Schmidt, Sethi & Akmajian
Tucson trial firm with a long record in serious injury, car-accident, and wrongful-death cases.
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Updated June 12, 2026
If you were hurt in a car crash or another accident in Tucson, Arizona law gives you two years to bring a claim and lets you recover even if you were partly at fault. Below are vetted Tucson firms, plus plain-English answers on how the process works, how long it takes, and what lawyers charge.
A personal injury claim is how you recover money when someone else's carelessness hurts you, whether in a car crash, a fall, or another accident. In Arizona you generally have two years from the date of the injury to file a lawsuit, under A.R.S. section 12-542. Most cases start as an insurance claim and settle without a trial, but having a lawyer who is ready to file in the Pima County Superior Court changes how seriously an insurer takes you. Arizona also follows pure comparative negligence, set out in A.R.S. section 12-2505, which means you can still recover even if you were partly to blame; your award is just reduced by your share of the fault.
Unlike many states, Arizona's Constitution prohibits the legislature from capping the damages a jury can award for a personal injury or wrongful death. That makes Arizona a relatively strong state for seriously injured people, because there is no artificial ceiling on compensation for medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering. What limits a case instead is proof: the strength of your evidence, the available insurance, and how clearly you can document your injuries and losses. That is why gathering records early and not giving a recorded statement to the other insurer before talking to a lawyer both matter.
Tucson personal injury lawyers work on contingency, so you pay nothing up front and the fee is a percentage of what you recover. The typical range is about 33% if the case settles before a lawsuit is filed and around 40% if a suit is filed or the case goes to trial. The firm advances case costs, like records and expert fees, and is repaid from the recovery. If there is no recovery, you generally owe no attorney fee, which is why the initial case review is free.
These firms are profiled in full, with practice focus and recognition, in our Top 10 Personal Injury Lawyers in Tucson guide. Each is a real, independently listed AZ firm verified across legal directories.
Tucson trial firm with a long record in serious injury, car-accident, and wrongful-death cases.
Well-known Arizona injury firm with a Tucson office handling accidents and product cases.
Arizona personal-injury firm representing accident victims across the Tucson area.
Tucson injury practice focused on motor-vehicle and serious-accident claims.
Tucson firm handling personal-injury, wrongful-death, and catastrophic-injury matters.
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