D. Jeffrey Craven, Esq.
 D. Jeffrey Craven is a founding member of Smith & Craven, P.L.L.C. He is a published author, and has participated as teaching faculty in legal education seminars. During his sixteen plus years of law practice, he has represented an assortment of corporate clients and some non-profit organizations. His clientele have included numerous contractors and real estate developers, banks, private lenders, and other professionals. He practices commercial, construction and real estate litigation, foreclosure-related litigation, and bankruptcy. He also practices transactional law, assisting in the formation of companies, providing corporate updating and maintenance on existing companies, and providing general counsel to those companies he represents. He also assists in the purchase and sale of company interests, and prepares buy-sell agreements and other corporate transactional documents.
He also practices in real estate transactions, including drafting documents and conducting pre-purchase review, assisting in due diligence review, preparing easements and drafting other real estate transactional documents. As part of his real estate practice he also assists clients in both judicial and non-judicial foreclosures.
He has practiced before state and federal courts, the Registrar of Contractors, the Office of Administrative Hearings, and in private arbitration before the American Arbitration Association. During 2007-2008, he served as a Judge Pro Tempore before the Maricopa County Superior Courts, principally covering the calendar for commissioners, presiding over forcible detainer, name change, and debtor examinations. Additionally, he has acted as an arbitrator and mediator for a variety of commercial disputes and tort litigation.
Education
Arbitration / Mediation / A.D.R. Training and Experience
- Listed on Maricopa County Superior Court roster of court-appointed arbitrators.
Licenses
Associations and Memberships
Publications and Legal Education Taught
- Arizona Mechanic’s Lien Law Seminar, Presented Annually to Various Organizations, most recently in conjunction with Accurate Lien and Contractor Services on November 17, 2009
- Mold Issues and SPDS Disclosures Seminar, Presented to Several Real Estate Brokerages in Arizona in 2003-2004
- Business Structures – Comparison Seminar, Presented in 2003-2004
- Participating Lecturer of the Spring 2003 Legal Breakfast Seminar Series, American Subcontractors Association, Arizona Chapter.
- Construction Lien Law in Arizona, A Practice Manual, co-author, 2002, State Bar of Arizona.
Other Interests
- C & B Motorworks, LLC
- Carnuts.US
- Jeff is a devoted husband and father of two daughters. When Jeff is not busy aiding clients, he spends time assisting his wife in shepherding his two daughters to dance, piano, swimming and modeling/acting classes.
- Jeff is a self-professed fanatic of all things automotive, having grown up around the automobile industry (his father was a Porsche mechanic, salesman and dealership manager). He is known to study automotive history. He is a sports car racing fan and enjoys watching WRC and Formula One. He also attends various car shows annually, often spending a couple hours on a Saturday evening attending the McDonald’s Rock n’ Roll Classic Car Show a the Scottsdale Pavilions shopping mall. Jeff is also a 2000 graduate of the Skip Barber Racing School, having trained at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
- Jeff is also an avid Diamondbacks fan.
- Jeff has profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace, and you can follow him on Twitter.
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