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CDQ Attorneys Present Ethics CLE

On May 23, 2023 CDQ attorneys Dan Dowd, Betsy Lamm, Rebecca van Doren, and Jenna Brownlee made a continuing legal education (“CLE”) presentation to a client group on ethical issues in the university setting.  Topics included the attorney-client and work product privileges, the ethics of honesty, the duty of supervise, and the duty of confidentiality. …

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CDQ Welcomes New Associate Drew Wegner

CDQ is pleased to announce that Drew Wegner has joined CDQ as an associate attorney.   Drew is a 2019 graduate of Harvard Law School and clerked for the Honorable Daniel P. Collins on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has experience litigating complex insurance recovery, antitrust, contract and civil rights cases, and has published…

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CDQ Obtains Favorable Settlement For Defense Client

In February 2023, CDQ attorneys Cindy Albracht-Crogan and Kevin Moyer, assisted by paralegal Brenna Armstrong, secured a settlement for CDQ’s client that dismissed all claims against it and compensated the client for nearly all of the attorneys’ fees it had incurred in the case.  CDQ’s client had been defending against the claims asserted by the…

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Twelve CDQ Lawyers Selected to SuperLawyers® Lists

We are proud to announce that seven CDQ lawyers, Ron Cohen, Dan Dowd, Dan Quigley, Daniel Durchslag, Cindy Albracht-Crogan, Gabe Aragon, and Betsy Lamm, have been selected to the 2023 Arizona SuperLawyers® list.  Five additional CDQ lawyers, Neil Stuart, Kevin Moyer, Lauren LaPrade, Kaysey Fung, and Jenna Brownlee, have been selected to the 2023 Arizona…

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CDQ Hosts Holiday Party For The Children First Leadership Academy

On December 16, 2022, CDQ’s Cindy Crogan, Kaysey Fung, Kate Hofland, and Kay Lucas represented CDQ at the annual holiday party in the sixth grade classroom of the Children’s First Leadership Academy (CFLA).   CFLA provides high quality educational services and resources to students with wide-ranging social, emotional, and academic needs.  In keeping with CDQ’s annual…

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CDQ Obtains Favorable Settlement And Fee Award For Client

In January 2020, CDQ’s client agreed to a seller carry-back loan in connection with its sale of certain commercial real property, pursuant to which CDQ’s client was to be paid a sum certain by July 2020.   It was not paid by July 2020 or for months thereafter, resulting in CDQ’s client bringing a breach of…

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CDQ Secures Dismissal of ADA Claim

Dan Dowd, Betsy Lamm and Kaysey Fung obtained the dismissal of a federal lawsuit filed by a former ASU graduate student.  The plaintiff asserted claims against the Arizona Board of Regents (“ABOR”) for discrimination under Title II of the ADA, breach of contract, negligence, negligent supervision, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.  On behalf of…

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CDQ Wins Partial Summary Judgment In Title IX Case

Representing the Arizona Board of Regents (“ABOR”), a CDQ team of  Dan Dowd, Betsy Lamm, Rebecca van Doren and Jenna Brownlee obtained partial summary judgment precluding the plaintiff in a Title IX gender discrimination claim from seeking damages for emotional distress and reputational harm.  The plaintiff, a former ASU student, has asserted a Title IX…

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CDQ’s Client Prevails In Appeal From Administrative Decision

CDQ represented Kim Bennet Farm, L.L.C. (“KBF”) in connection with a special action appeal from a decision of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors of Cochise (the “Board”).  Dan Quigley, Neil Stuart and Kevin Moyer represented KBF on the appeal from the Board’s decision to grant a Special Use Permit to cultivate cannabis at a…

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CDQ Defeats Multiple Claims Against Client in Arbitration

CDQ represented the defendant in an arbitration arising out of the purchase and sale of two multi-family residential properties.  The defendant was sued for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligent misrepresentation, consumer fraud and fraud.  Neil Stuart, on behalf of the defendant, obtained partial summary judgment…

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