Tel. (480) 733-6800
Fax (480) 733-3748
Practice Areas
Lending Transactions, Business, Real Estate, Litigation and Business Management
Education
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, B.S. Business Management, 1970
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, J.D. (Cum Laude), 1973
Managing Editor, Law & the Social Order - Arizona State Law Journal
Philosophy
In time of prosperity and expansion businessmen need experienced counsel with knowledge of the opportunities and dangers in the market.
Tougher times require the same skills as well as the ability and creativity to meet the challenges and stresses that accompany a receding economy. You need someone who knows the regulators and whom the regulators trust.
Lenders need counsel who understand their business. Borrowers need counsel with the same understanding. There is no substitute for experience. Ed Richardson can provide the guidance and legal products you need.
Personal
Ed is a well-rounded attorney with more than 38 years experience and expertise in business, real estate and lending transactions and litigation in Arizona law firms and as in-house counsel to a real estate development firm. He understands that excellent representation transcends documentation and pleadings and requires understanding of business fundamentals and individual client expertise, vision and objectives.
Ed is fluent in Spanish, serving as an Official Court Interpreter in Maricopa County Superior Courts from 1968-1972. He enjoys family, family history and genealogy, sports, furniture making, and antiquarian books.
Court Admissions
Arizona Municipal, Justice and Superior Courts, 1973
Arizona Court of Appeals, 1973
Arizona Supreme Court, 1973
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1973
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2008
Professional Memberships and Activities
Arizona Bar Association
Business Law Section
Real Estate Law Section
Publications and Presentations
Seminars on Uniform Commercial Code
Commercial Real Estate Lending Seminars
Employment Law Seminar for Arizona Credit Union League
International Law Seminar for the State Department of Commerce