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With over 30 years of experience in estate planning and business law, Joseph M. Udall holds an "AV" Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, recognizing his professional excellence. A magna cum laude graduate of BYU and summa cum laude graduate of ASU Law, Mr. Udall served as Articles Editor for the *Arizona State Law Journal* and clerked for Judge Charles E. Wiggins of the U.S. Court of Appeals.. He authored Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice: A Practitioner's Guide, and is admitted to practice in Arizona courts and the U.S. District Court. Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Udall actively participates in the State Bar's Business Law and Probate & Trusts sections.. Mr. Udall's long record of community service includes serving as:

Wills, Trusts, and Probate Attorney with Dana Law Group, serving the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area.

Shane D. Buntrock, received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest AV® Preeminent rating. He is the Managing Member of Buntrock & Gardner Law, PLLC. Shane launched his own law firm in 2013 as part of his dream and with the support of his clients, family and friends. Prior to starting his own firm, Shane was a shareholder in a successful Phoenix law firm and a shareholder in a East Valley law firm located in Mesa. Shane’s practice emphasizes business and corporate law, acquisitions, commercial civil litigation and personal injury. He primarily focuses in the areas of corporate succession and acquisition, creditor rights, landlord tenant, employment law, protection of trade secrets, construction litigation and trust and estate litigation.. Mr. Buntrock is highly experienced in counseling and defending parties in various litigations including non-compete agreements, workouts, lender loan documentation, business divorce, buy sell agreements, easement or boundary disputes. He counsels and represents individuals and businesses in claims for contractual damages, claims for breach of fiduciary duties and recovery of collateral. Representative clients include manufacturing companies, retailers and direct sales companies, defense contractors, banks, lenders, health care professionals, surgery centers, insurance agents and agencies, industrial manufacturers and suppliers, farmer and ranchers, injured individuals and businesses and industrial equipment suppliers. Mr. Buntrock handles personal injury and wrongful death cases.. Shane and his wife are the parents of four children. He is active in his church and volunteers with the Mesa Baseline Rotary Club, Little League and the Boy Scouts of not working, Shane enjoys golf, upland bird and big game hunting.. Shane is also proud to be a burn injury survivor. He is currently general counsel and Board Chair Elect for the Arizona Burn Foundation which provides education, emotional and financial support to burn survivors and their families. He also serves on the board of directors for the Mesa Foundation for Educational Excellence.. Reported Decisions:. Firetrace USA LLC et al adv. Lawrence Jesclard and Hazard Protections System, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Arizona, 2007-CV-2001. Obtained defense verdict against all claims for alleged misappropriations of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition and alleged patent infringement. Obtained defense verdict after two week jury seeking over $50 million in damages.. Hogan v. Anasazi Foundation, United States District Court obtained dismissal of claim for alleged wrongful termination based on sexual orientation discrimination.

James Phelps is managing partner at Phelps LaClair. Born and raised in Arizona, James has strong ties to the state where his family has resided for several generations. He developed a passion for the practice of law at a young age when he worked alongside his father, who is also an estate planning attorney, for many years before attending law school. James has been practicing law since 1999 and devotes his law practice exclusively to estate planning and trust administration and enjoys helping clients achieve peace of mind by preventing “fires” instead of having to put them out.. James has counseled thousands of clients who have benefited from trusts and estate plans that protect wealth, minimize estate taxes and avoid probate. His clients come from all walks of life and have both modest and wealthy estates. James has the unique experience of having handled hundreds of trusts and estates after people have passed away and knows what works and doesn’t when the time comes. James truly enjoys educating others on the importance of estate planning and presents dozens of estate planning seminars each year to organizations, clients and the public.. James graduated summa cum laude in accounting from Arizona State University in 1996, after which he attended law school at J. Reuben Clark Law School and graduated cum laude in 1999. He is a longstanding member of the State Bar of Arizona Probate and Trust Section, WealthCounsel, the Maricopa County Bar Association and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.. James and his wife, Jolene, have three very active children. He is passionate about living a healthy and balanced life and loves to coach and play competitive tennis. James shares his love of sports with kids as a volunteer coach, and on weekends he enjoys backpacking, camping, paddle boarding and other high adventure activities.

I am an experienced attorney dedicated to helping clients successfully memorialize their end of life wishes and adequately prepare for their possible incapacitation. I follow a "boutique firm" format that allows me to provide clients meaningful personalized services.. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and graduated from Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor Law School in December of 1992.. I started as a law clerk at the Maricopa County Public Defender's Office right after I graduated from law school and began handling cases as soon as I passed the bar exam in the spring of 1993. As a public defender, I was in court litigating almost every day. By the time I left the Public Defender's office I was training and supervising new recruits.. In 1999 I left government work for private practice. I had enjoyed family law classes in school and found the transition easy and the new area of practice a good fit. My degree and experience in psychology have also been a tremendous resource. It was then that I realized how many of my clients were running into problems because of poor or no end of life planning. And I fell in love with yet another area of law: estate planning (probate, trust administration and adult guardianship)!. Through my 31 years of practice I have been involved in many Arizona State Bar committees, a Supreme Court committee, as well as other law related organizations, such as Los Abogados. As an estate planning attorney, I find the State Bar Probate and Trust Section a tremendous resource.

Dave Weed is a shareholder for JacksonWhite and practices in the areas of real estate, business, and corporate law. His specific practice areas also include commercial transactions, homeowner’s associations, estate planning, lender representation, real estate financing and the sale, lease and acquisition of residential and commercial real estate.

Brent practices primarily in the areas of business, trust and estate planning; trust and probate administration; and immigration law. His business, trust and estate planning practice includes all areas of lifetime and testamentary planning concerning estate preservation and tax efficient property transfers among family members, business associates, friends and charities in the United States and around the world. His immigration practice encompasses the full range of business, investment and family immigration law.. Brent has Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating of AV and is included in Marquis' Who's Who in American Law. Brent received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was the case note and comment editor for the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.. Before opening his office in Mesa in 1996, he was the partner in charge of the estate planning and business immigration practice areas at Brown & Bain P.A. in Phoenix. He is a member of Wealth Counsel, a national collaborative business and estate planning organization; the East Valley Planning Council; and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Maricopa County Bar Foundation and other charitable organizations. He is currently on the Professional Advisory Board of the Arizona Community Foundation.. He has been very active as a leader in various capacities with the Boy Scouts of America and has coached several youth sports teams.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trusts attorney serving clients in Mesa and surrounding areas.