Marjorie Desmond | Scottsdale Wills & Probate Lawyer

Marjorie Desmond was motivated at an early age to pursue a career as an estate planning attorney.   Her grandfather was lost in WWII, and did not have a plan to provide for the family, which created a hardship for Marjorie’s father.  Marjorie then determined to establish her own law practice in order to help people avoid costly mistakes, and properly preserve their own legacy.

Marjorie Desmond grew up in San Diego, California, graduated at the top of her class, and attended Stanford University, where she double-majored in history and German studies.

Upon earning her bachelor’s degree with departmental honors, Marjorie set forth to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and attended law school.

After receiving her J.D. degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1992, Marjorie was admitted to the California Bar and began her first job at a maritime law firm in L.A. As a member of the Maritime Law Association, she wrote for the Maritime Law Association Recreational Boating Law newsletter and handled a broad spectrum of maritime litigation matters in both state and federal courts in California. She was recruited by a large international law firm in downtown L.A., where she continued to do maritime law, but also handled a wider-range of non-maritime commercial litigation matters. Broadening her scope of practice, Marjorie joined the United States Customs Service as in-house counsel, advising on issues of trade, law enforcement, labor matters, and import/export issues.

Marjorie and her husband moved their family to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1999. Excited about the lifestyle change from L.A., she immediately dove right into the duties of an active school-involved parent. For the next 11 years she was involved in the school PTO and was active in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports, and music programs in Scottsdale.

In 2010, Marjorie took the Arizona Bar Exam and was admitted to the Arizona Bar. She got a job with a firm in Scottsdale, handling a large range of commercial collection matters all over Arizona. After seeing the devastating effects of the economy and a failure to plan on families, Marjorie chose to transition towards helping people prepare their family for the future. Passionate about helping people create their legacy, she went into estate planning.

After working with a firm for two years, Marjorie felt a need to give more time and attention to her client’s individual needs and established Desmond Law, PLLC in May 2015. Marjorie has gone through a wealth of legal education and continues to expand her legal knowledge while helping clients prepare and protect themselves and their families to leave a lasting legacy.

Marjorie lives in Scottsdale with her husband, son and Boston Terrier, and has a daughter away at college. In her free time, Marjorie loves to read and play the piano. But you won’t catch her playing in front of crowds; she prefers to play alone to relax, or for very close friends and family. Marjorie is fluent in German and has many friends in Germany who she loves to visit.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Desmond Law, PLLC	Scottsdale, AZ	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University	J.D	Law School	1992
Stanford University	B.A.	History and German Studies	1989

State / Court	Date
Arizona	2010
California	1992

• Member | Maricopa County Bar Association
  

• Over 27 years of experience practicing law.

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  I’m new to AZ and needed some help to get assets properly registered to align with my estate plan. Marjorie is a delight to work with, helped us through the process to get our new home titled and registered with the state. If you don’t have an estate, you should. If you’re like us and new to the state, a review with Marjorie is a simple move to make sure you’re new home and assets here are included and put estate questions to rest. - Jeff D I had an "Outstanding" Legal Experience when I needed a lawyer to finalize a very trying and frustrating 2nd phase of my divorce (spousal support modification). I was retiring and was needing to finalize an agreement with my Ex-Wife on what amount she would receive for "Maintenance Support" (per my retirement). Marjorie put me at "Ease" right from the start when I met with her for my initial legal intake and legal consultation. This case had a lot of "ups' and "downs" from not only my Ex-Wife but also an unbelievable amount of stress that was generated by my Ex-Wife's lawyer. Marjorie was incredibly diligent, detailed and persistent as she pursued to get the results to get t had this case resolved . She "stayed on it "from "Start" to "Finish" and her "perseverance" led to the opposing lawyer finally agreeing to a meeting and signing off on the "finished product." I was extremely pleased with the end result and would give Marjorie's name to anyone that I knew who needed legal representation. As a matter of fact, (2) months before I had retired I did just that. One of my co-workers is now being represented by Marjorie.My whole experience with Marjorie as my lawyer was very "Positive" and "Professional" and relieved me of a lot of stress with great results.Thank you for everything !!!! -- Robert M.

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