Raised in Arizona, Mr. Cracchiolo served as a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1956 after attending the University of Arizona where he received his Juris Doctorate in 1952. He was admitted to the Arizona State Bar in 1952 and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1957. From 1952 through 1954 and from 1956 to 1957 Mr. Cracchiolo served as Deputy County Attorney of Maricopa County, thereafter entering private practice and co-founding the firm of Burch & Cracchiolo in 1970. Mr. Cracchiolo is a member of the Maricopa County and American Bar Associations, the State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix Association of Defense Counsel, American Board of Trial Advocates, American Judicature Society, International Association of Defense Counsel and International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is listed in two categories in "Best Lawyers In America". He is a Regent of Brophy College Preparatory, a member of the Board and past President of COMPAS and serves as Director of the Steele Foundation, an organization dedicated to the support of charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes. The focus of Mr. Cracchiolo’s law practice includes general corporate and business litigation, high profile family law matters, personal injury and real estate law litigation.