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Stockton D. Banfield joined Udall Shumway PLC in 2016. Mr. Banfield focuses his practice on representing individuals and businesses in litigation related issues including business, real estate, and probate matters. Mr. Banfield assists small business owners in creating and maintaining business entities and handling employment related issues. Mr. Banfield also has experience with corporate/LLC and other business organizations formation, forming and certifying minority owned businesses, buying and selling of businesses, real estate (including foreclosures), contracts, debtor/creditor, business torts, representation of registered professionals, probate-probate avoidance, and trust, estate & probate litigation, and property disputes.. Mr. Banfield attended Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Banfield was chairman of the schools Honor Board and served as a teaching assistant for the legal writing department. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Banfield worked at a boutique law firm representing small and minority owned business in all areas of litigation and transactional work.. Mr. Banfield moved to Arizona in 2010 and began representing clients in business and real estate litigations. After starting his own firm he joined another boutique litigation firm where he worked extensively with representing real estate agents in both litigation and transactional needs. He worked with the Arizona Association of Realtors legal hotline and has represented real estate schools and brokerages before the Arizona Department of Real Estate.. Mr. Banfield enjoys basketball, golf, yoga and spending time with friends. He was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Northern Virginia.

I  was admitted to the Arizona State Bar in 1978. After spending several years with a downtown Phoenix law firm,  I moved my practice to the suburbs, namely, Mesa, in 1981. My practice has regularly consisted of approximately 2/3 commercial litigation, and 1/3 representing and advising small and/or closely-held businesses in all aspects of commercial law and practice. Areas of special experience and expertise include Corporate/LLC & Other Business Organizations, Construction, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Real Estate (including Foreclosures), Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Business Torts, Representation of Registered Professionals, Probate-Probate Avoidance and Probate Litigation.. I am proud of Arizona, its history, and its past development and am excited about Arizona’s future, its future growth and development, and its business opportunities. A fourth generation Arizonan on both paternal and maternal ancestral lines, I was born in Mesa in 1951, and raised in Phoenix, graduating from Cortez (Phoenix) High School and Arizona State University. Obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting (cum laude, ASU 1975), I was anxious to develop additional skills to represent and advise the owners of small and closely-held businesses. I attended Brigham Young University Law School, graduating with honors (cum laude 1978). While at Law School, I served on the Board of Editors of the prestigious BYU Law Review from 1976-78. My favorite areas of study in law school were Contracts, Advising Closely Held Businesses, Federal Taxation, Administrative Law, and Civil Procedure. My professional practice since graduation has incorporated my interests and successes in those same areas of specialty and emphasis.. I am licensed to practice in both Federal and State Courts in the State of Arizona as well and the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. I have been a past Director of the East Valley Bar Association and a past Director of the Arizona Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, have been actively involved in community and youth programs, and am a member of the Mesa Rotary Club.. Regarding non-professional matters, I consider my greatest accomplishments in life to include my relationship with his wife, Carol; the successes of our ten adult children (and spouses); the joy of thirty-five-plus (and counting) grandchildren; and service in our church/religious activities and functions.

I grew up in Payson, Arizona and have made the Phoenix area my home since 2000. I attended the University of Arizona where I studied and received a B.S. degree in Animal Sciences in 1993, and was named Outstanding Senior by the Department of Animal Sciences.. After receiving my undergraduate degree, I studied both ruminant nutrition and reproductive physiology at the graduate level before leaving the University to work as a herdsman on dairies in Arizona and Hawaii. In 1997 I enrolled in law school at the University of Arizona. I excelled academically in law school, finishing 15th in my class and being selected to the Arizona Law Review, where I served as an Articles Editor.. Upon graduation from law school in 2000, I began work as a litigation associate at Lewis and Roca, LLP in Phoenix. In 2004 I left Lewis and Roca, LLP to form my own firm. My goal then was to provide cost-effective legal representation to businesses and individuals combined with a level of hands-on service that is not always possible at larger firms. That remains my goal today.. Throughout the years, including while I have been actively practicing law, I have also worked for and managed construction and agricultural businesses. As a result, I have exceptional knowledge of both the construction and agricultural communities at a "ground" level. This experience and knowledge provides me with an advantage in dealing with construction and agricultural law issues.. In addition, my scientific background sets me apart from most attorneys in both my basic thinking model as well as my approach in all areas of representation.

I am an attorney practicing in Phoenix, Arizona. My practice areas include bankruptcy, civil litigation, and appeals. I am admitted in all Arizona state courts and Federal Court for the District of Arizona. I am also admitted in several tribal courts.

I am a third generation Arizona native and have practice in the area of civil litigation since graduating from law school in 1978.  I am admitted to practice in Arizona, Montana and Colorado. In my 30 plus years of practice, I have represented individuals, corporations, insurance companies, public entities and school districts in the areas of personal injury, commercial litigation, real estate litigation, employment and civil rights litigation, education and workers compensation.. My diverse background includes appearing in forums ranging from the United States Supreme Court to Navajo Tribal Court.  These experiences have given me the ability to deal with those out of the ordinary litigation matters, to size up a case quickly and to provide easily understandable legal guidance.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.