Edward O. Comitz

Ed Comitz – Founder

With over three decades of experience in complex litigation, class actions, antitrust, and professional disability bad faith matters, Ed Comitz has built a reputation for achieving results in high-stakes, high-complexity matters.

After ranking in the top 10% of his graduating class and serving as Associate Editor of the Law Review, Ed joined DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy, P.C., a long-standing Arizona firm founded by Evo DeConcini, former Arizona Supreme Court Justice and Arizona Attorney General, and his son, Dennis DeConcini, the former three-term U.S. Senator from Arizona.

Ed then moved to Phoenix to practice with Squire Sanders & Dempsey, now Squire Patton Boggs, a global law firm with approximately 1,500 attorneys and more than 40 offices worldwide, where he litigated complex cases across a variety of industries, including multi-billion-dollar antitrust matters involving key participants in the satellite communications industry.

He subsequently spent 10 years at Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, a nationally recognized class-action firm, where he was a partner, handling class actions and professional disability insurance bad faith cases, individually and derivatively.

At Bonnett Fairbourn, Ed was part of the litigation team in Grant v. Arthur Andersen, L.L.P., et al, the securities fraud and consumer class action arising out of the collapse of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona. In those proceedings, the team reached settlements totaling $238 million, including a $217 million settlement with Arthur Anderson relating to its role as auditor for BFA. The $217 million settlement is the largest amount ever paid by a Big Five accounting firm not associated with the savings and loan crisis, and twice the amount Arthur Anderson had previously agreed to in settlement of any auditing matter.

Building on decades of litigation experience, Ed established his own boutique practice devoted exclusively to professional “own-occupation” disability insurance claims and litigation. He has secured over $100 million in disability benefits for physicians, dentists, attorneys, executives, and professional athletes across the country, consistently reversing denials that insurers often considered unassailable. Through these outcomes, clients rely on his strategic expertise and precise handling of complex matters, making the firm a destination for high-stakes professional disability matters. For more information about his practice, please visit disabilitycounsel.net.