JON R. HULTGREN
HAMMERMAN & HULTGREN
PC
3101 North Central
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: 602-264-2566
Fax: 602-266-3488
jon@hammerman-hultgren.com
www.hammerman-hultgren.com
Jon Hultgren is one of the premier collection attorneys in the
country. He has been practicing collection law since 1985, and
his AV-rated law firm has dedicated its practice to creditors’
rights since 1977 and takes pride in aggressively, ethically,
and successfully collecting both commercial and retail claims
throughout the State of Arizona. Mr. Hultgren also specializes
in the collection of insurance subrogation, product liability, and
commercial landlord/tenant claims. He is an active member of
the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys and the
National Association of Subrogation Professionals. He is also a
Director of the Arizona Creditors Bar Association. He speaks at
various seminars on collection law each year.
CHARLES A.
ARMGARDT
MODRALL SPERLING ROEHL
HARRIS & SISK
500 4th Street Northwest
Suite 1000
PO Box 2168
Albuquerque, NM 87103
Tel: 505-848-1800
carmgardt@modrall.com
www.modrall.com
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Chuck Armgardt has over 25 years of litigation experience
in New Mexico and the Southwest. His practice focuses on
commercial disputes, with concentrations on intellectual
property and technology, trade practices, oil-and-gas,
employment, defamation, and professional liability. He
has substantial experience with trademark searches and
registrations, intellectual property transactions, and attorney
ethics. He has written numerous articles on subjects including
intellectual property, legal malpractice, and lawyer ethics. In
addition to being listed by Southwest Super Lawyers, Chuck is
AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in The Best Lawyers
in America. Chuck joined Modrall Sperling Roehl Harris & Sisk,
P.A. in 1986 and became a shareholder in 1992.
WILLIAM G. KLAIN
LANG BAKER & KLAIN, PLC
8767 East Via de Commercio
Suite 102
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Tel: 480-947-1911
Fax: 480-970-5034
wklain@lang-baker.com
www.lang-baker.com
APPELLATE
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Bill Klain represents clients in commercial, intentional tort,
and negligence litigation, and in the formation of business
entities. Bill chairs the State Bar of Arizona Civil Practice &
Procedure Committee, is the State Bar’s representative to the
Arizona Judicial Council’s Committee on Superior Court, and
is a member of the Arizona Supreme Court’s Committee on
Civil Rules of Procedure for Limited Jurisdiction Courts. He
chairs an annual State Bar seminar, Nuts and Bolts of Civil
Practice and Procedure: Views from the Bench and Bar, and has
chaired the annual Civil Litigation Rules and Case Law Update
seminar at the State Bar convention. Bill is a past president of
the Scottsdale Bar Association and a member of the Thurgood
Marshall Inn of Court.
THOMAS E. LITTLER
GORDON SILVER
One East Washington
Suite 400
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel: 602-256-0400
Fax: 602-256-0345
tlittler@gordonsilver.com
www.gordonsilver.com
BUSINESS LITIGATION
CONSTRUC TION LI TIGATION
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Thomas Littler is a shareholder in Gordon Silver’s business
restructuring and bankruptcy department in the Phoenix,
Arizona office. Mr. Littler has extensive experience in business
restructuring and complex litigation. The focus of his practice is
representing debtors and creditors, trustees, official committees,
secured creditors in reorganizations throughout a wide range of
industries including construction, real estate, and technology
companies. For over t wo decades, Mr. Littler was a partner in the
Phoenix, Arizona based law firm of Warnicke & Littler. Mr. Littler
is admitted to practice in Arizona state and federal courts and
before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
TERRY D. FARMER
MOSES, DUNN, FARMER &
TUTHILL, P.C.
612 First Street Northwest
PO Box 27047
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Tel: 505-843-9440
Fax: 505-247-3213
terry@moseslaw.com
www.moseslaw.com
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
REAL ESTATE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Since joining Moses, Dunn, Farmer & Tuthill, P.C. in 1975, Terry D.
Farmer has been one of the firm’s primary litigation attorneys.
His practice also involves real estate, commercial transactions,
and general business law. Mr. Farmer’s transactional practice
includes the acquisition and sale, financing, and development of
properties of all types. He has represented numerous commercial
lenders in loan documentation, litigation, operations, and
planning. His practice includes forming business entities and
assisting business owners with their strategies. Mr. Farmer
has served on numerous boards of directors. His transactional
practice is complemented by his litigation practice, giving him a
practical basis for his commercial advice.
GREGORY L. BIEHLER
BEALL & BIEHLER
6715 Academy Road Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Tel: 505-828-3600
Fax: 505-828-3900
greg@beall-biehler.com
www.beall-biehler.com
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
PROFESSIONAL LIABILI TY: DEFENSE
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
Mr. Biehler has been practicing law since 1981. His practice
is primarily devoted to litigation in federal and state courts
including administrative and arbitration venues. He represents
clients in lawsuits ranging from personal injury to complex
business litigation. Having tried more than 100 jury trials to
conclusion, Mr. Biehler brings a wealth of experience to the
table. He has extensive experience in the following subjects:
wrongful death, product liability, class actions, professional
liability, employment, civil rights, proprietary misappropriation,
insurance bad faith, construction defect, and contracts.
DALE C. SCHIAN
SCHIAN WALKER PLC
3550 North Central Avenue
Suite 1700
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: 602-277-1501
Fax: 602-297-9633
dschian@swazlaw.com
www.schianwalker.com
Dale Schian’s practice focuses on complex commercial
bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, corporate restructurings, business
reorganization, and commercial litigation. Dale is a member
of the American Bankruptcy Institute and a past chair of the
Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Arizona. A thought leader
in Arizona’s bankruptcy community, in 2011 he presented The
Nature of Single Asset Real Estate at the State Bar convention
and wrote a scholarly article on In re Loop 76. A Michigan native,
Dale graduated cum laude from the Washington College of
Law at American University in 1985, after earning his bachelor’s
degree at Michigan State University. In addition to his Southwest
Super Lawyers selection, he is listed in Arizona’s Finest Lawyers.
MARTIN R. GALBUT
GALBU T & GALBU T, P.C.
2425 East Camelback Road
Suite 1020
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Tel: 602-955-1455
Fax: 602-955-1585
mgalbut@galbutlaw.com
www.galbutlaw.com
SECURITIES LITIGATION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERT Y LITIGATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Martin R. Galbut has led complex business, securities, real
estate, corporate, antitrust, business tort guaranty, and IP
litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters for Fortune 500,
small, and mid-sized companies for over 40 years. He is
repeatedly selected as an outstanding lawyer by The Best
Lawyers in America and the Phoenix Business Journal. Mr. Galbut
works with sensitive, high-profile, and sophisticated matters
as an ultimate professional. Mr. Galbut works on multifaceted
business issues with uncommon insight and creative solutions.
He is known for his tenacity in pursuing his clients’ best
interests and for his passion for their well-being. Education:
Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1971, and B. S., 1968),
Law Review Editor.
WILLIAM P. GRALOW
CIVEROLO GRALO W HILL &
CURTIS PA
20 First Plaza Northwest
Suite 500
PO Box 887
Albuquerque, NM 87103
Tel: 505-842-8255
Fax: 505-764-6099
graloww@civerolo.com
www.civerolo.com
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
William Gralow handles insurance carrier defense in coverage
and bad faith issues and trucking company transportation
matters throughout New Mexico. He attempts to avoid
expensive, unnecessary litigation with new, innovative ways
of resolving cases prior to litigation, though he has also tried
over 100 jury trials. Mr. Gralow is a retired Air National Guard
Brigadier General, Life Member of the American Board of Trial
Advocates Foundation, a member of the American Board of Trial
Advocates’ Medical Legal Review Committee and Mandatory
Continuing Legal Education Committee, and past President of
the New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association, which selected
him as 2006 Civil Defense Lawyer of the Year.
