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Providing legal services to people in Phoenix and throughout Arizona, for more than 45 years.

Attorney Profiles

Dean J. Formanek 
Phoenix, Arizona
Member
phone (602) 264-7101
fax (602) 234-0419
email Email Me

Dean Formanek has been listed in the "The Best Lawyers in America".

Numerous seminar publications on topics relative to business and real estate, including leasing, title insurance, mixed use developments, options, financing, lien enforcement and purchasing assets from bankruptcy estates.

Areas of Practice:
Real Estate and Business Transactions
Office Buildings
Industrial Buildings
Manufactured Housing Communities
Mobile Home Parks
Apartment Complexes
Condominiums
Warehouses
Medical Buildings
Storage Facilities
Mixed Use Projects
Restaurants
Gas Stations
Entity Formations
Raw Land Acquisitions
Construction
Engineering And Architect Documents
Project Development
Subdivisions of Land
Survey Reviews
Title Reviews
Easements
Condominiums and Condominium Conversions
CC&R's
Financing
Easements
Planning
Association Documents
Corporate
Limited Liability Company Formations
Stock Purchases
Asset Purchases
Stock Agreements
Operating Agreements
Bar Admissions:
Arizona, 1983
U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1983
U.S. Supreme Court, 1983
Education:
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, May, 1983
Juris Doctorate
Honors: With Distinction


University of Iowa, School of Business, Iowa City, Iowa, 1980
Bachelor of Business Administration
Honors: Distinction


Published Works:
Diedrich v Commissioner: Closing the "Net Gift" Income Tax Loophole, Iowa Law Review, January, 1983


Diedrich v Commissioner: Closing the "Net Gift" Income Tax Loophole, Digest of Tax Articles, September, 1983


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Frequent Guest Lecturer, Business Entity Selection and Considerations, Arizona State University MBA Program


Frequent Lecturer on Real Estate Finance, Sales and Leasing, CLE


Honors and Awards:
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Strenuous Peer Review Rating


Selected, The Best Lawyers in America, 2007


Selected, The Best Lawyers in America, 2008


Selected, The Best Lawyers in America, 2009


Voted "Top Lawyers 2006" in the Phoenix Magazine, 2006


Voted "Best of the Bar 2005" in the Arizona Business Journal


American College of Mortgage Attorneys (One of five Arizona Attorneys)


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


State Bar of Arizona, Real Property Section


State Bar of Arizona, Corporation, Banking & Business Law Section


Arizona Trustee Association


Maricopa County Bar Association


National Association of Industrial and Office Properties


American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 2006
Fellow


AZ State Bar Conference, Real Estate Section Presentation, 2003
Co-Chair


Past Employment Positions:
Warner Angle Hallam Jackson & Formanek PLC, Principal and Director, 1983


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Alpha Delta