Gary Birnbaum

P.A.

McIntyre & Friedlander

Gary L. Birnbaum is the Managing Director of Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A., and a senior litigation attorney with the firm. Mr. Birnbaum has significant experience in all aspects of complex commercial, real estate, insurance and eminent domain litigation and has served as the leader of transaction teams involved in the acquisition and sale of major hospital facilities, the purchase and financing of a national sports franchise, and many other significant business and real estate transactions. Mr. Birnbaum is also an experienced arbitrator and mediator of commercial disputes and has been a member of the National Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association for more than twenty years. 

Mr. Birnbaum graduated summa cum laude (B.A. with highest honors) from the State University of New York at Binghamton and obtained his law degree (magna cum laude) from Indiana University where he served as Articles Editor of the Indiana Law Journal. Mr. Birnbaum has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Coif. He is a well-known lecturer on business and real estate valuation topics and has been a contributor to the Commercial Real Estate Transactions Practices Manual, published by the State Bar of Arizona, and to Nichols on Eminent Domain, published by Matthew Bender. He has served as Chairman of the Law Practice Management Section of the State Bar of Arizona and is a member of The Counselors of Real Estate. Mr. Birnbaum is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the College of Law Practice Management. For many years he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation) and has served as Adjunct Professor at the Arizona State University College of Law, where he teaches an advanced course on “Private Property Rights.” Mr. Birnbaum currently holds the position of Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Program Development, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Among his civic activities, Mr. Birnbaum has also served as President of the Phoenix Theatre, one of the country’s oldest continuously operating theaters.