Bar Admissions
- Arizona
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Arizona
- United States District Court, District of Arizona
Education
- Arizona State University, College of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- University of Arizona (B.A.)
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Joyce K. Wright, P.C.
Partner
Phoenix
Services
Biography
Joyce Wright is a Certified Real Estate Law Specialist engaged in all areas of real estate, including master planned developments, resort, hotel and golf course developments, subdivisions, leases, options, restrictive covenants and easements. Her practice also covers representation regarding purchase, sale, ground-lease and development transactions involving large tracks of undeveloped land, golf, resort and hotel properties, public utility, energy and telecommunication facilities, retail, office, industrial, manufacturing, residential and mixed-use projects, historic and redevelopment projects, low income housing projects, tax credit projects, educational facilities, agricultural and ranch land, mining and natural resource transactions and public-private partnership transactions. Joyce’s expertise also includes state and federal land transactions, title examinations, title insurance and escrow claims, condemnation matters and dispute resolution, real estate finance, structure and negotiation of joint venture and entity agreements, lease transactions, nonprofit owners associations, corporate law, hospitality law, land use entitlement and planning and development and economic incentive agreements.
Joyce is also a leader within the firm’s Real Estate Group. For 30 years, she has maintained an AV Preeminent ranking by Martindale-Hubbell®.
Credentials
Experience
Awards & Recognition
- Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell® (1994-2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law (2005-2025)
- Phoenix Lawyer of the Year, Real Estate Law (2016)
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business®, Real Estate (2003-2024)
- Southwest Super Lawyers®, Real Estate (2007-2024)
- Top 25 Female Lawyers in Arizona (2018)
- AZ Business Leader, AZ Business Leaders Magazine (2023)
- Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona, AZ Business Magazine (2019)
- Greater Phoenix Attorney at Law Magazine feature story, “The Women of Snell & Wilmer“ (December 2009)
- Arizona’s Finest Lawyers
Previous Professional Experience
- Arizona Court of Appeals, Judicial Clerk to Chief Judge Laurence T. Wren (1981-1982)
Professional Memberships and Activities
- State Bar of Arizona
- Real Estate Advisory Commission, Board Member (2005-2011)
- Real Property Section (Real Estate Law Certified Specialist)
- Corporate, Banking, and Business Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Corporation, Banking, and Business Law Section
- Real Property, Tax, and Probate Law Section
- Arizona Women Lawyers Association
- National Network of Commercial Real Estate Women
- Arizona Commercial Real Estate Women
Community Involvement
- Maricopa County Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Homeward Bound (2008-2019)
- Board of Directors
Representative Presentations and Publications
- “Arizona Supreme Court Holds Agreement Violates Gift Clause: What Gilmore v. Gallego Teaches Us About Multi-Party Service Contracts Between Public and Private Parties,” Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (August 5, 2024)
- “Joyce Wright: The Wright Way,” Profiled, Attorney at Law Magazine 2018 Women in Law Edition (October 2018)
Publications
Aug 05, 2024
Legal Alerts
Arizona Supreme Court Holds Agreement Violates Gift Clause: What Gilmore v. Gallego Teaches Us About Multi-Party Service Contracts Between Public and Private Parties
Jul 31, 2013
Legal Alerts
Legal Alert – Recent Developments Related to Doing Business on Indian Lands
Dec 07, 2012
Legal Alerts
Legal Alert – The Department of the Interior Issues New Rules Regulating the Leasing of Tribal Lands
Firm News
Aug 15, 2024
Awards & Recognition