Experience
General
Career highlights
- 30+ years of high-level, national legal practice principally with national and regional law firms
- 5+ years: Founded and managed an innovative, decentralized national law firm
- 12+ years: Founded and managed a start-up, enterprise legal software company
- State-wide and regional economic development
- 35+ years with philanthropic organizations
- Leadership of various “teams” comprising 5 – 300 members (legal and non-legal)
- Crisis Management/Public Relations
- Media
- Law Firm Management
- Law Firm Finance/Capital/MSOs
Areas of practice
- Real Estate Development, Finance, Ownership and Management (Multi-Family, Office, Retail, Industrial, Master-Planned Communities, Golf Courses, Hospitality)
- Reorganization/Bankruptcy
- Capital & Equity
- Sand & Gravel/Materials
- Water
- Indian Communities
- Lobbying/Legislation/Governmental Relations
- Zoning/Land Use
- Start-Ups
- Technology
- Sports
Specific
Real Estate
- Industrial – developers/owners and tenants of over 20 million square feet of single tenant and multi-tenant properties and business parks in Western U.S.
- Multi-Family – some of the nation’s largest Class A developers throughout Western U.S.; billions of dollars of acquisition and development
- Office – developers/owners and tenants of over 15 million square feet of office space in Western U.S.
- Retail – regional mall developers/owners, national tenants, regional centers, big box retail centers, national and local pad users in Western U.S.
- Hospitality – developers/owners/managers of resorts, hotels, extended stay, fractional interest and golf course properties throughout U.S.
- Golf – developers/owners/operators of private, resort, daily-fee and community properties throughout U.S.
- Master-Planned Communities – developers of entire communities and segments therein in Western U.S.
- Public-Private Partnerships – professional and amateur sports facilities, arts venues, recreational facilities, principally in Arizona
- Joint Ventures with life companies, hedge funds and other equity sources (foreign and domestic)
- Land Use and Zoning
- Construction (General and Sub) and Design Professional
- Indian Community Development and Leasing
- Water Law
- Mining and Mineral Rights
Finance and Reorganization
- Reorganization/Bankruptcy: Debtors/Creditors
- Restructured Debt: Secured and Unsecured
- Banks/Savings & Loans: Loan Agreements; Workouts
- Insurance Companies/Institutional Lending
- Capital & Equity; SEC
Sports
- Arenas/Stadiums/Other Venues
- Professional Sports Teams
- Professional Golf
- WM Phoenix Open: Operations; Sponsorships; Tour Relationship; Federal, State and Local Governments
- PGA Tour Committees and Boards
- Collegiate Sponsorship
Other
- Sand & Gravel/Materials
- Lobbying/Legislation/Governmental Relations
- Zoning/Land Use
- Start-Ups
- Technology
- Crisis Management; Public Relations and Advertising
- Law Firms: Management; Innovation; Finance/Capital/MSOs
- Alcoholism/Addiction; Recovery and Policies/Responses
Philanthropy / Civic
- The Thunderbirds
- Thunderbirds Charities
- Greater Phoenix Economic Council
- Fiesta Bowl
- Special Olympics of Arizona
- Homeward Bound
- Phoenix Art Museum
- Stand for Children
Previous Professional Recognitions
Recognitions
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Chambers US, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Southwest Super Lawyers
- Arizona’s Finest Lawyers
- The Best of the Bar
- Who’s Who of American Lawyers
- Top People to Know in Commercial Real Estate