Denise J. Wachholz

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Denise Wachholz' oral argument before the Arizona Supreme Court in Flagstaff Affordable Housing v. Design Alliance

View Denise Wachholz' oral argument before the Arizona Supreme Court in Flagstaff Affordable Housing v. Design Alliance (November 2009)

 

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.

 
       
 

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