Admitted
1980, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Stanford University, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of San Francisco, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977
Memberships
State Bar of Arizona (Member, Disciplinary Committee, 1989-1997); American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 2000-2003); American Board of Trial Advocates (Tucson Chapter); Tucson Federal Bar Association (Charter Member; President, 1999-2000); Defense Research Institute; Pima County Defense Bar Association (President, 1989-1990); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Author: The Changing Dynamics of Bear Management: Arizona's Experience with Litigation from a Bear Mauling, 7th Western Black Bear Workshop, 2000; Planning Ahead to Avoid Legal Malpractice, National Business Institute, 1997; Punitive Damages from the Plaintiff's Perspective, State Bar of Arizona, 1996; Employment-at-Will in Arizona: Dogma or Dinosaur, Lorman Education Services, 1994; Life Under the Zlaket Rules: New Found Professionalism and Cooperation or Just New Battlegrounds?, Arizona Bar Association, Arizona Legal Skills, 1992; Ethical Consideration in Filing Dispositive Motions, American Bar Association, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice, National Institute Publication entitled Streamlining Your Case ,1991; Arbitration in the Nineties, Arizona Attorney, October, 1990; Emerging Areas of Employer Liability, Personnel Law Update 1989, Council on Education in Management (October 1989). Lawyer Representative to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2000-2003. Judge Pro-Tempore for Pima County Superior Court, 1991-1994. Founder/Steering Committee Member, Southern Arizona Legal Hospice, 1993. Member, Commission on Trial Court Appointments, Pima County, 1993-1998, 2000—. Chairman, Rules Committee, Pima County Bar Association, 1991-2001.