“OF COUNSEL”
CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER
Dwane Cates is a Phoenix, AZ criminal attorney and founder of the Cates & Garvey Law Group, PLLC. Mr. Cates founded the firm in 1997. Mr. Cates graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication with a focus on persuasion. He then attended Arizona State University College of Law where he distinguished…
“MANAGING PARTNER”
CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER
Ryan began his career serving at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C., later for Preston Gates & Ellis, Bill Gates Sr.’s complex litigation firm in Seattle, Washington. There he worked on the national landmark Microsoft v. Sun Microsystems case. Next he worked for the Firm Hendricks & Lewis where he worked closely with lead counsel on the Nirvana LLC litigation successfully representing the estate of the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER
Aaron J. Reed is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for his undergraduate education and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Real Estate from the Lee Business School. While at UNLV, Aaron was a Wide Receiver for the UNLV Football Team, and was a Two-Time Academic All-Mountain West Selection…
CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER
Anthony Strong is an associate attorney at Cates-Garvey. He joined the firm in 2019 after spending time with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. For the last five years, Anthony has worked on cases in some of the most complex areas of criminal law, including multi-million-dollar fraud cases, money laundering, drug trafficking, and homicide. He has been involved in cases at the trial, appellate, and post-conviction phases.
