Your Success, Our Priority
About Our Firm
We provide our clients with responsive, creative, and sophisticated legal counsel. Our practice areas include zoning and entitlement, real estate development and construction, real estate transactions and leasing, commercial finance, litigation and condemnation, administrative law, and business services.
Our clients are guided through all aspects of the entitlement and development process. While our vast and varied experience informs our approach, every client is unique, and we pride ourselves on our ability to add value, think creatively, lead fresh conversations, be collaborative, and find solutions. We do not rest on our experience or our success.
We never stop learning — about the law, about real estate, and about your business.
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Community Connections
Our impact in the Valley began with the founding of our firm in 2004, when we quickly became known as the preeminent boutique real estate law firm.
We are longtime Valley residents and leaders in our community. Our ability to bring creativity, collaboration, and a fine-tuned attention to detail cemented our reputation for getting the tough deals and cases done.
We value relationships, and we pride ourselves on our availability and responsiveness to all stakeholders.
Because of our excellent reputation and deep community roots, we are perfectly positioned to work closely with the best and brightest architects, engineers, neighborhood outreach groups, traffic consultants, and financial institutions.
This is our community and we are proud to be a part of it.
We call the Valley home, and are committed to adding value. It is a source of both personal and professional pride that our efforts have positively impacted the economy, created well-built communities, contributed to urban design, and strengthened neighborhoods.
Crafting Success Through Collaboration
Collaborative problem solving is iterative.
At Berry Riddell we listen, we consistently reassess, and evolve to meet challenges.
Our clients value our approach, which is collaborative, not confrontational. We are responsive and accessible.
Pursuit of Excellence
Since our founding, Berry Riddell and its attorneys are consistently recognized among the top tier of the legal profession.
In 2024, the firm was ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Law Firms” in Scottsdale Tier 1, specifically in the practice areas of Real Estate Law, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, and Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Real Estate. Berry Riddell was also recognized in 2024 in Metropolitan Tier 2, Scottsdale for Commercial Litigation.
Chambers USA, a national independent research company has recognized the firm for Arizona Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use every year since 2007. Attorney John Berry has been recognized by Chambers for Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use since 2004, while gaining recognition as Lawyer of the Year in both 2022 and 2024 in Scottsdale for Zoning/ Land use. Attorney Wendy Riddell has also been recognized by chambers for Real Estate: Zoning/ Land use since 2019.
Chambers USA describes Berry Riddell as a “highly respected boutique firm specializing in zoning and land use matters” with “extensive experience advising on permits, leasing, and rezoning, with further knowledge of real estate litigation and transactions” (Chambers USA, 2020).