Rina Rai was born in Birmingham, England and was raised in central California. She attended the University of California at Riverside where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies in 1993 as a Dean’s List Recipient. Ms. Rai attended Pepperdine University School of Law where she obtained her Juris Doctor degree in 1996. While attending Pepperdine, she also obtained a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the nationally recognized program at Pepperdine University School of Law where she sharpened her skills in the areas of mediation, arbitration, and negotiation. Ms. Rai is admitted to practice in Arizona and California and is experienced in the areas of construction defect, insurance defense, and civil litigation.

Over the past 18 years, Ms. Rai has devoted a significant portion of her practice in the areas of construction defect litigation and general liability in both California and Arizona. Ms. Rai has represented hundreds of contractors in complex litigation cases and has successfully taken cases to trial and negotiated settlements and dismissals for many of her clients. Ms. Rai is a member of the, California State Bar, Idaho State Bar, the State Bar of Arizona, the Maricopa County Bar Association, the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, and the Construction Section of the Arizona State Bar. She is the past chair of Arizona State Bar’s Construction Section and also co-authored The Arizona Construction Law Manual, published by the State Bar of Arizona. Ms. Rai continues to publish and speak on issues related to general liability and construction claims.

Jack Barone received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Park College, Parkville, Missouri, where he graduated with distinction. Mr. Barone received his Juris Doctor degree in 1999 from the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, where he completed a concentration in Financial Transactions and achieved an Academic Certificate in Taxation Law. While in law school, he served as Publications Editor of the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review and as a member of the Moot Court Board. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Barone completed a distinguished career in the United States Air Force. This career provided a broad background, including experience in finance, including securities, and computer technology.

Mr. Barone’s practice is comprised of business transactions and civil litigation, including insurance defense and construction defect litigation. Mr. Barone is a member of the Arizona, and Maricopa County Bar Associations and the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, and is admitted to practice in all Arizona Courts as well as the United States District Court.

Mrs. Huff assists clients in a broad range of litigation matters, ranging from general business disputes to insurance defense. Mrs. Huff’s experience encompasses all phases of litigation, from initial pleadings through discovery, depositions, motion practice, arbitrations, negotiating appropriate settlements, and trial preparation. Mrs. Huff has also handled appellate work in the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One and Division Two. Mrs. Huff is admitted to practice law in Idaho, the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts, District of Idaho, Washington, all Arizona State Courts as well as the United States District Court, District of Arizona.

Memberships and Affiliations:
Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, Member
Young Lawyers Division of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, Member
Arizona licensed Realtor, Arizona Association of Realtors, Member
Private Pilot, Federal Aviation Administration, Member

Tom Duer joined Rai & Barone, P.C. as an associate in 2012 and focuses his practice primarily in the areas of construction defect litigation, products liability litigation and general civil litigation. Mr. Duer graduated magna cum laude with his Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies from the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University. Mr. Duer received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2008. In law school, Mr. Duer worked as a research assistant for Professor Colleen Medill researching various issues in ERISA Law.

Prior to joining Rai & Barone, Mr. Duer practiced in the areas of insurance coverage, real property litigation, title insurance and escrow. Mr. Duer is involved in all aspects of the litigation process, including developing effective case strategies, taking and defending depositions, drafting and arguing pre-trial motions, and negotiating settlements and settlement agreements. He is active member of the State Bar of Arizona as well as a current board member of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel. Mr. Duer is admitted to practice law in Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington, as well as United States District Court.

Teague Lashnits received his B.A. in Communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver. Mr. Lashnits’ practices primarily in the areas of civil litigation and real estate, including general liability insurance defense, personal injury, construction defect, commercial and business disputes, and various real estate matters. Mr. Lashnits is licensed to practice in Colorado and Arizona state and federal courts. Mr. Lashnits was named a Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2010-2011 and a Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2013-2016.

Brock D. Kaminski has practiced primarily in the area of commercial litigation, handling numerous business and commercial disputes in the Maricopa County Superior Court and in private arbitration. In addition, he has practiced before the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has drafted a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Kaminski received his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. During law school, Mr. Kaminski completed consecutive internships under the Honorable Jeffrey N. Cole, Magistrate Judge, and the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. There, he researched, analyzed, and drafted opinions regarding complex issues of federal law. Subsequently, he worked as an Extern for the City of Chicago Department of Law’s Federal Civil Rights Litigation Division where he defended police officers in both state and federal civil rights lawsuits.

BMarcus A. McGillivray focuses primarily in general civil litigation, construction defect, and insurance defense. Mr. McGillivray started as a criminal defense attorney, representing individuals with mental health vulnerabilities who were subject to the justice system. He earned his law degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where he received the Cali Award of Excellence for his study of White-Collar Criminal Law.

During law school, Mr. McGillivray served as a law clerk for a Phoenix criminal defense firm, where he briefly worked as an associate after graduation. He also clerked for a Capital Defense team in Pinal County, Arizona, defending clients in high-profile cases who faced the death penalty. Additionally, Mr. McGillivray interned for the Arizona Governor’s Regulatory Review Counsel, assisting state agencies with drafting new regulations and policy and improving the efficiency of their existing rules.

Mr. McGillivray graduated magna cum laude with his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Grand Canyon University. He is currently an active member of the Arizona State Bar, and a member of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel. In his spare time, Mr. McGillivray enjoys camping, fishing, and hiking.

Attorney General’s Office representing the Arizona Department of Child Safety (“DCS”) for approximately ten years. At the Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”), Campbell managed a high-volume caseload, was heavily involved in litigation matters for DCS, tried dozens of cases during his tenure, and acted as a senior attorney mentoring junior attorneys. In 2008, he was awarded the Dedicated Service Award for his service to the AGO.

As a Staff Attorney with the Industrial Commission of Arizona (“ICA”), Campbell litigated workers compensation cases for Arizona’s Special Fund, prosecuted workplace safety violations on behalf of the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety & Health (“ADOSH”), represented ADOSH in whistleblower cases, and prosecuted civil penalties assessed to uninsured employers.

He began his legal career representing indigent clients at the Mohave County Public Defender’s Office in Kingman, Arizona. Campbell is proud of his work in Mohave County, where he won several trials, including a jury trial, and an evidentiary hearing on a motion to suppress evidence for a Fourth Amendment violation.

Campbell earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Michigan State University, where he studied abroad for two semesters. He earned a Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana.

Quinton S. Gregory joined Rai & Barone after serving a term as clerk to the Honorable Lawrence F. Winthrop and Maria Elena Cruz at the Arizona Court of Appeals. While under the mentorship of Judges Winthrop and Cruz, Mr. Gregory drafted decisions and internal memoranda in civil, criminal, family, and juvenile cases, along with matters originating in Arizona’s administrative courts.

Mr. Gregory graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU in 2018, where he served as an Associate Editor of Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology. As a second-year law student, he competed in the National Appellate Advocacy Competition, where he briefed and argued the administrative issue of deference to Department of Education guidance documents before panels of judges and attorneys in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gregory externed at the Federal District Court, District of Arizona, with the Honorable Douglas L. Rayes; at a small business law firm in Tempe; and at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, where he worked as the chief clerk of the Research Bureau. He also served as Vice President of Finance of his law school’s Student Bar Association. Mr. Gregory received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English Literature with a minor in German language from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was born and raised.