Arizona Business Magazine used its own research, solicited input from legal experts, and referenced professional ratings and rankings to determine the legal professionals who made the 2012 Top Lawyers list.


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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Charles R. Berry ◆ Polsinelli Shughart PC
602-650-2030 ◆ polsinelli.com
Berry has extensive experience in securities regulation, public offerings, business mergers, acquisitions and sales.

Brian H. Blaney ◆ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
602-445-8322 ◆ gtlaw.com
Blaney concentrates his practice on corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments.

Joseph M. Crabb ◆ Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
602-528-4084 ◆ squiresanders.com
Crabb focuses his practice on corporate finance and securities matters including merger and acquisition transactions, public and private securities offerings, and counseling corporate officers and directors.

Matthew P. Feeney ◆ Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
602-382-6239 ◆ swlaw.com
Feeney’s practice is concentrated in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, SEC reporting and compliance, and corporate governance matters.

William M. Hardin ◆ Osborn Maledon PA
602-640-9322 ◆ omlaw.com
Hardin’s practice includes representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity financing, securities offerings and other significant business transactions.

Karen C. McConnell ◆ Ballard Spahr LLP
602-798-5403 ◆ ballardspahr.com
McConnell is a partner in the business and finance department and practice leader of the mergers and acquisitions/private equity group.

Bruce E. Macdonough ◆ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
602-445-8305 ◆ gtlaw.com
For more than 25 years, Macdonough’s practice has concentrated on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, and providing general corporate counsel to public and private companies.

Thomas J. Morgan ◆ Lewis and Roca LLP
602-262-5712 ◆ lrlaw.com
Morgan practices in the areas of securities, with emphasis in public and private securities offerings, private equity fundings, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, commercial transactions and general tax planning.

Steven D. Pidgeon ◆ DLA Piper LLP
480-606-5124 ◆ dlapiper.com
Pidgeon concentrates his practice on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and private equity and venture capital investments.

Susan E. Wells ◆ Jaburg & Wilk P.C.
602-248-1034 ◆ jaburgwilk.com
Wells’ 30 years of practice include mergers and acquisitions and securities at large law firms in Phoenix and New York City.


REAL ESTATE

Edwin C. Bull ◆ Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
602-234-9913 ◆ bcattorneys.com
Martindale-Hubbell rated 5.0, Bull’s practice includes zoning, general plan amendments, specific area plan approvals and amendments, variances, development impact fees and real estate transactions.

J. Scott Burns ◆ Burns and Burns, P.C.
602-264-3227 ◆ b-blaw.com
Burns is a Board Certified Real Estate Law Specialist with a practice area emphasizing the acquisition and disposition of commercial and industrial properties, title review, landlord tenant issues and commercial lease negotiations.

Christopher A. Combs ◆ Combs Law Group
602-957-9810 ◆ combslawgroup.com
Combs writes a regular column for Arizona REALTOR Digest and is a former member of the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league baseball organization.

Mark Dioguardi ◆ Dioguardi Flynn LLP
480-970-2430 ◆ dioguardiflynn.com
Mark has 31 years of extensive practice in the fields of real estate law and private venture finance including in the areas of development, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, finance, leasing, syndications, and zoning and entitlements.

Gerald L. Jaco ◆ Gust Rosenfeld PLC
602-257-7436 ◆ gustlaw.com
Jacobs has focused almost his entire 47-year legal career on real estate transactions and related areas.

Steven L. Lisker ◆ Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
602-528-4023 ◆ squiresanders.com
Lisker is a certified specialist in real property law by the State Bar of Arizona, represents real estate developers and builders in the review, planning, acquisition, development, financing, sale, leasing and regulatory compliance of real estate projects.

J. Lawrence McCormley ◆ Tiffany & Bosco
602-255-6005 ◆ tblaw.com
McCormley has extensive transactional real estate, bankruptcy, and litigation experience.

Don J. Miner ◆ Fennemore Craig PC
602-916-5000 ◆ fclaw.com
Miner was the buyer’s counsel in sale of a portfolio of $101 million of loans secured by residential real estate mortgages.

James R. Nearhood ◆ Nearhood Law Offices PLC
480-269-8979 ◆ nearhoodlaw.com
For more than 20 years, Nearhood has been one of a small elite group of attorneys certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a Real Estate Specialist.

Michael E. Tiffany ◆ Tiffany & Bosco PA
602-255-6000 ◆ tblaw.com
Tiffany concentrates in the area of commercial transactions, primarily in real estate and finance.

Arizona Business Magazine has used its best efforts in assembling material for this list, but does not warrant that the information contained herein is a complete or exhaustive list of the top lawyers in Arizona, and hereby disclaims any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions herein.

Arizona Business Magazine March/April 2012