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EB attorney Brad Pack has been appointed to the Board of the Arizona Bar Foundation. Brad will add expertise in the Banking and Finance, Business, Hospitality, and Real Estate areas.

The Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education was created by the State Bar of Arizona with the mission of promoting access to justice for all Arizonans. Brad is an active member in the State Bar of Arizona and is currently a member of the State Bar of Arizona’s CLE Committee. He served as the Convention Chair of the State Bar of Arizona Bankruptcy Section in 2015. He also served as both Secretary and Board Member of the State Bar of Arizona’s Youth Lawyers Division from 2009-2011.

The Arizona Bar Foundation strives to prepare Arizona youth for civic responsibility and provide access to justice for Arizonans most in need. Its vision is to balance the Scales of Justice through engaging over 800 volunteers a year to assist over 400,000 individuals through programs such as “Connecting with Classrooms”, the “Domestic Violence Project”, “Kids Voting AZ”, “Legal Legacy”, the “Modest Means Project”, “Project Citizen”, “Teen Court Association”, “Wills for Heroes AZ” and many others, to ensure that all Arizonans have access to justice.

Thirteen of Engelman Berger’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021, considered by many to be the definitive guide to legal excellence. EB attorneys were chosen in the areas of Bankruptcy, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Appellate Practice, Public Finance Law, Water Law, Banking and Finance Law, Health Care Law, and Real Estate Law. EB would like to congratulate Wade Burgeson, Kevin Judiscak, Damien Meyer, Julie Arvo Mackenzie, and Michael Rolland for being our firm’s newest additions to the Best Lawyers list!

The Best Lawyers in America 2021:

Steven N. Berger

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Litigation – Bankruptcy

Brigitte Finley Green

Public Finance Law

Tamalyn E. Lewis

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Kurt A. Peterson

Real Estate Law

Patrick A. Clisham

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Scott B. Cohen

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Litigation – Bankruptcy

Bradley D. Pack

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Appellate Practice

Commercial Litigation

William H. Anger

Banking and Finance Law

Real Estate Law

Water Law

Wade Burgeson

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Kevin Judiscak

Commercial Litigation

Damien Meyer

Commercial Litigation

Julie Arvo MacKenzie

Health Care Law

The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021:

Michael Rolland

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Commercial Litigation

Litigation – Bankruptcy

Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers® selects its honored attorneys entirely by peer review. Their methodology is designed to gather as accurate of a consensus opinion of the leading attorneys in the profession. Selections are made after compiling data from extensive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially review and evaluate their professional peers. Opinions are based on the lawyers’ professional abilities which are compared to others in the same geographical location and legal practice area. Congratulations Steve, Brigitte, Tami, Kurt, Patrick, Scott, Brad, Bill, Wade, Kevin, Damien, Julie, and Michael!

This past week, Engelman Berger celebrated our 21st year by stepping away from our desks for our annual social services day at the Sojourner Center. Each year, our team picks an organization that is making a large and beneficial impact in the state of Arizona and spends the day giving back to the community.

The Sojourner Center helps over 10,000 Arizonans every year, half of whom are children. Since 1977, the Sojourner Center has transformed the lives of over 60,000 Arizona men, women, and children affected by domestic violence by providing them with a safe haven and the necessary support and shelter services. This impactful organization has a residential program that provides Arizona adults and children who are affected by domestic violence with 124 shelter beds and 32 transitional housing apartments.

In an attempt to create a world that is free from domestic violence, the Sojourner Center is extending their housing and protection services to include education and prevention within the community.

We are grateful and thank the Sojourner Center for providing us with the opportunity to give back to the community and spend the day helping get the facility ready for new women and families to arrive.

Engelman Berger would like to congratulate attorney Tamalyn Lewis for being sworn in at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Tami was among the 50 individuals of whom participated in this special and honorable event hosted by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. The three other participating individuals from Arizona (pictured) were United States Bankruptcy Judge Daniel P. Collins, United States Bankruptcy Judge Brenda K. Martin, and Polsinelli attorney Lindsi M. Weber.

The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges is an association comprised of Bankruptcy Judges of the United States that aims to provide judges, lawyers, and other involved professionals with continuing legal education and to promote cooperation among Bankruptcy Judges. The association also strives to secure and encourage a larger degree of quality and uniformity in the administrative side of the Bankruptcy system as well as improve the practice of law specifically in the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States.

Engelman Berger welcomes new hire and paralegal, Kathryn Hardy, to the EBTeam! Kathryn brings over 24 years of experience and paralegal expertise to our office having worked in a wide range of practice areas in both California and Arizona. Kathryn is a litigation specialist and has worked in the areas of bankruptcy litigation, civil and commercial litigation, media and constitutional law, white-collar defense, creditor representation, and intellectual property law. Born and raised in Virginia, Kathryn attended the University of Virginia where she received her bachelor’s degree in Communications. She then went on to obtain her post-baccalaureate Paralegal Specialist Certificate in Litigation from the University of West Los Angeles School of Paralegal Studies. Kathryn will be working closely with attorneys Damien Meyer and Meaghan Kramer.

At Engelman Berger, we are proud to offer our employees both a diverse and united community environment. Having worked at small, medium and large firms, Kathryn wished to join a smaller firm where the practice areas and socialization weren’t lost due to the size of the firm. She was looking for a community of dedicated and integrated individuals, and we are excited to make her a part of our firm.

Welcome to the EBTeam, Kathryn!

Engelman Berger is expanding our Public Finance department with the hire of paralegal Joan Hubbert to work with attorneys Julie Arvo MacKenzie and Brigitte Finley Green. Joan brings over 19 years of experience in the area of public finance and has worked with a number of firms in both her home state of New Jersey as well as Arizona.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a Finance concentration from Rutgers University and her Paralegal Certificate from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

At the beginning of the New Year, Engelman Berger attorney Rachel Phillips was selected to be a part of the 2020 Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Ladder Down Arizona Class of 2020.  Currently in its eighth year in Arizona, Ladder Down is a year-long program that provides training and career development to empower women lawyers in three critical areas: leadership, business development, and mentoring.  Congratulations, Rachel! We are excited to see how you learn and grow through this excellent program.

Engelman Berger is eager to announce the expansion of our Litigation Department with the new hire of attorney Rachel Phillips. Rachel brings over seven years of experience providing her clients with innovative solutions and effective advocacy in the industries of banking and finance, food and beverage, health insurance, property/casualty insurance, sports, waste management, retail, and real estate. Rachel’s prior experience at a large international law firm includes representing and obtaining summary judgment on all counts in favor of a client facing over $16 million in damages claims for alleged breaches of contract, acting as second chair in a full-day trial which resulted in a $10 million deficiency judgment in favor of her client, and much more.  Rachel’s addition brings great diversity to our firm’s commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, and class actions practice areas.

Rachel graduated from Seton Hall University in 2008 before obtaining her J.D. at the University of Arizona James E. Rodgers College of Law in 2012. During law school, Rachel was a Judicial Extern for United States District Court Judge David G. Campbell.

Rachel has been selected to Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars from 2016 to 2020. She previously served on the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Women’s Sport Association and the Maricopa County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.

We are excited to introduce Rachel to our EB Team as we continue to serve clients and take our litigation department to the next level.