Michael J Tucker

Michael J Tucker PC

Michael J. Tucker is a shareholder in the law firm of Michael J. Tucker, P.C.  Since 1988, Michael has concentrated his practice in the area of trusts and estates, and he is a State Bar of Arizona Certified Specialist in Estate and Trust Law.  Michael received a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin (1984) and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law (1988).

Michael is licensed to practice law in Arizona and California.  He has been honored among the “Best of the Bar” for trusts and estates lawyers in Phoenix Business Journal, and he is included in Best Lawyers in America in the trusts and estates category.  He is a frequent speaker on estate planning and charitable gift planning topics.  

Michael is twice a past president of Valley Estate Planners and a past president of the Planned Giving Round Table of Arizona.  He is a past chairman of the Maricopa County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section and of the State Bar of Arizona Continuing Legal Education Committee. 

Since 1991, Michael participated in pro bono projects of the Maricopa County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and particularly of the HIV/AIDS Law Project.  For his volunteer work, Michael was honored by the Maricopa County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program as its 1994 Attorney of the Year and its 2003 HIV/AIDS Project Attorney of the Year, and by the Arizona Bar Foundation as the recipient of its 1995 Pro Bono Service Award.