Three of Burch & Cracchiolo's senior partners have been again been chosen among the 2020 "Top 100 Attorneys" in Arizona by Arizona Business Magazine. Honored at a recent reception are Andy Abraham, Ed Bull and Wendi Sorensen. The attorneys were selected from a pool of more than 2,000 of the state’s most talented and successful attorneys. The prestigious group of candidates is vetted by Az Business magazine’s editorial team in collaboration with industry experts, and then an algorithm — incorporating professional ratings, industry accolades, impact on the communities she/he serves, and impact on the legal profession — is used to make final selections.
Andy Abraham is the Firm's president and has been practicing at B&C since 1982. He is certified as a Real Estate Specialist by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Transactions since 2008 and in every edition of Southwest Super Lawyers. In the 2011 and 2014-2019 editions, Andy was voted among the Top 50 Lawyers in Arizona by his peers in 2011, and 2014-2019. He is included among Arizona’s Finest Lawyers and is an AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 peer review rated attorney in Martindale-Hubbell.
Ed Bull who has practiced law for 40 years, is a peer review rated AV® Preeminent attorney who has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America every year since 2003, and was named the 2014, 2018 and 2020 Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" Phoenix in Land Use and Zoning Law. Ed has been selected by Super Lawyers of the Southwest every year since its inception in 2007, Arizona’s Finest Lawyers from 2008-2020, Chambers USA since 2005 and AZRE Commercial Real Estate Magazine’s "People to Know" in commercial real estate. In 2013 through 2016 Ed was named a top corporate and business attorney by Arizona Business Magazine in their annual publication "AZ Business Leaders".
Wendi Sorensen has been certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death law due to her nearly three decades of litigation experience in both state and federal court. Her practice focuses on providing mediation services and defending aggravated liability and damages matters, including Federal Motor Carrier (trucking accident) cases, vehicular products liability matters, construction site injury and death matters, and premises liability cases. Wendi also has a robust mediation practice in cases involving personal injury/wrongful death, products liability, construction defect, professional liability and insurance coverage.
About Burch & Cracchiolo
Burch & Cracchiolo is one of the Southwest's premier law firms. The firm was founded 50 years ago by Haze Burch and Dan Cracchiolo and today the firm’s 39 lawyers are among the most highly regarded and recognized leaders in the areas of business and corporate law, construction, estate and wealth preservation planning, family law, finance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, personal injury and insurance defense, real estate and tax controversy litigation. The firm has offices in Phoenix, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Orange County, California. In order to better serve clients nationally and internationally, Burch & Cracchiolo is a member of Primerus, an international alliance of 200 law firms from over 40 countries around the world.