Keith Berkshire, Esq.
Keith Berkshire is a certified specialist in Family Law, and a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, at the Berkshire Law Office, PLLC. Keith practices in all areas of family law, with a focus on complex litigation and appeals. Keith has a significant appellate practice with more published Family Law Opinions than any other attorney in Arizona, including 40 Opinions at the Arizona Court of Appeals and Arizona Supreme Court. Keith is the author of the Family Law section of the Arizona Appellate Handbook, and his Opinions include major cases such as Saba v. Khoury, Volk v. Brame, McLaughlin v. Jones, Woyton v. Ward, Gonzalez-Gunter v. Gunter, and Barron v. Barron. Keith also successfully litigated the case Howell v. Howell, 137 S. Ct. 1400 (2017) at the Supreme Court of the United States.
Keith was a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Task Force on the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure, which restyled and rewrote the Family Law Rules in 2018; he previously served on the Family Law Practice and Procedure Committee of the State Bar of Arizona, the Civil Rules Committee, as well as the State Bar of Arizona’s Family Law Section Executive Committee. Keith was also a member of the Court Procedures Workgroup for the Domestic Relations Committee of the State Legislature as part of the 2013 changes to the custody statutes, and has authored numerous other family law rules and statutes.
Keith is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell since 2012, is listed in Best Lawyers in America, and has been in the Super Lawyers Listing every year since 2012, including a selection as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Arizona in all areas of practice, in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024. Keith was also named Family Law Lawyer of the Year in Phoenix by Best Lawyers for 2022 and 2024. Keith is a frequent lecturer at CLEs on all areas of family law and appellate practice, and has served 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, 2024, 2025 Best Lawyers in America
- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024 Super Lawyers Listing – Top 50 Lawyers in Arizona, in all practice areas.
- 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 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
Financial Case Law Updates, State Bar of Arizona, January 2025
McCarthy Family Law Immersion Series, State Bar of Arizona, September 2024
Financial case law updates – State Bar of Arizona, Family Law Institute, February 2024
Case Law Updates – State Bar of Arizona, November 2023
Appeals Unleased – American Bar Association, Boston MA, May 2024
Top Recent Child-Related Cases, State Bar of Arizona, January 2023
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
- In Re Marriage of Wichansky, — Ariz. — (App.2025)
- Westbrook Rental LLC, v. Goodman, — Ariz.– (App.2025)
- Holland v. Holland/Holland, –Ariz.– (App.2025)
- Jacobs v. Jacobs, — Ariz. — (App. 2025)
- Mesa v. O’Connor, –P.3d — (App. 2025) (Depublished by AZSC)
- Kim v. Pak, 560 P.3d 947 (App. 2024)
- Skoglund v. Barbour, 557 P.3d 332 (App. 2024) (Depublished by AZSC)
- Tiger v. Pennell, 257 Ariz 531 (App. 2024)
- Hoffman v. Miller, 255 Ariz. 531 (2023)
- Hoobler v. Hoobler, 254 Ariz. 130 (2022)
- Brucklier v. Brucklier, 253 Ariz. 364 (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, 250 Ariz. 527 (2021)
- Saba v. Khoury, 250 Ariz. 492 (2021)
- Soloranzo v. Jensen, 249 Ariz. 489 (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)