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Cheers to 35 Years
Gammage & Burnham Celebrates 35 Years!
March 1, 2018 marked the 35th Anniversary of Gammage & Burnham. Since forming in 1983, the firm has grown to 33 attorneys and more than 30 support staff, and its Arizona roots continue to grow stronger with each passing year. G&B’s 35th Anniversary milestone marks the vitality of a firm built on long-term client relationships, community involvement, and a business-minded philosophy. The firm’s diversity of expertise is powered by the talented attorneys who come with credentials that are difficult to match. Beyond longevity, Gammage & Burnham has earned an uncommon loyalty from its clients, many of which have worked with the firm since its inception.
Pat Nolan featured in Az Top 100 Lawyers 2018
Congratulations to Pat Nolan for making the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona for 2018.
For those of you who get the Az Business Magazine, check out her picture in this month’s edition on page 58. This list of Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona were chosen by Az Business magazine’s editorial team in collaboration with industry experts. The attorneys were selected from a pool of nearly 2,000 of the state’s most talented and successful attorneys. Selections are based on each lawyer’s professional success and ratings, impact on his or her law firm, impact on the communities she/he serves and impact on the legal profession.
Tom McDonald Quoted in the Arizona Republic
Moon Valley Golf Course to Stop Irrigating with Drinking Water
[From AZCentral.com]
Most golf courses across the country have started to use non-potable, untreated water to maintain their green lawns. But there are a handful of courses in Phoenix still watering with drinking water.
The privately owned Moon Valley Country Club and Pointe Tapatio Lookout Mountain Golf Club have both been using drinking water since they were developed almost 60 years ago. But that will soon change.
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Potable water treatment isn’t cheap. Tom McDonald, an attorney from Gammage & Burnham who has worked with Moon Valley to get off of potable water, said the Moon Valley community went through a bankruptcy a few years ago due largely in part to the high cost of water.
G&B Client Closes Mirabella at ASU at end of 2017
In December, G&B client and nonprofit organization, Mirabella at ASU, Inc., a joint venture between the ASU Foundation and Oregon-based Pacific Retirement Services finalized tax-exempt bond financing for the construction of Mirabella at ASU. Mirabella at ASU is an innovative 20-story “Life Plan Continuing Care Retirement Community” located on the Arizona State University Tempe campus. The $250 million in bonds, which also constituted the largest bond offering in the country in December, were issued by The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Tempe. The G&B team handling the transaction, which was the culmination of two years of effort, was led by Firm Members Jeff Miller, Kevin Merritt and Manjula Vaz.
G&B Associate Lauren Fajkowski Admitted to Ladder Down Program
Congratulations to Associate Lauren Fajkowski for her admission to Ladder Down, class of 2018.
Ladder Down is a year-long program that provides direct training and career development for women lawyers through a combination of coaches and sponsors. The program aims to empower women lawyers in three critical areas: leadership, business development, and mentoring. The course is comprised of recurring leadership training sessions with experienced business consultants, followed with business development training. Lauren will graduate from the year-long program at the end of 2018. G&B Partner Susan Demmitt is a former Ladder Down graduate who completed the program in 2015, along with Partner Heather Boysel who graduated in 2016.
