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Richard Cruz, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, earned  a B.A. degree with honors in 1995 from the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Cruz earned his J.D. from the Arizona State University School of Law. His law education included trips abroad to Cambridge, England and Geneva, Switzerland. During the pursuit of his educational credentials, Mr. Cruz worked as a clerk for the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, which set the foundation for his valuable trial skills. In 2003, Mr. Cruz obtained his J.D. from the Arizona State University School of Law. Mr. Cruz continued to enhance his trial skills by successfully completing the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy program offered by The State Bar of Arizona. With over nine years of legal experience, and admittance to the Arizona Supreme Court, the United States District Court, District of Arizona and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 2004, Mr. Cruz demonstrates the same knowledge and analytical skills usually witnessed from attorneys with longer tenures.

I was born in Detroit, and raised in southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio, before moving to the desert southwest after graduation from college. I traded winter gray skies, cold and snow for sunshine warmth and annual withering summer heat. I have lived in Arizona since 1976, and graduated law school in 1983.. I am single, with three handsome & intelligent adult sons, and an eight-year old grandson, who keeps me busy trying to keep up with him. I  enjoy an active lifestyle, including: trave to new and interesting places; white-water rafting, camping and stream fishing for trout; playing and watching sports; reading and  talking with people, as I always want to better know and understand our world around us.

I have been a lawyer since 1981.  I have been a transactions lawyer for most of my 41 year career and was a trial lawyer for the last 30 years.  I have drafted hundreds of contracts in my transaction work and I have litigated employment and business disputes.  I was a CPA in the early 80s and practiced business transaction and securities work in Beverly Hills in the 80s.  I have a facility with financial matters and disputes.  With this trial experience and business background, I am well equipped to counsel individuals and small businesses in contract and organization matters.. Three recent trials resulted in $110,000 arbitration award in 2012 on sex discrimination and harassment case, $1,076,000 jury verdict in 2012 on breach of fiduciary duty claim by member of a limited liability company against another member (reversed on appeal), and a $414,000 jury verdict in 2013 against the US Postal Service on a Title VII retaliation claim.. In January 2018, I ended my trial practice and now consult on employment issues with employees and employers and consult on small business corporation and limited liability company matters.. My practice now is limited to telephone consultations. We have a minimum one-half hour for $150, and $250 per hour for longer consultations. We commonly review employment agreements, severance agreement, noncompete agreements and other contracts.

Brett is a native of Mayville, North Dakota. He attended the Univeristy of Minnesota Crookston and received his undergraduate degree in agronomy and agricultural aviation. He went on to graduate from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2004.. Brett is a member of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, Minnesota State Bar Association, Arizona State Bar Association, the North Dakota Municipal Attorney's Association, the Ronald N. Davies Inns Court, and the Cass County Bar Association.. Brett Brudvik works to serve clients in many areas of law, specializing in aviation, probate, estate planning, real estate, land sales, business and corporate law, and business succession planning. He works with a number of political subdivisions such as water resource districts, rural water districts, cities, townships, and airport authorities.. Brett has presented seminars on elder law and estate planning. He is licensed to practice law in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Arizona, as well as the United States District Court of North Dakota. He has argued and won before the North Dakota Supreme Court.. Brett's passion is flying. He is a commercial pilot and owns a single-engine Bonanza Beechcraft V-tail. He works to support and further aviation in all its forms.

A Notre Dame University alumnus who began his legal career in commercial litigation, Ryan Scharber's law practice has evolved with the changing needs of our firm's clients.. For many families, Ryan is the lead attorney throughout their estate planning process.  He also provides valuable assitance in the related areas of probate and trust administration, and he helps resolve estate controversies and inheritance disputes.. "The ideal I hold myself up to is that of the old-fasioned small-town lawyer who knew his clients' families, their histories, what sorts of things they owned, their hopes and fears, the things that kept them up at night.  When a lawyer has that sort of relationship with his clients, he's able to serve them in a much more holistic fashion.  He's able to fix problems before they arise, help them avoid lawsuits, and help them plan better for the future.  In my mind that sort of lawyer - that type of law practice - is much more rewarding for me as an attorney and is much more useful to my clients."

A member of Giammarco Law Office PLLC, Zach joined the firm in 2006 after graduating cum laude from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California. Zach completed his legal education in only two years and officially joined the firm thereafter, despite being involved in the firm’s operations from an early age. A trial attorney, Zach practices in a variety of areas, including business, personal injury, employment, real estate, HOA and probate law, all of which has garnered him extensive trial experience in Arizona’s city, state, federal and appellate courts. He is also very familiar with the merchant bankcard industry; HIPAA/HITECH compliance; estate planning (including preparation of wills, trusts, living wills and powers of attorneys); contract drafting and review; formation of LLCs, corporations and partnerships; trademarks and copyrights; and liquor licensing. Born and raised in Arizona, Zach enjoys almost anything outdoors, whether that be snowboarding, camping, walking his dogs or playing soccer, which he still manages to play once or twice a week. Of course, he always enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter and their four (yes...four) dogs.