Dan Dowd was chosen by Best Lawyers for the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Bet-the-Company Litigation. Bet-the-Company Litigation is a new practice area for Best Lawyers, and recognizes an attorney’s ability to manage litigation involving multiple investigations, multiple jurisdictions, or multiple adversaries. “Bet-the-company cases require an ability not only to navigate in these different…
Read MoreDan Dowd, Betsy Lamm and Kaysey Fung obtained dismissal of a breach of contract, unpaid wages and retaliation claims against the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) based on the plaintiff’s failure to file a notice of claim in compliance with A.R.S. § 12-821.01. On May 12, 2021, the Pima County Superior Court entered judgment dismissing…
Read MoreIn September 2020, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona dismissed a lawsuit that was brought by the debtor against CDQ’s client, the primary creditor in the bankruptcy. The debtor alleged that CDQ’s client and several of its principals wrongfully and in bad faith sought a declaratory judgment to invalidate a real estate contract…
Read MoreIn 2018, a plaintiff sued CDQ’s clients, a public university and several of its employees and former employees, in federal court alleging multiple claims arising from his expulsion. In December 2019, the District Court granted CDQ’s motion to dismiss several of the claims for failing to state a valid claim. On May 17, 2021, following…
Read MoreOn September 14, 2021, on a motion to dismiss prepared by Dan Dowd, Rebecca van Doren, and Cole Kubosumi, the United States District Court dismissed with prejudice claims of sexual orientation discrimination filed against CDQ’s clients. The Court found that despite two attempts, the plaintiff was unable to state a plausible discrimination claim. CDQ’s clients…
Read MoreCDQ Partner Dan Dowd has been named Co-Director of Division VI of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation. Dan will oversee eight Section committees focused on the legal profession—Corporate Counsel, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, LGBT Law and Litigator, Minority Trial Lawyer, Solo & Small Firm, The Woman Advocate, Young Advocates, and Young Lawyer Leadership…
Read MoreOn July 22, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion affirming the District Court’s earlier dismissal of civil rights claims brought against CDQ’s client. The CDQ team, led by Ron Cohen, Dan Quigley and Betsy Lamm, who argued the appeal, tackled complex issues relating to the plaintiff’s claim of discrimination arising…
Read MoreCDQ attorney Rebecca van Doren has been appointed as a judge pro tem for the Maricopa County Superior Court. A judge pro tem helps to relieve the burden on Maricopa County Superior Court judges by taking on certain tasks such as conducting settlement conferences and serving as a discovery master. Rebecca graduated cum laude from…
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that six CDQ lawyers, Ron Cohen, Dan Dowd, Dan Quigley, Dan Durchslag, Cindy Albracht-Crogan, and Gabe Aragon, have been selected to the 2021 Arizona Super Lawyers list. Four additional CDQ lawyers, Betsy Lamm, Neil Stuart, Kevin Moyer, and Lauren LaPrade, have been selected to the 2021 Arizona Rising Stars list….
Read MoreCDQ’s Dan Quigley, Gabe Aragon, Jenna Brownlee and Cole Kubosumi received a 3-member arbitration panel’s favorable final award in a matter where the other side sought well over $8 million in damages in a partnership dispute over a closely-held business valued at more than $30 million. CDQ inherited the case after liability had in part…
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