Law Office of D.L. Drain, P.C.
was founded in 1990 by Diane L. Drain, counselor
and attorney-at-law, an Arizona native.
Ms. Drain has over thirty years of practical legal experience. Since 1985
she has worked as a lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona. She is licensed in the
State of Arizona and the United States District Court of Arizona and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Drain left her large firm to open her own
firm focusing on creditor and debtor rights and real property lien enforcement.
Prior to law school Ms. Drain spent 15 years as a
paralegal and law office administrator. She regularly appears before the
United States Bankruptcy Court. Ms. Drain is a conservative and practical advocate for her
creditor and debtor clients.
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It is a very
rare person who can single-handedly change the course of
history.
It is my opinion that Abraham Lincoln was one of those rare
individuals. His principals for lawyers have become our
firm's creed.
Diane L. Drain
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Diane L. Drain has received numerous awards for her dedication
to the practice of law, including the Arizona State Bar's 1996 Member of the
Year award and was featured several times in the Arizona Business Gazette,
Arizona Attorney and
other national and local publications.
She spends countless hours teaching bankruptcy, foreclosure and contract law at the Arizona School
of Real Estate, a local
professional school. Ms. Drain helped to develop and continues to teach a
course on Professionalism which is mandated by the Arizona Supreme Court for all Arizona attorneys.
Following the lead of her mentors, Ms. Drain is also dedicated to teaching.
Since 1988 she has taught basic bankruptcy and real property issues at the
Arizona School of Real Estate.
She also teaches her fellow practitioners how to
efficiently manage their law firms. She has published numerous
articles on law office management and technology for the
American Bar Association,
State Bar of Arizona and
many of the County Bar
Associations; along with several local newspapers, including the
Arizona
Business Gazette. In 1994 she established
The Legal Resource
Group to help bring technology to law firms.
In addition to being a member of the
State Bar of Arizona
and the United States
District Court, District of Arizona, she
is also a member of several professional associations:
National Association of Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys, various State Bar sections: including the State Bar Professionalism
Committee, the
Bankruptcy Section
and the
Real Property Section.
Ms. Drain is a past President of the Maricopa Chapter of the
Arizona
Women Lawyer's Association, a past Chair of the
Solo Practitioner's Section of
the Arizona State Bar, a past Chair of the Maricopa County Continuing Legal
Education program and the founding Chairperson for the Arizona Trustee's
Association. Ms.
Drain was appointed by the Supreme Court to the Commission on Judicial Review
and the Supreme Court's Commission on Technology.
Ms. Drain's community
activities include participation in the Volunteer's Lawyers Programs, Law Week,
Senior Citizens Law Project, Legal Assistance for the Elderly, and Volunteer Mediation
Services. She also
assists as a practice monitor for the State Bar's
Law Office Management
Assistance Program.
She is married to a wonderful man, Jay, a mother and stepmother of four girls, and grandmother of
two girls.
The
above information is fine if you want a resume, but how about if you are
wondering why Ms. Drain has chosen bankruptcy law as her primary area of
practice? For more insight as to her philosophy and love of the practice
read the article
The reasons
why Ms. Drain chose to help consumers and creditors.
It is a good analysis of her view of the
importance of bankruptcy on families, the community and the entire national
economy.
To learn more about Ms. Drain see also the page
entitled Life Tips and Humor.
