Robert A. "Rob" Mandel

Robert A. "Rob" Mandel


Zuber Lawler LLP

Recognized since 2020

Phoenix, Arizona

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

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Rob handles complex, high-stakes, and often high-profile appeals of final judgments, preliminary injunctions and other interlocutory decrees, petitions for writs of certiorari (review) and mandamus (special actions), certified questions, and appellate motion practice in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

He recently argued State v. Jones before the Arizona Supreme Court, representing the petitioner and resulting in a landmark decision that Arizona law immunizes patients who use medical marijuana in the form of extracts and concentrates from criminal prosecution. In that case, the Court reversed an intermediate appellate court decision that would have sounded the death knell for the cannabis industry in Arizona and vacated the convictions of a medical marijuana cardholder who was prosecuted for acquiring extract from a state-licensed dispensary.

Rob also serves as "embedded" appellate counsel, engaged by trial teams to conduct a careful assessment of their cases and working collaboratively with them to formulate and refine the theme(s), craft summary judgment motions and responses, formulate jury instructions, present post-judgment motions, and take other measures to preserve issues for appeal.

Rob likewise has substantial experience handling nearly every facet of commercial trial practice, including the representation of businesses and high net worth individuals in bet-the-company cases seeking monetary, injunctive, and/or declaratory relief predicated on claims of intentional and negligent misconduct and contractual breaches in the commercial arena.

Rob is also experienced in litigating constitutional issues and other matters of public law, including constitutionally-excessive punitive damages awards, dormant Commerce Clause violations, the doctrines of state and tribal sovereign immunity, separation of powers, Arizona’s notice of claim statutes, Arizona’s procurement statutes, the statutory regime governing sales and leases of state trust lands, matters of federal preemption of state law and matters of federal court jurisdiction.

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Location
  • 2415 East Camelback Road, Suite 700
    Phoenix, AZ 85016
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Michigan, Juris Doctor, graduated 1993
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison, Bachelor of Arts Honors, graduated 1990
Bar Admissions
  • Arizona, 2004
  • New York, 1994
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Judicial Division - Council of Appellate Lawyers - Member
  • American Bar Association - Lawyers Division - Litigation - Member
  • Maricopa County Bar Association - Member
  • State Bar of Arizona - Appellate Practice Section - Member
Court Admissions
  • Arizona Supreme Court
  • Court of Appeals of New York
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of Arizona
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Zuber Lawler LLP

Headquarters: Los Angeles, California

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ - AV® Preeminent™ (5.0 out of 5.0) (2007 - present)
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® 2014 - Appellate Litigation
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® 2015 - Appellate Litigation
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® 2016 - Appellate Litigation
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® 2017 - Appellate Litigation
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® 2018 - Appellate Litigation
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® 2019 - Appellate Litigation
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® 2020 - Appellate Litigation
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Advertising Law
  • Commercial Litigation

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Embedded Advantage: The Value in Partnering with Appellate Counsel


by Justin Smulison

Most litigants should expect the non-prevailing party in their case to challenge the trial court’s final judgment in post-judgment motions and/or on appeal. Robert A. Mandel discusses how aligning with a seasoned appellate lawyer can make all the difference in securing a favorable resolution.

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