Posted by Cory | May 15, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Family

The BEST.

Lisa and her team are awesome! Lisa is direct to the point, knows her stuff incredibly well, and won’t waste anyone’s time. She was referred to me by 4 other family law firms who knew my case was a bit complicated. Over years of working together she’s helped end multiple issues with results that were... just. She has a big reputation in the community for a reason.

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Posted by Jim | April 03, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Family

I could not be more thankful for Lisa!

Divorce is never easy. Especially mine. Ha-ha. For more than a decade, my life was dominated, or controlled as I felt, by my ex-wife and her attorney. I represented myself for years, for dozens of hearings. Where did that get me? I was a ball of hate, anger, and rage. I could barely afford to ...live because of the amount of money I was court-ordered to pay to my ex-wife. When you have no control over your life, anger is the only thing that you can control, and boy, was I angry! I constantly lashed out in inappropriate and self-destructive ways. I felt that I was in the deepest and darkest of places, with no way out and no end in sight. Out of desperation, I decided that I needed to get an attorney. I reached out to a friend who is very renowned and highly respected in family law in Tucson. She declined to represent me as she felt it would be a conflict of interest because she also knew my ex. She recommended Lisa. I felt that I could not afford representation at that time. In retrospect, I could not have afforded not to be represented by Lisa McNorton. Lisa levelled the playing field. Did she treat me like the victim that I felt I was? Not at all. Lisa directed me to take the steps that I needed to take to gain control of my life. Lisa made me take all the classes that I had been court-ordered to take. Out of mercy, I believe, the judge previously had given me an extremely liberal time frame. How could I take them when I needed to work sixty-plus hours a week just to survive? I also felt that if I took them, that would be another win for my ex-wife. Well, they changed my life. Lisa ended up getting many thousands of dollars in judgements that were suspect at best, overturned. The money she saved me far exceeded what I paid to have proper representation. I have come out on the other side, after many years. I am a different person. I have been promoted multiple times at work, and I have returned to school to finally finish the bachelor’s degree that I started over thirty years ago. If not for Lisa, I would still be paying my ex today, and for many years to come. I am extremely thankful for Lisa McNorton and for the positive effect she has had on my life. I cannot give Lisa anything less than my very highest recommendation!

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Posted by George | January 16, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Family

Simply the BEST

Ms. Lisa McNorton represented me in a very contentious divorce proceeding. I truly believe I could not have made a better choice for my professional legal advocate. I tell everyone who will listen: “I love my attorney”. This lady is one smart and extremely capable Family Law Attorney. Lisa illustr...ated the utmost in professionalism and compassion. During the periods the opposition attorney acted belligerent and wholly unprofessional, Lisa never wavered from her practical professionalism. Lisa’s calm and logical approach to the management of my case gave me a solid advantage over my former wife’s revengeful antics and demands. Lisa kept me informed, centered, and grounded, while advocating for my rights in the most complete and strongest manner possible. She always responded to my questions, even in the evenings and on the weekends. During the entire process I never felt “alone”. I felt like Lisa was totally involved in my plight and was always right in the fray with me. At all times, Lisa made me feel like I was her most important client. I was most impressed with Lisa’s toughness at the time she deposed my former wife. From the very beginning, Lisa took control of the proceeding and psychologically disarmed my former wife. Because of Lisa’s impressive skills, the deposition provided us with all the information we had hoped to obtain. Following Lisa’s masterful deposition performance, our case was essentially won. I am certain the opposition left the deposition room wondering, “What happened in there…?” I have been practicing clinical anesthesiology for more than 31 years. In my field, we often hear stories describing the ethical deficits inherent to “all attorneys”. Lisa’s professional behavior and demeanor shatter such negative generalizations. If all attorneys upheld the same ethical standards under which Lisa skillfully practices her profession, there would be far fewer attorney stories and jokes out there to tell. This lady is a class act. Lisa got me through a very tough time. Let me say that again: Lisa got me through a very tough time. She supported me legally, psychologically, and emotionally. I shudder when I think how the outcome could have been different had I not had Lisa walking this path at my side. I cannot say enough good things about Lisa McNorton. And I could not be happier with my choice of attorneys.

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Posted by Joe | July 04, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Family

Best Family Law Attorney Ever

I'm a pediatrician who had a high conflict divorce with another pediatrician, and a prolonged battle for years afterwards over sharing the children. In the course of this unfortunate conflict, I worked with a handful of lawyers, initially in New Mexico where I was divorced, and then later in Arizon...a where I shared custody of my children. I spend thousands of dollars and many hours with lawyers before I found Lisa, so I feel like I have the bad luck to have to have some real experience evaluating family law lawyers and can contrast and compare. Lisa is an outstanding lawyer. I appreciated her from the beginning, because as a pediatrician, I understood immediately that I was dealing with an ethical lawyer who cared about the children in my conflict. She did not try to escalate conflict, she repeatedly tried to guide me towards ways to protect my children and allow them access to both their parents, even when it was difficult for me to have the most basic civilized communication with my ex wife. While being an ethical human being is valuable in anyone, a lawyer needs to be an effective advocate, and Lisa is extraordinarily effective. She knows Tucson, she knows the judges, she knows the legal community, she knows the law, and she knows how to make things happen. Sometimes I didn't understand how effective her guidance was until after the fact. She recommended an outstanding divorce coach for me and my ex-wife, and this could have led to my ex-wife and I reaching compromises outside the court (and could have saved us a lot of money in legal fees). Unfortunately, my ex-wife was eventually unwilling to continue working with this divorce coach, and fired her. However, because I had been willing to compromise and come to the table, this highly regarded divorce coach became my star witness. Nobody wins in high conflict divorces. and while my case eventually settled on terms that I'm sure made me and my children much happier than it made my ex wife, I'm saddened by the entire useless experience. But Lisa gave me some faith in humanity by continuing to try to forge useful compromises that protect the children. I was also often surprised given how expensive lawyers are and how much time she devoted to my case, how little she actually charged compared to what some other opportunistic lawyers might have. My ex wife's lawyer, for example, seemed to go out of his way to create maximum billable hours, doing things like having both himself and a partner lawyer come to a simple hearing, so that both of them could bill for an hour meeting that ended up with an agreement that could have been written on a post-it note. I wish I could have felt some pleasure seeing my ex-wife's lawyers rip her off, but it just me sad and made me realize how lucky I was. Gallows humor is how I survive, and I've thought about writing a book called "the Pediatricians guide to how to royally screw up your children: a memoir." If I ever do, Lisa McNorton will inspire a chapter on the value to a brilliant, ethical effective advocate. Bring your case to Lisa, you'll be glad you did.

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Posted by Corina | November 02, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Family

Class Act

Lisa is knowledgeable, kind, thorough and respectful. She is conscientious of costs. She was kind enough to take on our family's case and we can't thank her enough.

Lisa McNorton

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Individualized representation for all family law matters.

Dissolution of marriage (divorce); legal separation; child support; spousal maintenance; paternity; modification actions; legal decision-making and parenting time.

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Licensed in Arizona for 26 years

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McNORTON FOX PLLC

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Lisa McNorton

About Lisa

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Individualized representation for all family law matters.

Dissolution of marriage (divorce); legal separation; child support; spousal maintenance; paternity; modification actions; legal decision-making and parenting time.

Practice Areas

Fees and Rates

Licenses

Licensed in Arizona for 26 years

Location

McNORTON FOX PLLC

Lisa McNorton's Reviews

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