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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SECURITIES AND CORPORATE FINANCE
Bryant D. Barber ◆ Lewis and Roca LLP
602-262-5375 ◆ lrlaw.com
Barber has extensive experience in municipal finance, including related areas of state and federal securities and tax law, and economic development financing programs.
James E. Brophy, III ◆ Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, P.C.
602-440-4807 ◆ rcalaw.com
Brophy’s practice focuses on securities, business transactions and employee benefits law.
Jon S. Cohen ◆ Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
602-382-6247 ◆ swlaw.com
Cohen has a corporate finance practice, including a large number of public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.
Thomas H. Curzon ◆ Osborn Maledon PA
602-640-9308 ◆ omlaw.com
Curzon’s practice focuses primarily on entrepreneurial transactions, including venture capital and other private placements of securities, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and initial public offerings.
Steven P. Emerick ◆ Quarles & Brady LLP
602-230-5517 ◆ quarles.com
Emerick’s practice is focused on corporate finance, securities and business transactions for companies in a broad range of industries.
Martin R Galbut ◆ Galbut & Galbut, P.C.
602-955-1455 ◆ galbutlaw.com
Galbut has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America for Securities Law (2007 – 2010) and Business/Commercial Litigation (2001-2009).
Robert J. Hackett ◆ Ridenour, Hienton & Lewis, PLLC
602-254-9900 ◆ rhkl-law.com
Hackett’s practice focuses in the areas of corporate, securities and banking law, including public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.
Robert S. Kant ◆ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
602-445-8302 ◆ gtlaw.com
Kant has represented large and small issuers of equity and debt securities in hundreds of securities transactions involving the sale of more than $20 billion of securities.
David P. Lewis ◆ DLA Piper LLP
480-606-5126 ◆ dlapiper.com
Lewis focuses his practice in the area of corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and compliance issues.
Julie Rystad ◆ Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.
602-530-8070 ◆ gknet.com
Rystad advises financial institutions and business entities in various types of financial transactions, including asset-based, equipment, and real estate loans and leases, and warehouse lending.
TAX
James Benham ◆ Moore Benham & Beaver PLC
602-254-6044 ◆ mbmblaw.com
Benham practices individual, corporate and partnership taxation law, tax controversy, estate preservation and probate; formation, operation and reorganization of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.
Timothy D. Brown ◆ Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.
602-530-8530 ◆ gknet.com
Brown practices in all areas of federal tax law, with an emphasis on real estate, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, real estate, international taxation, and civil tax controversy.
John F. Daniels, III ◆ Fennemore Craig PC
602-916-5431 ◆ fclaw.com
Daniels chairs the Tax and Tax Controversy practice groups at Fennemore Craig.
Pat Derdenger ◆ Steptoe & Johnson
602-257-5209 ◆ steptoe.com
Derdenger’s practice emphasizes federal, state, and local taxation law. He is certified as a tax law specialist by the Arizona State Bar.
James R. Hienton ◆ Ridenour, Hienton & Lewis, PLLC
602-254-9900 ◆ rhkl-law.com
As a certified tax specialist of the Arizona State Bar Association, Hienton works to structure business transactions in a most tax-effective manner.
Kirk A. McCarville ◆ Kirk A. McCarville PC
602-468-1714 ◆ mccarvillelaw.com
McCarville practices nationwide, engaging in civil and criminal law principally in the area of taxation.
Thomas J. Morgan ◆ Lewis and Roca LLP
602-262-5712 ◆ lrlaw.com
Morgan practices in the areas of securities, corporate and tax law with emphasis in public and private securities offerings, and general tax planning.
Martha C. Patrick ◆ Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
602-234-9939 ◆ bcattorneys.com
Coming from the IRS, Patrick represents taxpayers involved in civil and criminal tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and the Arizona Department of Revenue.
Lawrence Pew ◆ Pew Law Center
480-745-1770 ◆ pewlaw.com
Pew is an experienced tax, bankruptcy, and transactional attorney.
Les Raatz ◆ Mariscal Weeks Mclntyre & Friedlander, P.A.
602-285-5022 ◆ mwmf.com
Raatz has extensive experience in a broad range of tax, probate and trust matters, including estate planning, audits and litigation, and corporate, trust, exempt organizations, real estate, and partnership and limited liability company taxation.
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.
