Marjorie Turk Desmond

Personal Introduction

Marjorie Desmond was motivated at an early age to pursue a career as an estate planning attorney. Her grandfather was lost in WWII, and left his death benefit to his brother instead of his wife and two children, creating extreme hardship for his young family. Marjorie determined to establish her own law practice in order to help people avoid costly mistakes, and properly protect their families after seeing a number of young parents die unexpectedly. Marjorie 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 where she handled a broad spectrum of maritime litigation matters in both state and federal courts. Marjorie later joined the United States Customs Service as in-house counsel, advising on issues of trade, law enforcement, and labor matters. Where she handled a broad spectrum of maritime litigation matters in both state and federal courts in California in a large international law firm in downtown L.A. Marjorie later 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. Marjorie established Desmond Law, PLLC in May 2015. She 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. She has an office in Scottsdale near her home and horses.