Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to welcome Partner Michael Patterson to the Business Transactions practice group in the firm’s Phoenix office.
 
Patterson is an accomplished business attorney with extensive experience helping clients navigate corporate issues, mergers and acquisitions, securities, contracts, compliance, joint ventures, strategic alliances, market entry strategies and general business issues in domestic and international matters. He spent more than 10 years living and practicing law as a U.S. attorney in Latin America, and regularly advises U.S. and foreign clients in connection with the establishment, structuring, and compliance of their international operations, including Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
 
“Mike’s international experience will be a welcome addition to our growing office and firm. He has long been a fixture in the Phoenix and international business communities, and we are thrilled to welcome him to Spencer Fane,” said Andy Federhar, Office Managing Partner for Spencer Fane in Phoenix. “We are committed to serving all of our clients in the diverse markets where they do business, and an attorney with Mike’s pedigree is essential to that mission.”
 
Patterson completed his undergraduate work at Arizona State and later earned his Juris Doctorate from the school’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. He was recently named the Greater Phoenix “Ambassador of the Year” for 2018 by GPEC, is currently the Chair of the State Bar of Arizona’s Business Law Section, and serves on the Executive Council of the State Bar’s Securities Regulation Section and the International Section.  He has previously served on the Arizona Governor’s Arizona-Mexico Commission and the Governor’s Solar Energy Advisory Task Force.
 
About Spencer Fane
Spencer Fane is a full-service business law firm focused on providing results that move clients and their businesses forward. With direct access to firm leadership and a different approach to client engagement, its attorneys instill confidence and certainty that the clients’ interests are the firm’s priority. The firm has offices in Phoenix, Arizona; Colorado Springs Denver, Colorado; Overland Park, Kansas; Cape Girardeau, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis, Missouri; Omaha, Nebraska; Las Vegas, Nevada; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Dallas and Plano, Texas. For more information, visit spencerfane.com or follow @spencerfane on Twitter.

SBA members and Past Presidents Paige A. Martin and William G. Klain have been appointed to the Commercial Court Review Committee by Arizona Chief Justice Scott Bales.  Paige and Bill previously served on the Superior Court's Commercial Court Practices and Procedures Committee, chaired by the Hon. Randall Warner.

Administrative Order 2018-17 established the Committee and its mandate.  The Committee shall review the data and issues included in progress reports provided by the Superior Court in Maricopa County and the Administrative Office of the Court (AOC) to the Arizona Judicial Council, and solicit input from Superior Court judicial leadership and any others it deems relevant to its review. The Committee will make recommendations on whether the experimental rules of procedure should be made permanent and, if so, any recommendations it believes would improve the rules or commercial court program in Maricopa County or statewide. The Committee shall submit its recommendations to the Supreme Court and the Arizona Judicial Council by June 1, 2018.  If Scottsdale Bar members would like to provide input regarding the Committee's mandate, please contact Paige or Bill.