For more than 37 years, Gallagher & Kennedy attorneys have helped clients seize opportunities and overcome obstacles in the legal decisions they face. We apply well-reasoned legal strategies to deliver optimal solutions to the unique needs of each client. Our attorneys are dedicated to long-term relationships and strive to become trusted advisers and partners who not only solve problems but are proactive in helping avoid issues before they arise. All matters are approached with keen sensitivity to time and expense management, with a results-oriented focus to achieve your goals.
Main Local Office Address:
2575 E. Camelback Rd.,
Suite 1100
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone: (602) 530-8000
Website: www.gknet.com
Offices in Metro Phoenix: 1
Nationally Headquartered: Phoenix
Managing Partner: Dean C. Short, II
No. of Years with Firm: 27
Year Established Locally: 1978
Specialties:
Business Law & Transactions, Environmental, Commercial Litigation,
Real Estate, Tax and Sports Law
In Business for Businesses
As an Arizona-based, full-service business law firm, we take great pride in achieving excellent outcomes for our business clients and in our team of outstanding attorneys and staff who represent them. Working with partners across the firm, we collaborate as needed to provide businesses with comprehensive legal resources for their operations. By providing clients with ready access to the extensive capabilities of our business law attorney team, clients achieve resource efficiencies and cost savings, along with the convenience of working within one firm to tap highly skilled attorneys with experience in multiple specialties.
Whether assisting emerging companies, franchise networks, a Fortune 500 company, a small to mid-sized local business or an individual business owner, we are responsive to the business needs of our clients across the full lifecycle of their business. We guide our clients in complex legal transactions such as mergers and acquisitions or securities transactions to more routine operational matters like insurance coverage analysis, agreements and leases. When claims and disputes arise, our commercial litigators set forth a plan to advance the best solution to meet the goals of our client.
Full-service to Meet Your Needs: We provide expertise to meet the wide-ranging legal needs of businesses large and small, including Administrative Law, Aviation, Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights, Business Law & Transactions, Church & Ministry Law, Condemnation & Valuation, Construction, Criminal Defense, Data Privacy & Security, Employment & Labor, Environmental, Franchising & Distribution, Government Affairs & Lobbying, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Bidding & Procurement, Public Utilities Law, Real Estate, Securities, Sports Law, Tax and Wealth Management.
Practice Group Leaders:
Mark A. Fuller | Appellate |
Kevin D. Neal | Aviation |
John R. Clemency | Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights |
Terence W. Thompson | Business Law & Transactions |
Thomas A. Maraz | Construction |
Jay S. Volquardsen | Criminal |
Donald Peder Johnsen | Employment |
David P. Kimball, III | Environmental |
Deb Gullett | Government Affairs & Lobbying |
Jeffrey T. Pyburn | Insurance |
Robert J. Itri | Intellectual Property |
Dana Stagg Belknap | Land Use & Zoning |
Kevin E. O’Malley | Litigation |
Mark A. Fuller | Native American Law |
J. Stanton Curry | Natural Resources |
Patrick J. McGroder, III | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Wm. Charles Thomson | Products Liability |
Michael K. Kennedy | Professional Liability, Co-founder |
Kevin E. O’Malley | Public Bidding & Procurement |
Jennifer A. Cranston | Public Utilities |
James B. Connor | Real Estate |
Dean C. Short, II | Sports Law, Managing Partner |
Timothy D. Brown | Tax Law |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. | Wealth Management |
Shareholder:
William F. Allison | Land Use & Zoning |
Joshua Becker | Business Law & Transactions |
Dana Stagg Belknap | Land Use & Zoning |
Robert W. Boatman | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Stephen R. Boatwright | Business Law & Transactions |
Jodi Bohr | Employment |
Robert Erven Brown | Church & Ministry Law |
Timothy D. Brown | Tax Law |
Todd A. Burgess | Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights |
Germaine R. Chappelle | Environmental & Natural Resources |
Shannon L. Clark | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
John R. Clemency | Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights |
C. Lincoln Combs | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
James B. Connor | Real Estate |
Alicia M. Corbett | Business Law & Transactions |
Jennifer A. Cranston | Condemnation & Valuation, Public Utilities |
J. Stanton Curry | Environmental & Natural Resources |
Mark C. Dangerfield | Commercial & Appellate Litigation |
Mark M. Deatherage | Commercial Litigation |
Daniel A. DeChesaro, of Counsel | Business Law & Transactions |
D. Lee Decker | Environmental & Natural Resources |
Mark A. Fuller | Civil & Appellate Litigation |
Michael L. Gallagher, Co-founder | Litigation |
Bradley J. Glass | Environmental |
Jeffrey D. Gross | Real Estate Litigation |
Deb Gullett, Government Affairs Professional |
Government Affairs & Lobbying |
Robert J. Itri | Intellectual Property |
Rodney Q. Jarvis | Land Use & Zoning |
Donald Peder Johnsen | Employment |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. | Wealth Management |
Michael K. Kennedy, Co-founder | Civil Litigation |
David P. Kimball, III | Environmental & Natural Resources |
Anne L. Leary | Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation |
Chris S. Leason | Environmental |
Matthew P. MacLeod | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Thomas A. Maraz | Civil Litigation |
Patrick J. McGroder, III | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Dalva L. “Dal” Moellenberg | Environmental & Natural Resources |
Kelly C. Mooney | Federal Tax Law |
Kenneth M. Motolenich-Salas | Intellectual Property |
Kevin D. Neal | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Raymond M. Norris | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Mark S. O’Connor | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Kevin E. O’Malley | Civil Litigation |
Ryan B. Opel | Business Law & Transactions |
Timothy W. Overton | Litigation |
Donald B. Petrie | Products Liability |
Cober C. Plucker | Litigation |
Nancy C. Pohl | Wealth Management |
Jeffrey T. Pyburn | Personal Injury & Wrongful Death |
Michael R. Ross | Civil Litigation |
Julie Rystad | Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights |
Dean C. Short, II, Managing Partner | Sports Law |
Paul L. Stoller | Commercial Litigation |
Robert A. Stranahan, IV, Of Counsel | Environmental |
Terence W. Thompson | Business Law & Transactions |
Wm. Charles Thomson | Commercial Litigation |
Woodrow C. Thompson | Criminal Law |
Anthony J. “T.J.” Trujillo | Environmental & Natural Resources |
William C.B. Underwood | Environmental |
Timothy R. Van Valen | Tax Law |
Jay S. Volquardsen | Criminal Law |
Travis J. Waldron | Environmental & Natural Resources |
David L. Wallis | Environmental |
Lindsi M. Weber | Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights |
Brian J. Zavislak | Real Estate |