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Dawn Gabel, a state and local taxation attorney in Dickinson Wright’s Phoenix office, focuses her practice on property tax reductions, sales and use tax advice and litigation, and multistate income tax advice and litigation. She represents clients in almost every industry, from manufacturing, construction, computer data centers, aerospace, aviation and renewable energy development to retail, golf course and amusement operations, and low-income housing. Dawn’s experience includes c...

Michael Pruitt joined Jackson White PC in 1989 and is a shareholder and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Based in Mesa, Arizona, Mike represents businesses and individuals in a range of legal matters, with an emphasis on labor and employment law, commercial litigation, real estate litigation, and government regulation. Mike’s practice includes advising and representing individuals in matters involving workplace rights, compliance issues, and employment-related disputes. H...

Mr. Zitzer is a litigation attorney. Kurt was recently honored by his peers by being selected once again as one of the Top 50 attorneys in the Southwest by Southwest Super Lawyers®. Additionally, AZ Business magazine recently selected Kurt as one of Arizona’s top 100 lawyers and a top 10 lawyer in the area of Employee Benefits and Insurance Law. Kurt is also included in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Insurance Law and Products Liability Litigation – Defense. ...

Brian J. Schulman focuses his practice on complex commercial and securities litigation. He represents individual and corporate clients in prosecuting and defending a wide-variety of business disputes, including contract matters, fraud, securities law violations, shareholder disputes, real estate transactions, lender liability, mortgage fraud and officer/director liability. Brian is former General Counsel to the Securities Division of the Arizona Corporation Commission, where he spent five yea...

Olivier A. Beabeau leads the firm’s business litigation and intellectual property practice groups. Olivier’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate level, alternative dispute resolution through arbitration and mediation, and trademark and copyright protection in the United States and abroad. He has significant experience litigating high-stakes partnership disputes, contract disputes, securities fraud, residential construction fraud, unfair competit...

Steven M. Fox is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Steven M., who practices law in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Steven M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Shaleen Brewer has handled a variety of transactional corporate, real estate, and employment matters on behalf of her clients. Shaleen has a diverse general business practice that includes structuring, negotiating and documenting commercial contracts of all varieties and corporate planning, formation and governance; asset protection and risk management; stock and asset sales and acquisitions; corporate dissolutions; and counseling companies on day‐to‐day operational and business matters for b...

Steven J.W. Heeley is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Native American Law. Steven J.W., who practices law in Tempe, Arizona, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Steven J.W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jill Ann Herman is a litigator with over twenty-five years of extensive experience in complex litigation. Her innovative case handling has resulted in defense verdicts and awards, both at trial and arbitration. Jill Ann’s areas of concentration include product liability, personal injury, professional liability, sexual abuse claims, general liability, construction law, construction defect, dram shop liability, transportation, and transactional matters. She has experience representing a w...

Martin R. Galbut brings decades of counseling and litigation experience to the firm. He combines a distinct blend of corporate, securities, banking, real estate, antitrust, intellectual property, and finance counseling and litigation experience with tenacious thoroughness and unmatched client service. Martin represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of cases involving securities, banking and finance, labor and employment, corporate governance, intellectual property, antitrust...