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Roger C. Decker

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rcd@udallshumway.com
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(480) 461-5343

30 West First Street
Mesa, Arizona 85201


Roger Decker was admitted to the Arizona State Bar in 1978. After spending several years with a downtown Phoenix law firm, he moved his practice to the suburbs, namely, Mesa, in 1981. His practice has regularly consisted of approximately 2/3 commercial litigation, and 1/3 representing and advising small and/or closely-held businesses in all aspects of commercial law and practice. Areas of special experience and expertise include Corporate/Partnership & Other Business Organizations, Construction, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Real Estate (including Foreclosures), Debtor/Creditor, Contracts, Business Torts, Representation of Registered Professionals, Probate and Probate Avoidance (basic Estate Planning), and Employment Law.

Roger Decker is proud of Arizona, its history, its past development and is excited about Arizona's future, its future growth and development, and its business opportunities. A fourth generation Arizonan on both paternal and maternal ancestral lines, Roger was born in Mesa in 1951, and raised in Phoenix, graduating from Cortez (Phoenix) High School and Arizona State University. Obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting (cum laude, ASU 1975), Roger was anxious to develop additional skills to represent and advise the owners of small and closely-held businesses. He attended Brigham Young University Law School, graduating with honors (cum laude 1978). While at Law School, Roger served on the Board of Editors of the prestigious BYU Law Review from 1976-78. His favorite areas of study in law school were Contracts, Advising Closely Held Businesses, Federal Taxation, Administrative Law, and Civil Procedure. His professional practice since graduation has incorporated his interests and successes in those same areas of specialty and emphasis.

Roger is licensed to practice in both Federal and State Courts in the State of Arizona as well and the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has been a past Director of the East Valley Bar Association and a past Director of the Arizona Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. He has been actively involved in community and youth programs. He is a member of the Mesa Rotary Club.

Regarding non-professional matters: Roger considers his greatest accomplishments in life to include his relationship with his wife, Carol; the successes of their ten adult children (and spouses); the joy of twenty-plus (and counting) grandchildren; and service in their church/religious activities and functions. Roger enjoys handball, jogging, cycling, hiking, camping, motorcycle trail riding, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Suns.