First Mesa Lawyers

Samin Adib graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from University of Arizona in 2006, minoring in sociology. Ms. Adib went on to receive her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2009. After having worked both in criminal prosecution offices as well as immigration law firms, the pursuit of quality advocacy on behalf of her clients led her to open her own private practice where she practices immigration and criminal law. Ms. Adib is licensed in both California and Arizona. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and...

Charles Morrow is a business and real estate lawyer specializing in the negotiation and documentation of complex corporate transactions and strategies in an efficient, proactive, and organized manner. He regularly counsels entrepreneurs and business owners in all phases of the business life-cycle, from formation through the sale of the business, with a solutions-oriented approach. Mr. Morrow was a business and real estate lawyer with the firm for ten years before joining a local business as its COO and General Counsel in 2018. In that role, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations, financial reporting and planning, and all legal matters...

Shad M. Brown, J.D., LLM, is a managing partner of the Brown Naegle Crider & Jensen Law Firm. Shad’s practice is concentrated in estate planning, tax planning, tax controversy and qualified domestic relation orders. Prior to forming Brown & Jensen, Shad was an attorney with the Dana Law Firm. It was there Shad established a premier tax practice for the firm involving complex tax planning and tax controversy resolution. Before entering private practice, Shad worked as an attorney at the IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel where he represented the IRS in civil and criminal tax matters. Shad’s experience includes work...

Ladd is an associate attorney who grew up in Arizona and graduated from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. During law school, Ladd worked at both the Maricopa County Superior Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals. He received litigation experience working as a student law clerk at the Goldwater Institute, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and the Maricopa County Prosecutor’s Office. He served as an editor on the Journal of Law, Policy, and Military Affairs as well as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Before law school, Ladd lived in Paraguay for two...

Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, attorney Shane Miller is a skilled and experienced trial and litigation lawyer. Mr. Miller’s major areas of practice over the previous 14-plus years have been in criminal and DUI defense as well as plaintiff’s personal injury. Mr. Miller has successfully defended hundreds of misdemeanor and felony cases and has earned numerous large settlements for his civil and personal injury cases. He aggressively strives to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients, which includes numerous favorable trial verdicts, dismissed cases and exceptional settlements. Mr. Miller has extensive courtroom experience conducting jury trials, bench trials, pretrial hearings and...