Keith Berkshire, Esq.
As one of approximately 80 Certified Specialists in Family Law by the State Bar of Arizona and one of 32 Fellows in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Keith Berkshire is well versed in all areas of family law, including high stakes litigation. In addition to his litigation practice, Keith has a significant appellate practice which includes 32 published Opinions at the Arizona Court of Appeals and the Arizona Supreme Court. Keith also successfully litigated the seminal Howell v. Howell, 137 S.Ct. 1400 (2017) case at the Supreme Court of the United States.
Keith routinely teaches other attorneys and judges at legal education seminars on various family law issues, including legal decision-making (custody) and appellate matters and regularly serves as an expert witness on variously family law issues.
Recognitions
- 2019, 2020 Arizona Business Journal – Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona
- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Best Lawyers in America
- 2017, 2018 and 2019 Super Lawyers Listing – Top 50 Lawyers in Arizona, in all practice areas.
- 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Super Lawyers Listing
- 2012, 2013 Super Lawyers Rising Star Listing
- 2012- Present Martindale-Hubbel AV (Preeminent) Rating
Legal Affiliations and Committees
- Fellow – American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Arizona Supreme Court Task Force on Family Court Rules – 2017
- State Bar of Arizona, Family Law Section, Executive Committee
- State Bar of Arizona Civil Practice and Procedure Committee 2012-2014
- State Bar of Arizona Family Law Practice and Procedure Committee 2011-2016
- Court Procedures Workgroup for Domestic Relations Committee of Arizona Legislature 2012
Legal Presentations and Articles
Appellate updates for Division Two Court of Appeals – Pima County Bar -November 2022
Case Law Updates – State Bar of Arizona – November 2022
Family Law Immersion – State Bar of Arizona – September 2022
Preserving the Record – State Bar of Arizona, Bar Convention, July 2022
Child Related Case Law Updates – State Bar of Arizona, January 2022
Rule and Statute Updates- State Bar of Arizona, Advanced Family Law, November 2021
Immersion Family Law Updates – State Bar of Arizona, August 2021
Top Recent Child-Related Cases, State Bar of Arizona, January 2021
What happens now after Gonzales v. Gunter, Pima County Bar, October 2020
Case Law Immersion, State Bar of Arizona, September 2020
Top Recent Child-Related Cases, State Bar of Arizona, January 2020
Family Law Case Update Emersion – State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, June 2019
Top 10 Child Related Cases – State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, January 2019
Child Support Judicial Panel – State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, 2018
LGBT and Third Party Visitation – State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, January 2018
Top 10 Business and Valuation Cases – AAML Southwest Divorce Conference, Phoenix, 2017
Children as Witnesses – AZAFCC, Florence Az, 2017
Current Status of Non-parent Rights – Maricopa County Bar Association – March 2017
Special Actions – Arizona Family Law Institute – January 2017
Case Law Updates – Arizona Family Law Institute – January 2017
Same Sex Cases and Competing Issues – Advanced Family Law Seminar Tucson, 2016
Special Actions – MCBA Seminar – March 2016
Non-Parent Rights CLE – Arizona Family Law Institute – January 2016
Safe Harbor/Haven Therapy – State Bar Convention – July 2015
Legal Issues for Never Married Parents – Sedona AFCC Conference – February 2015
Trial Procedure – State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Family Law Institute, January 2015
Special Actions – State Bar of Arizona, Advanced Family Law Seminar Tucson, 2014
Child Support Deviations – State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Family Law Institute, January, 2014
Good Law that can’t be cited – State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Family Law Institute, January, 2014
Trial Objections – State Bar of Arizona Annual Convention, June 2013
Family Court Memo Decisions – State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Family Law Institute, January, 2013
Walsh v. Walsh, Seminar on Business Valuation – October 2012
Divorce 101 – Law Review CLE – May 2012
Family Law Trial Advocacy – Expert cross-examination – June 2011
Patterns of Non-Precedent – Arizona Bar Young Lawyers Division February, 2011
Subterranean Law – State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Family Law Institute, January, 2011
Hiding in Plain Sight I, II and II – State Bar of Arizona Family Law Section Newsletter – 2011/12
Enforcing Rule 69 Agreements – CLE By the Sea, July 2009.
Published Appellate Matters
Supreme Court of the United States
- Howell v. Howell, 137 S.Ct. 1400 (2017)
- Merrill v. Merrill, 137 S.Ct. 2136 (2017)
Supreme Court of Arizona
- Saba v. Khoury, 516 P.3d 891 (2022)
- Barron v. Barron, 246 Ariz. 449 (2019)
- McLaughlin v. Jones, 243 Ariz. 29 (2017)
- Howell v. Howell, 238 Ariz. 407 (2016)
- Merrill v. Merrill, 238 Ariz. 467 (2016)
Arizona Court of Appeals
- Hoobler v. Hoobler –P3d—(2022)
- Brucklier v. Brucklier –P3d—(2022)
- Angelica R. v. Popko 509 P.3d 392 (App. 2022)
- Larchick v. Pollock 252 Ariz. 364 (App.2021)
- Kelly v. Kelly 252 Ariz. 371 (App. 2021)
- Sebestyen v. Sebestyn –P3d—(2021)
- Saba v. Khoury, –P3d—(2021)
- Soloranzo v. Jensen, –P3d—(App.2020)
- Gonzalez-Gunter v. Gunter, 471 P.3d 1024 (App. 2020)
- McQuillen v. Hufford, 249 Ariz. 69 (App. 2020)
- Dole v. Blair, 248 Ariz. 629 (App. 2020)
- Woyton v. Ward, 453 P.3d 808 (App. 2019)
- Buckholtz v. Buckholtz, 246 Ariz. 126 (App. 2019)
- Berrier v. Rountree, 245 Ariz. 604 (App. 2018)
- Amadore v. Lifgren, 245 Ariz. 509 (App. 2018)
- Doty-Perez v. Doty-Perez (Doty-Perez II), 245 Ariz. 229 (App. 2018)
- Clark v. Kreamer, 243 Ariz. 272 (App. 2017)
- Chapman v. Hopkins, 243 Ariz. 236 (App. 2017)
- Turner v. Steiner, 242 Ariz. 494 (App. 2017)
- Lundy v. Lundy, 242 Ariz. 198 (App. 2017)
- Doty-Perez v. Doty-Perez (Doty-Perez I), 241 Ariz. 372 (App. 2016)
- McLaughlin v. Jones, 240 Ariz. 560 (App. 2016)
- Goodman v. Forsen, 239 Ariz. 110 (App. 2015)
- Sheets v. Mead, 238 Ariz. 55 (App. 2015)
- Volk v. Brame, 235 Ariz. 462 (App.2014)
- Swain v. Hicks, 235 Ariz. 209 (App. 2014)
- Keefer v. Keefer, 225 Ariz. 437 (App. 2010)
Publications
Contributor to Thomson Reuters’ Arizona Legal Forms; Family Law, Fourth Edition (2020)