Our Clients Come First | Incisive representation in Business, Commercial, Family, Criminal, and Appellate Litigation

Sandra Slaton is the founding shareholder of Horne Slaton, PLLC. She received a B.A. Degree in Literature from Arizona State University in 1977, having been a Du Bois Scholar, graduating summa cum laude, Honors College and Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated from Arizona State University College of Law in 1980 and was admitted to the Arizona State Bar that same year.

Upon graduating, Slaton began her law career as an assistant federal public defender and then moved into private practice where she has remained for over three decades. Ms. Slaton’s experience covers a variety of areas, including high profile criminal, constitutional and civil matters against firms as large as the United States Justice Department. She has tried extraordinarily complex cases involving criminal matters, family law, federal discrimination/harassment, construction claims, malpractice and a broad range of other legal issues.  Ms. Slaton litigates in State, Federal, and Appellate courts, and has litigated cases up to the United States Supreme Court.

Representative Cases

U.S. v. Yazzie, 59 F.3d 807 (9th Cir. 1995); Resolution Trust Corp. v. Blasdell, 930 F.Supp. 417); U.S. v. Beltran-Gutierrez, 19 F.3d 1287 (9th Cir. 1993); U.S. v. Crowell, 9 F.3d 1452 (9th Cir. 1993); Resolution Trust Corp. v. Blasdell, 154 F.R.D. 675; U.S. v. Tarazon, 989 F.2d 1045 (9th Cir. 1993)U.S. v. Corbin, 972 F.2d 271 (9th Cir. 1992); Jennison v. Goldsmith, 940 F.2d 1308 (9th Cir. 1991); State v. Tocco, 156 Ariz. 116, 750 P.2d 874; State v. Tocco, 156 Ariz. 110, 750 P.2d 868; U.S. v. Crozier, 777 F.2d 1376 (9th Cir. 1985); U.S. Crozier, 674 F.2d 1293 (9th Cir. 1982); U.S. v. Crozier, 777 F.2d 1376 (9th Cir. 1985); Lund v. Donahoe, P.3d, 2011 WL 3208152 (App. 2011); Craig v. Craig, 225 Ariz. 508 240 P.3d 270 (2010); Flower v. Flower, 223 Ariz. 531, 225 P.3d 588 (2010).

Two Recent Published Landmark Cases

• In Re Marriage of Thorn
• Lund v. Donahoe

Notable Verdicts & Achievements

• “Co-Counsel in Maricopa County Superior Court, jury verdict in favor of client against attorney for professional negligence, total jury verdict of $720,000 and total judgment of in excess of $1.14 million after pre-judgment interest and costs.”
• “Co-Counsel in Maricopa County Superior Court, jury verdict in favor of client against real estate developer for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and conversion, jury verdict of $3,154,382 compensatory damages and $1,261,753 in punitive damages, and total judgment of in excess of $4.6 million.”