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Patrick MacQueen
Owner/Partner/Founder/Attorney // MacQueen & Gottlieb, PLC mandglawgroup.com MacQueen’s 13-year legal career has been highlighted by work primarily in the areas of real estate transactional law and real estate litigation. He served as local counsel in the $129 million acquisition of the City North development in north Phoenix and prevailed in oral arguments before the Arizona Court of Appeals. What professional accomplishment gives you the most pride? Being named a Top 100 Lawyer in Arizona in 2019 was the crowning achievement of my legal career. With almost 24,000 attorneys in the state, to be named one of the top 100 made me feel like I had really arrived as a leader in my field.
Michael McCanse
Vice-chair, Real Estate and Construction Litigation Group Quarles & Brady // quarles.com McCanse counsels owners and contractors on all manners of construction-related disputes, and has litigated claims involving projects of all sizes (from small residential remodels, to large commercial buildings, to master planned communities with hundreds of home sites). McCanse also routinely represents individual and corporate clients in complex business and contract disputes, and has substantial experience with alcohol beverage law, landlord-tenant actions, creditor-debtor actions, and professional liability-related actions. What do you consider the most surprising fact about you? McCanse works as National Beverage Counsel to the second-largest brewer in the United States.
CAROLINE A. PRICHER
Of Counsel // Greenberg Traurig LLP // gtlaw.com/en/ Pricher focuses her practice on the representation of clients in connection with the acquisition, entitlement, development, financing, management and operation of real estate developments. Caroline has particular experience in the hotel and leisure sector, advising owners and managers of hospitality projects, luxury hotels, resorts, mixed-use projects, condo-hotels, golf courses and resort communities regarding transaction structure, economic incentives, financing and project management. What advice would you offer to someone who wants to become successful? Being coachable is a gift (you can learn something from everyone), but learning to say no and remembering what you do know is equally important.
Paul M. Weiser
Managing Shareholder, Scottsdale office // Buchalter buchalter.com Weiser worked for the same firm from 1981 to 2005, when that firm joined L.A. based Buchalter. During all that time, Weiser’s practice has been in the commercial real estate arena, focusing on issues related to landlord/tenant matters in connection with office, retail, industrial and medical properties. What advice would you offer to someone who wants to become successful? Building your own book of business is paramount to success, and that comes from a genuine desire to help clients achieve their goals in the most costefficient way possible. Doing so makes for satisfied clients who then refer others your way. 12
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Bradley E. Wright
Partner // Squire Patton Boggs squirepattonboggs.com Wright represents clients on complex business matters often involving the intersection of law, public policy and business. His career has included successful engagements both as in-house general counsel and as a lawyer representing clients while in private practice. What professional accomplishment gives you the most pride? Professionally, I am proudest of my role in helping successfully negotiate settlement of a series of high-profile and politically charged disputes involving the State Farm Stadium in Glendale. Those disputes included litigation, hostile legislation and claims involving the Fiesta Bowl, the City of Glendale, the Arizona Legislature and the Arizona Cardinals.