Each year, Az Business magazine’s editorial team — in collaboration with industry experts — chooses the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona from a pool of more than 1,000 of the most talented and successful attorneys from throughout the state. Selections are based on each lawyer’s professional success, impact on his or her law firm, impact on the communities she/he serves and impact on the legal profession. Here are the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona for 2016:
Floyd P. Bienstock, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Practice areas: Litigation, insurance, employment/labor
Andrew Abraham, Shareholder, Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
Practice areas: Real estate, business and corporate law, commercial litigation
Shawn K. Aiken, Shareholder, Aiken Schenk Hawkins & Ricciardi P.C.
Practice areas: Commercial litigation, mediation, arbitration
Hilary L. Barnes, Member, Allen Maguire & Barnes PLC
Practice areas: Commercial bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy litigation
Timothy J. Berg, Director, Fennemore Craig, P.C.
Practice areas: Civil appeals, public law, public utilities regulation
Steven N. Berger, Shareholder, Engelman Berger PC
Practice areas: Bankruptcy/debt, litigation, appeals, mediation
Maureen Beyers, Partner, Osborn Maledon, P.A.
Practice areas: Complex commercial litigation, arbitration
Gary L. Birnbaum, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Practice areas: ADR, appellate, condemnation and land use, construction litigation
Brian H. Blaney, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Practice areas: Corporate and securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, global securities
Susan G. Boswell, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Practice areas: Bankruptcy and business reorganization
Edwin C. Bull, President and shareholder, Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
Practice areas: Land use and zoning, real estate development, real estate finance
David Brnilovich, Member, Jennings Strouss
Practice areas: Real estate, commercial litigation, construction and Registrar of Contractors issues
James E. Brophy, III, Managing shareholder, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite
Practice areas: Business transactions, legal compliance for for-profit and nonprofit businesses
Robert J. Bruno, Shareholder and director, Sanders & Parks P.C.
Practice areas: Complex civil litigation, construction litigation, professional liability defense, products liability
Robin E. Burgess, Shareholder, officer and director, Sanders & Parks P.C.
Practice areas: Healthcare, medical malpractice, product liability, professional liability, municipal liability
Rebecca Lynne Burnham, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Practice areas: Real estate, retail, sports facilities and entertainment venues, land development
Robert M. Charles, Jr., Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Practice areas: Business bankruptcy, commercial lawsuits, business transactions
George C. Chen, Partner, Bryan Cave
Practice areas: Intellectual property, litigation, licensing, counseling, patent, trademark, copyright, cybersquatting
Joseph T. Clees, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins
Practice areas: Labor relations, employment law, litigation
John R. Clemency, Shareholder, Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.
Practice areas: Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, business law and transactions
Karen Dickinson, Shareholder, Polsinelli
Practice areas: Intellectual property, trademark and copyright, startup ventures, healthcare technology
Peter Culp, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Practice areas: Water and natural resources, environmental, federal Indian law
John E. Cummerford, Co-managing shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Practice areas: Intellectual property, technology, media, telecommunications
Barbara J. Dawson, Partner, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Practice areas: Commercial litigation, international law, tax
Kimberly A. Demarchi, Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Practice areas: Civil appeals, litigation of complex matters
William M. Demlong, Senior member, The Cavanagh Law Firm
Practice areas: Insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, construction defect litigation, ERISA litigation, NASD litigation
John E. DeWulf, Partner, Coppersmith Brockelman PLC
Practice areas: Commercial litigation, trade secrets, real estate, securities, intellectual property
John Alan Doran, Member, Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Practice areas: Labor and employment, litigation, trials, appeals
Paul F. Eckstein, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Practice areas: Litigation, appellate, antitrust and unfair competition litigation, political law
Booker T. Evans, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
Practice areas: White collar crime, commercial litigation
Yale F. Goldberg, Partner, Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold
Practice areas: Tax controversy, tax litigation, employment tax controversy
Nicole France Stanton, Managing partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Practice areas: Professional malpractice, litigation, dispute resolution, higher education, appellate
Leah S. Freed, Office managing shareholder, Ogletree Deakins
Practice areas: Employment law, litigation, healthcare, defense contracting industry
Susan M. Freeman, Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Practice areas: Appeals, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, distressed real estate acquisition and management
Garrick L. Gallagher, Owner and director, Sanders & Parks P.C.
Practice areas: Complex civil litigation, insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, insurance coverage litigation
Grady Gammage, Jr., Member, Gammage & Burnham
Practice areas: Elections, government and public affairs, real estate, zoning and land use
Karen Gaylord, Partner, Jennings, Haug & Cunningham
Practice areas: Environmental and natural resources, Indian law
Greg Gillis, Founding shareholder, Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C.
Practice areas: Commercial collection, construction, real estate, bankruptcy litigation
Amy J. Gittler, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Practice areas: Labor and preventive practices, general employment litigation, non-competes, wage and hour
Stacey F. Gottlieb, Of counsel, Cohen Kennedy Dowd & Quigley
Practice areas: Complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense
Carolyn J. Johnsen, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Practice areas: Bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights; commercial transactions; lender litigation and bankruptcy; mergers and acquisitions
Alisa J. Gray, Shareholder, Tiffany & Bosco P.A.
Practice areas: Probate and trust litigation, estate administration, elder law, mediation
Phillip Guttilla, Shareholder, Polsinelli
Practice areas: Mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and capital formation, hedge fund and private equity fund formation
Diane M. Haller, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Practice areas: Real estate, complex transactions, land development deals, portfolio transactions
Angela K. Hallier, Founding partner, Hallier & Lawrence
Practice areas: Family law, divorce, legal separation
Larry Hammond, Partner, Osborn Maledon PA
Practice areas: Commercial litigation, criminal defense, internal and governmental investigations
Michael J. Holden, Managing member, Holden Willits PLC
Practice areas: Construction law, commercial litigation
Steve Hulsman, Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Practice areas: Class action, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance litigation, product liability
Timothy R. Hyland, Senior member, The Cavanagh Law Firm
Practice areas: Appellate, insurance coverage, bad faith litigation
Geoffrey Kercsmar, Founder, Kercsmar & Feltus, PLLC
Practice areas: Complex litigation, business contracts, technology contracts, business torts, intellectual property, trademarks
John Maston O’Neal, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Practice areas: Real estate litigation, litigation and dispute resolution, financial institutions litigation
Jay S. Kramer, Director, Fennemore Craig, P.C.
Practice areas: Real estate transactions and finance, loan workouts, infrastructure financing, development and sale
Hope E. Leibsohn, Member, Sherman & Howard
Practice areas: Estate and tax planning, including customized family legacy planning
John F. Lomax, Jr., Partner, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Practice areas: Defense of labor and employment matters, litigation, healthcare
D. Kim Lough, Partner, Jennings Haug & Cunningham
Practice areas: Litigation, construction and development, real estate, employment and labor
Patrick J. McGroder, III, Shareholder, Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.
Practice areas: Plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death, professional liability
John A. Micheaels, Partner, Beale Micheaels Slack & Shughart, PC
Practice areas: Medical negligence, general tort liability, professional liability, insurance bad faith
Brian M. Mueller, Member, Sherman & Howard
Practice areas: Litigation, trials and appeals; real estate; estate and tax planning
Edward F. Novak, Shareholder, Polsinelli PC
Practice areas: Antitrust, healthcare, commercial litigation, government investigations and compliance, internal investigations
Randy Nussbaum, Founding partner, Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner
Practice areas: Complex bankruptcy law, real estate, construction, contract law
Shawn Oller, Office managing shareholder, Littler Mendelson
Practice areas: Employment litigation, employment and labor, arbitration, mediation
Pamela Overton Risoleo, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Practice areas: Litigation, pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare litigation
Scott I. Palumbo, Founding partner, Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo, P.C.
Practice areas: Personal injury, medical negligence, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death
Rodolfo Parga, Jr., Shareholder, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite
Practice areas: Litigation, restrictive covenants and trade secrets, labor and employment, corporate and securities
Martha C. Patrick, Shareholder, Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
Practice areas: Taxation, state and local tax controversy, litigation
Steven D. Pidgeon, Co-managing partner, DLA Piper
Practice areas: Corporate, finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, emerging growth, venture capital
Steven Plitt, Senior member, The Cavanagh Law Firm
Practice areas: Appellate, employment law, insurance coverage, bad faith litigation
Stephanie Quincy, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Practice areas: Employment litigation, class action and multi-plaintiff lawsuits, covenants not to compete, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, defamation
Cathy L. Reece, Director, Fennemore Craig, P.C.
Practice areas: Financial restructuring, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights
Cynthia A. Ricketts, Co-founding partner, Sacks Ricketts & Case LLP
Practice areas: Complex consumer and employment class action defense, commercial litigation
David B. Rosenbaum, Partner, Osborn Maledon
Practice areas: Complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, securities fraud class actions, employment controversies
Kristen Rosati, Partner, Coppersmith Brockelman
Practice areas: Healthcare, health information privacy and security, Big Data, clinical research
Lawrence J. Rosenfeld, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Practice areas: Labor and employment, healthcare
Paul J. Roshka, Jr., Shareholder, Polsinelli
Practice areas: Commercial litigation, federal and state securities laws
James W. Ryan, Managing partner, Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold
Practice areas: Estate planning, tax planning, business formation and M&A transactions, trust administration, ADR
Thomas J. Salerno, Partner, Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Practice areas: Bankruptcy, creditors’ rights
Winn L. Sammons, Shareholder and director, Sanders & Parks P.C.
Practice areas: ADR, mediations, arbitrations, conflict coaching, group-think facilitation, peacemaking
Tod F. Schleier, Schleier Law Offices, PC
Practice areas: Employment disputes, mediations, arbitrations
Ted A. Schmidt, Managing partner, Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi, PLLC
Practice areas: Products liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, federal tort claims, bad faith, governmental liability
Leon Silver, Office co-managing partner, Gordon & Rees
Practice areas: Commercial litigation, privacy and data security, retail and hospitality
Lesa J. Storey, Founding member, Maguire Pearce & Storey, PLLC
Practice areas: Real estate development, formation of community facilities districts, infrastructure matters
J. Russell Skelton, Partner, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli
Practice areas: Medical malpractice and nursing home defense, workers’ compensation defense
Wendi A. Sorensen, Shareholder, Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
Practice areas: Personal injury and wrongful death
Sheryl A. Sweeney, Shareholder, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite
Practice areas: Energy law, water law, environmental law, electric utility law, special taxing districts
Michael E. Tiffany, Shareholder, Tiffany & Bosco
Practice areas: Commercial transactions, primarily in strategic planning, business solutions, real estate and finance
Geoffrey Trachtenberg, Partner, Levenbaum Trachtenberg, PLC
Practice areas: Personal injury, litigation and appeals, particularly related to motorcycle injury and wrongful death cases
Andrew B. Turk, Senior counsel, Clark Hill
Practice areas: Healthcare, medical malpractice, elder abuse litigation
Jeffrey H. Verbin, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Practice areas: Financial services, real estate, sports and entertainment
Debora L. Verdier, Partner, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Practice areas: Employment law, professional liability
E. Jeffrey Walsh,, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Practice areas: Business litigation and trials, real estate litigation, construction litigation
Rebecca A. Winterscheidt, Partner, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Practice areas: Employment law, immigration law
Paul M. Weiser, Shareholder, Buchalter Nemer
Practice areas: Real estate purchases and sales, receiverships
Nancy L. White, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Practice areas: Business and financial restructuring, distressed commercial mortgages and real estate, mergers and acquisitions
Quinn P. Williams, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Practice areas: Private and public equity and debt financings; mergers, acquisitions and recapitalization; technology licensing and joint venture transactions
Mark G. Worischeck, Managing shareholder, Sanders & Parks P.C.
Practice areas: Complex civil litigation, primarily in the areas of insurance, aviation, employment law, construction litigation, personal injury and product liability
Lawrence Wilk, Shareholder, Jaburg Wilk
Practice areas: Bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, workouts, financial fraud, real estate, foreclosure
Donald Wilson, Jr., Shareholder, Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson PC
Practice areas: Professional liability, appellate, personal injury
Lori L. Winkelman, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Practice areas: Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, jet fuel consortiums, banking and financial institutions
Doug Zimmerman, Partner, Davis Miles McGuire Gardner
Practice areas: Arbitration and mediation, civil litigation, commercial litigation, condemnation and eminent domain
Kurt M. Zitzer, Partner, Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P.
Practice areas: Insurance coverage, commercial litigation, professional liability
