After a successful run honoring more than 60 outstanding teachers across the Valley, the Firm is enhancing the program by increasing the award to $2,000 and shifting to a quarterly recognition format.
Indigenous Design Studio + Architecture, LLC confirms that it has filed a lawsuit against ZenniHome, LLC relating to the modular housing project intended to support the Navajo Nation.
The law firm of Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. announced partner R.J. “Bucky” Slomski has been elected executive board chair of the non-profit Feeding Matters for a one-year term.
Best Law Firms spotlights the very best in the most competitive legal market in the world, highlighting only the top 3.8% of law firms nationwide.
B&C has been recognized as one of Arizona's Most Admired Companies of 2025 by Az Business Magazine and BestCompaniesAZ.
The law firm of Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., is pleased to announce that Helen Pauly-Hice has join the Firm as an associate. Her practice will focus on civil litigation, employment law and litigation, and general business matters. Pauly-Hice spent the summers of 2023 and 2024 at Burch & Cracchiolo as a summer associate prior to joining the Firm.
Seth focuses his practice on real estate litigation, civil litigation, real estate transactions, and estate planning.
He will focus his practice on civil litigation. Gao joins Burch & Cracchiolo after a clerkship with the Honorable Jennifer M. Perkins at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.
Susie Ingold is a seasoned trial lawyer and has tried cases in State and Federal courts. She has argued cases at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals as well as the Arizona Court of Appeals. In the business community, Ingold is an executive board member of the Arizona Humane Society, and was member of Valley Leadership, Class XXXIV.
Founded in 1983, Best Lawyers in America © honors the top 6% of private practicing attorneys in the US. Selection is based on more than 8 million evaluations and recognizes just over 65,000 attorneys in 147 practice areas.
The firm earned top recognition in the Small Business category for its outstanding contributions to economic growth, community leadership, and workplace excellence.
The law firm of Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., is pleased to announce that Wesley M. Cox has join the Firm as associate. In practice since 2017, he focuses his practice on construction defect cases. In addition, he assists clients with real estate and business litigation, Registrar of Contractor’s hearings, and general breach of contract claims.
21 attorneys have been recognized as Southwest Super Lawyers and 4 have received the recognition of Southwest Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”.
Arizona Attorney of the Year: Susanne Ingold, president, Burch & Cracchiolo
AZ Big Media has named attorneys Aaron Duell & Bucky Slomski to their 50 Emerging Leaders in Arizona Law for 2025 list.
Firm president Susie Ingold, veteran real estate attorney Andy Abraham, and renown liquor licensing and receivership guru Ryan Anderson have all been named to the prestigious list.
Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. has achieved first-tier rankings in metro Phoenix in “Best Law Firms” rankings for 2025.
Jackson earned his Juris Doctorate from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. in May 2019. He was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 2021.
Slomski joined the firm just as the COVID-19 pandemic was rearing its ugly head, making the transition to a new job even more unsettling and uncertain.
The 3rd annual fundraising event will be held at Papago Golf Club on Thursday, November 7th, commencing at 5:30pm.
Attorneys from 26 different practice areas were chosen as 2024 Top Lawyers.
Founded in 1983, Best Lawyers in America © honors the top 6% of private practicing attorneys in the US. Selection is based on more than 8 million evaluations and recognizes just over 65,000 attorneys in 147 practice areas.
“I've been developing our liquor licensing practice for the last seven years or so,” says Burch & Cracchiolo Shareholder Jake D. Curtis. “Ryan Anderson has the premier liquor licensing practice in Arizona. So to bring that to Burch & Cracchiolo and allow us to expand our practice in that area is huge.”
Burch & Cracchiolo continues to expand its Phoenix office with the addition of shareholder Ryan W. Anderson and associate attorney Shawn A. McCabe and a supporting staff of three essential employees.
The law firm of Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. is proud to announce Jennifer R. Delgado has been elected to the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU of Arizona) general counsel for a one-year term beginning April 1, 2024. The ACLU of Arizona was formed and officially chartered by the national organization over 50 years ago, and since that time, has fought to defend individual rights in Arizona through litigation, legislation, and public education.
23 attorneys have been recognized as Southwest Super Lawyers and 4 have received the recognition of Southwest Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”.
Phoenix law firm promotes one of its own to be first female president
Ingold has been in practice with Burch & Cracchiolo for 26 years and is the first woman to lead the Firm. She succeeds Andy Abraham, who has served as president and led the Firm since 2017.
Being one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona for 2024 Arizona requires a combination of legal expertise, ethical conduct, and effective communication.
Duell is a civil litigator who focuses his practice on employment law and commercial litigation. Slomski focuses his practice on catastrophic injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle and trucking collisions, and victims of medical malpractice.
Resolving federal tax disputes starts as a science and becomes an art. Federal tax disputes often arise because the taxation system depends on voluntary compliance. The primary purpose of the federal income tax is to raise revenue for the federal government and, to achieve this purpose, there must be a high degree of voluntary compliance.
Burch & Cracchiolo has achieved first-tier rankings in metro Phoenix in “Best Law Firms” rankings for 2024. The practice areas represented are Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Criminal Defense, Employment Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Insurance Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Law and Personal Injury Litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants.
Burch & Cracchiolo is pleased to present their 40 attorneys named as 2023 Top Lawyers by Phoenix Magazine.
Arizona’s Most Admired Companies (MAC), in partnership with AZ Big Media and BestCompaniesAZ, is a business awards program designed to recognize the contributions and impact all Arizona employers bring to our great state.
Andrew Abraham, Edwin C. Bull and Clark L. Derrick named “Lawyer of the Year”
In practice for 29 years, Rosary Hernandez focuses on commercial and business litigation, professional liability defense, construction law, and tort defense including tortious interference and related claims.
The latest episode of the AZ Big Podcast with Michael & Amy has officially dropped. Listen to Episode 95.
The Chambers USA rankings are based on extensive research conducted by Chambers and Partners Legal Publishers, a highly respected English publisher of renowned directories assessing and ranking the world’s leading lawyers.
B&C Again Named to AZ Big Media "100 Best Places to Live and Work"
The latest episode of the AZ Big Podcast with Michael & Amy has officially dropped. Listen to Episode 86.
An Arizona native, Aaron Duell grew up in the Valley and found his way to a law degree after briefly considering an engineering career. He joined Burch & Cracchiolo in 2019 to focus his practice on employment law/litigation and commercial litigation.
"Globe Corporation and RED Development are creating a visionary downtown area for Goodyear which has seen exponential growth in the last decade. We are pleased and honored to have been selected to be a part of it."
27 attorneys have been selected by Southwest Super Lawyers as top attorneys in Arizona for 2023. 23 attorneys have been recognized as Southwest Super Lawyers and 4 have received the recognition of Southwest Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”.
Todd Julian, partner at Burch & Cracchiolo, talks insurance coverage and limits.
Ochoa earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2013 and an LL.M in tax law from NYU School of Law in 2014. He received a B.A. in accounting, summa cum laude, from the University of Arizona in 2008. Prior to beginning his law practice, he clerked for the Honorable Juan F. Vasquez of the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C from 2014-2016. Ochoa has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas teaching Federal Tax Research.
Julie K. Lauria has been selected to serve on the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel (AADC) Young Lawyers Division board. The appointment was effective November 29, 2022 and she will serve a one-year term.
Episode 68's guest is Andrew Miller, land use, zoning and real estate attorney at Burch & Crachhiolo, talks to Michael and Amy about short-term rental do's and dont's.
Az Business magazine’s Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona for 2023 were selected from a pool of more than 2,000 of the state’s most talented and successful attorneys. Selections were made in conjunction with industry experts, using an algorithm that ranks the attorneys based on professional ratings, impact on their law firm, impact on the profession and community involvement. Law firms could have a maximum of three attorneys make the list in 2023.
Attorney Jim Stipe talks about changes in Arizona’s red hot gaming industry and the legal issues that come with Gambling, Sweepstakes, Raffles and more as well as how to avoid legal problems in gambling.
