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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Patricio P. ‘Pat’ Lopez III
Pat Lopez heads the firm’s transactions practice, encompassing a wide array of legal services utilized by business clients. Pat has 43 years of experience in counseling and assisting businesses, entrepreneurs, lenders, and developers to reach their goals, solve their problems, and implement their business plans. His major areas of emphasis are real estate, lending and […]
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, […]