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Denise J. Wachholz
SHAREHOLDER
PRACTICE AREAS
Construction Litigation (Firm Practice Group Chair)
Professional Liability
Appraisal Malpractice
Appeals
Real Estate Valuation Litigation
EDUCATION
Arizona State University, J.D., cum laude,
1987
Arizona State University, B.S., Business/Real
Estate, magna cum laude, 1983: Beta Gamma Sigma
Phoenix College, A.A., Legal Assistant, with
highest distinction, 1979
BAR ADMISSIONS
Arizona, 1987
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1988
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
State Bar of Arizona
ALFA International: Steering Committee Member,
Construction Law Practice Group, 2006-present
PUBLICATIONS
Regional Editor, "ALFA International 50 State
Compendium of Construction Law Issues," 2007 and 2009
"An Irreverent Look at Highway Proximity Damage
Decisions," Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning
and Eminent Domain, 1993
Co-Author, "When Eminent Domain 'Working Rules'
Don't Work," Appraisal Journal, 1991
PRESENTATIONS
"Design Alliance Revisited," Maricopa County
Bar Association, June 2010
“Designing the Successful Defense for Claims
Against Architects and Engineers: The Economic Loss Rule” (faculty member and
panelist), ALFA International Construction Conference, San Francisco, July 2010
“The Economic Loss Doctrine after Flagstaff
Affordable Housing: Its Impact on Owners, Designers and Builders”
(panelist), Construction Law Section, State Bar of Arizona, April 2010
“Recent Decisions Involving the Economic Loss Rule
and Design Professionals,” Construction Section, Maricopa County Bar
Association, November 2009
“Common Law and Statutory Indemnity,” ALFA
International Construction Practice Group Seminar, July 2008
“Architect/Engineer Liability,” Lorman Seminars,
January 2008
“Common Law Indemnity in Construction Defect
Litigation,”
Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, September 2007
Course book materials available on request
REPORTED DECISIONS
Flagstaff Affordable
Housing v. Design Alliance, 223 Ariz 320 P.3d 664 (2010)
Maxfield v. Martin, 173 P.3d 476 (Ariz. App.
2007)
Schwarz v. City of Glendale, 950 P.2d 167
(Ariz. App. 1997)
City of Phoenix v. Mangum, 912 P.2d 35
(Ariz. App. 1996)
City of Phoenix v. Leroy's Liquors, Inc.,
868 P.2d 958 (Ariz. App. 1993)
HONORS AND AWARDS
“Best of the Best: Top Lawyers,” Arizona
Business, 2009
AWAY FROM THE OFFICE
Denise is married to David Wachholz, an appraiser
for the Maricopa County Assessor. They have an eight-year old daughter. Denise
also has two grown children, a son who served in
Iraq from 2003 to 2004 and a daughter in college. Denise is a
member of Christ Church Lutheran, and serves on its school board. Outside of
practicing law and taking good care of her clients, Denise’s passions are her
family, hiking and reading. |
