Dan J. Steimel
A seasoned corporate lawyer and management team executive with over two decades of experience, Dan has established himself as a versatile business leader in Arizona. His background spans diverse sectors including higher education, real estate, construction, sports, technology, and hospitality. Dan’s practice focuses on serving as outside counsel to midsize companies across a variety of […]
John C. Smith
First and foremost, John believes in service before self and has served as a pilot in the National Guard for the past 24 years sworn-in shortly after the attacks on 9/11/01. John has also been practicing law for 22 years. John’s practice focuses primarily on civil and commercial litigation, secured transactions, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization.
Aaron R. Clark
Aaron Clark represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation disputes. Prior to joining Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, Aaron represented clients in a diverse array of complex litigation matters including professional liability, construction defect, premise liability, personal injury defense, civil appeals, and other business litigation matters. Aaron Clark graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in […]
Matthew P. DeWeerdt
Matthew DeWeerdt joins Rusing Lopez & Lizardi as a member of the firm’s litigation department. Prior to joining RL&L, Matthew served as a Senior Judicial Law Clerk in the Court of Appeals for the State of Arizona, Division II. At the Court of Appeals, Matthew clerked for the Honorable Sean Brearcliffe where he drafted dozens […]
Jesus “Jay” Alonso
Jay joins Rusing Lopez & Lizardi as a member of the firm’s litigation department. Prior to joining RL&L, Jay served as a Judicial Law Clerk in the United States District Court of Arizona for the Honorable Scott H. Rash. At the district court, Jay managed civil cases, facilitated discovery disputes, drafted judicial decisions and orders […]
Tyler William Oberg
Tyler Oberg joins Rusing Lopez & Lizardi as a member of the firm’s litigation department. Prior to joining RL&L, Tyler served as a Judicial Law Clerk for several years in both Superior Court and the Court of Appeals for the State of Arizona, Division II. As a law clerk for the Honorable Scott McDonald in […]
Zoey L. Kotzambasis
Zoey Kotzambasis joins Rusing Lopez & Lizardi after spending several years as a Judicial Law Clerk at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two. At the District Court, Zoey clerked for the Honorable Jennifer G. Zipps and Honorable Scott H. Rash and managed civil cases, […]
Theodore P. Witthoft
Theodore P. Witthoft joins Rusing Lopez & Lizardi as an experienced bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorney. Ted’s practice has been concentrated in bankruptcy law for over twenty years. He focuses on trustees’ rights, creditors’ rights, business reorganization, commercial litigation, and related appeals. Ted has extensive experience in bankruptcy litigation, including preference actions, fraudulent transfer actions, […]
Patricia V. Waterkotte
Patricia Waterkotte has 20 years of experience litigating in Arizona and California. Patricia practiced for many years with an international law firm in Los Angeles representing clients all over California and Arizona. She then joined Rusing Lopez & Lizardi as a Partner continuing her multi-state litigation practice.
Mark D. Lammers
Mark Lammers has been practicing law for nearly 40 years. He is an astute and experienced litigator. Mark’s practice is concentrated in the areas of business litigation, securities litigation, personal injury/wrongful death, medical and professional malpractice, dangerous products, breach of contract, insurance bad faith/wrongful denial of disability benefits and employment law. His experience in intellectual property law […]
Gerd W. Stabbert, Jr.
Gerd W. Stabbert, Jr. has practiced for over 20 years concentrating in commercial litigation, franchise, labor and employment and business law. Gerd represents clients from diverse industries, including automobile, mortgage banking, real estate, scrap recycling and food service enterprises, as well as in the franchising of the full spectrum of products and services. He concentrates […]
Kaylee J. Ivy
Kaylee Ivy joins RL&L as an integral member of our labor and employment law practice. Kaylee advises and represents employers in a wide range of employment and labor matters arising under federal and Arizona state laws, including wage and hour issues; discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; and administrative charges, including the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, the […]
Brian M. Mueller
Brian Mueller has over 40 years of experience counseling and representing clients in commercial litigation matters on behalf of various business interests throughout Arizona, and the U.S, at the state, federal and appellate levels. Brian’s clients range from grass roots organizations to multi-million-dollar corporations. In addition to serving as a first chair trial lawyer throughout […]
Daniel Torrens
Daniel Torrens represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial disputes, personal injury matters, and general civil litigation. An Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Dan has practiced law since 1996. He has first-chair experience in more than 30 state and federal civil jury trials and more than 250 arbitration hearings. Areas of practice include […]
Vincent M. Yesue
Vincent Yesue joins RL&L’s Litigation Team. Prior to attending law school and joining RL&L, Vincent was an enterprise technology sales and services leader. Most recently, he helped customers buy and deploy security and network analysis software. Vincent worked with customers to understand their technology platforms and their business needs and collaborated with salespeople to design […]
Robert S. McManimon
Robert McManimon joins RL&L as an accomplished Attorney and Legal Compliance Officer with over a decade of management and leadership experience. A retired Marine Corps Officer, Robert has extensive advocacy experience both within and outside of the federal government. In addition to his Juris Doctorate, Robert holds postgraduate degrees in Business Administration, Finance, and International […]
Alexander J. Relich
Alexander Relich clerked for Rusing Lopez & Lizardi before graduating from Cornell Law School and joining the firm as our newest litigation associate. Prior to joining RL&L, Alexander was an active political consultant in Southern Arizona, advising candidates for office on electoral strategy and media communications, experience which serves him well in addressing client challenges […]
Michael J. Rusing
Mick Rusing heads up the firm’s litigation section, covering virtually every area of civil litigation. A Fellow of both the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers, Mick has practiced law for 45 years. He has tried well over 100 cases in federal and state courts in such areas as […]
Jonathan M. Saffer
Jonathan Saffer’s practice has concentrated in all aspects of commercial litigation, finance and business law. Mr. Saffer has represented local and national businesses, banks and other lending institutions, commercial loan servicers, fiduciaries and business debtors in a variety of forums, including state and federal court, arbitration and administrative proceedings, bankruptcy and state court receivership […]
Daniel B. Bernardone
Daniel Bernardone is a RL&L partner in our litigation department. Dan is an Arizona litigator whose practice primarily consists of commercial litigation, insurance coverage, insurance bad-faith litigation, and civil litigation. Dan is a graduate of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he served as Executive Editor of the Jurimetrics Law Journal, […]