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Atkinson, Joseph M. was born on January 4, 1958 in Mountain. Vernon, Illinois, United States.
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Joseph M. Atkinson
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Joseph M. Atkinson, American lawyer, specializing in the field of Real Estate, Finance, Mortgages, Leases and Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Law, Banks and Banking, Aviation and Aerospace, Resorts and Leisure, Hotels and Resorts. Member of Atkinson, Hamill & Barrowclough, Professional Corporation
Education
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1980). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1983).
Career
Worked at Atkinson, Hamill & Barrowclough, Professional Corporation (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in General Civil Practice, Trial and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Agency and Distributorships, Aviation and Aerospace, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Contracts, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Finance, Franchises and Franchising, Fraud and Deceit, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Mortgages, Partnership Law, Real Estate, Resorts and Leisure, Title Insurance Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Arizona, United States.
District Court, District of Arizona and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Editor-in-Chief, Real Property Journal of the Real Property Section, State Bar of Arizona (published quarterly), 1990-1993.
Company-Author: Advanced Real Estate Law in Arizona, National Business Institute Press, 1994. Lecturer: Title Insurance, Easement and Boundary Law, National Business Institute, Incorporated., 1994.
Former Shareholder and Director, Fennemore Craig.
Member: Maricopa County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Arizona (Member, Governing Council, Real Property Section, 1990-1993). (Certified Specialist, Real Estate Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization).
Joseph M. Atkinson, Christopher G. Hamill and Patrick R. Barrowclough have practiced law together since 1985, first at Fennemore Craig and later at Kalish, Forrester & Torres prior to the formation of Atkinson, Hamill & Barrowclough in 1996.
Joe Atkinson, who is certified as a specialist in real estate law by the State Bar of Arizona, has extensive experience in major real estate transactions, commercial contracts, financing transactions, corporate law, commercial leases and golf course development and operation. Chris Hamill has a commercial litigation practice with an emphasis on contract enforceability, warranties, trade secrets, fraud, employment issues, covenants not to compete, business torts and automobile dealership issues.
Pat Barrowclough represents creditors in complex bankruptcy and creditors" rights matters, and has extensive commercial litigation experience with an emphasis on contracts, mortgages and UCC issues. Clients range from large multinational corporations to closely held family businesses, including manufacturers, dealers and retailers, real estate investment firms, commercial lenders and service companies.
The firm is listed in Martindale-Hubbell"s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
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Member: Maricopa County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Arizona (Member, Governing Council, Real Property Section, 1990-1993). (Certified Specialist, Real Estate Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization).
