Donald R. Alvarez

Don Alvarez practices primarily in civil litigation, including business and commercial litigation, and plaintiff's personal injury and wrongful death. He also has extensive experience in litigating construction-related disputes for owners, general contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers. Don is an "AV" rated attorney in Martindale-Hubbell's listings of attorneys. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Maricopa County Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Arizona Association for Justice (fka Arizona Trial Lawyers Association), the Scottsdale Bar Association, and Arizona's Finest Lawyers (Sustaining Member). He is admitted to practice in the District Courts of New York (Northern and Southern Districts), and Arizona, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also been admitted to practice in the District Court of North Dakota. He is also a member of the American Arbitration Association, having served on its panel of arbitrators since 1980. Don has served on the Board of Trustees of the Maricopa County Bar Foundation (Chairman 2005) and the city of Scottsdale's Judicial Appointments Advisory Board. Don was born and raised in Niagara Falls, New York. He earned a B.A. in history from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Albany Law School in Albany, New York in 1975. Immediately following his admission to the New York State Bar, he entered private practice. In 1979, he relocated to Arizona and was admitted to practice here in 1980. Don has always been actively involved in the community. He has served on the Board of Directors of Youth Partners Foundation, Canyon State Academy and Arizona Boys Ranch, and has served as a Foundation Board Trustee for The Boys and Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix. He also has been a member of the Phoenix Sundown Rotary, serving as Secretary, Treasurer and President.

• Partner

• Associated Indem. Corp. v. Warner
• Citation: 143 Ariz. 567, 694 P.2d 1181
• Court: Ariz.
• Year: 1985
• Bryant v. Bloch Companies
• Citation: 166 Ariz. 46, 800 P.2d 33
• Court: Ariz. App. Div. 1
• Year: 1990

• New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1976
• Arizona, 1980
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. District Court District of North Dakota, 2010
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2010

• Maricopa County Bar Association
• State Bar of Arizona
• New York State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Arizona Association for Justice (fka Arizona Trial Lawyers Association)
• American Arbitration Association, 1980 - Present (Arbitrator)
• Scottsdale Bar Association
• Youth Partners Foundation
• Maricopa County Bar Foundation (Trustee)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Gamma Delta