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PRACTICE AREAS

Civil Litigation

Construction Law

Appeals

"Ranking Arizona 2006" listed David Tierney among Arizona's top lawyers in the Commercial Litigation, Construction Law,  and Alternative Dispute Resolution categories. Mr. Tierney was named in Woodward/White, Inc.'s "The Best Lawyers in America®" for 2003-2004 through 2007-2008.  Mr. Tierney was also listed as one of the top attorneys from Arizona/New Mexico in the 2007 Southwest Super Lawyers® Magazine.  See: As a Source of Legal Solutions, Our Firm Continues to Stand Out

professional activities

American Bar Association

Life Member of the American Bar Association Fellows

State Bar of Arizona: Construction Law Section, member, past chair; co-editor, "Construction Law Practice Manual"

Maricopa County Bar Association: co-editor, "Litigation Manual"

American Arbitration Association: Commercial Panel
Construction Panel; Construction Mediation Panel; AAA Construction Advisory Council, chairman

Law Clerk to Justice Paul C. Reardon, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1965-1966

court and bar admissions

U.S. Supreme Court, 1971

State Bar of Arizona, 1969

State Bar of Massachusetts, 1965

community leadership

Restorative Justice Resources Coalition, Inc.: chairman 

20th St. & Camelback Single Family HOA Association, Inc.: secretary 

ABC Foundation, Inc. (mental health advocacy): board of directors

Arizona Coalition for Tomorrow: treasurer, 1993-present

Adjunct Professor of Construction Law, Arizona State University Law School

Valley Leadership, Inc.: board of directors

Maricopa County Risk Management Trust: chair, 1997-present; member, 1991-present

Irish American Cultural Institute: chair, 1991-present

Arizona Prison Industries: board of trustees, 1981-1987

Governor's Commission on Computers in Education: chair, 1984-1985

reported cases

Precision Components, Inc. v. Harrison, Harper, Christian & Dichter, P.C., 179 Ariz. 552, 880 P.2d 1098 (Ariz. App. Div. 2, Nov. 4, 1993) (No. 2 CA-CV 93-0239)

Tracy v. Superior Court of Maricopa County, 168 Ariz. 23, 810 P.2d 1030 (Ariz., Apr. 23, 1991) (No. CV90-0407-SA)

Mandraes v. Hungerford, 127 Ariz. 585, 623 P.2d 15 (Ariz., Jan. 9, 1981) (No. 14981)

Greenfield v. Cheek, 122 Ariz. 70, 593 P.2d 293, Blue Sky L. Rep. P71, 440, Fed. Sec. L. Rep, P96,560 (Ariz. App., Sep. 19, 1978) (No. 1 CA-CIV 3785)

Greenfield v. Cheek, 122 Ariz. 57, 593 P.2d 280 (Ariz., Mar. 23, 1979) (No. 14074-PR)

Sundown Imports, Inc. v. Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division, 115 Ariz. 428, 565 P.2d 1289 (Ariz., App., Mar 14, 1977) (No. 2 CA-CIV 2282)

Application of Collins, 108 Ariz. 310, 497 P.2d 523 (Ariz., Jun. 1, 1972) (No. H-585)

Keams v. Tempe Technical Institute, Inc., 39 F.3d 222, 63 USLW 2285, 95 Ed. Law Rep. 513 (9th Cir. [Ariz.], Oct. 31, 1994) (No.92-16349)

Keams v. Tempe Technical Institute, Inc., 110 F.3d 44 (9th Cir. 1997)

Crawford v. American Institute of Professional Careers, Inc., 934 F.Supp. 335, 112 Ed. Law Rep. 222 (D. Ariz., May 17, 1996) (No. CIV 94-2402 PHX CAM, CIV 96-0646 PHX CAM, CIV 95-0366 PHX CAM)

Keams v. Tempe Technical Institute, Inc., 807 F.Supp. 569, 79 Ed. Law Rep. 846 (D. Ariz., May 4, 1992) (No. CIV 91-0728 PHX RCB)

In re: Residential Resources Mortgage Investments Corp., 98 B.R. 2, Bankr. L. Rep. P 72,723 (Bankr. D. Ariz., Feb. 16, 1989) (No. B-89-0200, 89-53, 'B')

ABC Supply v. Edwards, 232 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 9 (CA 12/17/96)

articles

"Alternatives to Incarceration," Scottsdale Progress Saturday Magazine, January 1980

"Arizona Corrections: Accomplishments and Unfinished Business" (co-author), Arizona Bar Journal, August 1978

The Arizona Mechanics Lien Law and Stop Order Law as Recently Amended: the New Definition of "Completion"

Construction Defect Litigation

"Controlling the Means of Construction: New Exposure for Architects on Construction Jobs," Southwest Contractor, January 1985

"The Future of Corrections in Arizona," Arizona Bar Journal, December 1977

"Our Prisons: Upside Down & Backwards Priorities," Tempe Daily News, August 1984

"Prison Crisis: a Need for Rehabilitative Programs" (co-author), Weekly Gazette Convention Issue, May 1979

"'Unless and Until' Clauses: Slow Pay for Subcontractors," Arizona Contractors Association Almanac, 1989; State Bar Construction Law Section Newsletter, March 1990

language FLUENCY

Spanish

education

Harvard University, J.D., 1965

Brandeis University, B.A., 1962

birthplace

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 
   

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