Rusing Lopez Lizardi & Saffer, PLLC

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Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, PLLC is proud to have 13 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers® in 2025 in America. Rusing Lopez & Lizardi has proudly been the home to attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers® for the past 19 years. RL&L attorneys have been recognized in all 3 recognized categories in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Patricio P. Lopez III was named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Tucson. This award is particularly impressive as it is presented to only one individual in each geographical region and practice area each edition. RL&L’s Michael Rusing, Oscar Lizardi, Timothy Reckart, Jonathan Saffer, Mark Lammers, Janet Betts, Brian Mueller, Theodore P. Witthoft, and Patricia Waterkotte were also recognized in the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. RL&L is also very proud to have 3 attorneys; Daniel Bernardone, Alexander Valentine, and Robert S. McManimon recognized in the fifth edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

17th Consecutive Years That RL&L Lawyers Have Received Super Lawyer Recognition!

Mick Rusing, Oscar Lizardi, and Patricio Lopez III have been selected to the 2024 Arizona Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. This is the 17th consecutive year that the firm’s lawyers have been named to the list. Equity Partner Mick Rusing has made the list each year consecutively since 2007!!

RL&L Scottsdale Partner, Daniel Bernardone have been selected to the 2024 Arizona Rising Stars list. Bernardone has been recognized for the last 4 years. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

"For over 30 years now, it has been the firm's goal to employ dynamic attorneys and great people," said Rusing. "Honors such as inclusion in the Arizona Super Lawyers list for the 17th consecutive year, certainly illustrates the number of incredible people we have in our firm."

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.