Ryan D. Ricks

Jason Moyes’ practice is focused in the area of natural resource law. Included in his practice is the representation and defense of agricultural irrigation and electrical districts, small utilities, real estate developers, and other special taxing districts. He is experienced in water rights, electricity, solar, gas-fired and hydroelectric power generation, land use planning, and other permitting matters. Jason has successfully represented clients on numerous state and federal regulator...

Casey Blais is an attorney who practices in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate law and landlord/tenant disputes. He regularly represents individuals, lenders, developers, and other private and public entities in bringing and resolving a variety of legal matters. Representative cases include real estate title and litigation matters, foreclosure actions, business and contract disputes, landlord tenant actions, real estate non-disclosure disputes, and judgment collection cases. In 2...

Appellate specialist Thom Hudson has decades of experience with hundreds of appeals in state and federal courts on a broad range of topics, including state and federal constitutional issues, torts, contracts, insurance bad faith, Indian law, and punitive damages. Among other things, Thom’s appellate work has helped to secure gaming rights for tribal nations, protect voter registration rights for individuals, protect judges’ pensions rights, safeguard Arizona’s implied home w...

Timothy R. Hyland is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance. Timothy R., who practices law in Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Timothy R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Richard Mear is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Richard, 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 Richard is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Lee practices environmental law relating to water quality, water rights, environmental compliance auditing, solid and hazardous waste, mining and mined land reclamation and remediation, toxic substances and Superfund matters. With nearly 25 years experience, Lee has a nationally-recognized water quality practice and works closely with his clients on the federal, state and local levels to develop workable strategies to promote development and expansion of both industrial and mining operations....

Karen represents health care systems, hospitals, clinics, and other providers in matters of quality management, medical staff credentialing and peer review, medical staff structures, bylaws and confidentiality, as well as National Practitioner Data Bank, state professional board, and other government reporting. She also regularly assists health care providers with state licensure and Medicare certification, survey compliance, Joint Commission accreditation, EMTALA compliance, patient consent,...

Susan lived in Argentina as a child and is fluent in Spanish. While living in Argentina, she travelled often to Brazil to visit family and eventually learned to also speak Portuguese. Her multilingual proficiency led Susan to volunteer by assisting Spanish speaking individuals at the Family Court Facilitator’s Office in Orange County, California. Susan also worked as a Spanish translator in the telecommunications industry. In her practice, Susan is privileged to represent many Spanish-s...

Frederick M. Cummings has extensive trial experience in the areas of healthcare, medical malpractice and medical products liability defense litigation. Mr. Cummings also has significant experience in all aspects of complex litigation and is an experienced arbitrator and mediator.

DANIEL P. QUIGLEY is a CDQ partner and the Vice President of the firm. He has been practicing law in Arizona since 1984. Since joining CDQ in 1997, Dan has practiced in all areas of commercial litigation, including cases raising antitrust and intellectual property issues. Dan has lectured at the State Bar of Arizona’s Professionalism courses and been an instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Arizona Deposition Skills Program. He is a member of the Xavier College...