Background
Csontos, James L. was born on December 5, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
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James L. Csontos
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Arizona State University (Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, 1982. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1986).
Career
Worked at Jennings & Haug (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in General Practice in State and Federal Courts and before Administrative Agencies. Commercial, Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Construction, Corporate, Labor and Employment Law, Estate Planning, Fidelity and Surety, Insurance, Personal Injury, Environmental. Trials and Appeals.
Admitted to the bar, 1986, Arizona.
Articles and Papers: Contributing Author to "50 State Construction Lien and Bond Law," (Arizona Chapter), Wiley Law Publications, 1992 and annual supplements.
Company-Author of "Mechanics" Lien Law and Strategies in Arizona", National Business Institute, Incorporated., 1996. Reported Opinions: American Broadcasting Company Supply, Incorporated. v.
Edwards, 1996 WL 720692, 232 Ariz.Adv.Rep. 9 (Court Appendix 1996); Aesthetic Property Maintenance, Incorporated.
Capitol Indemnity Corporation, 183 Arizona
74, 900 P.2d 1210 (1995). Fields v. Capitol Indemnity Corporation, 180 Arizona 312, 884 P.2d 198 (Ct.App.
1994) pet. for review denied November 1994.
Big Doctorate. v. Court of Appeals, 163 Arizona 560, 789 P.2d 1061 (1990).
Western Sun Contracting Company v. Superior Court, 159 Arizona
223, 766 P.2d 96 (Court
Appendix 1989). Member, Construction Section, State Bar of Arizona. The Firm has engaged in the practice of law in Phoenix Arizona and surrounding communities since its founding in 1937.
Its diverse general civil practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial litigation, fidelity and surety, insurance defense, workers compensation and business law (including corporate formation, business sales and acquisitions, banking and finance, contracts and a large variety of other business subjects).
Firm members also have expertise in real estate, estate planning, probate, construction disputes, architect and engineers" malpractice claims, bankruptcy, and plaintiff personal injury. Firm members have extensive litigation experience in all of the above mentioned areas.
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Membership
Member, Construction Section, State Bar of Arizona.
