Mr. Dyekman practices in the area of real estate development, with an emphasis in the area of common interest community law.  He represents developers of new residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use condominiums and planned communities on matters relating to the creation of a governance structure, the preparation of the project documents and the marketing and sale of the individual lots or condominium units.  He also has extensive experience in the conversion of various types of property to a condominium.

Professional Activities

Mr. Dyekman is a member of the Real Estate Section of the State Bar of Arizona. He is also a member of the Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law of the American Bar Association.  He was a member of the Study and Drafting Committee of the State Bar of Arizona which drafted the Arizona Condominium Act.  He is a past Chair of the ABA Committee on the Operation and Management of Community Associations.

Mr. Dyekman is also a past national President of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) which is a national nonprofit association formed to conduct research and distribute information on the most advanced and effective ways to establish, finance and operate condominiums, planned unit developments and cooperatives.

He is also a member of The College of Community Association Lawyers which us a national professional organization established by CAI to acknowledge attorneys who have distinguished themselves through contributions to community association law.  He is a former member of the Board of Governors of The College of Community Association Lawyers and a former Dean of The College of Community Association Lawyers.

Mr. Dyekman has participated as a member of the faculty for seminars on various aspects of community association law sponsored by the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Arizona and the Maricopa County Bar Association, as well as seminars sponsored by various private organizations.

Education/Bar Status

Mr. Dyekman received his undergraduate degree from Northern Illinois University in 1970 and he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa Law School in 1974.  He served as the Notes and Comments Editor of the Tulsa Law Journal in 1973. He was admitted to the Arizona Bar in 1974.

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