Elliot J. Peskind

Elliot J. Peskind, 68, of Scottsdale, Ariz., passed away May 24, 2012. E.J. was born in Belleville, Ill., and fondly remembered his years growing up there.

He was a graduate of the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan Law School. He spent two years in the U.S. Army before beginning his law practice in Chicago.

E.J. moved to Arizona in 1972, originally with the firm of Brown & Bain, and has been in law practice ever since, most currently with the law practice of Walker & Peskind.

Elliot is survived by his beloved wife of 25 years, Susan; children Tyler, Tracy, and Todd; stepchildren Jennifer Martin (Timothy Johnson) and Stuart Martin (Stacey) and two adored grandchildren, Benjamin and Zachary Johnson.