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CDQ travels to San Diego to Mediate Complex Commercial Dispute with Retired Federal Judge

In December 2016, a team of CDQ lawyers participated in a multi-party, multi-million dollar mediation in San Diego presided over by Hon. John Leo Wagner (Ret.), former U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

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CDQ Client Prevails on Appeal in Case Enforcing Terms of a Settlement Agreement

Following entry of a written settlement agreement, the defendant tried to back out of the deal. CDQ attorneys Cindy Albracht-Crogan, Rebecca van Doren and Kevin Moyer successfully moved the trial court to enforce the settlement agreement.  The defendant appealed and in November 2016, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the trial court, enforced the settlement…

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CDQ Obtains Multi-Million Dollar Judgment

In early 2015, CDQ attorneys Daniel G. Dowd and Daniel Durchslag, with co-counsel Michael Manning and Jeffrey Goulder from Stinson Leonard Street, litigated an aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claim on behalf of their client in a bench trial before Judge Arthur Anderson that lasted nearly two months.  This was the second trial…

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CDQ Challenges Enforceability of Multiple Restrictive Covenants

CDQ attorneys Dan Dowd, Dan Durchslag, and Rebecca van Doren participated in a multi-day evidentiary hearing before Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joshua Rogers in December 2016 challenging the enforceability of restrictive covenants (noncompete, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure) contained in multiple employment agreements.

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CDQ Prevails In Patent Ownership Dispute

In November 2016, Dan Dowd, Betsy Lamm and Lauren LaPrade successfully prosecuted a declaratory judgment claim regarding ownership of intellectual property and patent rights in a multi-day bench trial before the Honorable Roger Brodman, Maricopa County Superior Court.  Judge Brodman issued a ruling in January 2017 finding in favor of plaintiff on all issues and…

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CDQ Enforces Settlement Agreement and Obtains Attorneys’ Fees Award

In business litigation between partners involving eighteen separate claims for relief, CDQ attorneys Cindy Albracht-Crogan, Lauren M. LaPrade and Kevin C. Moyer, with co-counsel Jim Schmillen, obtained summary judgment on all eleven claims brought against CDQ’s client and enforcing a pre-litigation settlement agreement between the parties that the plaintiffs sought to invalidate.  The ruling effectively…

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CDQ Welcomes Kaysey Fung

CDQ is pleased to welcome Kaysey Fung as an associate attorney. Kaysey graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2015. While at U of A, Kaysey served as the Articles Editor for the Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law and won the John G. Hawkins Professionalism Award and…

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Best Law Firms Ranks CDQ as Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation

U.S. News and Best Lawyers has selected CDQ as a Tier 1 law firm for Commercial Litigation in the 2017 Edition of “Best Law Firms.”  The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading…

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Dan Quigley Selected as one of America’s Top 100 Attorneys

CDQ is proud to announce that Dan Quigley has earned the lifetime achievement of being selected as one of  America’s Top 100 Attorneys.   America’s Top 100 identifies and highlight the accomplishments of the nation’s most esteemed and skilled attorneys in all areas of practice. Only 100 attorneys in each state receive this honor, after being nominated by…

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Gabriel R. Aragon Becomes Partner at CDQ

With great pride, we announce that Gabriel R. Aragon has become the newest CDQ Partner.  Gabe is a native of Tucson, Arizona and obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Arizona in 2002.  He graduated, cum laude, from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2006. …

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