Admissions:

• Arizona Supreme Court, 2000
• U.S. Federal District Court of Arizona, 2002
• Law School: Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Arizona State University, 2000
• College: Arizona State University, 1993
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

Memberships:

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• Arizona Bar Association

Biography:

• Shell & Nermyr PLLC
• Shell, Nermyr, Burkhart, PLLC
• Law Office of Mark A. Nermyr
• Law Office of David B. Smith

Mark was born and raised in Minot, North Dakota. Mark was instilled with a tremendous work ethic during his young years of working the family farm. Mark has four older brothers and sisters that taught him how to work hard as well as stand up for himself.

When Mark was 18 years old he began to live his dream of becoming a professional hockey player. After finishing his high school and leading his team in points and penalty minutes, Mark was drafted into one of Canada’s elite junior hockey leagues.

At the age of 19 Mark moved to Tempe, Arizona to attend college. Mark graduated from Arizona State University in 1993 with a degree in political science. During the summer of 1993, after graduating from undergraduate school, Mark got married. Mark’s first son was born in July, 2000. Mark and his wife had their second son in January, 2003 and their third son in June, 2004.

In order to attend law school everybody has to take a test referred to as the LSAT. Mark scored in the top 4% in the country on LSAT. After doing well in undergrad and scoring so extremely high on the LSAT, Mark had his pick of law schools to attend. Mark chose to stay in Arizona and entered law school at the Sandra day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Mark graduated from law school in three years and immediately started defending people from the persecution of the government.

After being admitted to practice law, Mark worked for a local criminal defense attorney by the name of David B. Smith. In his first few year of practicing criminal defense, Mark got unbelievable experience. Mark was lead counsel on at least one felony trial per month during his first two years. Additionally, within two years Mark was lead counsel for several homicide cases. During Mark’s first three years he won over 20 felony trials and got many more felonies dismissed.

The list of cases Mark won during his first three years is:

• MURDER; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (Knife)
• CHILD ABUSE
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (Baseball bat)
• RESISTING ARREST
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (on Police officer)
• BURGLARY
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (serious physical injury)
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (stabbing)
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (knife slashing)
• THEFT OF MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
• GRAND THEFT AUTO
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (gun)

The list goes on and on and this is in just his first two years.

In 2001 Mark joined up with Chad Shell to start the most successful criminal defense firm in Arizona. Since 2001 Mark and Chad have successfully represented thousands of clients charged with felonies and misdemeanors all across the state of Arizona.

They have represented clients in:

• Kingman
• Flagstaff
• Prescott
• Sedona
• Prescott Valley
• Glendale, Peoria
• Tucson
• Casa Grande
• Florence
• Globe
• Show Low
• Pinetop
• Verde Valley
• Yuma
• Avondale
• Litchfield Park
• Tolleson
• Phoenix
• Paradise Valley
• Scottsdale
• Tempe
• Chandler
• Gilbert
• Mesa
• Apache Junction
• Payson
• Wickenburg
• Gila Bend
• Winslow
• Cave Creek
• Queen Creek
• and others

Because of Mark Nermyr and Chad Shell the state of Arizona has dismissed more than 1,000 domestic violence cases alone. The state of Arizona has dismissed other cases because of Shell & Nermyr ranging from murder, attempted murder, child molestation, child pornography, DUI, drug possession, drug sales, drug transportation, sex assault, aggravated assault, assault, criminal damage, disorderly conduct, misconduct involving weapons, child abuse, kidnapping, burglary, criminal damage. This list also goes on and on.

Any law firm can go to court and have their clients plead guilty. But Arizona’s team of criminal defense attorneys goes to court and wins for their clients. Chad and Mark’s goal for every client is to get the case dismissed.

Practice Areas:

All criminal law, including all felonies and misdemeanors. Including but not limited to:

• Homicide
• DUI
• DWI
• white collar
• fraud
• aggravated assault
• armed robbery
• appeals
• probation violations
• thefts
• burglary
• molestation
• sexual conduct with a minor
• sex abuse
• sex assault
• domestic violence
• drug possession
• drug sales
• child abuse
• murder
• manslaughter
• car theft
• assault on police
• resisting arrest
• forgery

Admissions:

• Arizona Supreme Court, 2000
• U.S. Federal District Court of Arizona, 2000
• Law School: Thomas Cooley Law School, 1995
• College: Boston University, 1986

Memberships:

• Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• Arizona Bar Association
• Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Biography:

Born: Honolulu, Hawaii

Chad Shell has handled thousands of cases across the state of Arizona. Mr. Shell has convinced the government to dismiss hundreds of domestic violence cases, murder cases, sex assault cases, DUIs, molest cases and many many more. The list goes on and on. Chad has dedicated his career to defending people from the government. Chad is proud of the fact that he has never been a prosecutor. Some law firms actually brag that they were once prosecutors and were on the same team as the police. There is no advantage in hiring a former prosecutor as everybody knows how a prosecutor builds a case. The advantage is to hiring an attorney that has never trusted police and has never asked a judge to put a person in jail.

The reason Mr. Shell is so successful at convincing courts and prosecutors to dismiss cases is because the government knows that if they go to trial with Mr. Shell they are in for a fight. Whether a client is charged with Murder or speeding, Mr. Shell will fight the government every step of the way.

Chad Shell was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but was raised in Chandler, Arizona. Chad was a football and basketball star in high school at Chandler High School. Chad takes that same competitive drive to win into the courtroom on every case.

When you hire Chad he will fight for you to the end. You will have Chad’s personal cell phone number so that you can reach him at any time. Chad is often in the office until all hours of the night working for his clients. When you hire Chad you will have a fighter on your side.