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ach year PTK magazine, issued by AZ Big Media, spotlights Arizona’s leading real‑estate talent and projects. Drawing from a competitive nomination pool and editorial expertise, the annual issue names 50 standout projects across all property types and 23 professional categories. Quarles sponsors the digital edition. Below are the attorneys to watch in 2026.
**Benjamin Gottlieb**
Founding attorney, Gottlieb Law
Gottlieb brings decades of experience in real‑estate, business, and commercial litigation, handling jury trials and appeals with notable success. He prides himself on founding a growing firm staffed by talented people. His success mantra: treat people with respect, work hard, pursue self‑improvement, and embrace discomfort when needed. A surprising anecdote: as a youth, his hustle on the basketball court earned him a spot on the A team despite limited skill.
**Chris Colyer**
Partner, Snell & Wilmer
Co‑chair of the firm’s Environmental & Natural Resources Practice Group, Colyer blends environmental, real‑estate, land‑use, and administrative law to guide clients through municipal entitlement, council representation, planning commissions, zoning hearings, site planning, design review, permitting, and outreach. He takes pride in representing a client in the $11 billion SunZia wind‑energy and transmission line financing. A fun fact: his first job was as a bouncer.
**David Lansky**
Member, Clark Hill
With nearly four decades in Arizona’s real‑estate legal scene, Lansky advises buyers, sellers, developers, investors, and lenders on commercial transactions, ensuring compliance, mitigating risk, and securing successful outcomes. He has negotiated multi‑million‑square‑foot retail leases and advised Vestar on the $275 million Verrado Marketplace and a $2 billion mixed‑use Phoenix project. After a long hiatus, he recently returned to slalom water‑skiing.
**Jim Bond**
Director, Fennemore
Bond steers clients through complex real‑estate deals—office purchases, golf‑course sales, restaurant leases—using creativity, clear communication, and responsiveness. He is known as the go‑to attorney for commercial development on Native American land, handling over $1 billion in transactions across thousands of acres, much of it in Scottsdale. His favorite project is the Talking Stick area in the Salt River Pima‑Maricopa Indian Community, a model of strategic tribal‑land development featuring resorts, sports, entertainment, and hospitality assets. The project’s complexity involves ground leasing, BIA oversight, and close tribal coordination.
**Patrick MacQueen**
Founding attorney, Medalist Legal
Over two decades, MacQueen has worked on commercial real‑estate deals in every state except South Carolina and provides legal education to agents, brokerages, management firms, and investors. He credits his success to surrounding himself with good people who challenge and support him. He takes pride in building a practice described as approachable and highly effective, focusing on solving real legal issues rather than just winning cases. When not in the office, he enjoys golf and fishing, which keep him competitive, focused, patient, and humble.
