Member
Areas of Emphasis
Real Estate
Business and Corporate
Representative Matters
- Represented Arizona-based major grocery store chain in purchasing, selling, leasing, development and property management matters.
- Represented major grocery store chain in multiple acquisitions of lease sites from debtors in bankruptcy proceedings.
- Represented landlords and tenants relative to leasing office, industrial warehouse, agricultural and retail space.
- Represented landlords and tenants relative to landlord/tenant disputes.
- Represented land developers in negotiating and preparing over twenty ground leases.
- Represented dentist in sale of dental practice.
- Negotiated and prepared lease renewal options, expansion rights, brokerage issues, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer and related matters.
- Negotiated and prepared lease guarantees, subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements and estoppel certificates for landlords, tenants and lenders.
- Negotiated and prepared broker commission agreements.
- Negotiated and prepared multi-phase land development agreements for national homebuilder and land developers.
- Negotiated and prepared purchase and sale contracts for unimproved and improved real property and related agreements, including utility easements, sign easements, ingress-egress easements, restrictive use agreements, and conditions, covenants and restrictions.
Professional Activities
- Admitted Arizona, 1963
- Member, American Bar Association Business Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Senior Law Sections
- Member, Sate Bar of Arizona Business Law, Construction Law and Real Property Sections
- Member, Maricopa County Bar Association
- Special Master, Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for the County of Maricopa (Appointed)
- Vice Chairman, Arizona State Bar Fee Arbitration Committee
Education
- LLB, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 1963
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History, University of Arizona, 1960
Honors and Awards
- Southwest Super Lawyers, 2007-2009
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law for over 10 years