Best Lawyers has selected CDQ as a Tier 1 law firm in the 2024 Edition of “Best Law Firms” for three practice areas: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, and Litigation – Antitrust. Best Lawyers also selected CDQ as a Tier 2 law firm for Bet-the-Company Litigation and Litigation – Intellectual Property. The “Best Law…
Read MoreOn March 2, 2023, the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, issued a memorandum decision affirming the Maricopa County Superior Court’s entry of Judgment in favor of CDQ’s clients on myriad tort claims relating to the plaintiff’s expulsion as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. Betsy Lamm argued the appeal, which involved complex…
Read MoreCDQ is proud to announce that Dan Dowd was selected as a 2023 Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyer. Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyer is a peer review service in which Arizona State Bar members in the greater Phoenix area can nominate three attorneys over 39 legal specialties and the top 10 to 20 percent of vote-getters make…
Read MoreCDQ’s Dan Dowd, Rebecca van Doren and Cole Kubosumi obtained final judgment dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by a former University of Arizona employee. The plaintiff asserted claims of sexual orientation discrimination and First Amendment free speech and associational retaliation. After multiple failed attempts to plead each claim, the District of Arizona adopted the analysis…
Read MoreOn August 18, 2023, CDQ Attorney Jenna Brownlee served as a panel member in a recent continuing legal education (“CLE”) program sponsored by the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. The CLE focused on the attorney-client privilege. Topics covered by Jenna’s panel included the dual purpose memoranda and the daunting challenges dual-hatted corporate counsel…
Read MoreCDQ proudly announces that seven CDQ attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers of America. Dan Dowd was chosen by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Bet-the-Company Litigation. Dan Quigley was chosen in five practice areas: Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation –…
Read MoreThe Maricopa County Bar Association recognized CDQ as a 100% Club member for 2023. Membership in the 100% Club denotes that all of CDQ’s attorneys are members of the Maricopa County Bar Association. It further signals CDQ’s support for the bar association and professional competence through networking and education for legal professionals in Maricopa County….
Read MoreCDQ and CDQ Partners Dan Dowd and Dan Quigley have been selected by Chambers USA as among the top General Commercial Litigation firms and attorneys in the U.S. The prestigious Chambers ranking system evaluates law firms and individual lawyers all over the world based on qualities that include technical ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial…
Read MoreOn May 23, 2023 CDQ attorneys Dan Dowd, Betsy Lamm, Rebecca van Doren, and Jenna Brownlee presented a continuing legal education (“CLE”) program to the entire Office of General Counsel of a public client on a series of ethical issues. Topics included the attorney-client privilege and work product protection, the ethics of honesty, the duty…
Read MoreCDQ 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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