| Mr. Miner's practice focuses primarily on the areas of real estate and business transactions and development, including finance, leasing and brokerage matters, along with related workouts, creditors' rights and bankruptcy. His practice covers the negotiation and documentation of purchase and sale transactions, development agreements, commercial loans, drafting and enforcement of commercial space and ground leases and preparation of covenants, conditions and restrictions affecting real property. His practice also encompasses development and leasing on Indian reservation lands and on Arizona State Land Department tracts. Mr. Miner is a Fellow of the Arizona Bar Foundation. He joined Fennemore Craig in 1997 after moving his practice from the firm of Hienton, Miner, Fry & Kurtz, P.C. He has practiced law in Phoenix, Arizona for over twenty-seven years, over twenty of which have been with large Phoenix firms. Practice Areas - Real Estate
- Commercial and Real Estate Finance
- Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Representative Articles and Presentations - Golf Course and Resort Development in Arizona, sponsored by CLE International (2003)
- Long Term Commercial Ground Leases, sponsored by Arizona State University Research Park (2003 and 2004)
- Current Real Estate Financing in Arizona, sponsored by Lorman Education Services (2000 and 2001)
- The Essentials of Office, Retail and Industrial a/ Leases, sponsored by National Business Institute, Inc. (2000 and 2003)
- Advanced Commercial Rea/ .Estate Leasing, sponsored by Law Seminars International (2007)
- Lecturer/Teacher at various seminars and classes sponsored by the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business, including, among others: Real Estate Ground Leases, Real Estate Finance, Choosing Entities for Business Transactions, Rights of Parties in Real Estate Loan Foreclosures, Purchasing Real Estate in Foreclosure, Purchasing Real Estate out of Bankruptcy Court, Law Regulating Appraisers and Law Regulating Real Estate Brokers (1999-2007).
- Author of various articles relating to Real Estate Transactions and Financing, Commercial Leasing, Limited Liability Companies and Real Estate Broker Regulations. Published in such magazines as The Arizona Attorney, Arizona Business Magazine, and Arizona Journal of Real Estate and Business (19982006)
Representative Engagements - Sellers' counsel in sale of a portfolio of $101,000,000 of loans secured by residential property mortgages
- Real Estate counsel to purchaser and operator of 290 unit federally-subsidized low income housing project
- Counsel on a regional basis to a national non-profit corporation dedicated to providing low-income housing for elderly, persons with disabilities and disadvantaged families
- Seller's counsel in sale of 832 acres for development of a master planned community
Professional and Community Activities - Fellow, Arizona Bar Foundation
- Member, State Bar of Arizona
Member, Board of Directors, Community Legal Services, Inc. - Associate Member, Building Owners and Managers Association, Phoenix Chapter
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
- Member, Urban Land Institute
Admissions Education and Honors - B.A., Brigham Young University, 1976 J.D., cum laude, Brigham Young University, 1979
- Editorial Associate, .Brigham Young Law Review, 1977-1979
- Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law
Work History as Real Estate Instructor - Arizona School of Real Estate and Business (Authorization No. P-0305)
- Continuing Legal Education (Authorization No. 02-0009)
- Lorman Education Services (Authorization No. 500-0011)
Documents for ASU MBA Real Estate Course |