DeShon L. Pullen

DeShon L. Pullen is the founder of DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC and a Certified Family Law Specialist in Arizona. Her Phoenix practice covers divorce, legal separation, child custody, child support, spousal maintenance, paternity, domestic violence, grandparents’ rights, mediation, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She also has experience with personal injury matters. Her family law work focuses on disputes and negotiations that can affect parenting arrangements, finances, property, support obligations, and long-term family relationships.

Pullen earned a J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1998. She received a Master’s degree from Arizona State University in 1993 and a Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in 1990. Her legal and graduate education supports a practice requiring close factual analysis, negotiation, financial review, and litigation planning. She has also completed mediation training through Pepperdine and training in Collaborative Divorce, expanding the dispute-resolution tools available in family law matters.

Pullen began her legal career with Snell & Wilmer and later developed a practice concentrated on family law and civil litigation. She handles contested and negotiated matters involving parenting time, legal decision-making, support, property, paternity, domestic violence, and family agreements. Her training in mediation and collaborative methods allows her to address cases through alternative dispute resolution when appropriate, while her litigation background supports courtroom advocacy when parties cannot resolve significant family or financial issues by agreement.

DeShon L. Pullen has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by legal publications including Best Lawyers and Southwest Super Lawyers. Her specialist certification, mediation training, and family law litigation experience provide a broad foundation for handling complex domestic relations matters. She works with clients facing major changes in family structure and finances, using negotiation, structured settlement processes, and litigation to address disputes over children, support, property, and related legal rights.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, DeShon Laraye Pullen PLC
• Certified Family Law Specialist, State Bar of Arizona
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, U.S. Federal Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• Member, U.S. Federal District Court, Arizona District
• Member, U.S. Federal District Court in Washington D.C.

Licensed State

• Arizona

Education

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Arizona State University
  Master’s degree
• Arizona State University
  Bachelor’s degree

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