Louis M Diesel

Aspey Watkins & Diesel PLLC

Louis M. Diesel, Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, PLLC | 928-380-0729 | ldiesel@awdlaw.com

I have been an attorney in Arizona for 50 years which has been a privilege and an honor. I started out on the federally funded Arizona Prosecutor Training Program supervised by Assistant Attorney General William Schafer, which was during a two-year period where I worked for the City of Phoenix Prosecutor's Office, Coconino County Attorney's Office, Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, and the Arizona Attorney General Appellate Division. I then became clerk for the Honorable Laurance Wren of the Arizona Court of Appeals. After that, I became the training coordinator for the Arizona County Attorneys Association.

In 1975, I, along with two college and law school classmates Fritz Aspey and Harold Watkins, started our own law firm in Flagstaff, Arizona known as Aspey, Watkins & Diesel (AWD). We began in the basement of the old Masonic building, but over the years we have grown to over 16 lawyers. These include attorneys who all have served terms as president of the State Bar of Arizona, namely, Fritz Aspey, Whitney Cunningham, and Brian Furuya. We have litigated cases in almost every Arizona county, and I have argued in front of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Arizona Supreme Court and the U.S. Ninth Circuit. In the mid-1980s I was on the Appellate Commission, appointed by Governor Bruce Babbitt. I have tried hundreds of cases ranging from criminal defense, civil litigation, contract litigation, commercial litigation, domestic relations, personal injury, and wrongful death.

Present Employment
• Founding Partner of Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, PLLC | 1975 - Present

Education
• Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, Arizona | 1966-1970 | B.S. Political Science/History (Graduated with higher distinction)
• Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | 1970-1973 | Juris Doctor (Law Review)
• Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | 1976 | M.S. Police Administration