Frazer Ryan’s commitment to civic and professional leadership and putting clients’ interests first is Dave Frazer’s legacy as one of the firm’s co-founders and now Partner Emeritus.
Dave retired from the practice of law in 2005, concluding a professional career that included a clerkship for the Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, four years as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, and 20 years in private practice before co-founding, in 1989, the law firm that bears his name.
A Detroit native who earned his law degree in 1954 from the University of Michigan, Dave came to Arizona in 1962. His practice included estate and corporate tax planning, exempt organizations, income tax litigation, and probate and trust administration.
He was the first of five Frazer Ryan attorneys to be inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and he helped establish the State Bar of Arizona’s legal specialist certification program.
A leader in the community, Dave established and was a long-time board member of the Flinn Foundation. He chaired the National Conference of Community and Justice (Arizona Region), served as president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix and vice president of the Phoenix Symphony Association, and was an active member of the Grand Canyon Council, Boy Scouts of America, and the St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Research Committee.