Attorney Profiles
 Donald W. Hudspeth
Phoenix, Arizona
Attorney
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Legal Background
Donald W. Hudspeth was admitted to practice law in the state of Arizona in 1988, practiced corporate law representing financial institutions such as the Bank of Hawaii and founded The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. in January 1993. Mr. Hudspeth currently serves as a Professor of Business Law at Arizona State University, West Campus and has conducted classes and seminars for Phoenix College, Maricopa Community Colleges Small Business Development Center, and the Arizona Small Business Association.
Former Business Background
Donald Hudspeth held a stock brokers license by the age of twenty-one and became a business owner by the time he was twenty-three. Mr. Hudspeth is a former owner of multiple businesses and investment real estate both in Kansas and Arizona. Before attending law school, Mr. Hudspeth served as Chief Financial Officer for a furniture manufacturing company in Phoenix. Combining that background with his current experience as a business law attorney, and as a businessman himself, Mr. Hudspeth is dedicated to serving the interests of small business owners and operators and can relate to the challenges and legal issues that face businesses.
- Business & Commercial Law
- Commercial Leasing
- Contracts
- Franchising
- International Transactions
- Joint Ventures
- Secured Transactions
- Transactions
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Warranties
- Business Organizations
- Business Successions
- Closely Held Businesses
- Corporate Governance
- Directors' & Officers' Liability
- Dissolution
- Formation & Business Planning
- Limited Liability Companies
- Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
- Partnerships
- Reorganizations
- Shareholders' Rights
- Intellectual Property Law
- Copyrights
- Technology Licensing
- Trade Dress
- Trade Secrets
- Trademarks
- International Law
- Business & Trade
- Internet -- Cyberspace
- Computer Crimes
- Computer Law
- Digital Signatures
- Domain Names
- Electronic Commerce
- Litigation & Appeals
- Complex Litigation
- Federal Trial Practice
- Multidistrict Litigation
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Arizona, 1988
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1988
- Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona,
1988
Juris Doctor
- Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas,
1970
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Psychology
Major: Sociology
Major: Philosophy
Major: Economics
- Graduate School,
1972
Major: Philosophy
- Inside the Firm: The Inside Story On Choosing and Using a Lawyer, Accents Publishing, Langdell Hall, Harvard Law Library, 1999
- Getting Past Thompson v. Harris, A New Standard of Constructive Eviction in Arizona, Arizona Attorney Magazine, February, 1995
- Law On The Edge: Sex and the Constitution, 1st Books Library, 2001
- R. Dale Hensley, Director, RSM McGladrey, Inc.-Phx.
- Leonard Rosenberg, President/CEO, Restaurant Group, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
- Harold Moore, Arizona State University, West Campus, Professor, former Dean of American Institute
- Dr. William Duncan, Professor, Former Chair, Accounting Department, Arizona State University, West Campus
- Professor, Business Law (The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Business Law), Arizona State University at the West Campus,
2003
- Present
- Guest Lecturer, Small Business Development Center, Maricopa Community Colleges,
2000
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2004
- Guest Lecturer, Phoenix College,
1993
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1994
- Business Law, American Institute,
1989
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1990
- Guest Lecturer, Arizona Small Business Association
- National Honor Society
- Volunteer Lawyer Certificate of Commendation,
1988
- Volunteer Lawyer of the Month, Maricopa County Bar Association,
1990
- Distinguish Service Award, Arizona Biltmore Estate Villages
- American Bar Association,
1988
- Present
- Maricopa County Bar Association,
1988
- Present
- MS and Banking Law & Volunteer Lawyers Program
- State Bar of Arizona,
1988
- Present
- Committee on Creditor/Debtor Rights
- Member
- Arizona Biltmore Estates Village Association (ABEVA)
- Board Member and President
- Biltmore Terraces Home Owners Association
- Board Member and President
- Biltmore Area Partnership
- Board Member and Vice-President
- Save Open Space Committee
- Chairman
- Arizona State University, Professor of Business Law
- Harrison, Harper, Christian & Dichter, P.C., Associate
- American Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, Adjunct Instructor of Law
- Glendale Community College, Substitute Legal Counselor for Students
- Harrison, Harper, Christian & Dichter, P.C., Law Clerk
- Graduate School Fellowship, Wichita State University, Teaching Assistant Incident
- Economics Wichita State University, Research Assistant
- Maricopa County Bar Association, Volunteers Lawyers Program
- Creator and Host, Law on The Edge Radio Program,
1999
- Creator and Host, Law Talk Radio Program,
2000
- Phi Kappa Phi
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