Gary J. Jaburg
Shareholder
Bankruptcy LitigationBusiness DivorceCommercial Collections and WorkoutsBusinessBankruptcyEmployment
Gary J. Jaburg is a shareholder at the Phoenix law firm of Jaburg Wilk. He assists clients with business matters, employment issues, workouts of financial issues and business divorce.
- Admitted
- Arizona, 1981
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About Gary
As the founder and managing partner of Jaburg Wilk, Gary has almost 40 years invested in building and operating a business. He utilizes this expertise to help his clients effectively and efficiently resolve both their business and legal issues, Gary’s particular talent lies in quickly developing a comprehensive understanding of facts, personalities and legal issues and subsequently devising a realistic, cost effective strategy for meeting his client’s goals. His direct, businesslike approach coupled with win-win negotiating style resonates with both clients and opposing counsel. It is a proven and successful style to resolve business and legal disputes.
Gary is outside general counsel for his entrepreneurial clients not only learning their business but also winning their trust and confidence. He is the connector in litigation and transactional matters, frequently being the go-between with litigation or transactional counsel and clients. By managing these complex relationships, he develops successful strategies for dispute resolution, deal negotiation or simply accomplishing the job.
Having represented hundreds of entrepreneurs and businesses, he understands both the legal and business issues that they encounter. Many entrepreneurs only contact their attorney when they have a problem. It could be a contract dispute with a customer or supplier; an employment related issue with one of their employees; or a conflict with a partner or shareholder. Often the conflict is a result of one or both of the parties having underlying financial difficulty and the entrepreneur is looking for a time and cost efficient way to resolve it. Gary’s expertise rests in combining the facts with the law and assessing the emotions/human aspects of the situation. He then develops strategies and tactics that maximize the business owner’s probability of obtaining the desired result.
In representing clients in transactional matters, Gary has the entrepreneurial mindset to evaluate risk/reward tradeoffs in the negotiating process, and not fall into the usual attorney mindset of only seeing the risks. In short, Gary’s expertise is in providing business and entrepreneurial clients with both common sense business and strategic legal advice to create practical, cost effective solutions.
Professional Experience
- Founder and managing partner of Jaburg Wilk
- Has nearly 40 years of experience in debtor and creditor bankruptcy representations, workouts, and dispute resolutions
- With more than 75 employees, Gary often confronts and manages the same business decisions as his clients, including contract negotiations, accounts receivable management, collections and banking/lending relationships
- Employment law expertise, representing small to mid-size companies on employment related issues
Reviews
4.6 average rating
29 reviews received for Gary, 13 published on our review site. Why the difference?
I've been a client of Jaburg Wilk for 4 years. During that time they've helped me with a variety of issues from contracts to representing me in litigation. Gary Jaburg and Roger Cohen did an excellent job navigating the legal waters. My litigation required expertise in several unrelated fields such as 1st amended rights and intellectual property. I'm glad to have a firm with attorneys specializing in each area of my suit, working together as a team to provide the strongest defense possible.
Client reviewAnonymousMartindale-Hubbell
My case took the better part of a year to complete. During that time Gary keep me informed and prepared me for the best possible outcome. He is the consummate professional. I highly recommend Gary and have done so in referring 2 or 3 other clients.
Client reviewAnonymousMartindale-Hubbell
Nothing in business is as painful & emotionally draining as a business divorce. Thanks to the support, guidance and confidence that Gary Jaburg and his team provided, we were able to navigate through a business divorce during the worst economic conditions in the companies history at the same time AND come out with a tremendous outlook on the future. Your legal team has to provide you with the confidence to make the tough decisions and that's where Jaburg & Wilk came through in flying colors!
Client reviewAnonymousMartindale-Hubbell
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Awards and recognition
- Best Lawyers in America- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2018 to 2026
- Rated AV Preeminent from Martindale-Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Gold 2017 to 2026
- Phoenix Magazine - Top Lawyer, Banking & Financial, 2022 to 2025
Recognitions reflect the selection methods of the organizations that give them. About awards and rankings
Videos
Articles
Jaburg Wilk Managing Partner Gary Jaburg Named to Board of The Foster Alliance
24 Jaburg Wilk Attorneys Named as 2025 Top Lawyer by Phoenix Magazine
Creating Great Client Experiences
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Ghandi
Great Leaders Share these Seven Traits
The Potential Cost of Being Right
In the news
- Named by Greater Phoenix In Business Magazine as “13 Top Valley Leaders on 2021. Where do we go from here?” . Gary provided In Business Magazine with insight into how the company is moving forward in these unprecedented times; Legal Needs Evolve in Economic Downturn.
Community involvement
- Board Member, The Foster Alliance
- Executive Committee, Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, SARRC
- Board Member, Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, SARRC
- Former Board Member, Feeding Matters
- Former Board Member, Jewish Community Association
- Former Chairman, Board Member, Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center
- Former Chairman, Young Leadership Cabinet of the Jewish Federation
- Former Board Member, Executive Committee, Jewish Federation
- Former Board Member, Scottsdale Leadership Workshop Foundation
- Former Member of the Fee Arbitration Committee, Former chair of Law Practice Management Section State Bar of Arizona
- Recipient of Wexner Heritage Foundation Fellowship
- Listed in Who's Who in American Law
Education
- J.D., Boston University 1981.
- B.A., cum laude, Vassar College 1978.
Bar admissions
- Arizona, 1981
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona.
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