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A favorite saying of mine is “If we all were the same, the world would be a boring place.” I believe this to be true. Some people are more comfortable with people just like themselves. I do not understand that because I believe diversity breeds innovation and opportunity and makes the world more interesting. It also can mean so many different things. This come...

In many state courts, civil cases that meet certain threshold criteria are subject to the parties’ participation in a mandatory settlement conference. Although many attorneys and litigants view these settlement conferences as a box to check on the path to trial, with preparation and good faith participation, these settlement conferences offer the parties the oppo...

Is this you? To honestly answer this question requires self-awareness, which many people lack. We all know that person, the one you meet in a business or personal setting who cannot stop themselves from dominating a conversation or room. At the end of the conversation, they think it went well while you hope not to run into them again. When that type of conversatio...

Phoenix, AZ (September 2, 2022) - Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that 23 of their lawyers have been included in the 2022 Edition of the Phoenix Magazine’s Top Lawyers.  Jaburg Wilk would like to congratulate the following attorneys:Kathi Sandweiss (Appellate Law) Neal Bookspan (Banking and Finance) Gary Jaburg (Banking and Finance) Lawrence Wil...

Are you content with where you are in your career and, if so, why? Maybe you just want to do the same old and punch the clock. Sounds boring to me, but it could be your thing. For most of us we see there can be more. What that is depends.  But, for most, there are likely many options. It is like the books where you read a page and what page you go to next depends ...

Go to new places and put yourself in new situations with new people. Do not just stay at places or with the people with whom you are comfortable. You either get this concept or you do not. If you don’t, begin to think broader about the big world out there. No one grows by doing the same old with the same people every day. When I heard “the world begins at the ...

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) is a federal law that establishes protection for consumers from abusive debt collection practices. The FDCPA covers debt used for “personal, family, or household purposes” incurred by a consumer.   Generally, when people think of the FDCPA, they are considering credit card debt, third party-debt buyers, med...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (08/19/2022) Jaburg Wilk partner, Echo A. Reynolds, has been elected as Vice-Chair of Advisory Board of Directors of the Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona.   Reynolds, a bad faith litigation and insurance coverage attorney at Jaburg Wilk, said “The Epilepsy Foundation provides medical, social, and community advocacy for Arizonans living with epileps...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (08/19/2022) – Micalann C. Pepe was recently elected as President of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel. Pepe is a partner in the insurance law department of Jaburg Wilk where she focuses her practice on bad faith litigation, insurance coverage, and civil litigation. She supports the legal defense industry by holding leadership positions b...

Phoenix, AZ (August 18,2022) -- Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that 14 of their lawyers have been included in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America and an additional 8 attorneys have been included in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.  Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as...