Stockton Thornton LLP

Specialties

We specialize in helping people overcome their debts by turning the tables on unruly debt collectors and intelligently applying the bankruptcy laws.

History

Established in 2009.

Stockton Thornton is comprised of professionals who focus their practice on consumer advocacy, including bankruptcy.

The firm was founded by Arthur Stockton in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mr. Stockton brings a wealth of experience and leadership to the firm. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona College of Law, in 1985. He began his career with O’Connor Cavanagh (now Greenberg Traurig) in Phoenix. His practice was concentrated in securities transactions, representing issuers of real estate syndications and mortgage backed securities.

He went on to co-​found the new Valley Bank of Arizona and the Stockton Trust Companies. Having both owned a bank and represented issuers of Collaterilized Debt Obligations and Collaterilzed Mortgage Obligations, Mr. Stockton has intricate knowledge of the securitized mortgage system. Suffice it to say that he understands the weaknesses in the system and how to exploit the rampant fraud currently comitted by lenders and servicers.

Meet the Business Owner

Arthur S.

Business Owner

Arthur Stockton graduated magna cum laude from law school and began his career in 1985 as a securities lawyer working in real estate syndications and mortgage backed bonds. Mr. Stockton went on to become a founder and director of the Valley Bank of Arizona and the Stockton Trust Companies. In 2001, Mr. Stockton founded the Stockton Law Offices to become a tireless advocate for consumer rights.

Mr. Stockton has 25 years of experience. He has been a lawyer, a client, a borrower and a lender and offers unique perspectives for the current environment. One of Mr. Stockton’s favorite sayings is that nobody should be granted a license to be a lawyer until they have had the experience of being a client.

Mr. Stockton is admitted to practice law in the States of California and Arizona and maintains memberships in the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, as well as many local associations affiliated with consumer advocacy.