By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies and tracking technologies as outlined in our privacy policy.

Kenneth Countryman

Kenneth S. Countryman, P.C. is run by Kenneth Countryman, who has been practicing law for over 15 years. Mr. Countryman has a broad range of experience serving as a prosecutor and as a special assistant counsel to the Arizona governor. He has been in private practice since 1999.

Mr. Countryman has extensive trial experience in felony and misdemeanor courts. He is capitol certified and tried cases involving homicide, domestic violence, property crimes, DUI, white collar crime and other related offenses.

Specialties: KSC, P.C. provides legal services in the area of criminal defense

Sheree Wright

Sheree Wright, Esq., is a founding member of IBF Law Group . She graduated from DePaul University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. During Attorney Wright’s undergrad career, she worked as an investigator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in downtown Chicago. Her main focus there was to investigate cases that involved employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, or disabilities in Fortune 500 companies. During Attorney Wright’s law school career, she co-founded a nonprofit organization called The Wright Way Foundation. The foundation seeks to reduce poverty and homelessness while generating and providing educational resources necessary to support youths, families, groups, and educators in Jamaica. Through its charitable projects, the foundation seeks to sustain interest in the financial development of underserved youths with practical resources and hands-on experience that will enable them to pursue their own future interests. The foundation makes a valuable contribution to civil society in Jamaica, particularly with regard to social and educational outreach projects with local orphanages and educational institutions. Attorney Wright also became a volunteering member of Mi Familia Vota —a national civic engagement organization that unites Latinos, immigrants, and allied communities to promote social and economic justice through citizenship workshops, voter registration, and voter participation. Attorney Wright served as a board member and treasurer of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA). She was recognized as an outstanding member during her time there. She was also a member of the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA), and is currently a member of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Attorney Wright’s passion for immigration law, family law, and sports law is a result of her early life experiences. Her mission has always been “Keeping Families Together.” Prior to IBF Law Group, she successfully founded an immigration law firm and has litigated numerous high-level and complicated cases from the Immigration Court all the way to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the 9 th Circuit. Experience makes the best teacher, and with her experience in successfully bringing families together, Attorney Wright’s work in the community speaks for itself.

DeVaughn Robinson

DeVaughn L. Robinson is the Managing Attorney and Founder of The Robinson Law Firm, PLLC. His practice focuses on family-based immigration petitions, debt negotiation and settlement, and contract review. The firm has also represented clients in matters involving mortgage defense, loan modification, and family law disputes. Mr. Robinson is committed to providing personalized, high-quality legal services with integrity, transparency, and professionalism.

Bar Admissions & Court Admissions

Professional Memberships

Education

Mr. Robinson earned his Juris Doctor in 2004 from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, where he concentrated in Litigation. During law school, he participated in the First-Year Moot Court Competition, earning a Fifth Place Respondent Team finish. He was also selected for the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office Externship Program, where he served as a law clerk assisting with the representation of indigent clients in simple to complex felony cases.

Undergraduate Education & International Experience

Prior to law school, Mr. Robinson graduated with honors from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication. While enrolled, he served as an Intercultural Diplomat for the Office of Intercultural Relations. His undergraduate education included international academic and cultural training at Oxford University, Exeter College in Oxford, England, and at the University of Zibo in Shandong Province, China.

Honors & Awards

As a scholarship recipient of both Edinboro University and the N.E.E.D. Foundation, Mr. Robinson gained valuable international experience that influenced his decision to pursue a career in immigration law.

Practice Experience & Client Representation

Mr. Robinson has served more than 3,000 clients throughout his legal career. His immigration practice has expanded to represent clients from countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Eritrea, Somalia, Cameroon, Mexico, Haiti, Canada, Rwanda, Burma, Cuba, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Professional Philosophy

Mr. Robinson believes that competent legal representation requires not only education and experience, but also Trust, Integrity, Patience, and Professionalism (TIPP). His commitment to these principles has enabled him to secure multiple “Of Counsel” contracts throughout New Mexico in areas including consumer law defense, mortgage foreclosure defense, loan modification, divorce and custody matters, real estate contract review, and settlement negotiation.

Dwayne Burns

Dwayne Burns is an experienced trial attorney who defends clients in complex litigation, including product liability, medical device and asbestos matters. He has represented clients in product liability and other matters involving catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death claims. He has first-chaired more than 50 bench trials to verdict and handled two jury cases which settled after juries were empaneled. Dwayne has also conducted more than 60 mediations and multiple arbitration proceedings. In addition to drafting and arguing motions and conducting depositions of defendants, witnesses and expert witnesses, he has completed field investigations and proxy testing with experts. 

Dwayne has handled product liability cases involving seatback failure, roof crush, glazing, tire failure and airbags as well as medical devices and other products. He has also worked on personal injury cases involving cryoburns associated with surgical procedures. In one case, he also advised a client on claims of criminal wrongdoing brought in addition to product liability claims.

Prior to entering private practice, Dwayne served as a criminal defense trial attorney with the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office. In the course of handling criminal allegations of assault, theft, burglary and drug offenses, he analyzed complex unlawful search and seizure, confrontation clause and Miranda issues and drafted corresponding suppression motions.

Outside of the office, Dwayne enjoys travel, having visited Guam, Hawaii, Germany, Luxembourg and France, and having lived for six years in Japan.

BAR ADMISSIONS

COURT ADMISSIONS

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

DISTINCTIONS

Lonnie Williams, Jr.

Lonnie is a nationally recognized trial lawyer, defending clients in all aspects of their businesses in courts throughout the United States. He focuses his practice on representing large companies in discrimination lawsuits and in intellectual property cases. Recognized for excellence by his clients and peers, Lonnie’s track record of success with judges, juries and arbitrators across the country gives him an edge in the courtroom and in other settings. A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America, Lonnie takes cases to trial and obtains verdicts on behalf of his clients. Those lawsuits include sex discrimination, retaliation, age discrimination, breach of contract, defamation, religious discrimination and other statutory and common law claims. He also has extensive experience in representing clients in trademark and non-competition matters including prosecuting the landmark Arizona case, Valley Medical Specialists v. Farber . He has also handled class action FLSA cases in more than 15 jurisdictions around the country.
EXPERIENCE Successfully defended a national client against FLSA class action claims in California Successfully handled a number of appeals relating to class action FLSA claims including appeals in state court in California and federal court in Alabama, Colorado and Georgia Obtained a summary judgment dismissal in a rare Equal Pay Act claim Successfully enforced an arbitration agreement and the dismissal of class claims in state court in California Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a national client against claims of national origin discrimination brought by two separate plaintiffs Obtained summary judgment dismissal in favor of a national company filed by a trucking trade group seeking to assert a class action under the regulations of the Federal Motor Carrier’s Safety Administration
PRACTICES & INDUSTRIES Labor, Employment & Benefits Business Litigation Class Action Employment Litigation
ADMISSIONS Arizona, 1979 U.S. Supreme Court, 2008 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2011 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2011 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1989 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988 U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 2003 U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 1979
EDUCATION Yale University, J.D., 1979 University of Arizona, B.S., with highest distinction , 1976
RECOGNITIONS Co-presenter at 2016 Arizona SHRM Conference, September 2016 AZ Business Leaders 2016 The Best Lawyers in America © , Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, 1995 - Present Chambers USA ® , Labor & Employment (2003-present): "Sources enthusiastically endorse Lonnie Williams of Stinson Leonard Street as 'unquestionably one of the best trial lawyers in the state.' He focuses his practice on representing large companies in discrimination lawsuits." Profiled in AZ Business Magazine , AZ Business Leaders Issue, October 2013 Most Admired Leaders, Phoenix Business Journal , May 2014 Top 25 Minority Leaders in AZ Business Magazine , 2014 Southwest Super Lawyers ® , Business Litigation, Employment & Labor, 2007 - Present "Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys," Human Resource Executive Magazine and Lawdragon ™, 2010 - 2011
PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow National Conference of Bar Presidents, Former President American Bar Association, Former Delegate Maricopa County Bar Association, Former President
NEWS PRESS RELEASE 08.15.2019 127 Stinson Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America PRESS RELEASE 05.07.2019 Chambers USA 2019 Recognizes Stinson Attorneys and Practice Groups PRESS RELEASE 08.27.2018 Thirteen Stinson Leonard Street Attorneys Named Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers in America
PUBLICATIONS ALERT 02.16.2018 California Case is the Latest to Address Whether Worker is an Independent Contractor or Employee ALERT 03.17.2017 Arizona State Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Requirements Survive Legal Challenge