Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner P.C. announced John L. Stoss and Paul F. Dowdell have joined the firm’s Scottsdale office as Partners.

Mr. Dowdell’s practice is dedicated to business and real estate law and litigation, with a particular emphasis on real estate contracts and disputes, business contracts and disputes, post-judgment collections, title insurance and escrow matters, and the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies. He has 24 years of legal experience in Arizona and holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating issued by that organization for legal ability and professional ethics.

Mr. Stoss has 27 years of legal experience in Arizona.  His practice is concentrated in business, commercial real estate, and corporate finance and securities transactions.  He is adept at understanding problems and situations quickly and developing strategies and plans that meet both immediate short-term objectives as well as the long-term goals of his clients.  Mr. Stoss represents local and regional real estate management companies in real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate and multifamily housing properties, and the financing and management of those projects.

“We are extremely pleased to have Paul and John join us,” commented Randy Nussbaum, founding shareholder and Managing Partner of Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner. “We are actively expanding the firm’s practices to provide clients with additional legal services, and adding Mr. Dowell and Mr. Stoss to our firm is another step towards achieving this objective,” he stated.

In 1988, Mr. Stoss earned his law degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.  He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona in 1985.  Mr. Stoss is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, the Maricopa County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Dowdell received his law degree from The University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, California, in 1991.  He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1978 from The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio.  Mr. Dowdell is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the State Bar of California, as well as the Maricopa County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.