Arizona Attorney - January 2016

Micah Larripa joined NewLAWu.s. and practices in the areas of real estate, business and military/veter-ans law. He attended ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor Law School with a Marine Corps Funded Legal Education Program (FLEP) Scholarship. Prior to serving as a Judge Advocate with the United States Marine Corps, he completed two combat deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Polsinelli announced the election of new shareholders, three of whom are in the Phoenix office.

Jamie D. Cole practices in Cor-
porate & Transactional and earned
her J.D. from the Cleveland State
University Cleveland-Marshall Col-
lege of Law. Evan M. Gilbert prac-
tices in Corporate & Transactional
and Securities & Corporate Finance
and earned his J.D. from the Min-
nesota Law School. Nathan J. Kunz
practices in Commercial Litigation
and earned his J.D. from the Univer-
sity of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Fennemore Craig announced that Joe Chandler, a shareholder in the firm’s Phoenix office, was appointed the new Practice Group Chair of the firm’s Real Estate practice group.

Maj. Richard J. Armstrong was appointed Gaming Commissioner for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and the Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, Calif. He is a 28-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps and currently serves as a Regional Judge Advocate assigned to the 23rd Marines, San Bruno, Calif. He is Of Counsel to the nationwide Indian law firm Rosette LLP and operates his own gaming law practice in Folsom, Calif.

Quarles & Brady announced that it had added three new partners in its Phoenix office.

Rowan P. Smith practices in
the Intellectual Property Practice
Group with a focus on patent pro-
secution and counseling. Cathleen
T. Yu practices in the Business Law
Practice Group, and her practice
includes the representation of clients
in corporate finance, securities, and
mergers and acquisitions. Marian
M. Zapata-Rossa practices in the
Labor & Employment Practice
Group, and her practice includes
employment litigation defense and
advising employers on all aspects of
the employer–employee relationship.
Also joining the firm’s Phoenix
office, as an associate, is Ty Frankel.
He joins the Labor & Employment
Practice Group.

Three Phoenix attorneys recently joined the Phoenix law firm Osborn Maledon PA.

Hayleigh Crawford and Jana Sutton focus their practices on commercial litigation. Randy McDonald practices criminal law, Indian law, government/regulatory law and employment law.

Kendis Key Muscheid joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the Phoenix office. Her practice focuses on the representation of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, charitable trusts, and on issues involving Arizona taxation.

Neel S. Kothari joined Milligan Lawless PC as an associate. He has experience representing providers in a variety of health law matters, including business transactions, commercial disputes, and regulatory compliance.

Daniel L. Broadbent joined Berk Law Group PC, Scottsdale, as an associate. He focuses his practice primarily on probate, trust and estate administration and litigation and elder law litigation.

Salmon Lewis & Weldon PLC, Phoenix, announced that Michael K. Foy joined the firm as an associate effective Aug. 31, 2015. He focuses his practice on water rights and natural resources, as well as environmental law.

Laura L. Wochner joined Tiffany & Bosco PA, Phoenix. Her practice is concentrated in civil and commercial litigation.

Alexis Glascock joined the Phoenix office of Fennemore Craig and focuses her practice in government affairs. Among her other experience, she previously served as Counsel to the President of the Arizona Senate and Assistant to the General Counsel of the Legislative Council.