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Timothy E. Clements enjoys collaborating with his clients to work through various complex legal matters.  Being a part of his clients’ team is something he prides himself on.  He takes great satisfaction in helping his clients achieve their goals.  Tim values his relationships with his clients and his ability to interact with opposing counsel, as he knows that both relationships must work effectively in order for the representation to run smoothly.  To that end, Tim believes open and honest communication with his clients is paramount.  He understands the critical balance between zealous representation and reasonable compromise when necessary to get a deal closed.  Tim has seen his clients survive tough economic times and thrive in good economic times, and understands that efficient and effective legal representation is important regardless of the state of the economy.. Tim focuses his practice in the areas of real estate, business and corporate law, and represents a wide variety of clients, including individuals, private entities and large public companies. Tim’s clients include homebuilders, developers, investors, land owners, business owners, landlords, tenants, lenders, borrowers and others in matters including real estate acquisition, disposition, entitlement and development, commercial transactions, lease transactions, loan transactions, entity formations, asset and stock sales, and mergers and acquisitions.

Starting on January 1, 2011, the owners of the law firms of McKeighan Pierce PC (est. 2003) and DiCarlo Caserta & Phelps PLLC (est. 2005) combined their practices into a new and more dynamic firm known as DiCarlo Caserta McKeighan & Phelps PLC. The new firm marries a strong complex litigation practice with an established business transactions and estate planning practice, while maintaining an emphasis on personal relationships that are fostered in a small firm setting. The litigation practice emphasizes complex commercial litigation, contingent commercial litigation (including accounting malpractice matters), and personal injury matters. The transactional practice focuses on businesses and business owners, including contracts, business sales and purchases, entity formation and governance, real estate and other asset transactions, and estate and succession planning.. Jace McKeighan is a native of upstate New York and Vermont. Prior to attending Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, he worked as a corporate paralegal in New York City for two years. Upon graduating from law school in 1994, Mr. McKeighan served as a confidential law clerk to the Honorable Scott D. Keller of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas in Reading, PA, where he drafted the trial court opinion in Pennsyvlania v. Sattazahn that was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in January 2003. Before moving to Arizona in 1997, Mr. McKeighan worked as an associate for two years with the Poughkeepsie, New York firm of McCabe & Mack, LLP, concentrating in commercial transactions and litigation, employment discrimination defense, and insurance defense. He continued his practice in commercial litigation, transactions and personal injury law with the Arizona firms of Beus, Gilbert & Devitt and Grant Williams, P.C.. Mr. McKeighan is admitted to practice in the states of Arizona and New York, and in the Federal District Court for the District of Arizona and the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York. He is a lifetime member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and a member the American Bar Association, the Business Law and Estate Law sections of the State Bar of Arizona, the Maricopa County Bar Association, and the Scottsdale Bar Association.. Mr. McKeighan resides in north Scottsdale with his wife and three children. He is a volunteer with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy.

Sonia is a Pittsburgh native. Sonia’s practice focuses, business, tax and estate planning, as well as commercial secured and unsecured lending, and state and federal taxation. Sonia also assists clients with complex business transactions, entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, employment and operating agreements.Sonia’s full service estate planning practice includes the preparation of revocable and irrevocable wills and trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills, life insurance trusts, charitable trusts, succession plans for closely held businesses, family limited partnerships and minor’s trusts. Sonia also specializes in complex secured and mezzanine financing transactions and associated business formation and planning.Sonia has extensive experience organizing and structuring joint venture relationships around real estate and real estate financing transactions, including transactions involving limited liability companies, corporations and partnerships, and the preparation of operating agreements, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements for large and small business – from start-ups to established institutional clients and publicly traded entities.Sonia’s annual transaction volume regularly exceeds $250,000,000 a year, and her experience includes highly complex real estate and business acquisitions, asset-based and unsecured financing and debt restructuring.Sonia is a Partner at Shein Phanse Adkins, P.C., and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California in 2000. She graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law in 2004 and earned her LL.M. in taxation from Golden Gate University in 2005. Sonia has an AV Rating® from Martindale- Hubbell and has been recognized as a Rising Star in the area of taxation by Southwest Super Lawyers.®

Quinn is a general business and estate planning attorney in North Scottsdale.  He is Board Certified in Estate and Trust law by the State Bar of Arizona, has a 5.0/5.0 AV Premeeminaent rating from Martindale Hubble and a 10/10 rating from AVVO.  Since 1992 he has been assisting a variety of closely held business owners, professionals and athletes with there general business and estate planning issues and documentation.  Prior to starting his own firm in 2005, he was an equity member at Jennings Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.  He is one of the founding directors and shareholders of Pinnacle Bank, an Arizona financial institution.  He frequently speaks on a variety of topics, including estate planning, corporate planning and succession planning.  During the course of his career he has worked with some of the most successful individuals and businesses in Arizona.  Quinn formerly chaired the Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona and served on its executive council between 2001 and 2005. Quinn is a member of the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, State Bar of Arizona, the American Bar Association, as well as the Maricopa County Bar Association.  Quinn is a 1989 graduate of Arizona State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.  He earned his law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1992.. Quinn has lived in Scottsdale/Paradise Valley since 1979 and is married with two children.  He enjoys a wide variety of outdoor activities including hiking, tennis, sailing and skiing.  He has attended numerous world and national sailing events and was the Hobie 16 Catamaran Arizona State Champion in 1998 and 2003.

Peter Sayegh, Esq., PMP, SHRM-SCP is a dynamic, strategic, and innovative professional defined by a relentless pursuit of excellence, translating vision into initiatives that drive performance, profitability, and growth.. Early in his career, Peter assumed the role of General Counsel for a major corporation. In this capacity, he skillfully navigated labor and employment matters, led mergers and acquisitions, and served as a staunch advocate in litigation and administrative hearings.. Embracing the call of entrepreneurship, Peter transitioned from the corporate realm to establish the first ever hybrid PEO law firm, HR & Business Associates, LLC. Here, he became a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies, earning recognition as a top consultant known for producing creative solutions to intricate organizational challenges. Peter is deeply committed to empowering fellow entrepreneurs on their journey to achieve remarkable business success.

Nadine Deeb is an accomplished attorney with vast knowledge concerning contracting principles and labor and employment laws across the United States. She is a California, Arizona, Texas-licensed attorney that has been consistently praised for her work ethic, attention to detail, organization, accuracy, and efficiency. She spent 5 years as in-house counsel and head of the legal department at a technology company, responsible for every aspect of the company’s legal needs. Over the years, she has honed her skills in negotiating contracts (both foreign and domestic), advising on labor and employment laws for multi-state companies, and forming companies for her clients (both foreign and domestic). Though not the main focus of her practice, Nadine has filed trademark applications, export classification requests and assisted with mergers and acquisitions. She is a well-rounded attorney that strives to assist her clients with all of their legal needs.. With her business background, she is able to understand not just the legal principles driving decisions, but is also able to advise on and appreciate the business needs that compel businesses to take risks. She works with companies to foster their business, rather than hinder them and consistently works with management to refine the companies’ risk profiles and contract terms as the companies grow and evolve.

My legal background is focused in general business practice and outside general counsel services with an emphasis on construction related issues and construction related litigation. Further, I provide transactional services including but not limited to contract review, contract negotation, and contract drafting with a focus on the purchase and sale of commercial and multi-family real estate in the Phoenix-Metro Area.

Loren Molever, Attorney At Law. Loren Molever has been a Valley resident for over 50 years, having graduated from high school in Scottsdale and attended Arizona State, obtaining his undergraduate degree (cum laude) from Arizona State University in Television Production in 1977 and his juris doctorate from Arizona State University in 1982.  Loren has been practicing law in the Valley for 40 years after ending a brief career as a production assistant for CBS-TV sports, assigned to the PGA Tour.   Loren practices in the area of business law, emphasizing dispute resolution, business consulting, real estate litigation and employment law.. Loren has co-managed and was Treasurer for the U.S. Senate campaign for candidate Vic Vickers in Alaska.. Loren has been involved in community service his entire life, having spent over 20 years as a volunteer and then board member and board Chair for the National Conference For Community and Justice (NCCJ---Anytown America), is a past board member and board Chair for Valley Leadership, the Valley’s chapter of the National Community Leadership Association, past board member and board Chair of the North Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, and past board member and board Chair of The Shemer Art Center.  Loren was appointed to the 2015 Task Force for the City of Scottsdale General Plan and currently is a member of the Phoenix Sister Cities Calgary Committees in both Phoenix and Calgary.. Loren lives in Rio (Tonto) Verde, Arizona, and Calgary, Alberta, Ca.

Kurt M. Brueckner is a co-founding member of the law offices of Titus Brueckner & Levine PLC.  Kurt is committed to solving client problems in a cost-efficient manner and to develop long-term relationships with clients.  Kurt prides himself on being responsive to clients’ needs.  Over the past thirty years, Kurt has developed expertise in corporate law, business law, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, securities, finance, guardianships, intellectual property and work-outs.  His work has been recognized by his peers as having been awarded the highest rating of AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review for over twenty consecutive years.  In addition to the practice of law, Kurt was recently inducted into the Scottsdale History Makers Hall of Fame for his many contributions to the community.. Kurt represents individuals and companies ranging from start-ups to public companies.  He has extensive experience in representing entrepreneurs, homebuilders, developers, hospitals, tech companies, lenders, brokerage firms, landlords, and businesses seeking debt and equity financing.

Kelley L. Cathie focuses her practice on estate and business planning; estate and probate administration; and corporate and real estate transactions. Kelley has prepared and administered a wide variety of estate plans and prides herself on providing a personalized approach to meet the diverse circumstances of her clients. Kelley’s corporate and real estate experience complement her estate planning practice and allow her to provide full service legal representation to her clients’ business and estate planning needs

Jeff combines his unique experience as both a lawyer and a businessman to fashion well reasoned and practical solutions in counseling and advising his clients. He is sensitive to the business considerations that are important to a business client and understands the operational and financial aspects of running a business. He is admitted to practice law in both Arizona and Texas and has focused his practice on business law matters including representation in the areas of entity formation, structured capital raises and financings including private placements of securities, business combination transactions, and other general company business transactions including contractual and employment matters. His practice also includes wealth and estate planning and probate administration.

I’m John Schulenburg and look forward to meeting you.  I own the SchulenburgLawFirm.  I was trained at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country.  My background is as corporate counsel and vice president for a major banking system, as a government lawyer, and as Firm owner since 1991.. I help business owners, partners, contractors, investors, buyers, sellers and landlords, throughout Arizona and California with our comprehensive business law services, from forming new businesses, drafting employment and lease contracts, buying and selling companies, purchasing real estate, and advising executive management on all manner of legal questions, policies, and regulations.

I have over twenty years of experience litigating religious liberties cases and advising religious institutions on a wide array of matters including employment, tax, zoning and land use, corporate formation, bylaws and policies, litigation, and administrative and regulatory matters. My representation focuses on ensuring that ministries and churches have the legal space to minister freely. In today’s legal environment, churches and ministries need skilled legal counsel to navigate challenges that can negatively impact their ministries. I have a history of providing my clients solid legal representation together with a missional mindset that understands the ministry world. A proven litigator, I also represents clients in commercial litigation and business matters.

I am the entrepreneurial principal in my Scottsdale, Arizona based firm, which I founded on January 01, 1994.  My boutique law practice is dedicated to rendering quality and cost-effective legal services in the areas of transactional commercial and residential real estate law and general corporate and business law.  Over the course of my 35+ year legal career, I have represented both sophisticated institutional clients with a national presence as well as clients who own small and medium sized businesses that are concentrated within various aspects of the real estate field.  I also handle life-cycle events from inception through dissolution for a wide variety of other, non-real estate related businesses, industries and trades.. I have a particular interest and expertise in assisting local Arizona-based companies with their transactional real estate, corporate and business legal needs.  I have been a proud member of Local First Arizona since 2011 and have provided legal services to a number of unique and creative businesses through that affiliation.  I have been fortunate to work on  several "adaptive reuse" real estate projects that have already transformed and will continue to transform the older parts of the midtown and downtown portions of Phoenix.. My years spent in Chicago working on sophisticated real estate and corporate deals at a major national law firm, when combined with my years spent in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area running my own law firm have matured me into a highly-skilled, experienced and practical lawyer that is capable of rendering quality legal services at cost-effective rates.

I am an experienced attorney who brings big firm service to my clients.  I have also been a business owner, real estate developer and business management consultant.

I am an attorney who focuses on helping creators and business owners with their business and intellectual property needs. I am dedicated to helping clients navigate the complex issues they will encounter. I understand that each business is unique and requires an individually tailored solution that best suits its business needs.. Prior to forming Sprowls Law, I served as director of legal affairs for a large national mail-order pharmacy and was an attorney at a firm focusing on healthcare transactions and regulation. I was also a Public Interest Fellow in the District of Columbia Attorney General’s Public Advocacy Section where I worked with senior attorneys to best protect District citizens. Additionally, I was an adjunct professor who taught communications law and ethics to undergraduate students. I also spent several years in Los Angeles as a talent agent assistant.. I grew up outside of Pittsburgh and earned my B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh during which time I also studied abroad at Oxford University. I earned my J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center with a semester abroad at the National University of Singapore. I live in Scottsdale and enjoy traveling, video games, and reading the news. I have visited five continents with a dream of seeing all seven.

I am a seasoned Arizona attorney with experience in a broad variety of real estate and business matters. I often work with real estate developers, investors and property owners on development matters and transactions of all types. I also work with business owners, entrepreneurs, start-ups and non-profits on formation matters, contracts and compliance. Please visit for a complete list of my practice areas.. My background includes practice in both large and mid-size law firms; serving as in-house counsel in the homebuilding and resort development industries; and executive level roles in the hospitality, food & beverage, entertainment, recreation and non-profit sectors. My legal education included an emphasis in business, real estate and tax law, and I have an undergraduate degree in business administration.. My business experience allows me to go beyond textbook legal answers and provide practical structuring and advice. Plus, as a sole practitioner working for a select group of clients from a home office with no overhead, I remain responsive and can offer very affordable rates.

I am a litigator (trial lawyer) in business law. I help the business community by crystallizing complex law issues into their basic elements.

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Charles Van Cott has a broad family law practice, ranging from multi-million-dollar complex divorces to divorces involving only the division of debt and everything in between. Mr. Van Cott also routinely handles matters involving children, including paternity actions, dissolution proceedings involving children, post-dissolution proceedings involving modifications to existing custody (now legal decision-making), parenting time and support orders and both sides of actions seeking enforcement of such orders. He is well-versed in spousal maintenance issues, both as they arise in dissolution proceedings and in later actions to modify, extend or terminate spousal maintenance awards. He also has participated in the drafting and negotiation of numerous pre-marital and post-marital agreements.. In addition to his family law practice, Mr. Van Cott frequently appears before the Arizona Court of Appeals, representing litigants in family court, probate and civil matters. Mr. Van Cott has briefed and argued appeals. He also has successfully steered litigants through the Court of Appeals’ Settlement Conference Program, almost always enhancing the results his client obtained in the trial court before the appeal.. As a general matter, Mr. Van Cott believes in mediation as preferable to litigation in most instances. He strives to solve his clients’ issues in the most efficient manner possible, strives to be “solution-oriented” but also acts as an able advocate in court in cases not capable of settlement.. Mr. Van Cott received his Bachelor’s Degree in economics from Whittier College in 1981. He was only one of two students in his class to graduate with highest honors.. Mr. Van Cott obtained his legal education at Stanford Law School, graduating in 1984. While at Stanford, Mr. Van Cott was selected to join the Stanford Law Review, serving as the managing editor in 1983-1984. He graduated in the top ten percent of his class, resulting in his induction into the Order of the Coif.. After law school, Mr. Van Cott spent a year clerking for the Honorable Joseph T. Sneed on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. He wrote bench memoranda and opinions for the panels to which his Judge was assigned. Judge Sneed taught him a great deal about legal analysis and writing. The Judge edited the first opinion he asked Mr. Van Cott to write to such an extent that the end product had no resemblance to the initial draft. Judge Sneed published the final opinion Mr. Van Cott wrote for him with no changes at all.. Mr. Van Cott began his law practice at Brown & Bain (now Perkins Coie) in Phoenix. He started in 1985, became a partner in 1991, left the firm in 1996 to spend two years working as Vice President and General Counsel to Sirius Publishing, a local consumer publishing company, before returning to Brown & Bain as a partner in 1998. Throughout his practice, Mr. Van Cott focused on corporate, securities and transactional matters. Among other experiences, he represented a Fortune 100 company divesting divisions in Kansas City and overseas. He also represented a publicly traded computer peripherals manufacturer sold to another Fortune 100 company for $250 million in late 1999.. Mr. Van Cott joined another technology company, ultimately known as iPhysicianNet Inc., in early 2000, where he worked until mid-2003. iPhysicianNet developed a video conferencing network connecting almost 7,000 primary care physicians across the United States with many of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the United States. He served as Executive Vice President for Business Development and General Counsel. While at iPhysicianNet, Mr. Van Cott working with outside counsel represented the company in a $46 million venture capital transaction – the largest in Arizona history at the time. He also helped manage relationships with the major pharmaceutical companies in the company’s network, supervised outside counsel in connection with regulatory compliance for the benefit of the company’s pharmaceutical company and physician clients and explored partnerships to leverage the company’s network of physicians.. Mr. Van Cott left iPhysicianNet in 2003 to join his current partner, Laurence B. Stevens. They launched the firm of Stevens & Van Cott, PLLC in 2004.. Mr. Van Cott still maintains a corporate and business practice, focusing on entity formation, corporate governance and transactional matters. His considerable corporate experience gives him a unique perspective and skill-set for handling the many family court matters that present business issues. It gives him a competitive advantage not shared by others lacking a comparable background.. Mr. Van Cott has held an “AV Preeminent” 5.0/5.0 rating from Martindale Hubbell®, the nation's leading attorney peer review service, for over 15 years.

Carolyn R. Tatkin brings to the Firm over 25 years of broad legal experience in areas including insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, construction defect litigation, general business and commercial litigation, as well as a concentration in business and consumer bankruptcy law. Her experience includes both trial and appellate work in state and federal courts, encompassing all aspects of motion practice and oral advocacy, including oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Ms. Tatkin has also been a presenter and co-author of materials for several state and county bar sponsored bankruptcy seminars, from basic to more advanced levels of bankruptcy expertise.. Carolyn is originally from Ohio, where she graduated from Ohio State University and Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Her horses are her lifelong hobby and her passion. She lives in Scottsdale with her husband, teenage son and daughter, dogs, cat and horses.

Businesses and Investors: Welcome!. I help business owners, managers, and investors who are either based in Arizona or who wish to conduct business in Arizona. My orientation to the business purpose of the transaction at hand allows me to address not only the needs of that transaction, but also to see how the deal fits into my client's larger goals. By understanding those larger goals, I am able to offer practical advice directed at the client's short- and long-term objectives, with the risks facing the client in mind.

Blackledge Law, PLLC founder David Blackledge focuses on two practice areas:. Assisting startups and emerging businesses as an affordable, part-time in-house counsel, and specific expertise and practical knowledge of government contracting, procurement, and post-award government program management and compliance.. He is a 30 year veteran of the technology world and worked in key management areas including sales and operation of early stage businesses, many venture-backed.. David brings a unique skill set to understanding his client issues and business concerns.. Mr. Blackledge holds a BS in Management from the Pennsylvania State University, an MBA in Finance and International Business from George Washington University, both with honors, post-graduate work in Mergers and Acquisitions at UCLA, and a JD from the Arizona State University College of Law.. David is a member of several professional associations focusing on the technology community as well as an active angel investor in both Phoenix and Tucson. At the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, David specialized in the law of science and technology.. There David won several CALI awards in business law signifying significant academic achievement.. Activities included board membership in community service groups such as the Corporate and Business Law Society (CABLS) and a student ambassador in the schools admissions office. He was also a senior associate in the Innovation Advancement Program (IAP) legal and business consulting clinic.. Learn more about David at Blackledge Legal -

Active in both the business community and the charitable arena. Provides services for several charties as a member and as counsel. Has a strong desire to make the legal industry less onerous by making house calls, offering free initial consultation, and explaing the process in detail so all decisions are made knowingingly based on the matter and the current law.