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William J. Maledon
2929 North Central Avenue
Suite 2100
Phoenix, AZ, 85012
- PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE
Biographical
Bill is recognized as one of the leading commercial litigation and trial attorneys in Arizona. He began his legal career in Arizona in 1974 after a clerkship with Justice William J. Brennan of the United States Supreme Court.
He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for over 25 years and has been recognized by Best Lawyers on several occasions as "Lawyer of the Year" in various categories. In addition, for the last 15 years he has been named by Chambers USA as one of the top-tier business litigation attorneys in Arizona, and since 2012 he has been listed by Chambers as the only "Star" litigator in Arizona. On several occasions, he has been named by Law Dragon Magazine as one of the 500 leading lawyers in America. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America, and a member of numerous other professional organizations.
Case Experience
- Anti-Trust
- Appellate
- Business Dissolution
- Commercial/Business
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Securities
- Shareholder Disputes
- Sports
- Torts
- Unfair Competition
Education
- J.D. summa cum laude, University of Notre Dame, 1972
- Editor-in Chief of the Notre Dame Law Review
- B.S. Loyola University of Chicago, 1969
Memberships & Affiliations
- Arizona Supreme Court, 1974
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizone, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2009
MEMBERSHIPS:
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- Arizona Bar Foundation, Founding Fellow
- Federal Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2005-2012
- Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Complex Litigation
- Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Jury Reform
- Ninth Circuit Advisory Board, 2014-present
- Maricopa Bar Association Hall of Fame
Rates Information
$550 per hour. No cancellation or postponement fee if scheduled mediation is cancelled before mediation briefs are submitted..