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Donna G. Heller has an outstanding track record as a divorce and family law attorney and family law mediator. She was named a “Leading Lawyer” by The Business Journal and is a Judge Pro Tem in the Maricopa County Superior Court.

Her vast experience includes virtually all areas of family law, including divorces, complex child custody and parenting time, child support and child support arrears, paternity, spousal maintenance, post-decree modifications, third-party custody disputes (including grandparents' rights cases), prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and jurisdictional issues.

Ms. Heller began her legal career as a civil litigator and began practicing exclusively in the area of divorce and family law in 2000. She has a great deal of personal insight and passion for client advocacy and financially-related issues. She is especially adept at providing advice in complex child support and arrearage matters. In her legal career to date, Ms. Heller has come to appreciate the detail and technical involvement necessary to handle complex child custody and property distribution cases and, as a result, is able to assist her client's in achieving realistic goals.

Ms. Heller is a member of the Maricopa County Association of Family Law Mediators and is listed on the Maricopa County Superior Court Mediator Roster. She received her Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude from Temple University's School of Communications winning the Herman Ellis Award for academic achievement, professional promise and leadership. Ms. Heller earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Temple University's School of Law and is licensed to practice in Arizona, the United States District Court, the United States Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Tax Court.

Ms. Heller is also involved in various community, civic and professional activities. She is a member of the Maricopa County Bar Association's Family Law Section and also handled the appeal in the often-cited case, Hamblin v. Hamblin, 203 Ariz. 341, 54 P.3d 371 (Ct. App. 2003), which concerned child support and adoption subsidy issues.

If you would like to discuss your matter with Donna Heller in detail, please contact her at 602.485.5800 or e-mail her at d.heller@nrglaw.net.

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