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At a Glance
| Firm | Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C. |
| Attorney | Thomas E. Halter |
| Office | One E. Washington St., Suite 1600, Phoenix, AZ 85004 — despite appearing prominently in Yuma-area attorney directories, this profile confirmed his actual office is Phoenix |
| Firm founded | 1921 — one of Arizona’s older continuously operating law firms |
| Focus | Commercial real estate transactions and secured lending |
| Certification | Certified Real Estate Specialist, State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization |
| Admitted | Arizona, 1992; also admitted in Colorado, Texas, and Utah |
Sources: Martindale, Lawyers.com, gustlaw.com (firm site). Compiled August 2026.
Origin
A Century-Old Firm, a Verified Real Estate Specialist
Thomas E. Halter attended the University of Arizona and was admitted to the Arizona State Bar in 1992, later gaining admission in Colorado, Texas, and Utah as well. He practices at Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C., a Phoenix firm established in 1921 with roughly 60 attorneys at its Phoenix office. This profile independently verified his Board of Legal Specialization certification in Real Estate across multiple sources — Martindale, Lawyers.com, and the firm’s own site — before using the word “specialist” to describe him. A location note: several attorney-directory sites feature Mr. Halter prominently in Yuma-area and Lake Havasu City-area real estate attorney listings, which could suggest a local office in those cities; this profile confirmed via the firm’s own site and Martindale that his actual office is in Phoenix, and treats the Yuma/Lake Havasu directory placement as regional service-area marketing rather than a local office presence.
Practice
Sophisticated Commercial Real Estate and Secured Lending
Mr. Halter’s real estate practice centers on sophisticated commercial transactions — negotiating and preparing leases, purchase agreements, joint development agreements, CC&Rs, easements, and financing documents — for national and regional retail and development clients. His secured-lending practice represents commercial lenders, including Wells Fargo Capital Finance, in asset-based lending origination and loan management, covering promissory notes, credit and security agreements, guarantees, inter-creditor agreements, and subordination agreements.
Track Record
Commercial real estate and lending transactions are not typically reduced to comparable public settlement or verdict figures the way litigation is; no independent case-result table was located in the sources reviewed for this profile.
Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
No independently attributed third-party client reviews were located for Mr. Halter in the sources reviewed for this profile — consistent with a transactional commercial practice serving institutional and corporate clients (national retailers, developers, a major national lender) rather than individual consumers who typically generate public reviews.
Community
Mr. Halter is a member of the State Bar of Arizona’s Business Law and Real Property Sections, the Maricopa County Bar Association’s Real Property Section, and the International Council of Shopping Centers — professional and industry involvement distinct from his direct client caseload.
Recognition
Mr. Halter’s Board of Legal Specialization Real Estate certification was independently verified across multiple sources before this profile used “specialist” to describe him. His multi-state bar admissions (Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Utah) reflect a regional commercial practice beyond Arizona alone.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Arizona real property transactions are governed primarily by Title 33 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, covering deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, and landlord-tenant matters. Commercial real estate transactions in Arizona commonly use deeds of trust rather than traditional mortgages, allowing non-judicial foreclosure (trustee’s sale) under A.R.S. § 33-807 in the event of default — a materially faster process than judicial foreclosure available in some other states, which shapes how secured lenders structure commercial financing here.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Thomas Halter’s genuine differentiator is a verified Board of Legal Specialization certification in real estate combined with a century-old firm’s institutional depth and a secured-lending practice serving major national lenders — a combination suited to sophisticated commercial transactions rather than residential or small-business real estate matters. The honest caveat: prospective clients who found him through a Yuma- or Lake Havasu-area directory listing should confirm his actual Phoenix office location and travel/representation logistics before assuming local, in-person availability in those markets.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from Martindale-Hubbell, Lawyers.com’s attorney directory, and gustlaw.com (firm site). Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C. did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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