Personal Experience

Lori L. Voepel is an attorney at Beus O’Connor McGroder PLLC, a premier boutique law firm concentrating on High Stakes Litigation, Real Estate and Zoning Law, and Plaintiffs Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death. Ms. Voepel is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Plaintiffs Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death, and Appeals practice.

Ms. Voepel is an experienced appellate lawyer who has handled nearly 400 appeals in virtually every area of law during her nearly 30 years of practice. Before joining the firm, Ms. Voepel was a partner in the appellate department at a large Phoenix defense firm, where she practiced for 17 years handling appeals, assisting trial attorneys with critical motions, providing appellate guidance from the pleading stage through the trial and post-trial stages, and serving as editor of the firm’s news magazine. Before that, Ms. Voepel practiced at a premier criminal defense firm representing clients in appeals and trials, many in high-profile cases.

After earning her J.D. with distinction, Ms. Voepel served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Thomas Zlaket of the Arizona Supreme Court, and the Honorable Cecil Patterson of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.

Ms. Voepel is a member of the Arizona State Bar Appellate Practice Section, served on the Maricopa Chapter Steering Committee for the Arizona Women Lawyer’s Association for 18 years, and was a longtime board member of A New Leaf Organization and Faith House Domestic Violence Agencies. She has presented at numerous seminars on appellate advocacy and written many articles on appellate advocacy and other legal topics in a variety of publications.

Admissions

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Federal, and District of Columbia Circuits
• United States District Court, District of Arizona
• Arizona Supreme Court

Education

• Northern Arizona University, B.S., summa cum laude 1990, Distinguished Senior Award, competitive debate awards
• University of Arizona College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude 1993, Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers, Fegtly Moot Court National Team and awards for outstanding appellate advocacy

Professional Distinctions

• 2022 Tom Karas Criminal Justice Award, Arizona State Bar
• 2022 – 2024 Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyer
• The Best Lawyers in America©, Appellate Practice, 2018 to present
• Southwest Super Lawyers, 2015 to present
• Arizona’s Finest Lawyers
• AV Preeminent® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Jack Williams Appellate Achievement Award (AACJ), 2015
• 2024 Member Of The NTL – Civil Plaintiff – Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Arizona
• Litigation Counsel of America with an Order of Certus distinction (for appellate lawyers)

Memberships & Activities

• Appellate Practice (2018-2024)
• State Bar of Arizona, Appellate Practice Section, Member
• Arizona Women Lawyers Association, Maricopa Chapter Steering Committee (2003-2021), Executive
• Committee (2006-2010), State Board (2004-2007)
• Horace Rumpole Inn of Court, Program Chair
• Arizona Supreme Court, Criminal Rules Committee Member (2001-2003)
• Ladder Down Program (2013)

Publications

• Fidelity Nat. Title Ins. Co. v. Osborn III Partners, LLC, 483 P.3d 237 (Ariz. App. 2021)
• Angulo-Murrieta v. City of Yuma, et al., 484 P.3d 665 (Ariz. App. 2021)
• France v. Indus. Comm’n of Ariz., 481 P.3d 1162 (Ariz. 2021)
• Hamberlin v. State (Ariz. Game and Fish Dept.), 465 P.3d 521 (Ariz. App. 2020)
• Jackson v. Eagle KMC L.L.C., 431 P.3d 1197 (Ariz. 2019)
• Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. Leija, 422 P.3d 1033 (Ariz. 2018)
• In Re Twelve Grand Jury Subpoenas, 908 F.3d 525 (9th Cir. 2018)
• Soto v. Sacco, 398 P.3d 90 (Ariz. 2017)
• Boruch v. State ex rel. Halikowski, 399 P.3d 686 (Ariz. App. 2017)
• Fidelity Nat. Title Ins. Co. v. Centerpoint Mech. Lien Claims, LLC, 357 P.3d 170 (Ariz. App. 2015), as amended (Dec. 30, 2016)
• Watts v. Medicis, 365 P.2d 944 (Ariz. 2016)
• Milke v. Mroz, 339 P.3d 659 (Ariz. App. 2014)
• Milke v. Ryan, 711 F.3d 998 (9th Cir. 2013)
• Yanni v. Tucker Plumbing, Inc., 312 P.3d 1130 (Ariz. App. 2013)
• Santee v. Mesa Airlines, 270 P.3d 915 (Ariz. App. 2012)
• Indep. Redistricting Comm’n v. Brewer, 275 P.3d 1267 (Ariz. 2012)
• The Best Choice Fund, LLC v. Low & Childers, 269 P.3d 678 (Ariz. App. 2011)
• Phoenix Children’s Hospital v. Grant, 265 P.3d 417 (Ariz. App. 2011)
• Bank One Corp. v. Indus. Comm’n of Arizona, 244 P.3d 571 (Ariz. App. 2010)
• State v. City of Kingman, 176 P.3d 53 (Ariz. App. 2009)
• Alvarado v. Cajun Operating Co., 588 F.3d 1261 (9th Cir. 2009)
• Backus v. State, 203 P.3d 499 (Ariz. 2009)
• Lee v. State, 182 P.3d 1169 (Ariz. 2008)

Community & Philanthropy

• A New Leaf Organization (formerly PREHAB of Arizona), Board of Directors (2000-2013); Chair, Government Affairs Committee (2002-2010); Secretary (2004-2005)
• Faith House Domestic Violence Agencies, Board of Directors (1998-2000)