BANKRUPTCY & CREDITOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS THROUGH BUSINESS LITIGATION
SUPER LAW YERS / SOUTHWEST 2013
GEORGE “DAVE”
GIDDENS, JR.
LAW OFFICE OF
GEORGE “DAVE” GIDDENS, P.C.
10400 Academy Northeast
Suite 350
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Tel: 505-271-1053
Fax: 505-271-4848
dave@giddenslaw.com
www.giddenslaw.com
The Law Office of George “Dave” Giddens, P.C. began in
1997 and has grown to a staff of six attorneys. Dave Giddens,
the owner of the firm, attributes the firm’s growth to his
commitment to excellence in all aspects of the client experience.
His professional awards include being named to the Southwest
Super Lawyers list in 2009 and 2012, named Best of the Bar for
Bankruptcy in 2011 by New Mexico Business Weekly, and awarded
the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV Preeminent).
Giddens assists both creditors and debtors with Chapter 7, 11, 12,
and 13 bankruptcies. He has a passion for working with banks as
creditors in complicated bankruptcy matters and helping family
farmers navigate the bankruptcy process.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
REAL ESTATE
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGH TS
STANLEY M.
HAMMERMAN
HAMMERMAN & HULTGREN PC
3101 North Central Avenue
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: 602-264-2566
Fax: 602-266-3488
stan@hammerman-hultgren.com
www.hammerman-hultgren.com
Stan Hammerman is one of the premier collection attorneys in
the country. He has been practicing collection law since 1975, and
his law firm has dedicated its practice to creditors’ rights since
1977. He has given numerous collection la w seminars throughout
the country and was counsel for the defendant in the Ninth
Circuit case of Terran v. Kaplan, where Rule 11 Attorneys’ Fees
were awarded against a debtor’s attorney in a fair debt case. He
was instrumental in writing Arizona’s current garnishment laws.
Mr. Hammerman is AV-rated and takes pride in aggressively,
ethically, and successfully collecting both commercial and retail
claims throughout the State of Arizona.
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
JON R. HULTGREN
HAMMERMAN & HULTGREN PC
3101 North Central Avenue
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: 602-264-2566
Fax: 602-266-3488
jon@hammerman-hultgren.com
www.hammerman-hultgren.com
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDITOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
BUSINESS LITIGATION
Jon Hultgren is one of the premier collection attorneys in the
country. He has been practicing collection law since 1985, and
his law firm has dedicated its practice to creditors’ rights since
1977. Mr. Hultgren is AV-rated and takes pride in aggressively,
ethically, and successfully collecting both commercial and retail
claims throughout the State of Arizona. He 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.
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
Thomas Littler is a shareholder in Gordon Silver’s litigation
department and 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, and secured creditors in
reorganizations throughout a wide range of industries. For over
two decades, Mr. Littler was a partner in the Phoenix-based law
firm of Warnicke & Littler. He has also been named in Southwest
Super Lawyers since 2010. 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 &
TU THILL, 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
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.
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
REAL ESTATE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
DALE C. SCHIAN
SCHIAN WALKER PLC
1850 North Central Avenue
Suite 900
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel: 602-277-1501
Fax: 602-297-9633
dschian@swazlaw.com
www.schianwalker.com
NICHOLAS J. DICARLO
DICARLO CASERTA
MCKEIGHAN & PHELPS PLC
6900 East Camelback Road
Suite 250
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Tel: 480-429-7544
Fax: 480-429-7552
ndicarlo@dcmplaw.com
www.dcmplaw.com
Mr. DiCarlo formed DCMP with the vision of representing clients
in complex high-stakes litigation at reasonable rates and, in
appropriate cases, on a contingent fee basis. Among other
things, Mr. DiCarlo represents bankruptcy trustees, institutional
investors and creditors in complex lawsuits. The cases he
handles cover a broad range of topics including accounting
malpractice, fraud, securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty,
lender liability, bankruptcy-related litigation, director and officer
liability, insurance bad faith and breach of contract. Although
Mr. DiCarlo’s practice is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, he is
regularly asked to represent clients throughout the country and
has been admitted pro hace vice in numerous jurisdictions.
PROFESSIONAL LIABILI T Y: PLAINTIFF
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
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
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 a member of the Arizona Supreme
Court’s Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence and is the state
bar’s representative to the Arizona Judicial Council’s Committee
on Superior Court. 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.
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