Many lenders and lessors require that the borrower (or lessee) provide someone to guarantee the obligations through one or more guaranties. The theory of this requirement is that an individual or entity with substantial net worth or assets beyond the business-entity debtor will make sure that there is performance on the underlying obligation. However, what […]
Sales transactions typically close only when the two sides are in agreement and satisfied with the benefit they will receive. In some cases, a property owner’s bankruptcy can be a tool to facilitate the transaction by allowing property to transfer free of liens, claims, and interests. However, at other times a bankruptcy – even a […]
Eminent Domain Catalina Foothills Unified School Dist. No. 16 v. La Paloma Property Owners Ass’n, Inc., — Ariz. —, 726 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 34 (App. 2015): In 1994, Catalina Foothills Unified School District No. 16 (the “District”) acquired property from La Paloma Property Owners Association, Inc. (“La Paloma”) in a stipulated eminent domain judgment (the […]
TUCSON, Ariz. (January 6, 2016) – Mesch Clark Rothschild is pleased to announce that Gary Cohen, a shareholder, has been certified as a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Gary, a Tucson native, has been practicing law at Mesch Clark Rothschild since graduating from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1993. […]
TUCSON, Ariz. (January 6, 2016) Mesch Clark Rothschild is pleased to announce Isaac Rothschild has been named a shareholder in the firm. A native of Tucson, Isaac is the third generation of his family to be a Shareholder at Mesch Clark Rothschild, his grandfather Lowell Rothschild was a founding member and his father Jonathan Rothschild […]
TUCSON, Ariz. (January 6, 2016) – U.S. News – Best Lawyers Recognizes MCR among 2016 “Best Law Firms in Arizona Mesch Clark Rothschild (MCR) has been named among the “Best Law Firms in Arizona” for 2016 by U.S. News – Best Lawyers including six “Tier 1” rankings. The rankings are based on a rigorous […]
Every “baby” litigator is taught, or at least should be taught, early in their career, to “preserve the record” in case there is an appeal. This is because appellate review— absent extraordinary circumstances such as the very rarely found “fundamental error”— is limited to issues raised in the trial court through objection, motion or, in […]
“Be quick but don’t hurry.” This famous amalgamation of seemingly inconsistent concepts by legendary college basketball coach John Wooden applies to actions that lawyers must make after the trial court makes a dispositive ruling. Lawyers must be “quick” to strictly file post judgment motions, like a Rule 50 Motion for Judgment as a Matter of […]
Serving Our Clients and Our Community