Michael P. Rolland

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(602) 271-9090

(602) 222-4977

Practice Areas

Legal Assistant

Michael P. Rolland is a passionate and committed advocate that represents individual and business clients in commercial litigation, Chapter 11 bankruptcies, receiverships, loan workouts, and appeals. Michael’s clients include debtors and creditors, banks, credit unions, lenders, real estate developers, commercial landlords, technology companies, and other business owners. Michael has successfully represented litigants in both state and federal courts, and has successfully represented litigants in appeals before the Arizona Court of Appeals and Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.  Michael also practices water law and represents several metro-area cities in the Gila River General Stream Adjudication.

Admissions

Arizona State Courts
9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Courts for the:
District of Arizona
District of Colorado
Western District of Michigan
Northern District of Illinois

Arizona State University – Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, J.D., 2013

Arizona State University, B.S., Materials Science Engineering, 2008

Education

    • Banking and Finance

    • Business

    • Construction

    • Franchising

    • Municipalities

    • Real Estate

    • Arizona State Bar Business Section Executive Counsel (2017-2024), Chair (2023), Convention Chair (2022)

    • Arizona State Bar Internet and Technology Section Executive Counsel

    • Maricopa County Bar Association

    • American Bankruptcy Institute

    • ABI Southwest Conference Planning Board

    • American Bar Association

    • Arizona Bankruptcy Inn of Court

    • Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2019-2023)

    • Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch (2021-2023)

  • mpr@eblawyers.com

    (602) 222-4977 DIRECT

    (602) 271-9090 MAIN

Career Highlights

  • Certified as class counsel in the first class action certified in the District of Arizona under the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. Jordan v. Freedom Nat’l Ins. Servs. Inc., No. CV-16-00362-PHX-DLR, 2016 WL 5363752, at *1 (D. Ariz. Sept. 26, 2016)

  • In re GPMI, Co., 2023 WL 4105896 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. June 21, 2023)

Publications

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America© - Ones to Watch

    Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© Ones to Watch, in Phoenix, AZ, in the fields of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, since 2021; Commercial Litigation, since 2021; and Litigation – Bankruptcy, since 2021

  • Southwest Super Lawyers - Rising Stars

    Selected to Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars, since 2019