PRACTICE AREAS

Business Litigation

Construction Litigation

Tom Irvine has extensive trial experience involving hundreds of jury trials, bench trials, other evidentiary proceedings and alternative dispute resolutions. He has been called upon to represent clients in complex matters including real estate transactions and litigation, construction, condemnation, land use controversies, development agreements, contracts, employment law, election disputes, litigation and other matters.

Mr. Irvine served as Vice Chair of the Condemnation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section on Real Property, Probate and Trusts, 1994-1996 and has chaired the Arizona Election Law seminar for the State Bar of Arizona.

DISTINCTIONS

Recipient, Distinguished Public Service Award for Justice, The Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, 1999

The Award of Merit, from the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court in Maricopa County, 2003

Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Municipal Law, 2009

Mr. Irvine was selected for inclusion in Arizona Super Lawyers 2009 for Real Estate

Selected for inclusion in Southwest Super Lawyers 2009 for Real Estate

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority

President, 1995-1996

Board of Directors, 1986-1997

Economic Development Committee,

City of Phoenix Bond Committee, 2006, Vice Chair

Maricopa County Bond Expenditure Committee, 1986-1995

Citizens Committee on Jail Planning, 1997-1998, Chairman

Citizens' Jail Oversight Committee, 2005-2008

NOTABLE EXPERIENCE

Reported cases:

Qwest Corp. v. City of Surprise, 434 F.3d 1176 (9th Cir. 2006)

Aegis of Arizona v. Town of Marana, 206 Ariz. 557, 81 P.3d 1016 (App. 2003)

Nader v. Brewer, 386 F.3d 1168 (9th Cir. 2004)

Lubin v. Thomas, 213 Ariz. 496, 144 P.3d 510 (S.Ct. 2006)

Chandler v. Jackson, 148 Ariz. 307, 714 P.2d 477 (App. 1986)

Arizona Department of Revenue v. Superior Court, 165 Ariz. 47, 796 P.2d 479 (App. 1990)

Hancock v. McCarroll, 188 Ariz. 492, 937 P.2d 682 (App.1996)

Jennings v. Woods, 194 Ariz. 314, 982 P.2d 274 (S.Ct. 1999)

Principal Investigator for the Arizona Corporation Commission, US West Real Estate Investigation, methodology aff’d in US West v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 185 Ariz. 277, 915 P.2d 1232 (App. 1996).

Transactions:

Special Counsel to the owner for the development and construction of the Bank One Ballpark Project, 1993-2002. Special Counsel to the owner for the development and construction of the $600 million Courts, Criminal Justice and Jail expansion program, 1997-2005.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

July 24, 2007

Construction e-blast

2007 State Legislative Highlights for the Construction Industry

This construction industry focused e-blast provides a high-level summary on some of the latest updates on legislation in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri.

2002 and 2008

Chapter 26, Review of Local Governmental Decisions, Irvine and Funkhouser

Arizona Appellate Handbook 2002 and 2008

1990

Real Property Practice and Litigation

Shepard’s / McGraw Hill, Inc.

Chapters on Condemnation and Appraisal Testimony-Preparation and Cross-Examination

1980

Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Liens, Major Modifications in Arizona Law

15 Ariz. B. J. 27

1977

Arizona Prisons: 109 Years of Neglect

13 Ariz. B. J. 7

EDUCATION

J.D., Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, 1980

B.S., Arizona State University, 1973

BAR ADMISSIONS

Arizona, 1980