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Jay Dushoff specializes in eminent domain, inverse condemnation, valuation litigation and zoning.

Mr. Dushoff's experience includes:

• Handling over 5,000 condemnation cases in several states, representing only property owners who are being condemned.
  
• Involvement in a battle concerning what lands would be placed within the boundaries of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve.
  
• Zoning cases including confrontations involving residential density of the former Camelback Hospital site in central Phoenix, and a dispute over a potential Wal-Mart site in Glendale.

Education
Harvard University
J.D., cum laude, 1957

University of Pennsylvania
B.A., 1954

Bar & Court Admissions
Arizona, 1958
U.S. Supreme Court, 1966

Associations & Memberships
State Bar of Arizona
Member

American Bar Association
Member

Maricopa County Bar Association
Member

Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member

American Board of Trial Advocates
Member

Valley Citizens League 1990-Present
Board of Directors

Lambda Alpha International, Phoenix Chapter 1994
President

State Bar of Arizona, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee 1974-1991
Member

State Bar of Arizona, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee 1980-1982
Chair

State Bar of Arizona, Civil Appellate Rules Subcommittee 1969-1978
Chair

American Bar Association, Real Property Committee 1964-1987
Member

Honors & Awards
Listed, "The Best Lawyers in America", Woodward/White, Inc., 2009
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University, 1957

Representative Cases
City of Phoenix v. Mangum, 912 P.2d 35 (Ariz.App. Div. 1 1996)

City of Phoenix v. McCullough, 536 P.2d 230 (Ariz.App. Div. 1 1975)

Dushoff v. Phoenix Co., 528 P.2d 637 (Ariz.App. Div. 1 1974)

State ex rel. Herman v. Tucson Title Ins. Co., 420 P.2d 286 (Ariz. 1966)

Long v. Mertz, 407 P.2d 404 (Ariz. App. 1965)

Rayburn v. State ex rel. Willey, 378 P.2d 496 (Ariz. 1963)

State ex rel. Willey v. Whitman, 370 P.2d 273 (Ariz. 1962)

Lake Mead Land & Water Co. v. Phoenix Title & Trust Co., 533 P.2d 711 (Ariz.App. Div. 1 1975)

Citizens for Orderly Development and Environment v. City of Phoenix, 540 P.2d 1239 (Ariz. 1975)

Arizona Foundation for Neurology and Psychiatry v. Sienerth, 477 P.2d 758 (Ariz.App. Div. 1 1970)

Published Works
An Irreverent Look at Highway Proximity Damage Decisions, (Co-Author), Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, 1993

When Eminent Domain 'Working Rules' Don't Work, (Co-Author), Appraisal Journal, July, 1991

Valuation of Power Line Easements, (Co-Author), Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, 1989

Public Use and Necessity - The Right to Take Revisited, (Co-Author), Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, 1988

Speaking Engagements
Special Benefits and Severance Damages, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993

Settlement Techniques, Examination and Cross Examination, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1992

Settlement Techniques, Examination and Cross Examination, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, Tucson, Arizona, 1991

Consequential Damages - Too Inconsequential for Compensation?, Municipal Legal Studies Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, Dallas, Texas, 1991

Trial Tactics from Viewpoint of Owner, Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, 1983

Severance Damages, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1990

Power Line Easement Valuation, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1989

Trial Strategy, Jury Selection, Opening Statements, Final Arguments and Case-in-Chief, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1987

Trial Strategy, Jury Selection, Opening Statements, Final Arguments and Case-in-Chief, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988

Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, San Diego, California, 1986

Transmission Lines and Health Hazards, Lawful and Unlawful Exercises of Eminent Domain Special Use, Dates of Valuation, San Diego, California, 1984