Paul D Friedman

Paul practices in the areas of significant personal injury, wrongful death, ethics and professional malpractice. He is a partner with Brown, Crowell, and Friedman, PLLC doing business as Accident Law Group™ where is in charge of the firm’s litigation division. He has also litigated LawTiger™ cases since 2022.
He previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Medical and Research Ethics at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and has served as an Adjunct Professor since 2020 at the Arizona State University School of Law. Additionally, he authored the manual and taught attorneys and forensic experts in the Certified Forensic Consultant® program with the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute. Paul is a nationally recognized expert and speaker in the area of bioethics and legal ethics.
He represented the State of Arizona in the tobacco case in which he procured a settlement in Arizona in excess of 3 billion dollars. Recently, he received a $58,500,000 jury verdict award in 2019 which is one of the Top 100 verdicts in the United States and a $2,800,000 medical malpractice jury verdict in 2022.
He graduated from the University of Arizona in 1985. He graduated from California Western School of Law in 1989. He received a post-doctoral master’s degree in bioethics in 2004 from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. Paul received a doctorate in philosophy involving business, legal and medical ethics at LaCrosse University in 2006.
Paul is admitted to the State Bar of Arizona, the State Bar of Colorado (inactive), the District of Columbia (inactive), the Federal Bar, the United States District Court of Arizona, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Paul is rated AV® Preeminent™ (the highest rating) by the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. He was first named as a Superlawyer® in 2007 and Best Lawyers in America© in 2016. He has been listed as a Premiere Lawyer by US News and World Report. In addition, he is a Top 10 Bad Faith, Top 25 Medical Malpractice, and Top 25 Motor Vehicle Attorney.
Paul is a Board Certified Pre-Trial and Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy/National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and is Board Certified by the State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization in the area of Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys for Medical Malpractice. Paul is also an Associate with the American Board of Trial Advocates since 2012.