Samuel Rocereta

Samuel Rocereta

Business / Contracts, Business Formation, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Tax (Transactional)

Queen Creek, Arizona

Personal Introduction

I was born and raised outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I attended Kutztown University, where I studied finance and economics. After completing my Bachelor of Science and Business Administration, I moved to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, while I studied at Widener University Delaware Law School. After law school I made my way out to Phoenix and ended up staying put for the foreseeable future.

Practice Composition

Transactional

Education

Widener University Schools of Law
Widener University Schools of Law Juris Doctor (2019)
Kutztown University
Kutztown University Bachelor of Science (2016)

Practice Summary

My career interests are to practice Transactional Corporate Law, including Business Start Up, as well as Real Estate Law, Estate Planning Law, and Intellectual Property Law. I am currently licensed in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Utah, after having moved to Phoenix from Philadelphia in September 2019. I am currently General Counsel for a bioengineering company. I handled everything from their Business Transactional Agreements, Private Placement Memorandums, and Corporate Structures to Intellectual Property Assignments, to Employment Law and Beach of Contract settlements. Responsibilities include writing and executing agreements, drafting court pleadings, court appearances, transactional documents, managing outside expert legal counsel, legal research and anticipating unique legal issues that could impact the Company. Conducted an acquisition of an entire line of intellectual property from a competitor. In regards to other clients, I am primarily focused on transactional law for clients in a variety of industries including, but not limited to, real estate investment, property management, and e-commerce. Work is primarily centered around entity formation and corporate structure, corporate governance agreements, PPMs, opportunity zone tax incentives, and all kinds of business to business agreements. I also serve as a Compliance Attorney for an immigration Alternative Business Structure. I also have limited experience with Estate Planning law, drafting numerous Estate Planning documents for people such as Wills, Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Directives, and Trusts. I was selected to the Super Lawyers Southwest Rising Stars list for 2024 - 2026. Each year no more than 2.5% of the attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico are selected to the Rising Stars. I am looking to further gain legal experience in these fields of law as well as expand my legal experience assisting business start ups, and also trademark registration and licensing.

Response Time

2 days

Awards

Superlawyers Rising Stars

Superlawyers Rising Stars

Personal Interests & Charitable Work

When I am not busy assisting clients, I spend my time traveling and hiking with my family and seeing live music.

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Client Reviews

5.00/5.0 Aggregate Score (2 reviews)

Bar Admissions

Arizona, Pennsylvania, Utah