The most comprehensive single volume book on the subject of
administrative regulation of contractors in Arizona.

About the Book

The original framework for the book was nothing more than a small unannotated seminar manual that I developed that was aimed at contractors.  Back then, the seminar manual’s topical coverage was limited to the hearing process before the Office of Administrative Hearings.   However, as we left 1999 and entered 2000, it became more apparent to me that the Registrar of Contractors was only increasing its regulation and discipline of contractors, whose ranks were swelling to hereto before unseen numbers in Arizona.  As a result, I was finding more of my practice time being devoted to appearances before the Registrar of Contractors and Office of Administrative Hearings. 

Despite this burgeoning practice, there was no individual text to which I could turn to look up all of the practice and procedure questions I had about the Registrar of Contractors and Office of Administrative Hearings.  Rather, the topic if at all addressed was usually relegated to small chapters in several books about contractor regulation. 

So, I spent a year and a half assembling my own citations and annotations and began expanding that little 25 page seminar manual into a large annotated volume for my own use.   However, it dawned on me that I was not the only attorney in Arizona who lacked a useful single volume text on the subject of administrative regulation of contractors.  Thus, I decided in 2002 to undertake the natural extension of my efforts by expanding my personal texts into a solid single volume practice manual that I could offer for sale to other practitioners.

Purchasers of this book should expect a well thought out volume that is portable and intended to be taken to administrative hearings to answer questions as they arise.  Purchasers should also expect a handy and useful desk reference.   I took pains to try to write the book in such fashion that the inexperienced practitioner could learn the art and craft of administrative practice, and so that the experienced practitioner could quickly find the citations and annotations they need to draft their pleadings and to advise their clients. 

I hope the book is well-received and put to good use by all who acquire a copy.  To that end it is my intention to update the book at least on an annual basis, both updating the annotations and expanding the topical coverage.  So, if anyone has criticism or comments, or even if you would just like to offer suggestions of topics that should be covered, I most certainly welcome hearing from you.  After all, in the final analysis, since this is a book for practitioners, it will only be as good as you, the practitioners,  permit it to be.

In the book you will find:

Ø      More than 170 citations to relevant authority.

Ø      More than 80 pages of text.

Ø      More than 25 forms.

Ø      The complete text of the Registrar of Contractors’ minimum workmanship standards.

Ø      Topic coverage from the regulatory power of the Registrar of Contractors through administrative appeal before the Superior Court.

Ø      Commentary on tips offered by the Office of Administrative Hearings and Administrative Law Judges.

Ø      Tips on how to conduct discovery before the Office of Administrative Hearings.

Ø      Tips on how to utilize actions before the Registrar of Contractors and Office of Administrative Hearings in concurrent Superior Court Litigation.

Ø      Practitioner pointers on the ‘unwritten rules’.

Ø      Complete text of all contractor-relevant statutes and administrative codes.

Ø      Biographies of all sitting Administrative Law Judges.