Nine members of Ryley Carlock & Applewhite have been selected as Leading Lawyers for Business in Arizona and Colorado by Chambers & Partners. They will be included in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business The Client's Guide, which will be released to the public in June, 2009.

Chambers & Partners interviewed clients of law firms, General Counsel at Fortune 100 companies, entrepreneurs, and other significant purchasers of legal services to obtain a consistent market view of which law firms and lawyers are considered leaders in their law practice areas. The nine lawyers from RC&A selected as leaders are:

Colorado:
• James Sanderson, Environment
Arizona:
• Carolann Cervetti Bullock, Labor & Employment
• Charles (Rusty) Chester, Labor & Employment
• James Brophy, Corporate/M&A
• John Hink, Real Estate
• William Staudenmaier, Environment (including water rights)
• Michael Moberly, Labor & Employment
• Nathan Niemuth, Labor & Employment
• Phillip Guttilla, Corporate/M&A

Chambers & Partners have been publishers since 1969. They are located in London, England, and publish United Kingdom, USA, and Global guides to the legal profession. Additional information regarding Chambers & Partners, its guides, and the selection process they use to determine the leading lawyers in the United Kingdom, the USA, and the World is available at www.ChambersandPartners.com.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite is a firm of more than 100 lawyers, with offices in Phoenix and Denver. Its practices concentrate on areas of law most vital to the region, ranging from business and banking, to employment and bankruptcy, and include one of the leading water, energy, resources and environment practices in the West.

Conference to Cover Critical Arizona Energy Issues
(Phoenix, Arizona) The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section ("ENRLS") of the State Bar of Arizona is hosting a one-day Arizona's Energy Future conference on April 22, 2009 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel, 343 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

The Arizona's Energy Future conference will feature speakers with varied perspectives directly related to energy generation, transmission, development, delivery, and consumption in Arizona. Arizona's energy infrastructure needs will increase a tremendous amount in coming years, and Arizona is poised to provide a great deal of alternative energy generation capacity for use in Arizona and other states. Arizona's rapidly-changing energy environment raises a host of issues that will be discussed at this conference, including:

• How are Arizona businesses planning for sustainability and efficient use of energy?
• What kind of new generation capacity will be constructed in Arizona?
• How will energy boost our state's economic development?
• How and when will we achieve conservation?
• How will energy growth impact the environment?
• Will state government or federal government determine transmission line designs and locations?
• Who will pay for new energy infrastructure?
• How will climate change initiatives affect energy development?

Speakers will include:

• Phil Gordon, Mayor, City of Phoenix
• Gary Pierce, Commissioner, Arizona Corporation Commission
• Edward Fox, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Arizona Public Service
• Richard Hayslip, Associate General Manager, Environmental, Human Resources, Land, Risk Management and Telecom, Salt River Project
• Philip Dion, Vice President of Legal and Environmental Services, Tucson Electric Power
• Sally Gestautas, Raytheon
• Barry Broome, Greater Phoenix Economic Council (Invited)
• Lucy Mason, District 1 Representative, Arizona House of Representatives
• Laurie Woodall, former ACC Line Siting Commission Chairman
• John Foreman, current ACC Line Siting Commission Chairman
• Dr. Rick Shangraw, Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs, ASU
The Arizona's Energy Future conference is open to the public, but prior registration and payment are required. Please contact Teri Yeates at (602) 340-7312 to register, or contact Michele Van Quathem at (602) 440-4873 for additional information. See the agenda at http://members.cox.net/energyfuture

ENRLS is a non-partisan group of over 400 attorneys and consultants practicing in the environmental, energy, natural resources, and water law practice areas.

The County Assessor has mailed out valuation notices to the owners of real property setting forth the Assessor's proposed real property valuations for the 2010 tax year. The Assessor is required to value all real property in the County by December 15th of each year, and the valuation notices are required to be mailed by March 1st. The notices are usually sent out between January 15th and the end of February, and address to establish the valuation of the real property for the tax year following the year in which the notices are sent. If you were not the owner of the property on that date, then you may not receive a valuation notice. These valuations are available online at www.maricopa.gov/assessor. 

SECURITIES LAW UPDATE:
SEC REQUIRES ELECTRONIC FILING OF FORM D

Starting on March 16, 2009, companies selling securities under Regulation D must electronically file Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").  Read the full detail here.

Does an Arizona monetary judgment expire?

In Arizona, a monetary judgment expires five years after the date of its entry, unless the judgment is renewed. A judgment may be renewed by instituting an action or filing a renewal affidavit within ninety days of the five year period with the clerk of the proper court. An Arizona judgment lien must also be renewed within the five year period by recording a certified copy of the renewal affidavit with the applicable county recorder's office. As long as the judgment creditor complies with the renewal requirements, there is no limitation on the number of times a judgment or judgment lien may be renewed.

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The W.P. Carey School of Business Spirit of Enterprise Center at Arizona State University presents its "Food for Thought" Series on an ongoing basis.  The next event, scheduled February 11, is: Coping with the Credit Crunch. A panel of experts will address, via an interactive Q & A session with the audience, the current status of the financial markets and steps you can take to improve your odds. Featured on the panel is Phillip Guttilla, Chair of Ryley Carlock's corporate practice.

For details or to attend, click here:

http://wpcarey.asu.edu/Spirit/food-for-thought-reg.cfm

Three members of Ryley Carlock & Applewhite's Document Control Group will be featured on panels at Legal Tech in New York next week, as leaders of companies, firms and technology companies gather to learn the latest in cost reducing and efficient technologies and methods.

Matthew Clarke will be featured on a panel discussing e-Discovery Project Management Principals and Processes , moderated by Kelli Brooks, of KPMG on Monday, February 2.

William B. McManus will be featured on a panel discussing Reducing Review Costs through Statistical Sampling featuring Statistician Ji Kim and James Gordon of Navigant Consulting on Monday, February 2.

Cecil Lynn III will be featured on a panel entitled Managing e-Discovery in an Alternative Fee Environment moderated by Kenneth Y. Rashbaum, Esq., Director of Fios Consulting.

About Ryley Carlock's e-Discovery Team
Our litigation and e-discovery support center in Phoenix, Arizona hosts teams of attorneys who provide cutting-edge e-discovery support, including high-quality; cost-effective document reviews - reviewing for relevancy, privilege, confidentiality, issue content and general responsiveness. Our services are available whether we are litigation counsel or simply co-counsel on e-discovery matters. Our e-Retention group assists in the development and implementation of records retention policies and schedules customized by industry and precisely linked to the places each company engages in business to reduce over-retention and the corresponding costs and risk associated with over-retention. On the web: www.rcalaw.com/blog

Join the Better Business Bureau for a new educational series presented by Ryley Carlock & Applewhite! February's event feature's Phillip Guttilla, Chair of Ryley Carlock's Corporate Practice.

Click here for details.

Robert Shuler, a shareholder at Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, has been appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano as the agricultural representative on the Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund Board.

The Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (WQARF) was created under the Environmental Quality Act of 1986 to support hazardous substance cleanup efforts in the state. The fund is comprised of legislative appropriations, cost recovery from responsible parties, corporate income tax and special fees, and is applied to sites identified as most in need of cleanup statewide.

Shuler has 30 years of governmental, legal and business experience in Arizona and California and advises a wide array of clients in the West on legal and governmental affairs.

Contribution Will Benefit the Mike Brophy Scholarship -- Beginning in 2009

Background on the Mike Brophy Scholarship:

The Mike Brophy Scholarship is a living tribute to distinguished lawyer, family man and friend. The Mike Brophy Scholarship was established at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University with a matching grant from Phelps Dodge Corporation. The scholarship honors Mike Brophy, a member of the Class of 1977, who spent his entire legal career at Ryley Carlock & Applewhite. Mike was a man of few words who valued honesty, courage and loyalty above all other traits. During his career, Mike became nationally recognized as a water lawyer. He served as the Arizona Representative to the Western States Water Council from 1991-2002 and served as Chairman of the Council from 2000-2002. Mike was also the Chairman of the Water Policy Committee for the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. Mike was perhaps most proud of his work negotiating and securing the enactment of legislation by the United States Congress involving water rights and settlements with the Gila River, Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Fort McDowell, and Ak-Chin Indian communities, and the San Carlos Apache Tribe.

Mike built the firm's natural resources practice and served as the group's practice leader. He served as the firm's managing partner from 2003 to 2004. In addition to his leadership at the firm, Mike was recognized for his water law expertise by several organizations, including the Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business: The Clients Guide, The Best Lawyers in America, and the Who's Who Legal USA: Environmental.

Mike's retirement goal, personally unattainable because of his untimely passing, was to work to further the goals of non-profit organizations. By contributing to the Mike Brophy Scholarship, you are helping to fulfill Mike's vision. The proceeds of the scholarship are awarded to students who share Mike's vision and who could not otherwise afford a legal education. If you would like to join the effort to honor Mike and assist a student in fulfilling his or her dream of obtaining a legal education, contribute online at law.asu.edu/give .

Cecil Lynn of Ryley Carlock & Applewhite's nationally recognized Document Control Group writes in BNA's Digital Discovery & E-Evidence newsletter about enforcement of workplace computer privacy policies. Read the article

Oldest and Highly Respected Peer Review Publication Cites Two New Faces for Firm

(PHOENIX, ARIZONA and DENVER, COLORADO) Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, a leading law firm in the Southwest, today acknowledged that 14 of its lawyers will be listed in The Best Lawyers in America . The Best Lawyers publication is among the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. The primary purpose of the publication is to help lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Among the Best Lawyers is Rodolfo Parga, Jr., Managing Partner of Ryley Carlock..

Best Lawyers reports it compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 15th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (), is based on more than two million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite lawyers named in the 2009 edition are:

• Andrew A. Folkerth, Denver, Real Estate law
• James E. Brophy, Phoenix, Corporate Law
• David L. Case, Trust and Estates
• Cynthia M. Chandley, Phoenix, Water Law
• Charles L. "Rusty" Chester, Phoenix, Labor and Employment Law
• N. Warner Lee, Phoenix, Commercial Litigation
• John C. Lemaster, Phoenix, Commercial Litigation
• Michael D. Moberly, Phoenix, Labor and Employment Law
• Nathan R. Niemuth, Phoenix, Labor and Employment Law
• Rodolfo Parga, Jr., Commercial Litigation
• Robert J. Pohlman, Phoenix, Commercial Litigation
• L. William Staudenmaier, Phoenix, Water Law
• Sheryl A. Sweeney, Phoenix, Natural Resources Law, Water Law
• William F. Wilder, Phoenix, Public Finance Law

• advising the Dean and such members of the faculty and administration as the Dean may designate in matters respecting the students, curriculum, finances, programs, facilities, resources, capabilities, strategic planning, management and operations of the Law School, and such other areas as the Dean may specify in requesting assistance of the NDLA;
• recruiting, advising and promoting the candidacies of excellent students for the Law School;
• mentoring, advising and promoting students and graduates of the Law School in their efforts to secure employment opportunities;
• conducting such activities and programs as are designed to promote or contribute toward the mutual support of NDLA members;
• fostering a spirit of solidarity, friendship and dedication among NDLA members and friends of the University of Notre Dame and the Law School

Coury's term on the Board will be for three years.

Coury earned both his undergraduate and law degrees, cum laude, from Notre Dame, where he served as president of the Student Bar Association.

At Ryley Carlock, Coury's practice in commercial litigation concentrates on financial services litigation, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, securities and fraud litigation and business crimes.

Prior to working at Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, Coury was a Deputy County Attorney with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office from 1996 to 1998. As a prosecutor, Coury tried numerous cases as lead counsel. His final assignment was to the Gang/Repeat Offender Bureau in the Major Felony Division. Coury was an associate with O'Connor Cavanagh between 1995 and 1996, and worked as a judicial law clerk at the Arizona Court of Appeals for the Honorable Edward C. Voss from 1994 to 1995.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite is a firm of more than 100 lawyers with offices in Phoenix and Denver serving the Western United States.

James E. Brophy, III (Business and Corporate Law)

Carolann C. Bullock (Employment Law)

John A. Hink (Real Estate and Lending Law)

Michael D. Moberly (Employment Law)

Nathan R. Niemuth (Employment Law)

Rodolfo Parga Jr. (Litigation - Firm Managing Shareholder)

L. William Staudenmaier, III (Water and Environmental Law)

Sheryl A. Sweeney (Water and Environmental law)

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite is a firm of more than 100 lawyers, with offices in Phoenix and Denver. Its practices concentrate on areas of law most vital to the region, ranging from business and banking, to employment and bankruptcy, and include one of the leading water, energy, resources and environment practices in the West.

Donates PC Monitors to Students Recycling Used Technology Program

When the 100-plus lawyer law firm Ryley Carlock upgraded its computer monitors in its Phoenix office this week, the 65 used monitors underwent a transformation. Instead of being viewed by lawyers reading litigation papers or deal documents, they will now entertain the eyes of local school children, as a donation to the Arizona StRUT (Students Recycling Used Technology) program.

Formed in 1997 by founding sponsors Intel & Motorola, Arizona StRUT is a partnership between local schools and businesses, where students learn new skills by refurbishing used computer equipment. The equipment is then donated to schools and other qualified non-profit organizations throughout Arizona.

"We are extremely pleased that Ryley Carlock is helping AZ StRUT support its mission through the donation of Monitors. It is our hope that others will follow suit. This will enable the students involved in AZ StRUT to enhance their career options as well as keep unused computer hardware out of our landfills," said Ken Mystrom, Executive Director, Arizona StRUT

Arizona StRUT teachers train over 800 students each year at 28 sites across Arizona. The students are given the opportunity to work on computers and get the kind of valuable hands-on experience that companies are looking for, and the completed systems are donated to non-profit organizations such as local schools and charities.

Last year alone, 349 schools and organizations received refurbished equipment (over 2,858 units) through the Arizona StRUT program. Qualified schools or non-profits who would like to request a donation can email Arizona StRUT at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Ryley Carlock is celebrating its 60th year of operation as a law firm this year. It offers a full range of legal services to companies and governmental and other agencies -- including business, banking, employment and environmental and water law.

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Mr. Kash has also been Appointed Chair of Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee for 2008.

David W. Kash, a shareholder at Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, was recently named to the Foundation Board of Directors of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). This prestigious group of 2,500 peer-reviewed lawyers, who are members by invitation only, was established in 1920 as a way to serve its distinguished membership of international corporate and insurance counsel, and take a leadership role in many areas of legal reform and professional development. Mr. Kash has been a member of the organization since 1998, has been a frequent author and speaker at IADC programs, and just completed his four-year Chairmanship of its Fidelity and Surety Committee.

Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness at Arizona State Honors Ryley Carlock & Applewhite Shareholder Robert L. Shuler

Robert L. Shuler, a 30-year veteran of governmental, legal and business experience in Arizona and California, and a shareholder at the law firm of Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, received Recognition for Outstanding Service to Agribusiness from the Morrison School of Management & Agribusiness at Arizona State University on March 27, 2008. Shuler is known as a strong advocate for agriculture and Rural Arizona. His current clients include Western Growers, the trade association representing the fresh fruit and vegetable industry in Arizona and California, the Arizona Pork Council, Pinal Energy, Caljet, Hickman Family Farms, Roosevelt Water Conservation District, the Town of Chino Valley, the Town of Williams, Arizona Crop Protection Association, Western Plant Health Association, and CropLife America. The award was given as part of the Morrison Luncheon, an annual event to bestow honors on students, alumni and community members who have advanced the causes of agribusiness in the past year.

Rodolfo Parga, Jr., Managing Shareholder of 100-lawyer Ryley Carlock & Applewhite was recently named to the Super Lawyers® Corporate Counsel Edition's list for lawyers in Arizona. Parga is among a select few in the state to be named to the list of business litigators.

Parga is the firm's Managing Shareholder. He also served as the Head of the Ryley Carlock & Applewhite Litigation Practice Group.  Parga's commercial litigation practice includes representing clients in all types of business related disputes, including breach of contract, trade secret litigation, securities industries disputes, lender liability, racketeering, and construction claims.  He also has an active employment law practice, where he handles non-compete, harassment and other related cases.  His clients include companies such as Bank of America, Qwest Communications International, Inc., Morgan Stanley DW Inc. and Chas Roberts Air Conditioning, Inc.

In addition to a robust law practice, Parga is extensively involved in the community. He is a member of the Arizona Industrial Relations Association; is on the Board of Directors, and serves as Secretary to Chicanos Por La Causa; serves on the Board of Directors of Prestamos Small Business Lending; and is an active recruiter in Arizona for Amherst College, where he was a starter on the football team as an undergraduate.  Parga received his law degree from The University of New Mexico School of Law.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite is a firm of more than 100 lawyers, with offices in Phoenix and Denver.  Its practices concentrate on areas of law most vital to the region, ranging from business and banking, to employment and bankruptcy, and include one of the leading water, energy, resources and environment practices in the West.

At some point during the life of a commercial real estate loan, a lender may need to foreclose upon the project securing the loan.  This Guide, authored by Michael Ripp, describes Arizona commercial real estate foreclosures from the lender's perspective, commencing with the lender's initial decision to demand payment and pursue its remedies.  See the guide here.

Rodolfo Parga, Jr. tells Latino Perspective his views about leadership. Read the profile here.

Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite shareholder Mike Moberly's article, The Disability History Mystery: Assessing the Employer's Reasonable Accommodation Obligation in "Record of Disability" Cases, was published in the December 2007 issue of the Pepperdine Law Review.  In this article, Moberly explores the question of whether an employer's duty to accommodate a disabled applicant or employee's impairments under the Americans With Disabilities Act is broad enough to apply in cases in which the individual is no longer disabled, but instead is protected by the act solely by virtue of having a history, or "record," of a prior disability.  The article discusses the limited, and conflicting, case law addressing this issue to date, and ultimately concludes that the extent to which employers are required to accommodate individuals with a disability history is likely to be resolved by the courts on a fact‑specific, case-by-case basis, just as accommodation claims are presently resolved in the "actual disability" context.

Law Week Colorado has named Jim Sanderson, Chair of the firm's Water, Energy, Resources and Environment Practice Group, as its Environmental Lawyer of the Year for 2007.  Read the article here.

Lorrie Luellig, a shareholder in the firm and a principal in its Document Control Group will present at the 4th annual Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council (CGOC) Summit, to be held on January 23-25, 2008 in Palm Springs, California.

The CGOC is highly regarded as the most substantive corporate executive think tank. It was founded in 2004 by President and CEO of PSS Systems Deidre Paknad as a corporate practitioners' forum focusing on the intersection between retention and preservation. The goal of the organization is to create a high level quality executive level exchange of expertise and information on these issues. CGOC participation is limited to corporate managers and executives with responsibilities for litigation, discovery, and retention and records management and to outside counsel and professionals who have specific expertise in these areas. For more information on the CGOC visit http://www.cgocouncil.com/.

Luellig's session will focus on how to transform legacy paper records schedules to a modern retention program that addresses retention lifecycles for information across electronic data sources. As a subject matter expert, Luellig will explore the false promise of a big bucket approach to retention management and will address the biggest mistakes companies make. She'll share best practices for a modern retention program that's relative across businesses. She will also join executives from Citigroup and First Data Corporation to lead an interactive discussion on the future of records retention practices by the year 2010. Learn more about the Document Control Group.

About CGOC

The CGOC is a community of experts in retention and preservation. Its charter is to create a forum in which legal and compliance executives can get the insight, interaction, and information they need to make good business decisions. It fulfills its charter through an annual CGOC Summit, educational lunch series, executive workshops, and fall working sessions. CGOC Sidebar is a forum for outside counsel assisting corporate clients with preservation and retention programs. The organization was founded by Deidre Paknad, CEO of PSS Systems and a visionary in retention and preservation solutions, to create a continuing, high quality executive level exchange of expertise and information on these fast-changing business issues. For more information visit www.cgocouncil.com

(Phoenix, Arizona and Denver, Colorado) Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, a leading Southwest law firm with offices in Phoenix and Denver, today announced its shareholders have elected Rodolfo (Rudy) Parga, Jr., 39, as the firm's Managing Shareholder. Parga succeeds Michael D. Moberly in the role. Moberly has served in the post since 2004.

"We've always been a team here, and I can't think of a better individual to whom to hand the baton than Rudy Parga," said Moberly, who served as chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group prior to his term as Managing Shareholder, and will continue his own active practice in that area. "Rudy is not only a terrific lawyer, but an effective leader. He has the vision and tenacity to make things happen," said Moberly.

Parga is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He also served as the Head of the Ryley Carlock & Applewhite Litigation Practice Group. Parga's commercial litigation practice includes representing clients in all types of business related disputes, including breach of contract, trade secret litigation, securities industries disputes, lender liability, racketeering, and construction claims. He also has an active employment law practice, where he handles non-compete, harassment and other related cases. His clients include companies such as Chas Roberts Air Conditioning, Inc., Transnational Financial Network Inc. ,U-Haul International, Inc. Qwest Communications International, Inc. Morgan Stanley DW Inc. and Building Material Distributors, Inc

In addition to a robust law practice, Parga is extensively involved in the community. He is a member of the Arizona Industrial Relations Association; is on the Board of Directors, and serves as Secretary to Chicanos Por La Causa; serves on the Board of Directors of Prestamos Small Business Lending; and is an active recruiter in Arizona for Amherst College, where he was a starter on the football team as an undergraduate. Parga received his law degree from The University of New Mexico School of Law.

"Ryley Carlock & Applewhite has been an incredible place to practice law," said Parga. "The spirit that permeates the practice is one of enthusiasm and intellect, and of being ready for whatever challenges may come. It's an honor to serve the firm and the communities it serves in this new capacity. It is an honor to follow in the footsteps of people like Mike Brophy and Mike Moberly, and those who came before who built the firm. As we celebrate 60 years in business next year, we'll be moving forward to serve ever more effectively and innovatively," said Parga.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite is a firm of more than 100 lawyers, with offices in Phoenix and Denver. Its practices concentrate on areas of law most vital to the region, ranging from business and banking, to employment and bankruptcy, and include one of the leading water, energy, resources and environment practices in the West.

  S. Gregory Jones Concentrates in Real Estate Litigation and Construction Law

(Phoenix, Arizona)  Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, a leading Southwest law firm with offices in Phoenix and Denver, today announced it has hired S. Gregory Jones as a shareholder in the litigation department of its Phoenix office. 

Christopher Siegle, a shareholder in the firm’s Business, Employee Benefits and Estate Planning groups, was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal by United States Northern Command in a ceremony at the NORAD and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters on November 13, 2007. The citation on his award reads:

Phillip Guttilla, leader of the Corporate practice at Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, took time out of his practice to participate in Channel 12’s Lawyers on Call program last night to help callers with free advice related to trust and estate planning. Given the complexities of tax laws, fluctuating real estate values and other concerns, many Arizonans need assistance and some advice on estate planning. “Lawyers on Call” is a partnership between the State Bar and Channel 12’s Call 12 For Action team. Once a month, Arizona attorneys volunteer to staff a phone bank and answer questions about different areas of law.

Information on upcoming “Lawyers on Call” programs can be found on the State Bar of Arizona’s Web site at www.azbar.org.

  11 Ryley Carlock & Applewhite Lawyers Named Best Lawyers ® in America 2008
Oldest and Highly Respected Peer Review Publication Cites Three New Faces for Firm

(PHOENIX, ARIZONA and DENVER, COLORADO) Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, a leading law firm in the Southwest, today acknowledged that 11 of its lawyers will be listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2008. The Best Lawyers publication is among the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. The primary purpose of the publication is to help lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties.

Best Lawyers reports it compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2008), is based on more than two million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite lawyers named in the 2008 edition are:
• Andrew A. Folkerth, Denver, Real Estate law
• James E. Brophy, Phoenix, Corporate Law
• Cynthia M. Chandley, Phoenix, Water Law
• Charles L. “Rusty” Chester, Phoenix, Labor and Employment Law
• N. Warner Lee, Phoenix, Commercial Litigation
• John C. Lemaster, Phoenix, Commercial Litigation
• Michael D. Moberly, Phoenix, Labor and Employment Law
• Nathan R. Niemuth, Phoenix, Labor and Employment Law
• L. William Staudenmaier, Phoenix, Water Law
• Sheryl A. Sweeney, Phoenix, Natural Resources Law, Water Law
• William F. Wilder, Phoenix, Public Finance Law

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite is a firm of more than 100 lawyers in the Southwest with offices in Phoenix and Denver. Its practices concentrate on areas of law most vital to the region, ranging from business and banking to employment and bankruptcy, and include one of the leading water, energy, resources and environment practices in the West.
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