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LAW -{ BANKRUPTCY/REORGANIZATION }------------ STEVEN BERGER Shareholder Engelman Berger, P.C. eblawyers.com Berger is the co-founder of Engelman Berger, a law firm that has grown carefully over 15 years to meet client demands from a two-lawyer office to a 12-lawyer boutique firm concentrating on commercial disputes, business restructurings, and creditors rights. Berger has extensive experience in representing parties involved with troubled loans or troubled businesses and has represented lenders, lessors, business owners, investors, asset purchasers, creditor committees and other parties in bankruptcy and reorganization cases. Business advice: "Our profession is still a noble one. Never forget that in every case, there is a person or peoples' interests at stake. You must earn their trust as an advisor, counselor and representative." SUSAN BOSWELL Partner Quarles & Brady LLP quarles.com Boswell has established a national practice representing debtors, creditors and others i n complex business reorganizations, Chapter 11 cases and related commercial litigation. She has represented these parties in various types of matters involving a wide variety of industries and businesses. Boswell has also developed an expertise representing nonprofit religious organizations in reorganizing their financial affairs. Business advice: "Always deliver the best for your clients, but understand their business goals, which will most often drive the legal solution. If you do not understand your client's business goals or needs, your legal advice will not provide the best value for your client." Surprising fact: "[ did not start college until after [ was married and had children." 142 ABL I Nominate at azBIGmedia.com SUSAN FREEMAN Partner Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP lrrc.com Freeman focuses on business bankruptcy and on appeals of all kinds. She is a leader in the American Bar Association and the only lawyer invited to membership and leadership in both the American College of Bankruptcy and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. She is certified by the Arizona State Bar as a specialist in bankruptcy law and is listed as counsel of record in more than 300 appeals in federal and state appellate courts, including bankruptcy, commercial, tort, ERISA, tax and employment cases. Business advice: "Listen to your clients and to opposing parties and the judge to ascertain their real concerns. With that information, you can figure out a way to accomplish your client's goals." Surprising fact: 'Tm a certified yoga teacher and teach a weekly class at my law firm." RANDY NUSSBAUM Managing partner Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C. ngdlaw.com Nussbaum is a certified bankruptcy specialist and and has been licensed to practice law for more than 35 years. He is deeply involved in the community, including Scottsdale Leadership and the Scottsdale Center r the Performing Arts. Professional accomplishment: "My firm was honored by the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce as its 29th Annual Sterling Awards Small Business Honoree. It was rewarding for three reasons: 1) law firms have not been so honored in the past; 2) Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner won the first year nominated; 3) the selection process is totally objective and impartial." Superpower: "I would have Spiderman's powers because my son, Michael, has loved Spiderman for most of his 25 years and I think he would get a real kick out of having a dad with the same powers as his superhero." LAWRENCE WILK Shareholder Jaburg Wilk jaburgwllk.com Wilk represents creditors, trustees, receivers and debtors in significant bankruptcy cases. An experienced and adept negotiator, he assists in restructuring and working out non-performing loans. He has expertise in multi· level marketing and Ponzi schemes, representing court· appointed receivers to recover significant monies invested through fraudulent schemes. He is an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, focusing on foreclosure, receivership and the effects of bankruptcy. Busess e: "Be patient, build relationships and be a mensch." Superpower: "To be able to read minds. It would make communication so much easier." S : "I am a Deadhead."
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STEVEN
BERGER Shareholder Engelman Berger, P.C. eblawyers.com
Berger is the co-founder of Engelman Berger,
a law firm that has grown carefully over 15 years to meet client demands from a two-lawyer office to a 12-lawyer boutique firm concentrating on commercial disputes, business restructurings, and creditors rights. Berger has extensive experience in representing parties involved with troubled loans or troubled businesses and has represented lenders, lessors, business owners, investors, asset purchasers, creditor committees and other parties in bankruptcy and reorganization cases. Business advice: "Our profession is still a noble one. Never forget that in every case, there is a person or peoples' interests at stake. You must earn their trust as an advisor, counselor and representative."
SUSAN
BOSWELL Partner Quarles & Brady LLP quarles.com
Boswell has established a national practice
representing debtors, creditors and others in complex business reorganizations, Chapter 11 cases and related commercial litigation. She has represented these parties in various types of matters involving a wide variety of industries and businesses. Boswell has also developed an expertise representing nonprofit religious organizations in reorganizing their financial affairs. Business advice: "Always deliver the best for your clients, but understand their business goals, which will most often drive the legal solution. If you do not understand your client's business goals or needs, your legal advice will not provide the best value for your client." Surprising fact: "[ did not start college until after [ was married and had children."
142 ABL I Nominate at azBIGmedia.com
SUSAN
FREEMAN Partner Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP lrrc.com
Freeman focuses on business bankruptcy
and on appeals of all kinds. She is a leader in the American Bar Association and the only lawyer invited to membership and leadership in both the American College of Bankruptcy and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. She is certified by the Arizona State Bar as a specialist in bankruptcy law and is listed as counsel of record in more than 300 appeals in federal and state appellate courts, including bankruptcy, commercial, tort, ERISA, tax and employment cases. Business advice: "Listen to your clients and to opposing parties and the judge to ascertain their real concerns. With that information, you can figure out a way to accomplish your client's goals." Surprising fact: 'Tm a certified yoga teacher and teach a weekly class at my law firm."
RANDY
NUSSBAUM Managing partner Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C. ngdlaw.com
Nussbaum is a certified bankruptcy specialist and and has been
licensed to practice law for more than 35 years. He is deeply involved in the community, including Scottsdale Leadership and the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Professional accomplishment: "My firm was honored by the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce as its 29th Annual Sterling Awards Small Business Honoree. It was rewarding for three reasons: 1) law firms have not been so honored in the past; 2) Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner won the first year nominated; 3) the selection process is totally objective and impartial." Superpower: "I would have Spiderman's powers because my son, Michael, has loved Spiderman for most of his 25 years and I think he would get a real kick out of having a dad with the same powers as his superhero."
LAWRENCE
WILK Shareholder Jaburg Wilk jaburgwllk.com
Wilk represents creditors, trustees, receivers and debtors in significant bankruptcy cases. An experienced and adept negotiator, he assists in restructuring and working out non-performing loans. He has expertise in multi· level marketing and Ponzi schemes, representing court· appointed receivers to recover significant monies invested through fraudulent schemes. He is an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, focusing on foreclosure, receivership and the effects of bankruptcy. Business advice: "Be patient, build relationships and be a mensch." Superpower: "To be able to read minds. It would make communication so much easier." Surprising fact: "I am a Deadhead."
