Whether your business owes money or is owed money, a basic understanding of the new law could keep you out of trouble. In all the tumult of the last few months, you might have missed a new bankruptcy tool that is a game changer. The Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA), which became law in February 2020, streamlines and simplifies many of the rules applicable to small Chapter 11 reorganizations. If you have ever had the unpleasant experience of participating in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as a creditor, debtor, defendant, etc., then you know Chapter 11 is time consuming, expensive and…

On May 20, Frazer Ryan mental health attorney Josh Mozell presented “Guardianship: A Deeper Dive” in a webinar hosted by the Association for the Chronically Mentally Ill (ACMI).…

On May 4, Governor Ducey issued an executive order that requires certain categories of Arizona care facilities to report to residents – and their guardians, agents under powers of attorney, and next of kin – any occurrence of COVID-19. Executive Order 2020-35 requires licensed nursing care and residential care institutions, including intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and medical group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities, to “report to current residents of congregate settings, next of kin and guardians the number of diagnosed cases and deaths due to COVID-19 occurring within the population of the facility within 24…

On April 22, Frazer Ryan mental health attorney Josh Mozell presented “On-Ramps to Involuntary Treatment” in a webinar hosted by the Association for the Chronically Mentally Ill (ACMI).…

Managing a loved one’s care during these unprecedented times might call for non-traditional forms of communication, and self-education about recent changes in the law. If a loved one lives in a residential care facility, whether it be assisted living, memory care or a group home, you may be the person on whom they rely to manage their care. Difficult enough in the best of situations, managing someone else’s care has taken on unprecedented challenges since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Government stay-at-home orders and residential care facilities’ prudent measures preventing visitors cause feelings of isolation for both the residents…

Selections are limited to the top 5% of attorneys in Arizona Frazer Ryan attorneys Jim Ryan , Yale Goldberg , Chick Arnold , John Fitzpatrick ,  T.J. Ryan , Josh Mozell and Lisa Reilly Payton  and of counsel Chuck Whetstine have been listed in the 2020 edition of Southwest Super Lawyers magazine released April 6. The selection is the 14th in a row for Goldberg (Tax) and Arnold (Elder Law and Health Care). Jim Ryan (Estate Planning) and Whetstine (Employee Benefits) were selected for the 13th straight year, Fitzpatrick (Estate Litigation) for the sixth,  and T.J. Ryan for the second…

– Marsha Goodman…

Several provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which became law last week, permit participants in certain types of retirement plans (described below) to make penalty-free withdrawals of up to $100,000 per calendar year from their plan and to request loans of up to $100,000 if the withdrawal or loan is for a coronavirus-related reason. It is important to note at the outset that these new withdrawal and loan rules apply only to a participant in an employer-sponsored retirement plan, if the employer has elected to adopt amendments to the retirement plan incorporating the new rules.…