State Bar of Arizona

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Arizona Appellate Handbook
The Arizona Appellate Handbook provides concise, detailed explanations of how to conduct virtually any kind of Arizona appeal. It contains explanations of case law, interpretation of statutes, and clarification of court rules and procedures. Each volume provides step-by-step procedures, checklists, flow charts, and numerous sample forms.

Arizona Attorneys’ Fees Manual
Arizona Attorneys' Fees Manual provides essential information on specific areas of fee recovery, such as litigation with government agencies, sanctions and punitive fee awards, equitable doctrines, attorneys` fees as damages, and recovery of costs for non-lawyer services. In addition, there are comprehensive chapters covering family, probate and construction law.

Arizona Civil Remedies
Arizona Civil Remedies provides a practical approach to commercial and consumer law topics. You will find lots of "how-to" details on handling claims, reducing claims to judgment, and enforcing judgments once they are obtained

Arizona Commercial Real Property Forms Manual
Arizona Commercial Real Property Forms have been created by distinguished Arizona practitioners with extensive experience in one or more areas of real estate practice who have prepared and assembled a set of forms based on their particular area of expertise. They include: Easements and Encumbrances, Purchase and Sale Agreement, Title and Due Diligence, Real Estate Closing, Real Estate Finance, Zoning and Land Use, Condominiums and Planned Communities, Development Agreements and Provisions, Commercial Leasing, Public Entity Documentation, Ownership Entities, Agency/Brokerage, Litigation, Receiverships and Trustee Sales.

Arizona Common Law Causes of Action
Arizona Common Law Causes of Action compiles the elements, required proof, available defenses and possible damages for recognized common law causes of action in Arizona. The publication includes cites to available jury instructions, an appendix with recognized affirmative defenses in Arizona, and a chart describing Arizona's statutes of limitation.

Arizona Construction Law
Arizona Construction Law features the latest decisions affecting construction law in Arizona and is perfect for attorneys with clients such as contractors and subcontractors, architects and engineers, developers, and lenders.

Arizona Construction Law Practice Manual
Arizona Construction Law Practice Manual addresses the legal structure and applicable law of Arizona real estate developments that fit the definition of "condominium" or "planned community," generically referred to throughout this book as "community associations."

Arizona DUI Trial Notebook
Arizona DUI Trial Notebook provides a practical resource for the practicing DUI attorney.

Arizona Employment Law Handbook
Arizona Employment Law Handbook, Second Edition is an authoritative, comprehensive guide to the law governing private sector and public sector employment in Arizona. Arizona Employment Law analyses cases, statues, and regulations.

Arizona Juvenile Delinquency Practice Manual
Practicing juvenile law attorneys touch on the practical aspects of juvenile delinquency processes: pre-adjudication, mental competency process, transfer hearings, disposition and record destruction, detention, motion practice, adjudications, restitution, sex offender case issues, DUI, how to defend a delinquency case, and juvenile appeals.

Arizona Land Use Law
Arizona Land Use Law covers such topics as zoning issues, encroaching development, and the character of communities. Arizona's body of land use statutes, rules, and case law continues to grow.

Arizona Legal Ethics Handbook
Arizona Legal Ethics Handbook is a comprehensive treatment of the "law of lawyering," as it has been developed and articulated by the Arizona courts and disciplinary authorities. Its organization and structure are tied to that of the Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct, with a separate chapter devoted to each individual Rule.

Arizona Liability Insurance Law
Arizona Liability Insurance Law covers the full spectrum of liability insurance issues, including automobile, uninsured and underinsured motorist, homeowner's, and commercial general liability insurance.

Arizona Motor Vehicle Accident Deskbook
Arizona Motor Vehicle Accident Deskbook gives the general practitioner a quick reference guide to a number of areas likely to be encountered in the preparation of a motor vehicle accident case.

Arizona Probate Code Practice Manual
Arizona Probate Code Practice Manual provides general Information addressing legislative changes, effective dates and the Arizona Rules of Probate Procedure.

Arizona Search & Seizure
Search & Seizure covers: Constitutional Provisions - Federal and Arizona; General Search and Seizure Principles; Preliminary Considerations and Fourth Amendment Applicability; Expectation of Privacy (Standing); Was There a Search? -- General Rule; Things That Are Not a Search; Not a Search (Consensual Encounters); Government Action; Warrants; Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement (Warrantless Searches and Seizures); If There Is an Unlawful Search or Seizure (Exclusionary Rule); Appeal of Suppression Order; Analyzing Search and Seizure Issues -- Step by Step.

Arizona Securities Law: Civil Liability, Defenses, and Remedies
Arizona Securities Law: Civil Liability, Defenses, and Remedies provides a comprehensive analysis of civil liability, defenses, and remedies under Arizona's securities laws. Coverage extends not only to the Arizona Securities Act but to securities claims under the Consumer Fraud Act, the Investment Management Act, and common-law theories of intentional, negligent, and fiduciary fraud. The book explains the law in each area, as well as parallel developments under the federal securities laws, which are analyzed with particular attention to differences in Arizona and federal law.

Arizona Tort Law Handbook
Arizona Tort Law Handbook provides a central source of Arizona Tort Law from a practical perspective. It is a relevant practical tool to assist attorneys in better representing their clients' needs by providing an easily navigable authoritative statement regarding commonly encountered tort questions arising from a variety of tort causes of action.

Arizona Trial Practice Manual
Arizona Trial Practice Manual teaches the practitioner the essentials of Arizona trial practice. From motions in limine to post-trial motions, every aspect of a trial is examined in detail. This text provides the trial lawyer the rules governing the trial process and helpful hints on how to actually try a case. Sample pleadings and trial presentations are provided. Specific sections are provided for criminal, bankruptcy, family law and probate trials. Available technologies are also examined. This book is a must for lawyers at all levels of experience who are trying cases in Arizona.

Arizona Workers' Compensation Handbook
Arizona Workers' Compensation Handbook is a well-organized and easy-to-read handbook that details the Arizona workers' compensation system, explains the procedural requirements, and gives you a wealth of case law interpreting the statutes and rules. Written by lawyers involved in workers' compensation law on a daily basis-many of them certified specialists-the handbook explains the workers' compensation system from the viewpoints of the worker, the employer, and the Industrial Commission.

Community Association Law in Arizona
Community Association Law in Arizona provides a resource to answer many of the questions and concerns an attorney or their client may face in forming a community association, representing an existing association, or representing a client with interests adverse to a community association.

Eminent Domain in Arizona
Eminent Domain in Arizona gives a clear and concise explanation of eminent domain concepts, interpretations of Arizona constitutional law and statutes, and extensive case law citations with explanatory comments.

Ins and Outs of Foreclosure
Ins And Out of Foreclosure is the first, and perhaps only, reference to consult when handling foreclosure matters in Arizona. It provides step-by-step instructions, lucid explanations, practice tips and ethics guidance.

Third-Party Interests: Liens and Subrogation Rights
In the personal injury context, "liens and subrogation rights" consist of third-party interests affecting claims or proceeds in injury or death cases and they make up the overwhelming majority of third-party interests in personal injury matters. This publication provides a framework for understanding third-party interests and, along the way, answer the root questions under currently applicable law: (a) what are your client's legal rights relative to asserted or potential third-party interests, and (b) what are your legal and ethical obligations relative to those interests? It also aims to alert personal injury attorneys to some common pitfalls in dealing with third-party interests as they prosecute and settle personal injury claims.

Time Limitations Applicable to Civil Actions and Procedures in the Arizona Superior Courts
Time Limitations Applicable to Civil Actions and Procedures in the Arizona Superior Court is a compilation of all time limits that apply to civil actions and procedures in the Arizona Superior Courts. Attorneys, paralegals, legal secretaries and law students can use the book to locate quickly and easily the applicable time limits for filing or responding to a civil motion or any other civil procedure, including statutes of limitation and actual calculation of those time limits. This book is a must-have for any attorney or law firm that practices in civil litigation in the Arizona courts.

Time Limitations Applicable to Civil Appeals and Special Actions to the Arizona Court of Appeals and Supreme Court
This quick reference deskbook is a compilation dealing with time limits under Arizona law in civil appeals and special actions to the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Includes most recent rules changes in appellate practice and selected case annotations.

Time Limitations Applicable to Criminal Actions and Procedures in the Arizona Courts
Time Limitations Applicable to Criminal Actions and Procedures in the Arizona Superior Court is a compilation of all time limits that apply to criminal actions and procedures in the Arizona courts. Attorneys, paralegals, legal secretaries and law students can use the book to locate quickly and easily the applicable time limits for filing or responding to a criminal motion or any other criminal procedure, including statutes of limitation and actual calculation of those time limits. This book is a must-have for any attorney or law firm that practices in criminal law in the Arizona courts.