Plattner Verderame, P.C. Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America® in 2025!

Plattner Verderame, P.C. is excited to announce that Best Lawyers in America® recognized our partners, Richard S. Platter and Frank Verderame, for its 2025 edition. Additionally, Nick Verderame has been recognized again as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for 2025.

Each year, Best Lawyers® honors the achievements of attorneys across the country in various practice areas. Selection is based solely on peer review, ensuring that nominees are chosen based on their peers’ recommendations. There is no guarantee of inclusion from one year to the next, and attorneys cannot purchase their way onto the list. Eligibility is also contingent on being in good standing with the Bar associations.

About Best Lawyers®

Since its founding in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has achieved a reputation as the preeminent guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers uses Purely Peer Review^® to compile recognitions. More than 123,000 industry-leading lawyers worldwide can vote on inclusion to the list. Those attorneys received more than 20 million detailed evaluations regarding the legal abilities of their fellow lawyers within their specific practice areas.

About Richard S. Plattner

Richard S. Plattner has earned recognition from Best Lawyers® for his work in the area of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (Phoenix) every year since 2001.  He is a Board Certified Specialist in Injury & Wrongful Death Litigation by the State Bar of Arizona and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). In 2017, the American Board of Trial Advocates, Phoenix Chapter, named him the Phoenix Lawyer of the Year. He has also earned a place on the Southwest Super Lawyers list. Richard is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, and the Arizona Association for Justice has awarded him a Lifetime Advocate for Civil Justice Award.

About Frank Verderame

Every year since 2007, Frank Verderame has earned a place on the Best Lawyers® list for his work in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (Phoenix). In 2019, Best Lawyers® named him “Lawyer of the Year.” Frank is a State Bar of Arizona Board Certified Specialist in Injury & Wrongful Death Litigation and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Melvin Belli Society. In 2016, Frank was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Arizona Association of Justice. Martindale-Hubbell rated him AV-Preeminent, and he has been recognized by Southwest Super Lawyers and Arizona’s Finest Lawyers. Additionally, Frank received the Wiedemann & Wysocki Award from the American Association for Justice.

About Nick Verderame

Nick Verderame’s work in the area of Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs (Phoenix) earned him a spot on the list of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch every year since 2021. Ones to Watch recognizes lawyers earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. Nick has also been named to the Top 40 Under 40 by the American Society of Legal Advocates and recently received the Wiedemann & Wysocki Award from the American Association for Justice. He also made the list of Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2022.

Please join Plattner Verderame, P.C., in congratulating Richard, Frank, and Nick on their exciting achievements!