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Comitz | Stanley Named #1 Healthcare Law Firm

Comitz | Stanley is pleased to announce that we have been named Arizona’s #1 Law Firm for Healthcare by Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Business for 2020. Comitz | Stanley also was named the #2 law firm for Best Workplace Culture, and the #3 firm in the categories of...

Patrick T. Stanley Promoted to Equity Membership / Firm is Now Officially Known as Comitz | Stanley

The Firm is Pleased to Announce Patrick T. Stanley has been Promoted to Equity Membership and the Firm is Now Officially Known as Comitz | Stanley. Patrick Stanley has extensive commercial litigation, healthcare, professional disability and transactions experience.  His practice focuses primarily on assisting doctors, practice groups and healthcare-related businesses...

Ed Comitz Named to List of Top 5 Healthcare Attorneys in Arizona

  Ed Comitz has again been named one of the Top 500 Arizona Business Leaders in 2020 by Arizona Business Magazine. Over 5,000 names were considered for this prestigious honor, winnowed down to only 500 of the best and brightest Arizona leaders. Ed was one of only five individuals selected as one of...

Ed Comitz Posts CE Course on Dentaltown

Ed Comitz’s Continuing Education course “Disability Insurance Roulette: Why is it So Hard to Collect on My Policy” is now available through Dentaltown.  This CE is an electronically delivered, self-instructional program and is designated for 2 hours of CE credit.  In this course, Ed discusses why it is so difficult for...

Attorney at Law Magazine Profiles Firms’ Disability Practice

February 2016–Ed Comitz is Attorney at Law Magazine‘s Attorney of the Month.  In an interview with the publication, Ed Comitz discusses his disability insurance practice, including what he does, how he works with clients, and why he was inspired to create his unique practice niche. Read the full article here: “Attorney of...

Firm Listed as Top 10 Law Firm in Real Estate, Commercial Litigation and Estate/Trusts

We are pleased to announce that The Best of Arizona Business has ranked the Firm as a Top 10 Law Firm in the fields of Real Estate, Commercial Litigation and Estate/Trusts in the 2019 law firm rankings. The rankings are based on an annual poll of the Arizona business community. Residents are...

Ed Comitz Named Southwest Super Lawyer for 2020

Ed Comitz, a founding member of Comitz | Stanley, has been named a Southwest Super Lawyers for 2020. This is the ninth consecutive year that Mr. Comitz has been recognized by Super Lawyers for excellence in the field of insurance coverage. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers...

Comitz | Stanley Named Top 10 for Best Workplace Culture, Healthcare Law, and Estates/Trusts by Ranking Arizona Magazine 2018

Comitz | Stanley has been named Arizona’s #1 Law Firm for Best Workplace Culture and the #2 firm in both Healthcare Law and Firm with Under 22 Lawyers, and in the top ten in the Estates/Trusts categories by Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Business. We are honored and proud that...

Comitz | Stanley Attorney Derek Funk Named Top Valley Lawyer

North Valley Magazine has named Comitz | Stanley’s Derek Funk as a Top Valley Lawyer for 2017. The list was compiled using a third-party attorney ranking system and showcases only 35 of the area’s leading attorneys.

Ed Comitz Named Southwest Super Lawyer for 2017

Ed Comitz, a founding member of the firm, was recently named Southwest Super Lawyers for 2017.  This is the sixth consecutive year that Mr. Comitz has been recognized by Super Lawyers for excellence in his field of practice. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than...

Ed Comitz Named 2017 Arizona Business Leader

The head of the Healthcare and Disability Insurance Law practice at Comitz | Stanley, Ed Comitz, has been chosen as an Arizona Business Leader in 2017 by Arizona Business Magazine.  Five hundred leaders in business were selected from a pool of more than five thousand considered names.  The editor in...

Patrick Stanley Gives Presentation on Trusts and Estates to the Entrepreneurial CPAs Network

Attorney Patrick Stanley recently gave a presentation entitled “Trusts and Estates for Accountants” before the Entrepreneurial CPAs Network in Phoenix. The presentation covered the legal requirements for creating, funding and administering a trust.  Mr. Stanley also discussed the benefits of having a trust in place, explained how to use different...

Ed Comitz Named as Top Lawyer in Field of Insurance Law

Ed Comitz, one of the firm’s founding members, was recently named as a Top Lawyer in the field of insurance law in Phoenix Magazine’s special, 50th Anniversary Issue. Mr. Comitz’s practice primarily focuses on helping physicians and dentists secure private disability insurance benefits.  Mr. Comitz and the legal team at Comitz | Stanley...

Attorney at Law Magazine Profiles Ed Comitz

February 2016–Ed Comitz is Attorney at Law Magazine‘s Attorney of the Month.  In an interview with the publication, Ed Comitz discusses his disability insurance practice, including what he does, how he works with clients, and why he was inspired to create his unique practice niche. Read the full article here: “Attorney of...

Patrick Stanley Interviewed by Bankrate for an Article on Estate Planning

Bankrate, a leading consumer financial news and information resource, recently interviewed Patrick Stanley, a member of Comitz | Stanley’s Estate Planning and Litigation practice for an article entitled “5 Critical Questions Before Leaving an Inheritance.” Among the topics the article discusses are the importance of evaluating how much of an inheritance...

Arizona’s Finest Lawyers Selects Patrick Stanley as a Sustaining Member

Firm member Patrick Stanley, whose practice areas include disability insurance and healthcare litigation, was selected as a Sustaining Member of Arizona’s Finest Lawyers. Nominations to Arizona’s Finest Lawyers are made by Sustaining Members, selectees, and members of the Executive and Advisory Boards and are regulated by strict ideologies. A Sustaining Member must be highly...

“The Importance of Advocacy in the Disability Claim Process” – Article by Patrick Stanley Published in AOMA Digest

Comitz | Stanley Healthcare and Disability Insurance attorney Patrick Stanley’s article on the importance and role of the advocate in the disability insurance claim process was recently published in the Winter 2015 edition of the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association’s Digest. In the article, Mr. Stanley highlights some of the unique...

Az Business Names Ed Comitz as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona

Attorney Ed Comitz, the head of the healthcare and disability insurance practice at Comitz | Stanley, was selected by Az Business magazine as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona. Attorneys throughout Arizona were nominated by their firms and peers.  From that original pool of over 1,000 lawyers, the...

Patrick Stanley Named Top 40 Under 40 Litigation Attorney

Patrick Stanley has been named one of the Top 40 Under 40 litigation attorneys in Arizona for 2015 by the American Society of Legal Advocates.  Mr. Stanley, a member of Comitz | Stanley’s Healthcare Transactions and Litigation Practice Group, was selected through a multi-stage review process conducted by fellow attorneys. ...

Comitz | Stanley Selected as Arizona’s #1 Healthcare Law Firm by Ranking Arizona

March 2014-Comitz | Stanley has been named Arizona’s #1 Healthcare Law Firm by Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Business. Ranking Arizona is the result of the largest business opinion poll taken in Arizona.  Every year, the state’s residents vote to select the best businesses in the community.  As President and...

Ed Comitz Named a 2015 Arizona Business Leader in Healthcare Law

Ed Comitz, head of the Healthcare and Disability Insurance Law practice of Comitz | Stanley, has been named as an Arizona Business Leader in the area of Healthcare Law by Arizona Business Magazine.  According to Michael Gossie, the editor in chief, Arizona Business Magazine made its final selections from a...

The Injured Physician: Is Your Work Ethic Hurting You and Your Patients?” – Article by Ed Comitz and Pat Stanley Published in AzMedicine

Comitz | Stanley disability insurance attorneys Ed Comitz and Pat Stanley recently had their article “The Injured Physician:  Is Your Work Ethic Hurting You and Your Patients?” published in the Winter 2013 edition of AzMedicine, the quarterly publication of the Arizona Medical Association. In the article, Mr. Comitz and Mr....

Main Street Interviews Ed Comitz for Article: “Does It Pay to Buy Disability Insurance?”

November 7, 2013–Main Street, a website geared towards educating professionals about personal finance, recently interviewed Ed Comitz for an article regarding disability insurance policies.  The article, entitled “Does It Pay to Buy Disability Insurance?”, discusses the pros and cons of purchasing individual disability insurance coverage.

Patrick Stanley Completes Stock Re-Purchase Agreement for Surgeon in Renowned Multi-Physician Practice Group

June 2013-Patrick Stanley, a member of Comitz | Stanley’s Healthcare Transactions and Litigation Practice Group, recently worked with a surgeon who suffered a career-ending injury and could no longer practice medicine.  The client was a partner in a multi-physician practice group which also owned the building in which the practice...

Ed Comitz to Present Seminar on Disability Insurance at the Western Regional Dental Convention, April 3 and 4, 2014

At this year’s Western Regional Dental Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, Ed Comitz will be presenting a seminar entitled “Disability Insurance: Will It Be There When You Need It?” The course will discuss why it is so difficult for dentists to have their claims accepted and how to avoid the most...