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Dennis Brookshire has over thirty years of legal experience representing business and entrepreneurial clients, financial institutions, and clients in the real estate and construction industry. His practice emphasizes business, real estate, construction, commercial law, creditor rights, tax and related litigation. He also represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service.  Dennis is also an Arizona licensed real estate salesperson.. Dennis is licensed in Arizona and Oregon and is a member of the Arizona and Oregon State Bar Associations, the American Bar Association and various local legal associations. Dennis is a member of the Real Estate and Business sections of the Arizona and Oregon Bar Associations. He is admitted to the Arizona and Oregon Supreme Courts, Federal District Courts of Arizona and Oregon, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (9th Circuit), and United States Tax Court.. Mr. Brookshire graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and business administration, cum laude, from Oregon State University in 1979. He earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1982. Mr. Brookshire has served on the Oregon State Bar’s Real Estate and Land Use Section executive committee and is past chair of the section’s Continuing Legal Education Committee.  He has also served on the Oregon State Bar Association’s Local Professional Responsibility Committee.. Mr. Brookshire is former general counsel for the Institute of Certified Business Counselors.  He has been a frequent speaker and instructor for Oregon and Arizona real estate professionals including their ethics courses.   Dennis has served on various boards and councils for financial institutions and community organizations, including being a former chairman of the board of one of Oregon’s largest credit unions.

Brian Locker is a partner with the law firm of Fowler St. Clair, PLLC.  Brian has significant experience in the areas of business, real estate and general civil litigation.  With a focus in both litigation and transactional matters, Brian combines his willingness for aggressive representation and solution-oriented dispute resolution to obtain the best results for his clients.. Litigator. As a litigator, Brian has successfully represented businesses and individuals on a wide-range of issues.  From land use to construction defects; water rights to breach of contract; landlord-tenant to creditor’s rights (and almost everything in between); Brian’s experience enables him to effectively and aggressively pursue or defend litigation matters throughout Arizona.. Counselor. Brian also provides strategic advice and general legal counsel for small to medium-sized business throughout Arizona.  Brian began his career as in-house counsel for a large-scale dental practice in the Phoenix area.  While there, his responsibilities included strategic business planning for expansion and development; lease, vendor, and general contract negotiation as well as insurance dispute resolution.  At Fowler St. Clair, Brian leverages this wealth of knowledge to provide informed advice and strategy to business owners in Arizona.. Problem Solver. Brian has a proven track record in the area of alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”).  While in law school, Brian was ranked by the American Bar Association as one of the top-20 student negotiators in the nation, two years in a row.  As an attorney, Brian has built on that level of success, having obtained many positive resolutions for his clients through ADR that otherwise would have led to protracted and expensive litigation or judgment and collection.. Educator. Brian enjoys sharing the knowledge he has gained with others, teaching classes on real estate topics such as landlord tenant law, Arizona anti-deficiency statutes, short sales and foreclosures, as well as litigation and civil procedure.  Brian currently teaches the following classes:. Volunteer. Finally, Brian invests his time back into the community by serving on the board of directors for CASA Academy, a public charter school located in central Phoenix educating primarily low-income 1st-3rd graders through high educational expectations and rigorous curriculum.  Brian has also volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the Maricopa County foster system and HustlePHX, a non-profit that invests time and capital into primarily minority entrepreneurs to assist them in building successful businesses.

Attorney Robert A. Kashfian is Managing Partner of the Law Firm Kashfian & Kashfian LLP. He is the Partner in Charge of the Century City and Washington, DC offices and is part of the Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practices of the Firm. Attorney Robert A. Kashfian's work focuses on complex litigation and transactional matters in Fashion Law, Real Estate, Business Law, Contract and Corporate governance matters as well as Intellectual Property, White Collar Defense and Appeallate work.. Kashfian & Kashfian LLP is a multi-specialty professional law practice providing tailored litigation services and counseling to: individuals, public sector & governmental entities, non-profit organizations and small to large corporations. Our consistent track record of uncompromising ethics instills confidence and trust in our clients. Kashfian & Kashfian LLP is dedicated to achieving the best outcome for every client.

My professional name is Broc Romanek. Some of you might know me from my positions serving as Editor of , and DealLawyers.com, etc. You might know me from any one of my prior jobs: two tours of duty at the SEC, in-house at Lockheed Martin, a stint at two law firms - and even head of marketing for RR Donnelley's Financial Printing unit. Some of you might not know me and that's fine...