his best to answer any questions we had, if he did not know the answer he would look into it till he could. Our adoption was finalized on June 20, 2016 with Mr. Edgells help. We were very happy with his services and would recommend him to anyone.
Michael helped our family with our Estate Planning and he did a great job. There were so many issues we had not considered and Michael brought it our attention and helped navigate us through it all. We would recommend Michael to anyone considering Estate Planning.
We hired Mr. Edgell for the adoption case of our son. Mr. Edgell and his paralegal were always very prompt and thorough every step of the way. It was a joy working with them and we would definitely recommend their office.
Michael was a fantastic help to my family in our case to adopt my step daughter. His staff was professional and always responsive to everything we needed or any questions we had about the process. I can’t recommend Michael and his firm enough! Not too many great lawyers out there but this is one.
Mr. Edgell was hire for an adoption case of my daughter. He was always in contact for every step he did. The day before the appointment to be front the judge, he gave me a call and went through what was going to happen in court.
I am so happy I choose Michael Edgell to take forward with my step daughter adoption. Michael along his paralegal Shelly helped both my wife and myself make this process go well and smooth. They were very patient with us and never felt pressured or rushed in anything. They always made sure we understood everything and always answered our questions within an hour of sending an email. I totally recommend them for all of your adoption services. Our process took less then 6 months and a lot of that time was us gathering paperwork. Thank you for your kindness and professionalism and for helping us finalize our daughters adoption.
We were a foster kinship placement , and sought out Mike due to questions regarding a possible upcoming severance. Being very familiar with the DCS system and the adoption process, he was able to provide us the answers to our questions. He also sought out outside counsel to a complicated question related to our situation that he was not completely familiar with. Once severance occured, he walked us through the adoption process with no problems. He is very professional as well as very personable.
We engaged Mike while we were foster parents to children of a complicated kinship situation. He is very knowledgeable about DCS, the process and legal implications to consider as you follow the adoption journey. He and his colleagues are well connected with DCS leadership so various options can be well assessed along the way. His expertise and leadership on our case resulted in a successful adoption.
Michael Edgell handled our adoption very professionally and efficiently. For the most part, it was a standard foster care to adoption case, and everything went smoothly. There was a bit of a snag with the middle/last name that was caused by a mistake by the court clerk. Mr. Edgell handled the correction completely without charge even though it was not his fault. I appreciate his work and would highly recommend him to anyone needing legal help.
My husband and I started our adoption journey in 2013 when we were placed with our son. We did not have your typical smooth transition into finalization once we were placed. Our adoption was long and filled with many bumps. Mr. Edgell started with the firm we were working with part way through our process, we were asked if we would be willing to let him take over our case and we trusted the firm and agreed. Even though Mr.Edgell came in part way through it never felt that way. He had thoroughly reviewed our case and while he had a few additional questions the transition was very smooth. He was very professional and he did his best to investigate all paths while kepting us informed of everything going on. His response times were always very prompt and he did his best to answer any questions we had, if he did not know the answer he would look into it till he could. Our adoption was finalized on June 20, 2016 with Mr. Edgells help. We were very happy with his services and would recommend him to anyone.
Michael helped our family with our Estate Planning and he did a great job. There were so many issues we had not considered and Michael brought it our attention and helped navigate us through it all. We would recommend Michael to anyone considering Estate Planning.
We hired Mr. Edgell for the adoption case of our son. Mr. Edgell and his paralegal were always very prompt and thorough every step of the way. It was a joy working with them and we would definitely recommend their office.
Michael was a fantastic help to my family in our case to adopt my step daughter. His staff was professional and always responsive to everything we needed or any questions we had about the process. I can’t recommend Michael and his firm enough! Not too many great lawyers out there but this is one.
Mr. Edgell was hire for an adoption case of my daughter. He was always in contact for every step he did. The day before the appointment to be front the judge, he gave me a call and went through what was going to happen in court.
I am so happy I choose Michael Edgell to take forward with my step daughter adoption. Michael along his paralegal Shelly helped both my wife and myself make this process go well and smooth. They were very patient with us and never felt pressured or rushed in anything. They always made sure we understood everything and always answered our questions within an hour of sending an email. I totally recommend them for all of your adoption services. Our process took less then 6 months and a lot of that time was us gathering paperwork. Thank you for your kindness and professionalism and for helping us finalize our daughters adoption.
We were a foster kinship placement , and sought out Mike due to questions regarding a possible upcoming severance. Being very familiar with the DCS system and the adoption process, he was able to provide us the answers to our questions. He also sought out outside counsel to a complicated question related to our situation that he was not completely familiar with. Once severance occured, he walked us through the adoption process with no problems. He is very professional as well as very personable.
We engaged Mike while we were foster parents to children of a complicated kinship situation. He is very knowledgeable about DCS, the process and legal implications to consider as you follow the adoption journey. He and his colleagues are well connected with DCS leadership so various options can be well assessed along the way. His expertise and leadership on our case resulted in a successful adoption.
Michael Edgell handled our adoption very professionally and efficiently. For the most part, it was a standard foster care to adoption case, and everything went smoothly. There was a bit of a snag with the middle/last name that was caused by a mistake by the court clerk. Mr. Edgell handled the correction completely without charge even though it was not his fault. I appreciate his work and would highly recommend him to anyone needing legal help.
My husband and I started our adoption journey in 2013 when we were placed with our son. We did not have your typical smooth transition into finalization once we were placed. Our adoption was long and filled with many bumps. Mr. Edgell started with the firm we were working with part way through our process, we were asked if we would be willing to let him take over our case and we trusted the firm and agreed. Even though Mr.Edgell came in part way through it never felt that way. He had thoroughly reviewed our case and while he had a few additional questions the transition was very smooth. He was very professional and he did his best to investigate all paths while kepting us informed of everything going on. His response times were always very prompt and he did his best to answer any questions we had, if he did not know the answer he would look into it till he could. Our adoption was finalized on June 20, 2016 with Mr. Edgells help. We were very happy with his services and would recommend him to anyone.