About Alison C.
Alison C. Briggs built her career at the crossroads of social work and law. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007, followed by a Master of Social Work from Salem State College in 2011. She completed her Juris Doctor at Arizona Summit Law School in 2016. Those three degrees set the tone for a career that moves between clinical practice and legal service.
Her early work was in clinical settings. In 2010 she worked as a clinician at The Home for Little Wanderers. She joined Southwest Human Development in 2013 as a clinician and served that same year as a child protective specialist for the State of Arizona. In 2015 she practiced as a clinical social worker at Aurora Behavioral Health System. The range of those roles exposed her to child welfare systems, agency operations and direct client care.
In 2016 she took on a role that bridged her two professions: client services manager at My Arizona Lawyers. The position introduced her to the operational side of legal practice and to client intake, case management and coordination among professionals. It also marked a shift toward sustained work within a law office environment while keeping clinical insight in play.
Briggs holds professional licensure in social work. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker through the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners and a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Massachusetts. She is also a member of the State Bar of Minnesota and the State Bar of South Dakota. She is admitted to practice in Arizona, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Her background gives her a perspective grounded in both therapeutic practice and legal procedure. She draws on experience in child protective services and behavioral health to assess facts from multiple angles. That background influences how she evaluates client needs, communicates with agency personnel and prepares for administrative and court proceedings.
Colleagues and clients describe her as steady in the intake room and methodical in the office. She has moved from direct clinical work to roles that require translating clinical information into legal strategy and client counseling. The transition reflects an interest in resolving problems that originate in family and social systems but require legal remedies.
She practices at My Arizona Lawyers, PLLC, where her work centers on matters that sit at the intersection of family issues, child welfare and administrative proceedings.
