Melvin Sternberg

Jack works with the firm’s transactional group, often managing the full cycle of real estate development projects, from pre-contract property investigations to erecting important commercial buildings that he counsels through leasing and sale. He has built a name for himself as an authority on real estate transactions, often leading projects for national and international developers building large-scale commercial real estate projects across Arizona. Jack has worked across the state nego...

Since 2002, Brian has entitled, designed and developed a variety of different types of real estate assets, including master-planned communities, infill single family, multi-family, mixed-use, commercial, industrial, and municipal facilities. Brian is sought after by Property Owners and Real Estate Professionals to help develop challenging properties and solve problems. He solves problems for his Clients by understanding their needs and utilizes his real estate experience and relationships wit...

For four decades, Jim Ryan has helped high net worth Arizona families create and enjoy financial legacies. A Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a Certified Specialist in Estate and Trust Law, Jim Ryan is a widely acknowledged leader in Phoenix-Scottsdale legal and business circles for complex estate and business planning and estate administration. Jim is a past chair of the Estate and Trust Advisory Commission for the State Bar of Arizona, which administers...

Kevin P. Nelson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Construction. Kevin P., who practices law in Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kevin P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Todd has been in practice at B&C since 1989. In his career he has worked on cases for insurance companies and defended personal injury claims for corporations and is now focused on representing personal injury victims and their families. An Arizona Native, Todd is part of an elite group of less than 170 attorneys who are Certified Specialists in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. He represents clients in cases involving personal inj...

Rachel Frazier Johnson is an experienced, innovative powerhouse. Focusing her practice in Family Law, Personal Injury and Wills and Trusts—law is her expertise, a skill she has mastered in order to alter life paths for the better, everywhere she goes. Her skills and leadership, combined with the dedicated and passionate team she’s assembled, makes Rachel Frazier Johnson Law Arizona’s choice law firm. A POWERFUL LEADER—Each day Rachel demonstrates tenacity and leverages...

Steven J. Gross is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance and Transportation Law. Steven J., who practices law in Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Steven J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alden chairs the firm’s Employment and Education Law Departments. She assists employees and employers with wage and hour disputes, harassment and discrimination claims, restrictive covenant disputes, whistleblower claims, and federal and state compliance issues. In her education practice, she assists students and educators with residency, tuition, disability accommodation, discrimination and retaliation, disciplinary matters, and tenure and promotion disputes. Alden has substantial expe...

Jordan Plitt is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Jordan, who practices law in Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jordan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

My practice has been divided 50/50 between white-collar criminal defense and commercial litigation - most often involving allegations of fraudulent conduct - since I left the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1980.