Areas of Practice

Construction Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Collections

Bankruptcy Litigation

Practice Highlights

• Two decades experience assisting creditors in collections.

• Adept at collecting foreign judgments.

• Represents credit unions, construction companies, equipment rental companies, and private companies, assisting them in collecting their money or property, especially in the construction and equipment leasing areas.

• Represents general and subcontractors in payment bond claims and lien foreclosure actions and before the Registrar of Contractors, and in allegations of construction defects.

• Regularly litigates garnishments, attachments and replevins on both a pre- and post-judgment basis.

• Frequent bankruptcy representations, including litigating motions for relief from stay, to compel assumption or rejection of leases, and efforts to avoid discharge of indebtedness.

• Significant experience in commercial litigation, including breach of contract work, corporate litigation, and representing landlords and tenants in disputes.

Case Highlights

rounding-up a client's money. Greg has practiced throughout Arizona, appearing in and litigating cases in 14 of Arizona's 15 county superior courts. In one particular case, Greg's client was owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by a rural Arizona cattle rancher who refused to pay. So Greg rode into town (in his car), obtained a court order and got the sheriff and wranglers to ride the range (on horseback) for three days, rounding up over 300 head of cattle roaming over 70 sections of Arizona rangeland. The cattle were taken to market and sold to partially pay Greg's client.

Winning a complex construction lawsuit. Greg's client in this case was one of two framers and several other contractors involved in a multi-million-dollar, 201-homeowner construction defect lawsuit. Despite the complicated nature of the case and the multiple lawyers involved, Greg prevailed after a six-week jury trial, with the jury awarding no damages whatsoever against his client.

Professional Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute

State Bar of Arizona: Construction Law Section, Bankruptcy Section

Nebraska State Bar Association

Scottsdale Bar Association

Maricopa County Bar Association

NACM of Arizona, Inc.

Representative Clients

RSC Equipment Rental

State Farm Federal Credit Union

Opus West Corporation

Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling

Papé Rents

Bar Admissions

Arizona, 1987

U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1987

Nebraska, 1988

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1995

U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Reported Cases

Samaritan Health System v. Caldwell, 191 Ariz. 479, 957 P.2d 1373 (App. 1998)

Published Articles

"Receiving a Bad Check: Your Rights and Responsibilities" (co-author), Scottsdale Airpark News, February 2010

"Are You Ready for the Red Flags Rule?" Scottsdale Airpark News, July 2009

"The Long and Short of Real Estate Short Sales," Scottsdale Airpark News, June 2009

Education

J.D., University of Nebraska, 1986

B.A., University of Nebraska, 1982

Community Leadership

Paradise Valley United Methodist Church: Building Committee Co-Chair, 2006-Present

Horizon High School Booster Club

Director, Open Table, Inc., 2007-2008

Social and Honorary Memberships

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Phi Delta Phi

Born

Cedar Rapids, Iowa