Benjamin W. Reeves

• Represented numerous lenders in various actions for breach of note, breach of guaranty, and appointment of receiver over collateral
• Represented numerous creditors in stay relief, plan confirmation, and claw-back litigation in bankruptcy court
• Represented court-appointed receiver in efforts to sell a commercial building over the objection of the borrower
• Represented court-appointed receiver in efforts to sell franchise restaurants as a going concern
• Defended receiver from claims of prior owner in wind-down of cigar retail business
• Defended company in action by minority members for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty and appointment of a receiver over the company
• Represented minority member in action for breach of fiduciary duty, judicial dissolution, and appointment of a receiver over the company
• Represented landlord over a dairy farm in connection with bankrupt tenant’s objection to landlord’s proof of claim for unpaid rent
• Represented multi-million dollar judgment creditor in post-judgment proceedings against guarantor who owned a complex web of interests in various closely-held companies
• Represented commercial landlord in dispute with tenant regarding exclusive use restrictions in tenant’s lease
• Represented high-end homeowner’s association in arbitration with developer over the amount and calculation of unpaid assessments
• Defended commercial property owner in action by neighboring business to privately condemn a portion of the client’s property
• Defended corporate officer in action by commercial landlord to hold officer personally liable for company’s breach of lease
• Represented beneficiaries in probate court in defense of claims that beneficiaries owed money to the estate
• Represented personal representative in probate court seeking to freeze assets of caregiver suspected of taking assets of the decedent, and assisted in resulting litigation
• Represented personal representative in probate court in A.R.S. § 14-3709 petition to determine potential liability of third-party who received funds from decedent’s bank accounts

Published Decisions

• MW2 Investments, LLC v. IMH Special Asset NT 168, LLC, et al., No. 1 CA-CV 18-0271 (Dec. 19, 2019)
• Hiatt v. Shah, 238 Ariz. 579, 364 P.3d 1138 (Ct. App. 2015)