Trysta M. Puntenney
About
Attorney Trysta M. Puntenney
Personal Injury Attorney in Phoenix
Attorney Trysta M. Puntenney is a trial attorney that practices in the areas of personal injury, contracts, and construction defects cases.
She is an ASU Alum, graduating from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English Literature. She attended Phoenix School of Law, graduating in the top third of her class. She is licensed to practice in both State and Federal Court and is a member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.
Record-Breaking Case Against City of Phoenix
In 2013, Trysta worked alongside another attorney to obtain one of the highest jury verdicts that year in a wrongful death case against the Phoenix Police Department in Sudberry v. City of Phoenix, et al. Trysta helped represent the family of a young woman who was killed by her ex-boyfriend. The family had previously claimed that the ex-boyfriend exhibited violent, escalating behavior, jealousy, and possessiveness that led him to threaten, harass, and assault the young woman on two occasions.
After Phoenix Police confirmed the ex-boyfriend made a valid death threat and Phoenix Police believed he had the intent and means to carry through with that threat, the Police Department failed to arrest him. The jury awarded $3,000,000 in damages and found the City of Phoenix 40% at fault. The matter was then appealed and the case was remanded for a second trial. During the second trial the damages award was upheld and the jury found the City of Phoenix 30% at fault.
To discuss your case, call (602) 483-6114.
Bar Admissions
- United States District Court, District of Arizona (admitted December 19, 2012)
- State Bar of Arizona (admitted August 7, 2012)
Memberships
- Arizona Association for Justice; State Bar of Arizona Young Lawyers Division; Arizona Women Lawyers Association
Education
Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, May 2009
Major: Political Science Minor: English Literature
- Honors: National Honors Society Member; Pi Sigma Alpha-The National Political Science Honor Society Member.
Phoenix School of Law – Phoenix, AZ
Juris Doctor, December 2011
Activities: Legal Aid Work for the Protection of Animal Welfare Society; Sports and Entertainment Law Society Member; Intellectual Property Student Association Member; Real Estate Club Member.
- Honors: Academic Merit Scholarship
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