Az Business Magazine’s 2014 top lawyer list was created after the editorial department asked Arizona law firms to nominate their two best attorneys from more than 20 different categories for consideration. Those nominees were vetted and considered by a panel made of the editorial team and industry experts to determine the exclusive 2014 Az Business Magazine Top Lawyers List.
 Shawn K. Aiken Shareholder Aiken Schenk Company Website Aiken’s ADR skills are rooted in nearly 30 years of business litigation experience. Named “Lawyer of the Year,” 2012 (Mediation, Phoenix) by Best Lawyers, Aiken ranks among Super Lawyers® “Top 50 Arizona Lawyers” (2009-2013). |
 Christopher L. Callahan Director Fennemore Craig Company Website Callahan chairs the Business Torts and Personal Injury practice and counsels clients on alternative dispute resolution techniques and participates in arbitration and mediations. He represents business entities addressing toxic torts, insurance coverage and commercial transactions. |
 Richard A. Friedlander Member Dickinson Wright/Mariscal Weeks PLLC Company Website Friedlander is an experienced mediator and arbitrator handling matters throughout the Southwest and has mediated and arbitrated a myriad of disputes involving construction, real property, title and escrow, contracts, bankruptcy, insurance, bad faith, lender liability, employment and probate issues. |
 Alisa J. Gray Shareholder Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. Company Website Gray’s practice is concentrated in alternative dispute resolution related to probate and trust litigation, elder law and administration. Retained and appointed in complicated class actions involving minors/decedents and as guardian ad litem or dispute resolution master. |
 Amy L. Lieberman Executive director Insight Employment Mediation Company Website Mediator and arbitrator Lieberman resolves employment litigation, business disputes, executive and workplace conflict. She conducts neutral investigations, and is the author of “Mediation Success: Get it Out, Get it Over, and Get Back to Business.” |
 Mark A. Nadeau Co-managing partner DLA Piper Company Website Nadeau is widely recognized as a leading litigator and commentator on international dispute resolution. He has represented clients in many high-profile disputes involving television, aviation, real estate, hospitality, energy, trade secrets and unfair business practice matters. |
 Paul Roshka Founding member Roshka DeWulf & Patten Company Website Roshka is a commercial litigator and mediator who practices regularly before the federal and state courts, the SEC, FINRA and the ACC regarding securities issues and other general business matters. |
 Tod. F. Schleier Founder Schleier Law Offices Company Website Schleier’s success as a mediator is due to his experience in representing individuals and employers, as well as a belief that most employment-related disputes should be resolved short of parties expending significant time and resources on a legal battle. |
 David C. Tierney Shareholder Sacks Tierney P.A. Company Website A veteran litigator and past chair of the State Bar’s ADR section, Tierney is a Best Lawyers selectee (arbitration and mediation) and member of the AAA Commercial and Construction Arbitration and Construction Mediation panels. |
 Jon Weiss Partner Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP Company Website Weiss is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer. As a partner in the firm’s Litigation Group, he has a particular focus in the areas of professional liability, lawyer discipline, and complex business litigation. |
