Areas of Concentration · Securities · Public offerings · Private placements · Venture capital · Mergers and acquisitions · Corporate finance Significant Representations · Has represented numerous large and small issuers of equity and debt securities in hundreds of securities transactions involving the sale of more than $20 billion of securities through virtually every major investment banking firm in the United States. · Represents national, regional, and local investment banking firms. · Represents a variety of investment banking, private equity, and venture funds. · Serves as a director or member of advisory board to public and private companies. Noteworthy Clients · Infinity Resources, Inc. · LifeLock, Inc. · MarineMax, Inc. · Merriman Curhan Ford & Company · Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation · Synaptics Incorporated · Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Professional & Community Involvement · Member, State Bar of Arizona, Small Business Capital Formation Subcommittee of Committee on Securities Regulation
- Chairman, Securities Section, 1987-1988 Awards & Recognition · Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2003-2011 editions · Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2012 · Selected, Southwest Super Lawyers magazine, 2007-2011 editions
- Selected as one of the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Arizona, 2008-2011 editions · Selected, Arizona's Finest Lawyers, 2011 · Listed as one of the "Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon.com, 2006 · Selected, "Best of the Bar", Corporate Law, Phoenix Business Journal, February 2003 · Selected, "Best of the Bar," Securities Law, Phoenix Business Journal, February 2004 · Selected, "Best Lawyer in Valley," Phoenix Business Journal, January 2005 · Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Articles, Publications, & Lectures Articles · Co-author: "Presumptive Merit-A New Era for Arizona Securities Law," 45 Bus. Law, 1347, 1990 · Co-author, "Going Public: Practice, Procedures and Consequences," 27 Villanova Law Review 1, 1981 · Co-author, "Real Estate Syndications--Federal and Arizona Law Aspects," Arizona Realtor Digest 11, 1979 · Co-author, "Integrated Reports," 11 Review of Securities Regulation 940, 1978 · Co-author, "The New Annual Report of Shareholders," 20 Villanova Law Review 273, 1975 · Co-author, "SEC Rule 147: A Further Narrowing of the Intrastate Offering Exemption," 30 Bus. Law. 73, 1974 · Co-author, "Uncertainty Under the Securities Act," 26 Bus, Law, 1962, 1971 Miscellaneous · "Loving One's Work," The Business Journal - Phoenix, September 1, 2006 |