
For more than four decades, Randy Nussbaum has assisted individuals and businesses with complex bankruptcy protection (debtor and creditor), transaction, and litigation matters. He especially enjoys helping his clients achieve their business and financial objectives using innovative legal strategies.
Randy is a Certified Bankruptcy Specialist (Arizona Board of Legal Specialization) and a Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist (American Board of Certification) and a Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist (American Board of Certification) and has represented secured and unsecured creditors, surety companies, creditor committees, lessors, professional athletes, doctors, attorneys, and trustees in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 proceedings, including adversary actions (bankruptcy litigation). The cases have involved such diverse matters as real estate, construction, manufacturing, trucking, asset-based lending, bankruptcy-related to divorce, and high-value, complex individual bankruptcies.
Randy’s peers have honored him with multiple peer rankings for his professional, civic, and charitable achievements. Randy has been named to Super Lawyers’“ Top 50 Arizona” list of attorneys multiple times and has been selected three times by The Best Lawyers in America® Best Lawyer of the Year.
Committed to community service, Randy is a 1990 graduate of Scottsdale Leadership. He has volunteered for that organization for more than 30 years, serves on its Advisory Board, and is a recipient of the prestigious Frank W. Hodges Alumni Achievement Award. Randy serves on the advisory boards for the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale Historical Society, and Scottsdale Community College. He served as a Sterling Awards Jurist, Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, and received the Chamber’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year Award. Recognized for his life-long commitment to community service, in 2018 Randy joined the distinguished roster of honorees inducted into the Scottsdale History Hall of Fame.
Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona
J.D.
Arizona State University, Arizona
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Arizona
U.S. District Court District of Arizona
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
The Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” (Scottsdale) in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, – 2019
The Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” Bankruptcy Litigation 2021, 2024
The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2010 – 2025
The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy Litigation, 2011 – 2025
The Best Lawyers in America: Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, 2016 – 2025
The Best Lawyers in America: Banking and Finance Litigation, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, 2022 – 2025
The Best Lawyers in America: Real Estate Law, – 2024
Selected to Super Lawyers, 2007 – 2025
Top 50: Arizona Super Lawyers: 2012 – 2013, 2017 – 2022
AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell®, 1997 – 2025
“Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona,” Az Business Magazine, 2010 – 2025
Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, 2009 – 2020
“AzBusiness Leaders” (Law: Bankruptcy/Reorganization), Az Business Magazine, 2013 – 2025
Scottsdale History Hall of Fame: Inductee, 2018 – Present
Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce: Volunteer of the Year, Segner Award, 2017 – Present
Scottsdale Leadership: Volunteer of the Year 2015; Frank W. Hodges Alumni Achievement Award, 2012 – Present
Scottsdale Bar Association: Award of Excellence, 2011 – Present
Arizona State University Law School Alumnus of the Year, 2023 – Present
American Board of Certification, President – Elect, 2023
American Bankruptcy Institute, Co-Chair, Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, 2013 to 2017
State Bar of Arizona: Bankruptcy Section, Construction Law Section, Real Property Section
Maricopa County Bar Association
Scottsdale Bar Association
Turnaround Management Association
Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification, 2005
Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, 1997
Community Leadership
Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors, 2017-Present
Scottsdale Community College: President’s Advisory Board 2017-Present
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts: Board of Directors 2002-2020; Chair 2010-2013; Night Run for the Arts Chair 2007-2009
Scottsdale Cultural Council: Board of Trustees 2010-2014; Executive Council 2011-2014; Development Committee 2011-2017
Scottsdale Leadership: Class of 1990; Board of Directors 2002-2006; Vice President, 2004-2005; Advisory Council 2013–Present
Scottsdale Historical Society: Board of Directors › 2017-Present
City of Scottsdale: Environmental Quality Advisory Board 1999-2005
Phoenix Theatre: Board of Directors 1995-2002
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