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JAMES BROPHY, III
JULIE RYSTAD Shareholder Gallagher & Kennedy gknet.com
Managing shareholder Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, P.C. rcalaw.com Brophy represents public and private companies in the areas of employee benefits, securities, and business and financing transactions, including acquisitions, sales and legal compliance matters. Brophy provides counsel on the formation, licensure, and regulation of banks, insurance and reinsurance companies. Business advice: “Be the best you can be at what you do. Clients need and are willing to pay you for excellence. Excellence is enhanced if you understand your client’s business and can provide practical legal help.” Surprising fact: “I was a trial attorney early in my career and I also enjoy photography.”
JOHN RANDOLPH
Member Sherman & Howard L.L.C. shermanhoward. com Randolph is a member of Sherman & Howard’s business and real estate and commercial litigation groups. He has more than 40 years of experience representing clients in banking and financial transactions. His practice includes all aspects of commercial finance, from loan origination and documentation to workouts, restructures, prejudgment strategy, collections, remedies and enforcement. Trend to watch: “I believe that increased economic opportunities will have a tremendous impact over the next few years, both locally and nationwide. Even with rising interest rates, there will be strong financing demand for new development.”
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MARK BOSCO
Shareholder Tiffany & Bosco P.A. tblaw.com Bosco has grown his financial services practice to be one of the largest, most qualified, and respected in the nation. He serves the banking and real estate industries by providing exemplary service and quick response to meet his client’s needs.
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: “I expect the legal industry to become more competitive, and for the buyer of legal services to become even more sophisticated. Technology will continue to change the practice of law with more efficiencies and accessibility. Over time, the industry will see a major decline in billing by the hour. Our firm has already made great strides in that area and we are prepared to embrace changes in technology to continue to meet clients’ expectations. However, even with all the advancements in technology, the lawyers who are accessible, responsive, and provide exceptional personal service at competitive rates will still be the top industry performers.
Rystad is a commercial finance and creditor’s rights lawyer who represents lenders and borrowers in a wide variety of financing transactions from origination to termination, including workouts, restructuring, collection and foreclosure. In addition to assisting clients in structuring, negotiating and documenting their finance transactions, she advises clients in workouts and restructurings of financial transactions and distressed loans. Business advice: “Common sense counts, and be brave enough to help your clients make decisions, not just identify risks.” Surprising fact: “I am an environmentalist.”
C. BRADLEY VYNALEK Partner Quarles & Brady LLP quarles.com
Vynalek is both a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group and an elected member of its national management committee. He serves on the regional advisory board for Teach for America, board of directors for the Greater Phoenix Economic Council and is pastchair of Make-A-Wish of Arizona and the University of Arizona Law College Association, respectively. Trend to watch: “Continued innovation and AI requires the legal profession to be more inventive and ahead of the curve than ever before. It is an exciting time to be leading innovation. We need to do all of this and remember that customer service matters more than ever.”