Areas Of Practice

Gary Grynkewich first moved to Tucson in June 1974 immediately following his graduation from Pittsburgh, PA’s Duquesne University School of Law. Admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in April 1975, Gary commenced private practice in association with the law firm of Goldbaum & Goetz where he practiced until being appointed Justice of the Peace for Precinct One of Pima County.

Following his term in the Justice Courts, Gary served as a Superior Court Judge Pro Tem for several years while engaging in private practice of law as an associate with Thikoll Johnston and Rosen and then as a principal partner in the firms Johnston and Grynkewich; Linden, Chapa & Fields; Whitehall, Linden, Grynkewich & Halladay; and Block Grynkewich P.C. Over this time, Gary tried literally dozens of civil and criminal jury and bench trials as the first chair trial attorney as well as having successfully researched, briefed an argued (where argument was called for) dozens of appeals in the Arizona Appellate Courts, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member in good standing in the State Bar of Arizona as well as in the 3rd and 9th Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Among his professional achievements, Gary considers some of the highlights his successful avoidance of ERISA restrictions on the amount of recovery available in an insurance denial of coverage case through the appellate process including the U.S. Supreme Court; successfully briefing, arguing and having affirmed an approximate $6 million jury verdict arising out of a case he tried in conjunction with the firm Copple & Copple; and the successful resolution of a mass tort claim involving a defective hip implant for full value and for which lead plaintiff’s counsel had in the multi-district litigation had predicted the result “impossible.” Most recently, Gary has been serving as the Chief Legal Advisor for an entrepreneurial management firm in Las Vegas, before deciding to become an active “junior partner” in Grynkewich Law Offices. In addition to the services he has provided on behalf of his clients, Gary takes pride in having chaired the State Bar of Arizona’s Continuing Legal Education Committee for two terms and the City of Tucson Mayor and Council’s City Magistrate Merit Selection Committee. In addition, Gary was deeply involved with the Catalina Foothills School District Foundation as a member of the board of directors and was a founding director of the Pima County Teen Court program for which he also served as a judge pro tem

Admitted To Practice

• Arizona, 1975

Education

• Lafayette College
• Bachelor of Arts, 1971
• Duquesne University School of Law
• JD - Juris Doctor

Professional Memberships

• kingman chamber of commerce
• State Bar of Arizona

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished
• Martindale-Hubbell 2017