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Kurt Maahs

Attorney

Mr. Maahs joined Shapiro Law Team in November 2021. For over 30 years, Mr. Maahs has successfully tried, arbitrated, and mediated hundreds of cases including wrongful death, trucking, product liability, road design and defect, car crashes, and commercial litigation.

Prior to representing individuals injured due to the fault of others, he spent time as legal counsel for major corporations, including Walgreens, State Farm, United Technologies, Johnson and Johnson, Marriott, JLG Industries, and Home Depot.

After earning a degree in criminal justice from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln (1991), he graduated from the University of Nebraska Law School (1994). Since then, Mr. Maahs has focused on providing the highest quality and most effective representation to his clients. He is admitted to the Bar in the state of Arizona as well as Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. He is also admitted to the Federal Courts in Arizona, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, as well as the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

When he’s not working, Mr. Maahs enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, reading, golfing, and following the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

He’s ​​obtained numerous verdicts and settlements worth millions of dollars, including helping a client obtain a $5.7 million settlement for a major trucking accident.

Areas of Practice

  • Personal Injury — Plaintiff
  • University of Nebraska Law School
  • University of Nebraska, B.S.
  • English
  • $3,100,000 settlement for commercial vehicle crash
  • $2,100,000 settlement for wrongful death of minor child
  • $1,400,000 settlement for wrongful death during trial (140x offer prior to trial)
  • $1,375,000 settlement in trucking case
  • $1,250,00 settlement on trucking case
  • $1,100,000 settlement on trucking case
  • $1,050,000 settlement on trucking case
  • $1,000,000 settlement in trucking case
  • $700,000 settlement won for a client whose case involved a product defect for psychological injuries
  • Tried over 20 jury trials
  • Argued cases at the appellate level before the Arizona Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Kansas Supreme Court, Nebraska Supreme Court, Kansas Court of Appeals, and Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District.

Awards

  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star—Southwest Region (2019)
  • Super Lawyer 2020, 2024, 2025

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona
  • U.S. District Court, District of Arizona

Professional Associations

  • Arizona Association for Justice, Board of Directors
  • Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
  • American Association for Justice
  • Trucking Litigation Group, Brain Injury Section, and Motor Liability Section
  • Sandra Day O’Connor Inn of Court
  • Maricopa County Bar Association

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