Admitted
1984, Arizona, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Virginia, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
University of Utah, B.S., 1980
Memberships
State Bar of Arizona (President, 2001-2002; Member, Board of Governors, 1995—; Chair, Internet, E-Commerce & Technology Law Section, 2000-2001; Chair, Task Force on the Future of the Profession, 1996-1999; Steering Committee Member, Task Force on Technology, 1995-1998; Chair, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, 1994-1995; Appellate Practice Section; Trial Practice Section); American Bar Association (Chair, Environmental Group, Law Practice Management Section, 1991-1997; Liaison, Standing Committee on Environmental Law, 1992-1995; Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice); International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute (Recipient, Certificate of Distinguished Service, 1993); American Arbitration Association; Computer Law Association; National Conference of Bar Presidents
Biographical
Recipient, State Bar of Arizona Outstanding Contribution Award, 1995; ENRLS Outstanding Leadership Award, 1995. Member and Master, American Inns of Court (Horace Rumpole Inn), 1992-1994. Executive Editor, Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law, 1982-1983. Editor in Chief, Arizona Environmental Law Manual 1993—. Selected Authorships: Spreading the Costs of Environmental Cleanup: Contribution Claims Under CERCLA and RCRA, ALI-ABA Environmental and Toxic Tort Matters, 1995; Procedural Rules and Environmental and Toxic Tort Practice, and Spill and Release Reporting Requirements, Arizona Environmental Law Manual (1995); Practicing Environmental Law in Arizona, Arizona Attorney (March 1995); Protecting Public Funds, Arizona State Law Journal (Spring, 1993); Managing Complex Environmental Litigation, The Practical Litigator (Nov., 1993); Liability Insurance in Environmental Litigation, Arizona State Law Journal (Summer 1990); Environmental Litigation in Arizona, Arizona Attorney, (July 1989). Founder: ALI-ABA The Internet for Practical Litigators (Chair, 1997—); Arizona Conference on Environmental & Natural Resources Law (Chair, 1995-1996); ALI-ABA Toxic Tort and Environmental Matters: Advanced Civil Litigation (Chair, 1996—). Member, Supreme Court of Arizona's Commission on Technology (1996-1999). Sustaining Fellow: Arizona Bar Foundation. Founding Benefactor: Maricopa County Bar Foundation.