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Denise J. Wachholz
SHAREHOLDER
PRACTICE AREAS
Construction Litigation (Firm Practice Group Chair)
Professional Liability
Design Professionals Defense
Appraiser Defense
Appeals
Real Estate Valuation Litigation
HONORS AND AWARDS
Top Lawyers (Construction Litigation), Arizona
Business, 2009, 2013
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
State Bar of Arizona
Defense Research Institute
ALFA International: Steering Committee Member,
Construction Law Practice Group, 2006-present
REPORTED DECISIONS
The Travelers Indemnity Co, as subrogee of Arizona Sports & Tourism Authority,
v. Crown Corr, Inc., 2011 WL 6780885 (D. Ariz. 12/27/2011)
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)
PUBLICATIONS
Course Materials for Presentations Listed Below
"The Successful Defense of
Design Professionals," September 2011
"ALFA International 50 State Compendium of
Construction Law Issues," Regional Editor, 2007, 2009, 2011; Author for Arizona,
20119
"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
"Smartwater: Emerging Technologies and Trends in
Water Treatment, Provisioning and Infrastructure," ALFA Construction Law
Practice Group Seminar (Steering Committee, Faculty Member, and Moderator), July
2012
"The Successful Defense of Design Professionals,"
Defense Research Institute Construction Law Seminar, September 2011
"Designing the Successful Defense for Claims
Against Architects and Engineers: The Economic Loss Rule," ALFA International
Construction Conference (Steering Committee, Faculty Member, and Panelist), San
Francisco, July 2010
"Design Alliance Revisited," Maricopa County Bar
Association, June 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 (Steering Committee, Faculty
Member and Panelist), 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
BAR ADMISSIONS
Arizona, 1987
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2012
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
AWAY FROM THE OFFICE
Denise is married to David Wachholz, an appraiser
for the Maricopa County Assessor. They have an 11-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 co-leader for Girl Scout Troop 1454, and she
served on the school board for Christ Lutheran School from 2009 to 2012, where
her daughter is a student. Outside of practicing law and taking good care of her
clients, Denises passions are her family, hiking and reading. |
