James R Wood

I was searching for advice and possible representation regarding an HOA issue. Mr Wood. got back to me in a timely manner. Provided realistic advice and helped me formulate a plan that made sense and was cost effective. I ended up not needing to actually hire an attorney but I would have had no re...servations about hiring Mr. Wood based on my experiences.

My wife and I have just spent three plus years of our lives fighting a battle with our HOA pertaining to running its elections in compliance with our Community Documents and Arizona Revised Statutes. After an appeal to the Arizona Court of Appeals we were awarded $43,015.33 in legal expenses by a Pi...nal County Superior Court Judge. Quite frankly, if it had not been for Roger's guidance and knowledge we would not have WON. Roger was a stabilizing force in dealing with numerous HOA attorneys assign to our case. We started the Lawsuit with Maxwell & Morgan representing the Association. Two months into the Lawsuit the Insurance Carrier added Augustus Shaw to the case but Maxwell & Morgan also stayed to continue the battle. Believe me if there is a more unreasonable pair of HOA attorneys to deal with to deal with -- I do not want to meet them. The Associations Board of Directors just wanted to FIGHT and neither of those attorneys appears to have had a problem with that philosophy. They appeared to believe in the fact the Association has an unlimited amount of money to fight with Home Owners and the issue did not have anything to do with RIGHT or WRONG. Spending the Associations money seemed to be the Associations only defense. The Association actually agreed to concede basically everything we had asked for within the first nine months of the Lawsuit. Legal Fees became the problem. A problem we appealed to the Arizona Court of Appeals because the Original Judge ruled both sides would be responsible for their own Legal Fees. That battle would not have been fought or won if it had not been for J. Roger Wood, Esquire. Thank you for all you did for Kathy and me. Roger may not have answered every question I asked or every Email I sent BUT he did answer the important questions and more importantly WE WON and that was only possible because of Roger and Roger's knowledge. I do understand that I was not Roger's only client and he actually had to deal with some of the other clients problems once in while. Sometimes when face with problems and adversity WE tend to forget that other people have problems too. Roger was always there when we needed him. Keith and Kathy Extremely Satisfied Client Thank you Roger

When I bought a condo in Mesa recently, I was not bargaining on getting involved with a corrupt and harassing Board of Thugs. This situation had been going on for 9 years. If anyone complained they would receive a violation notice for something silly. I called Roger Wood and asked for his help. Roger... gave me great legal advice and strategy. The thugs ignored my petition to recall them. So Roger and I took them to court on a number of issues. With Roger's expertise, the Judge ruled in our favour and the petition was allowed. As a result we got rid of them and shamed them at the same time. Roger celebrated with us!

We owned a property in an HOA completely out of control. The President and board miss handled HOA funds, the property was in dis-repair, we had no HOA meetings and their was no proper record keeping. Mr. Wood stepped in and did a brilliant job of using his expertise with the courts so we could sell... our property and get out of what seemed to be an endless nightmare. His personal legal staff worked overtime on our case and were very responsive. If you have an HOA issue that needs to be reviewed by a real expert lawyer, call Roger, you will very glad you did!!!!