Az Business magazine’s 2013 top lawyer list was created after the editorial department asked Arizona law firms to nominate their two best attorneys from 16 different categories for consideration. Those nominees were put on a ballot and were voted on by their peers in the legal community and the readers of Az Business magazine to determine the exclusive 2013 Az Business Magazine Top Lawyers list.
Matthew Mehr
John Fries
Jennings, Haug & cunningham, llp 602-234-7828 ◆ jhc-law.com
Barker has a busy commercial transaction practice representing financial institutions and Arizona small businesses.
Mehr focuses in the areas of real estate, commercial and tax-exempt finance. His experience includes negotiation and documentation of loan workout, extension and modification, and forbearance agreements.
Mark S. Bosco
Edmund F. Richardson
Fries’ practice focuses on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues, and includes representing banks and other creditors against debtors with respect to the enforcement of their loan and credit agreements and defending the rights of lenders against other creditors.
Bosco has published numerous articles on mortgage banking, default servicing and related topics.
Richardson has more than 38 years experience and expertise in business, real estate and lending transactions and litigation in Arizona law firms, and as in-house counsel to a real estate development firm.
BANKING
Mark Barker
tiffany & Bosco, p.A. 602-255-6006 ◆ tblaw.com
Michael A. Bosco tiffany & Bosco, p.A. 602-255-6002 ◆ tblaw.com
As one of the largest financial services practices in the nation, Bosco represents more than 40 top banks and mortgage lenders including Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Quarles & Brady llp 602-229-5288 ◆ quarles.com
davis miles mcguire gardner, pllc 480-733-6800 ◆ davismiles.com
ryley carlock & Applewhite 602-440-4823 ◆ rcalaw.com
Bryan cave llp 602-364-7012 ◆ bryancave.com
Erick S. Durlach renaud cook drury mesaros, pA 602-256-3008 ◆ rcdmlaw.com
Durlach obtained summary judgment and dismissal of an action against a financial institution relating to claims for fraud, misrepresentation and indemnification.
Susan Gilman
gordon silver 602-256-0400 ◆ gordonsilver.com
Gilman is the chair of the firm’s Finance & Banking Practice Group and focuses her practice in areas of finance, banking and financial institutions/loan program development.
Richard H. Herold snell & wilmer l.l.p. 602-382-6223 ◆ swlaw.com
A substantial portion of Herold’s work focuses on prosecuting claims for financial institutions, including commercial receiverships, trustee’s sales and post-sale deficiency litigation.
Stephen A. Lenn sacks tierney p.A. 480-425-2619 ◆ sackstierney.com
Lenn’s practice focuses on banking law and regulation and debt and equity finance. He authored the article “Incentive Compensation for Banks in the Dodd-Frank Era” in February 2012.
Daniel E. Garrison
Andante law group of daniel e. garrison, pllc 480-421-9449 ◆ andantelaw.com
Garrison has more than 15 years of corporate restructuring, business bankruptcy, commercial litigation, and corporate and real estate transaction experience.
Mike Ripp
Tia Cottey
Cottey’s practice emphasizes all aspects of real estate finance and real estate capital markets, including the representation of lenders, commercial mortgage loan servicers, special servicers, participants, and co-lenders.
ryley carlock & Applewhite 602-440-4819 ◆ rcalaw.com
Ripp heads up the firm’s banking and finance practice, which was recently recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s inaugural “Best Law Firms” rankings as a “Tier 1” (top tier) practice in the Phoenix market.
Peter Terry
Quarles & Brady llp 602-230-5506 ◆ quarles.com
Terry focuses in the areas of banking, commercial finance and real estate development and his experience includes representation of financial institutions in asset based and real estate financing.
BANKRUPTCY/REORGANIZATION
Joseph E. Cotterman
Andante law group of daniel e. garrison, pllc 480-421-9449 ◆ andantelaw.com
Cotterman has more than 20 years of corporate restructuring, business bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, commercial litigation, and corporate and real estate transaction experience.
John R. Clemency gallagher & kennedy, p.A. 602-530-8040 ◆ gknet.com
Clemency’s practice concentrates on workouts of troubled loans, business bankruptcies, and commercial litigation.
John J. Hebert polsinelli shughart pc 602-650-2011 ◆ polsinelli.com
Hebert has been involved in all aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency practice for 35 years.
Ronald Horwitz Jaburg wilk 602-248-1071 ◆ jaburgwilk.com
Client list includes national banking associations, mortgage companies, finance companies, equipment lessors, credit unions and companies that finance real estate, manufactured housing, automobiles, and equipment.
W. Scott Jenkins, Jr. ryley carlock & Applewhite 602-440-4890 ◆ rcalaw.com
The practice group Leader for the firm’s Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights, and Lending practice group, Jenkins is experienced in handling various types of commercial transactions and disputes.
Carolyn J. Johnsen Jennings strouss 602-262-5906 ◆ jsslaw.com
Johnsen is chair of the firm’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Section and has extensive experience in every aspect of commercial reorganizations, representing both debtors and creditors
Christopher R. Kaup tiffany & Bosco, p.A. 602-255-6024 ◆ tblaw.com
Kaup’s practice is focused on the representation of creditors and debtors in complex commercial bankruptcy matters, creditors’ rights, and commercial litigation.
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