About Patrick

Two decades of practice. One judgment.

Patrick Nackley is a Scottsdale-based real estate attorney whose practice combines litigation experience, corporate counsel judgment, and the ability to evaluate legal problems from both a courtroom and business-risk perspective.
Patrick Nackley, founder of Nackley Law

Patrick Nackley

Founder & Real Estate Attorney

Patrick is an Arizona real estate attorney with close to twenty-five years of practice — focused in real estate, with concurrent executive-level management and in-house corporate counsel experience advising on legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.

His résumé reflects the full arc of a real estate practice: first-chair trial counsel who tried a real estate jury trial to verdict in 2026 and took two additional matters to full jury trial in 2025 as a Partner at Medalist Legal; senior counsel to a private land bank with holdings across fourteen U.S. states and several Canadian provinces (Walton Global Holdings); senior counsel at a Phoenix real estate firm (MacQueen & Gottlieb), where he led a team of three attorneys and two paralegals on CC&R, easement, and title disputes; and eleven years building and running the in-house legal department at a mortgage-servicing company with $50M in annual revenues.

Patrick founded Nackley Law to serve a specific kind of client — property owners, investors, businesses, and associations who need strategic counsel for serious real estate problems, not basic document review. He is a nationally published guest author on issues at the intersection of real estate, business, and risk.

“My clients are typically facing a serious problem — a dispute that could cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars, a contract that's falling apart, or a title issue that threatens an asset they've spent years building. They don't need volume. They need judgment. That's what I provide.”

— Patrick Nackley

Nackley Law is built for property owners, real estate investors, developers, and closely-held businesses — not volume residential work. Typical matters range from $50,000 to $10 million in dispute value or transaction size.

Credential badges

State Bar of ArizonaState Bar of Colorado (Inactive)U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th & 10th CircuitsReal Property SectionAdmitted 2002First-Chair Jury Trial CounselNationally Published Author

Approach

Strategy first

Case theme, discovery posture, and risk profile mapped before paperwork.

Executive judgment

16 years of in-house corporate counsel experience applied to your business reality.

Litigation-tested

Comfortable in motion practice, mediation, arbitration, and trial.

Discreet by default

Confidential representation. Your matter stays yours.

Education

  • Juris DoctorUniversity of Denver Sturm College of Law · 2002
  • Master of ArtsUniversity of Tennessee — Environmental Studies
  • Bachelor of ScienceVirginia Commonwealth University — Public Relations

Bar admissions

  • —State Bar of Arizona
  • —State Bar of Colorado (Inactive)
  • —U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • —U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Practice focus

Real estate litigationQuiet title and easement disputesDisclosure and non-disclosure litigationContract enforcement and workoutsHOA and CC&R disputesSpecial assessments and capital improvement disputesAcquisition and disposition due diligenceTitle and survey reviewConstruction contracts and mechanics liensCommercial and retail leasingJoint venture and partnership agreementsInternal and external investigationsRegulatory and reputational risk counsel

Professional experience

  • June 2026 – PresentFounder & Managing Partner · Nackley Law, PLLC — Scottsdale, AZ
  • 2024 – 2026Partner · Medalist Legal
  • 2022 – 2025Owner / Principal · FTM Financial, LLC
  • 2021 – 2022Senior Counsel · Walton Global Holdings, LLC
  • 2019 – 2021Senior Counsel · MacQueen & Gottlieb, PLLC — Phoenix, AZ
  • 2007 – 2018Senior Vice President & Corporate Counsel · Superior Home Services, Inc. — Scottsdale, AZ
  • 2006 – 2007Managing Partner · The Law Offices of Patrick Nackley — Centennial, CO
  • 2002 – 2006Junior Partner · The Law Offices of John J. Mattey, LLC — Englewood, CO

Professional activities

  • —State Bar of Arizona — Real Property Section

Publications

Nationally published guest author on real estate, business, and risk topics. A current list of selected publications is available on request.

Speaking & recognition

Speaking engagements and recognitions available on request.

Selected milestones

  • 2026Founded Nackley Law in Scottsdale, Arizona — a focused real estate practice for high-stakes disputes and counsel. Tried a real estate jury trial to verdict as first-chair counsel earlier in the year.
  • 2025Took two additional real estate matters to full jury trial as first-chair counsel while a Partner at Medalist Legal.
  • 2024Joined Medalist Legal as Partner, advising commercial and retail tenants and real estate investors on leases, acquisitions, and complex litigation.
  • 2021Joined Walton Global Holdings as Senior Counsel — private land bank with holdings across 14 U.S. states and several Canadian provinces.
  • 2019Joined MacQueen & Gottlieb (Phoenix) as Senior Counsel; led a team of three attorneys and two paralegals across CC&R, easement, and title disputes.
  • 2007Built the in-house legal department at Superior Home Services from the ground up; served 11 years as SVP & Corporate Counsel.
  • 2002Earned Juris Doctor from the University of Denver; admitted to practice and began legal career in Colorado.
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