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ATTORNEY PROFILES


Scott M. Clark


Direct line:
(602) 957-7877

Mail to: scott@scottclarklaw.com

Scott M. Clark, Esq. began the firm in 1983 and is the managing partner of the firm. Mr. Clark is licensed in both Arizona and California and represents companies and individuals in the residential property management business on issues related to Forcible/Special Detainers, Fair Housing, and other civil matters. Mr. Clark is a Judge Pro Tem and featured author in the Arizona Multihousing Association News and the Journal of the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business, as well as a frequent speaker on these topics.



ADMITTED: Licensed to practice law in Arizona and California

EDUCATION: B.A. University of the Pacific and J.D. from Drake University

AREAS OF PRACTICE:
· Landlord-Tenant (Residential)
· Landlord-Tenant (Commercial)
· Fair Housing Training, Consultation and Defense
· Bankruptcy

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT:
· Member Arizona Multi Housing Association (AMA), participating on the Government Affairs Committee and Political Action Committee (AMAPAC).Speaker for project S.A.F.E.
· Independent Rental Owners Council (IROC) at AMA, Legal Counsel for IROC, and Speaker for "Independent Owner Boot Camp"
· Board of Directors of the Arizona Multihousing Association (2002)
· February 21, 1996, first-ever recipient of the Industry Partner of the Year Award given at the AMA's annual Tributes Award Dinner.

PRESENTATIONS:
· Guest lecturer: Arizona MultiHousing Association, Arizona School of Real Estate and Maricopa County Bar Association Landlord/Tenant Law and Fair Housing and Crime Free Multi-housing Seminars
· Instructor for the Justice of the Peace Training Program
· Instructor for Landlord/Tenant courses at the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)

PUBLICATIONS: Author of numerous articles and regular contributor of legal articles published in the AMA Apartment News magazine, the Arizona Republic and the Arizona Journal of Real Estate & Business.



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Paul A. Henderson

Direct line: (602) 957-7877

Mail to: paul@scottclarklaw.com

Paul A. Henderson, Esq. has practiced with Mr. Clark since September 2004 and is licensed in both Arizona and California. In over three-and-a-half years in Arizona, Mr. Henderson has handled diverse actions that include housing discrimination litigation, bankruptcy, contractual disputes, employment and wage claims, property damage claims and, certainly not least, thousands of eviction actions from Show Low to Nogales – all of which were focused on the representation of businesses and individual landlords.

ADMITTED:

Licensed to practice law in Arizona and California; admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts; Central District of California and District of Arizona

EDUCATION:

2003 Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

· Landlord-Tenant (Residential)
· Landlord-Tenant (Commercial)
· Fair Housing Training, Consultation and Defense
· Property Management Company Disputes
· Bankruptcy

PRESENTATIONS:

· Presented Landlord-Tenant Law for the experienced Practitioner in Arizona for Sterling Education Services.

PUBLICATIONS:

· Contributor to the Arizona Multihousing Association Apartment News magazine.
· Arizona Journal of Real Estate and Business.
· Published numerous other legal articles on residential property management.


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Allyssa B. Birnley

Direct line: (602) 957-7877

Mail to: allyssa@scottclarklaw.com

Allyssa B. Birnley, Esq. has practiced with Mr. Clark since December 2008. Ms. Birnley has represented both companies and individual landlords in matters relating to residential rental property management , such as housing discrimination defense, contractual disputes, evictions, and other civil litigation.

ADMITTED:

Licensed to practice law in Arizona.

EDUCATION:

2008 Phoenix School of Law in Phoenix, Arizona

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

· Landlord-Tenant (Residential)
· Landlord-Tenant (Commercial)
· Fair Housing Consultation and Defense
· Property Management Company Disputes

PUBLICATIONS:

· Contributor to the Arizona Multihousing Association Apartment News magazine.
· Arizona Journal of Real Estate and Business.


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