General Information
Year founded:
1992
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Overview
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Results. Leadership. Lasting Value.
We provide clients with counsel and legal services directed toward their specific business or individual needs.
We provide advice and representation to businesses and business owners on matters including commercial litigation, employment matters and disputes, real estate, immigration, business transactions, contracts negotiations and drafting, complex litigation and general business advice, and to individuals in a vast array of transactions, including real estate transactions, employment and insurance disputes, and in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
Our national intellectual property practice provides counsel concerning intellectual property development, venture capital financing and funding, licensing, pharmaceutical and medical device development and manufacturing, and educational institution technology transfer.
For all clients, our legal services center on the objectives to be achieved. We are mindful of the costs of legal representation and take the time to understand the client’s objectives to be achieved.
Rankings
Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, P.L.L.C. is metro ranked in 12 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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Scottsdale
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 2 for Corporate Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Real Estate
Tucson
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Firm Leadership
About Our Clients
We are proud to serve as legal counsel for many of the top companies in Arizona and throughout the US. Many companies utilize our services in the role of external general counsel, whereby we provide legal counsel and advice on a wide spectrum of business matters, ranging from contracts and employment advice to sophisticated business transactions and litigation.
A partial listing of our clients includes the following companies:
A partial listing of our clients includes the following companies:
- AIMCO Properties
- Allstate Insurance Co.
- Alphagraphics
- America Online
- Arizona Board of Regents
- Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
- Big 5 Corp.
- Bob's Custom Roofing
- Brinks
- Brush Ceramic Products
- Brush Wellman Inc.
- Capin Car Care Centers
- Charter Funding
- CH2MHill Engineers, Inc.
- Chicanos Por La Causa
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- Cintas Corporation
- Citizens Transport and Storage
- Compass Bank
- Cox Communications
- El Coronado Ranch
- Electronic Data Systems
- Evenflo Company, Inc.
- Factory Mutual Insurance Co.
- FM Global
- Fairfield Homes
- Fresenius Medical Care North America
- Frontier Towing, Inc.
- Gates Learjet
- Goettl Air Conditioning, Inc.
- Granite Construction Inc.
- Guarantee Mutual Life
- Hydro Geo Chem
- IBM
- Jack in the Box, Inc.
- Jim Click Automotive Group
- La Causa Construction, Inc.
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- MasterPieces Puzzle Company
- Maxi Switch, Inc.
- McDonalds Corporation
- Meyer Tomatoes
- Mutual of Omaha Norshield Financial Group
- Perimeter Bicycling Association of America
- Pima County Fair Horse Racing Commission
- Pima County Sports & Tourism Authority
- Pima Federal Credit Union
- Precision Toyota of Tucson
- Red Rock Communications
- Research Corporation Technologies
- Rincon Roofing Inc.
- Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District
- Rite Way Ventilating Company
- Safeco Insurance Co.
- ServiceMaster
- Southwestern Fair Commission
- Space Biospheres Venture
- State of Arizona
- TIAA/CREF
- Title Security Agency of Arizona
- Tohono O'odham Nation
- Tucson Electric Power
- Tucson Industrial Development Authority
- UBS
- U.S. Homes
- United States Olympic Committee
- University of Arizona
- University Physicians
- Valley National Bank
- Wasatch Properties
- Zentrix Technologies
Rankings
Regional Rankings
Scottsdale
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 2 for Corporate Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Real Estate
Tucson
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Banking and Finance
Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 2 for Banking and Finance Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 2 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 2 for Litigation - Real Estate
Tier 3 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Practice Areas
The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Education Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Gaming Law
- Health Care Law
- Immigration Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Health Care
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Native American Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
- Venture Capital Law
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, P.L.L.C. has 10 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America®.
By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, P.L.L.C. eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings.
For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards.
Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Client Comments
All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.
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Demographics
Partners
Male:
15
Female:
4
Hispanic / Latinx:
3
White / Caucasian:
17
Of Counsel (but not partners)
Male:
2
Hispanic / Latinx:
1
White / Caucasian:
1
Associates
Male:
5
Female:
2
Hispanic / Latinx:
1
White / Caucasian:
4
Multi-Racial:
2
Attorney Management / Department Heads
Female:
1
White / Caucasian:
1
Paralegals
Male:
1
Female:
5
White / Caucasian:
6
Non-Legal Employees
Male:
2
Female:
11
Hispanic / Latinx:
3
White / Caucasian:
10
Main Location
Tucson,
AZ
6363 North Swan Road, Suite 151
Tucson, AZ 85718
United States
520-792-4800
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Office Locations
Scottsdale,
AZ
16427 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 200
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
United States
480-663-9800
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Management and Personnel
CEO
Jana Weiland