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Mr. Dodge concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial/corporate/real estate/financial litigation and transactional matters with an emphasis in the area of commercial contract, real estate and business workouts, funding, purchases and sales of businesses and business assets, business bankruptcy, creditors' distressed commercial real estate assets, corporate and partnership law and arbitration and mediation. After engaging in private practice and as a corporate counsel for thirteen years in Los Angeles and San Diego, Mr. Dodge was the Vice President and General Counsel of AZL Resources, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, from 1981 to 1984, assisting that American stock exchange company with its successful merger acquisition by TOSCO. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Dodge was Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of TransAmerican Natural Gas Corporation, Houston, Texas, where he was a member of the management team that successfully reorganized the $1 billion plus Chapter 11 energy conglomerate. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Dodge served as the chief legal officer and Vice President-Law of Greyhound Financial Corporation (now FINOVA), Phoenix, Arizona, where his area of emphasis was commercial litigation, loan documentation, bankruptcy, creditors rights and workouts with the company's borrowers. In 1990, Mr. Dodge went back into private practice to represent the U. S. Government, as the conservator and/or receiver of virtually all of the failed savings & loan associations in Arizona, as well as in other states, addressing the resolution of commercial real estate assets and the securitization and documentation of such transactions. Since 1995, he has continued to represent businesses, business investors and sellers/purchasers of business assets and other debtor, creditor and business entities in corporate and commercial contractual, financial and real estate transactions and in related Federal, state and bankruptcy courts' litigation. Mr. Dodge earned his A.B. from Stanford University and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. He holds the Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist designation of the American Board of Certification and the State Bars of California and Texas, a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the State Bar of Arizona and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) (Past Secretary, Arizona Chapter). He was awarded the 2005 Turnaround of the Year Award from the TMA. Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America. He is licensed to practice in the Federal and state courts of Arizona, California and Texas. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Dodge serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Maricopa County Superior Courts where he mediates Family and Civil Court Settlement Conferences and sits on Civil Jury Short Trials and Probate/Mental Health calendars. He has served as an Arbitrator for the Maricopa County Superior Court in mandatory arbitration matters since 1994. In addition, Mr. Dodge serves as a Mediator and has mediated litigated claims since 1990 in the Superior Court's Justice Court and Probate Court mediation programs as well as private commercial mediation. He also serves on the Panel of Mediators for the U. S. Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Arizona as well as the Commercial Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") serving as an arbitrator and a member of the Phoenix Advisory Council to the AAA. He also serves as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau. Mr. Dodge has lectured extensively over the past ten years to State and local bar associations, businesses and organizations on business bankruptcy, distressed assets and Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR"), as well as published articles on these topics. He is the past Chair of the Maricopa County Bar Association ADR Committee (2000-2002) and the past Chair of the State Bar of Arizona ADR Section (2002-2003). In 2005, he received the Certificate of Recognition of the Trial Courts of Arizona in Maricopa County for his service and assistance in ADR. He is a member of the Arizona Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution ("ACR"). |
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