Christopher M. McNichol
Arizona
Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C.
One East Washington Street
Suite 1600
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel: 602-257-7496
Email:
mcnichol@gustlaw.com
Web:
www.gustlaw.com
Christopher McNichol is a Member in the Phoenix office of Gust Rosenfeld PLC, where he concentrates his practice on real estate and commercial transactions, including the sale and purchase, development, lease, title insurance and construction issues, and related litigation in these areas.
Chris represents lending and financial institutions, mortgage lenders and brokers, title and escrow companies, real estate brokers and agents, developers, contractors, and individuals. He writes and lectures frequently at bar and industry seminars on real estate, lending, litigation, and creditors’ rights topics, and is a teacher at the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business.
Chris has served as a mediator and arbitrator in various disputes involving commercial and real estate transactions and construction matters. In addition, Chris handles creditors’ rights matters, including loan workouts, judicial and nonjudicial foreclosures, deeds in lieu, receiverships, deficiency and guarantor actions, and bankruptcy.
Chris is one of the Southwest Super Lawyers® for Real Estate Law. He is AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, representing the highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards, and was named by Arizona Business Magazine in Ranking Arizona Best of the Best Award Winner.
Education
- Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 1986)
- Temple University (B.A., 1981)
Admissions
- Arizona (1986)
- United States District Court, District of Arizona (1986)
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1993)
- District of Columbia (2003)
- Oregon (2003, inactive)
- Washington (2003, inactive)
- Speaker, “Arizona’s New Homestead/Judgment Lien Statute,” Arizona Mortgage Lenders Association Meeting (2022)
- Lecturer for the State Bar of Arizona, Maricopa County Bar Association, Arizona Mortgage Lenders Association, Arizona Association of Corporate Counsel, Land Title Association of Arizona, ICSC, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Lorman Education Services, and the Arizona Trustee Association
- Author for the State Bar of Arizona (including Ins and Outs of Foreclosures), the Arizona Journal of Real Estate & Business, and other local and national organizations
- Teacher for Arizona School of Real Estate and Business
Gust Rosenfeld’s real estate practice group provides representation to a wide range of clients, including buyers, sellers, residential and commercial developers, landlords, tenants, investors and governmental entities and agencies in connection with every type of real estate transaction and dispute from acquisition and development through disposition and transfer including:
- commercial property owner associations, homeowner associations and property management
- condominium and townhouse development and terminations
- conduit, construction and conventional financing
- construction contract negotiation
- covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs)
- conveyances and easements
- development agreements
- eminent domain
- entitlements, land use and zoning
- environmental issues
- historic preservation
- leasing including sale-leaseback agreements
- loans and lien instruments
- lot splits
- real estate trusts
- regulatory and agency disputes for real estate agents, brokers and contractors
- retail and office leasing and development
- sales and acquisitions
- tax liens and assessments
- 1031 exchanges
- title review and title insurance
The firm is known for the quality of its lawyers and legal advice as well as its creative insights and practical solutions in business, public and civil law.
Gust Rosenfeld is experienced in alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, business and corporate law, commercial finance, education law, environmental law, franchises and franchising, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, natural resources, health care law, public finance, public law, real estate, taxation, and trusts and estates.